Hello Coimbatoreans, what are the major land parcels in and around the city that you feel have remained dormant or underutilised for years, despite having significant development potential?
Think of abandoned projects, vacant government/private land, unused industrial parcels, or large tracts along major highways, railway stations and key growth corridors.
Which land banks do you think are waiting to be unlocked for Coimbatore’s future development?
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Coimbatore is staring at massive growth in key sectors like IT, defense engineering, manufacturing, and textiles, yet a true mass transit backbone remains completely missing.
Rather than waiting indefinitely for an intra-city Metro, we can immediately unlock regional mobility using our existing railway alignments. However, without proactive capacity additions, high-frequency local services will quickly collapse under track congestion.
Crucially, even if track laying happens in phases (optimistically in a dacade), detailed surveys and land acquisition must happen NOW—before real estate prices along these booming peri-urban corridors turn astronomically prohibitive.
Key interventions needed:
🔹 Quadruple the Tiruppur–Coimbatore–Palakkad trunk route: Freight and long-distance expresses saturate this line. Without dedicated 3rd & 4th tracks, suburban trains will perpetually suffer crossing delays and poor punctuality.
🔹 Double the Mettupalayam & Pollachi lines: These single-line bottlenecks severely throttle commuter links to the Nilgiris base and southern Tamil Nadu.
A dedicated Coimbatore Suburban Railway is the low-hanging fruit the Kongu belt needs today.
A ride through the Avinashi Road flyover offers a stunning view of Coimbatore from the majestic Western Ghats to beautiful mid-rise buildings and colourful flower-lined medians.
The only thing missing? A modern skyline with skyscrapers.
Hope the government recognises Coimbatore’s potential and relaxes height restrictions, at least along this primary corridor of the city, to enable vertical growth. 🏙️🌄
VC: Fansofcoimbatore(IG)