Koyambedu
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Koyambedu is a locality in the South India
n city of Chennai
. The Koyambedu area has become a major hub of activity in Chennai City after the inauguration of the market and the bus terminus. The area is active round the clock owing to the movement of people and goods through the day.
Railway Station in Park Town
and the Chennai International Airport
in Tirusulam
through highways: Poonamallee High Road (NH4)
, a six lane highway, connects Koyambedu to the Chennai Central Railway Station while the Jawaharlal Nehru Road (also known as Inner Ring Road or 100 feet (30.5 m) road) connects Koyambedu to Chennai Airport.
Recently, property prices have shot up in and around Koyambedu. Koyambedu is surrounded by localities like Vadapalani
, Anna Nagar
, Arumbakkam
, MMDA (of Arumbakkam), Aminjikarai
, Virugambakkam
and Nerkundram
.
It is said to be that, Sri Rama and Sita's Sons Kush and Luv were born in Koyambedu. These perumal and sivan temples are built before hundreds of years.
's largest perishable goods market complex called the "Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex (KWMC)". The KWMC spreads over an area of 295 acres (1.2 km²). Inaugurated in 1996, the KWMC consists of more than 1,000 wholesale shops and 2,000 retail shops. It abuts Poonamalee High Road and Nesapakkam Road and can be easily accessed from all parts of City. In Phase-I, the Wholesale Market for Perishables have been developed in an area of around 70 acres (283,280.2 m²) by constructing 3,194 shops. The market has two blocks for vegetable shops and one each for fruit and flower shops. In Phase-II, a textile market and in Phase-III, a food grain market is planned to be developed in the complex.
The food grain market will be built on a seven to eight acres of land belonging to the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, adjacent to the Koyambedu fire service station and opposite the vegetable market, and will have about 500 shops.
The market has over 100,000 visitors daily.
The Basic Infrastructure and Amenities Promotion Committee has approved an allocation of Rs.336.3 million for augmentation and maintenance of the infrastructure, including stormwater drain network, in the market complex. The Market Management Committee will carry out the work which includes creation of new stormwater drains over 9 km long, widening of roads and concretisation of a 350-m road connecting Gates 7 and 14, which is being used by heavy vehicles to carry perishables to the market complex.
A bio-methanation plant at the market complex set by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority was inaugurated in 2006 at a cost of 55 million to generate power from vegetable and fruit waste collected from the wholesale market. The plant was operated by the Koyambedu Market Management Committee till 2008 and was put to disuse owing to machine repair. The plant is operational again from April 2011 and is awaiting Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation's (TANGEDCO) approval to supply electricity to the grid. The plant has the capacity to convert 30 tonnes of waste per day into 2,500 units daily. Of the nearly 150 tonnes of vegetable and fruit waste generated daily at the market, about 30 tonnes are segregated. A total of 1.75 acre has been allotted for composting 50 tonnes of waste. There are also plants to recycle banana stems.
otherwise called the Koyambedu Roundtana is an important road junction in Chennai
. It is located north of the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus
at the junction of the Inner Ring Road and the NH4
. The junction is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral
project taken up under the National Highways Development Project
.
in Koyambedu, this is the largest bus terminus in Asia
(according to piyush honey's ratings :P) and is accredited with the ISO 9001:2000 quality certification.
Mofussil stands for service throughout the Tamil Nadu state and also the neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry.
It can simultaneously station 270 buses and handle over 2 thousand buses and 2 lakh
passengers a day. The 36.5 acre (0.14771039 km²) bus terminus has an 18000 sq ft (1,672.3 m²) waiting facility for passengers, a 25000 sq ft (2,322.6 m²) parking space for auto rickshaws, cabs and private cars, and 16000 sq ft (1,486.4 m²) parking space for two-wheelers.
bus terminus is close to CMBT. It has over 80 bus bays and 100 idle parking catering to around 200 buses per day.
(SAF) Games Village at Koyambedu, is a large residential complex with 760 flats. Of these, some flats come under the Government-rental scheme and the others belong to individuals and institutions including the Indian Oil, the Reserve Bank of India, the Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Annapurna, Food corporation of India, Canara Bank and the State Bank of India.
It was actually built by the Government of Tamil Nadu to provide accommodation during the South Asian Games (or SAF Games) event - for the athletes and sports-persons who participated in the 7th South Asian Federation Games held in Chennai (then Madras) in 1995. Later, the flats were taken over by the Government-aided institutions under various projects of the Tamil Nadu Government and promoted as a large residential complex.
Around 100 officers belonging to the IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS,IA&AS, IPoS etc. reside here. The dwelling units coming under the control of the organizations such as the RBI, Indian Oil and SBI present a smart picture. The development of this area had also led to a tremendous increase in the value of property touching even 1 to 1.5 crores per ground.
