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The foundations person already been laid and institutions person matured for Chennai to go a afloat integrated greenish mobility network, a planetary deep-tech cluster, a coastal metropolis exemplary for clime resilience, and a healthcare superior by 2040, said TNEB Chairman and Managing Director J. Radhakrishnan.
Speaking astatine the Super Chennai Conclave successful the metropolis connected Thursday (February 19, 2026), Dr. Radhakrishnan said: “Though we person institutions and talent, what remains is speed, scale, and a shared purpose. Let america not simply sermon Chennai’s future; fto america plan it, fto america beforehand it, fto america ain it. Because this metropolis has resilient, compassionate, industrious, and cultured people, it deserves thing little than planetary excellence. Let america physique a Chennai that aboriginal generations volition convey america for, and fto the treatment statesman with humility.”
Pointing to the past of Chennai, helium said: “If you support looking astatine the past of Chennai, you volition support seeing that it has truthful overmuch to offer. And it has not appeared overnight. It has been built, furniture by layer, of administration, culture, scholarship, industry, compassion, and supra all, the radical of Chennai.”
“The question earlier america contiguous is not whether Chennai tin lead, but however rapidly we tin accelerate. My conjecture is by 2028-2029, the mode it looks would person changed. By that time, astir of the CMRL [Chennai Metro Rail Limited] enactment would person been completed. Since we are the past to person started it among the large cities, we would person incorporated each the improvements. Ultimately what is going to specify america is bully and reliable infrastructure, assured power, and a precocious liveability index,” he said.
“Resilience would beryllium our identity. Chennai has faced floods, cyclones, and the pandemic,” helium said, adding that helium has personally seen however resilient the metropolis has been astatine the grassroots level.
“When we talk of Chennai, we are not speaking of Chennai alone, but of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpet, and probably, to an extent, up to Villupuram and, connected this side, up to Pondicherry. We request to align policy, backstage initiative, media narrative, and national participation. I person seen singular solutions offered by Residents’ Welfare Associations. The authorities assemblage has the champion state-of-the-art facilities,” helium said.
Super Chennai is simply a not-for-profit inaugural launched by CREDAI Chennai, aimed astatine redefining Chennai arsenic a vibrant, future-ready planetary city. Unveiled by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin astatine the FAIRPRO 2025, Super Chennai serves arsenic a citizen-driven question to showcase the city’s strengths.
