Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has listed more than 800 property owners to whom notices will be issued for acquisition of land required to build 48 stations planned in the ambitious 107.55km phase-2.

Notices have been issued to nearly 410 owners who have properties along the alignment planned for 19 stations.

They include people living close to Madhavaram, Perumbur, Otteri, Sembium, Chetpet, Sterling Road, Nungambakkam, Gemini and Purasaiwalkam. The land required in these areas will be used for building the stations as well as a maintenance yard at Madhavaram.

CMRL would issue 400 more notices to property owners in the coming days, officials said.

‘As a start, land acquisition work is underway for corridor 3 and 5. Paperwork for corridor 4 will begin next month,” the official said.

Phase-2 project has three corridors. Corridor 3 will link Madhavaram to Siruseri SIPCOT via the IT hub along the OMR and corridor 5 will connect Madhavaram to Sholinganallur through localities on the western part of the city. Corridor-4, which will link the core areas of the city from Light House to CMBT, will be extended to Poonamallee.

U Tejonmayam, Economic Times, Chennai