South Asian Federation(SAF) Games Village is famous for its greenery, even though its close to the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus. It has beautiful parks for kids to enjoy and also is the best place for morning walkers and joggers.
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
n city of Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
. The Koyambedu area has become a major hub of activity in Chennai City after the inauguration of the market and the bus terminus. The area is active round the clock owing to the movement of people and goods through the day.
Location in Context
Access
Koyambedu is connected to both the Chennai CentralChennai Central
Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...
Railway Station in Park Town
Park Town
Park Town may refer to:* Park Town, Chennai, India* Park Town, Oxford, England...
and the Chennai International Airport
Chennai International Airport
Chennai International Airport , formerly known as Madras International Airport is located in Tirusulam, south of Chennai , India...
in Tirusulam
Tirusulam
Tirusulam is a suburb of Chennai, India. For administrative purposes, it is a census town in Kancheepuram district. The Chennai International Airport terminals are located here...
through highways: Poonamallee High Road (NH4)
National Highway 4 (India)
National Highway 4 is a major National Highway in Western and Southern India. NH 4 links four of the 10 most populous Indian cities - Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai. NH 4 is in length and passes through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.NH 4 constitutes...
, a six lane highway, connects Koyambedu to the Chennai Central Railway Station while the Jawaharlal Nehru Road (also known as Inner Ring Road or 100 feet (30.5 m) road) connects Koyambedu to Chennai Airport.
Recently, property prices have shot up in and around Koyambedu. Koyambedu is surrounded by localities like Vadapalani
Vadapalani
-Murugan Koyil:Built about 125 years back, this much-hallowed and regularly frequented Lord Muruga sannidhi has emerged from a thatched shed, an unostentatious one enshrining a Murugan picture only, and established for itself a name on par with ancient places of worship...
, Anna Nagar
Anna Nagar
Anna Nagar , formely known as Naduvakkarai, is a neighbourhood in the metropolitan city of Chennai, India. Named after the Tamil leader C. N. Annadurai, it is located in the north-western part of Chennai and forms a part of Egmore-Nungambakkam taluk...
, Arumbakkam
Arumbakkam
Arumbakkam is primarily a residential locality in Chennai.Notable landmarks in Arumbakkam are D G Vaishnav College, Speed Medical Centre & Hospitals, Daniel Thomas School, Kola Perumal School,sri Panchali Amman Temple,sivan temple and the Ford Showroom...
, MMDA (of Arumbakkam), Aminjikarai
Aminjikarai
Aminjikarai is one of the oldest localities in Chennai. It is located on the banks of the Cooum River. The arterial Poonamallee High Road runs through it. Aminjikarai was annexed to Madras District in the year 1946, and Arumbakkam and Anna Nagar were carved out of Aminjikarai in the '50s and '70s...
, Virugambakkam
Virugambakkam
Virugambakkam is a residential neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an important residential area and is famous for its schools, market, residential colonies and residences of film artists...
and Nerkundram
Nerkundram
-Demographics: India census, Nerkundram had a population of 39,544. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nerkundram has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 65%...
.
Places of interest
Temples:- Sri Kusalavapureesvarar /Kurungaleeswarar Temple
- Sri Vaigundavaasa Perumal Temple
- Sri Vinayagar Temple
- Sri Aaemathamman Temple
It is said to be that, Sri Rama and Sita's Sons Kush and Luv were born in Koyambedu. These perumal and sivan temples are built before hundreds of years.
Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex (KWMC)
Koyambedu boasts of having one of AsiaAsia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
's largest perishable goods market complex called the "Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex (KWMC)". The KWMC spreads over an area of 295 acres (1.2 km²). Inaugurated in 1996, the KWMC consists of more than 1,000 wholesale shops and 2,000 retail shops. It abuts Poonamalee High Road and Nesapakkam Road and can be easily accessed from all parts of City. In Phase-I, the Wholesale Market for Perishables have been developed in an area of around 70 acres (283,280.2 m²) by constructing 3,194 shops. The market has two blocks for vegetable shops and one each for fruit and flower shops. In Phase-II, a textile market and in Phase-III, a food grain market is planned to be developed in the complex.
The food grain market will be built on a seven to eight acres of land belonging to the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, adjacent to the Koyambedu fire service station and opposite the vegetable market, and will have about 500 shops.
The market has over 100,000 visitors daily.
The Basic Infrastructure and Amenities Promotion Committee has approved an allocation of Rs.336.3 million for augmentation and maintenance of the infrastructure, including stormwater drain network, in the market complex. The Market Management Committee will carry out the work which includes creation of new stormwater drains over 9 km long, widening of roads and concretisation of a 350-m road connecting Gates 7 and 14, which is being used by heavy vehicles to carry perishables to the market complex.
