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Okkiyam Thoraipakkam is on the eastern banks of the Pallikaranai marsh which has been designated as a reserve forest area and is one of the few remaining significant natural ecosystems within Chennai . Thoraipakkam is 3 km in length, starting from Perungudi to its north. It is located exactly in the middle of the OMR Road (Like Sholinganallur ...
The station primarily serves the residential community of Velachery and its neighbouring suburbs such as Madipakkam, Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam, Adambakkam and Pallikaranai. [7] The Velachery station receives the highest patronage among all the MRTS stations.
Pallikaranai is a neighborhood and a residential area in south Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Located in proximity to the IT industry in Old Mahabalipuram Road , Chennai's central business districts and the automobile hub in GST road has attracted more population to Pallikaranai in the 2000s.
The area was severely affected by flooding in 2015 and continues to experience flooding every November due to the encroachment of the neighbouring Pallikaranai marshland. [29] Over time, the marshland has been encroached upon and has lost 1850 hectares (nearly 75.5% of the total wetland) between 1991-2015 to projects like the Mass Rapid Railway ...
Road to Perungudi Railway station. Perungudi station is the sixteenth station on the MRTS line to Velachery. In the return direction from Velachery, it is currently the second station towards Chennai Beach station [5] A 3.4 km-long (2.1 mi), 18 m-wide (59 ft) access road to Perungudi station and Taramani station is being constructed along the MRTS line from Velachery to Taramani.
Spread over 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) at the time of Independence in the 1940s, about 90% of the wetland was lost as the city expanded and it continued shrinking at an alarming rate. The marshland has shrunk over the last four decades following the creation of residential areas around it, including Perungudi , Siruseri , Pallikaranai ...
Time zone: UTC+5:30 : Perungudi is a village in Andanallur Taluk in the Tiruchirappalli District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A part of Malliyampathu Panchayath ...
The railway line runs from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance of 19.34 km (12.02 mi) with 18 stations and is integrated with the wider Chennai suburban railway network. While the suburban railway has been operational in Chennai since 1931, the Planning Commission of Government of India formed a research group to recommend ...