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C Shivakumar ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is planning to hire independent consultants on part-time basis for a year to help redevelop George Town under Centre’s Amrut scheme. According to a notification, CMDA will hire an urban designer, a senior architect, and three town planners and registered architects each for the project. The George Town area identified for pilot town planning scheme is bounded by Basin Bridge Road on the North, Rajaji Salai on the East, North Fort Road and Periyar EVR Salai on the South and Wall Tax Road on the West. Sources said that a business and economy profile of George Town will be prepared to identify town planning interventions required for development. TNIE had earlier reported on George Town and Agaramthen getting a facelift under the town planning scheme..