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Meenambakkam is a southern neighbourhood of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is home to Chennai International Airport, the Airports Authority of India regional office, and the DGQA Complex. It was under the reign of the Pallava kingdom. The name Meenambakkam signifies that it is a settlement near the coast.
The Meenambakkam bomb blast was a terrorist attack that occurred on August 2, 1984, at Meenambakkam International Airport in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, now known as Chennai International Airport in Chennai, India. A total of 33 people were killed, and 27 others were injured.
The old terminal at Meenambakkam, now used for cargo. In 1952, the Civil Aviation Department took over the operations of the airport. [21] The first passenger terminal was built in 1954 on the northeastern side of Meenambakkam, and the airport operated as a customs airport with limited international services.
In 2007, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu announced that the new airport would be set up in 4,820 acres (1,950 ha) land near Sriperumbudur. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As the new airport was delayed due to land acquisition problems, [ 2 ] [ 4 ] an expansion plan was unveiled to expand the existing Chennai International Airport in 2018 to increase the terminal ...
Meenambakkam is an elevated metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods of Meenambakkam and Tirusulam . Construction
The station lies in the Chennai Beach–Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network, the first suburban section of the city. With the completion of track-lying work in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and was electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC. [2]
Tirusulam is a southern suburb of Chennai and a census town in Chengalpattu district falling within the Chennai metropolitan area, adjoining the Chennai International Airport, with the cargo terminal located at the adjacent Meenambakkam.
The Tamil Eelam Army is a defunct Tamil separatist group in Sri Lanka. It was founded by Panagoda Maheswaran . It was implicated in a bomb attack against a Sri Lankan airliner at Madras airport in India .