A bio-methanation plant at the market complex set by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority was inaugurated in 2006 at a cost of 55 million to generate power from vegetable and fruit waste collected from the wholesale market. The plant was operated by the Koyambedu Market Management Committee till 2008 and was put to disuse owing to machine repair. The plant is operational again from April 2011 and is awaiting Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation's (TANGEDCO) approval to supply electricity to the grid. The plant has the capacity to convert 30 tonnes of waste per day into 2,500 units daily. Of the nearly 150 tonnes of vegetable and fruit waste generated daily at the market, about 30 tonnes are segregated. A total of 1.75 acre has been allotted for composting 50 tonnes of waste. There are also plants to recycle banana stems.
Koyambedu Roundtana
Koyambedu JunctionKoyambedu junction
Koyambedu Junction or otherwise called the Koyambedu Roundtana is an important road junction in Chennai, state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located north of the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus at the junction of the Inner Ring Road and the Poonamallee High Road in the Koyambedu area/ locality...
otherwise called the Koyambedu Roundtana is an important road junction in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
. It is located north of the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus
Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus
The Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus or CMBT is a modern, state-of-the-art bus terminus located in Chennai, India catering to outstation buses. Spread over an area of in Koyambedu, it is the largest bus terminus in Asia and is accredited with the ISO 9001:2000 quality certification for its quality...
at the junction of the Inner Ring Road and the NH4
National Highway 4 (India)
National Highway 4 is a major National Highway in Western and Southern India. NH 4 links four of the 10 most populous Indian cities - Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai. NH 4 is in length and passes through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.NH 4 constitutes...
. The junction is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral
Golden Quadrilateral
The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting India's four largest metropolises: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, thus forming a quadrilateral of sorts. Four other top ten metropolises: Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Surat, are also served by the network...
project taken up under the National Highways Development Project
National Highways Development Project
The National Highways Development Project is a project to upgrade, rehabilitate and widen major highways in India to a higher standard. The project was implemented in 1998. "National Highways" account for only about 2% of the total length of roads, but carry about 40% of the total traffic across...
.
Sewage Treatment Plants
There are two sweage treatment plants at Koyambedu and they jointly have the capacity to treat 94 million litres a day (mld) of sewage generated in localities such as T.Nagar, Kodambakkam, Anna Nagar, Virugambakkam and Mogappair. The sewage treatment capacity of the city is set to be enhanced with the Chennai Metrowater preparing to float tenders for construction of another plant to treat 120 mld at Koyambedu. The new plant will facilitate treating of additional volume of sewage generated in the neighbouring suburbs. The 1,160-million project, which was sanctioned under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, would come up at 25-acre site in the existing facility at Koyambedu. The new plant would take in the additional volume from suburbs such as Maduravoyal, Ambattur, Nerkundram and Nolambur that are being provided with sewerage network. Unlike the existing facilities, the infrastructure to generate electricity from sewage would be provided during the construction of the plant. The project would be commissioned in two years. This would add to the existing nine facilities with a total capacity of 486 mld in areas such as Kodungaiyur and Nesapakkam and the upcoming two STPs with a treatment capacity of 114 mld.Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus or the CMBT
Spread over an area of 32 acreAcre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
in Koyambedu, this is the largest bus terminus in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
(according to piyush honey's ratings :P) and is accredited with the ISO 9001:2000 quality certification.
Mofussil stands for service throughout the Tamil Nadu state and also the neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry.
It can simultaneously station 270 buses and handle over 2 thousand buses and 2 lakh
Lakh
A lakh is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand . It is widely used both in official and other contexts in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and is often used in Indian English.-Usage:...
passengers a day. The 36.5 acre (0.14771039 km²) bus terminus has an 18000 sq ft (1,672.3 m²) waiting facility for passengers, a 25000 sq ft (2,322.6 m²) parking space for auto rickshaws, cabs and private cars, and 16000 sq ft (1,486.4 m²) parking space for two-wheelers.
Chennai Contract Carriage Bus Terminus or CCCBT
Koyambedu has another bus terminus for private-owned buses which operate throughout Tamil Nadu and the neighboring states. The CCCBTChennai Contract Carriage Bus Terminus
The Chennai Contract Carriage Bus Terminus or CCCBT is a bus terminus located in Chennai, in close proximity to CMBT catering to outstation private buses....
bus terminus is close to CMBT. It has over 80 bus bays and 100 idle parking catering to around 200 buses per day.
SAF Games Village
The South Asian FederationSouth Asian Federation
The South Asian Olympic Council is the governing body of South Asian Games. Member nations include South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and newly joined Afghanistan...
(SAF) Games Village at Koyambedu, is a large residential complex with 760 flats. Of these, some flats come under the Government-rental scheme and the others belong to individuals and institutions including the Indian Oil, the Reserve Bank of India, the Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Annapurna, Food corporation of India, Canara Bank and the State Bank of India.
It was actually built by the Government of Tamil Nadu to provide accommodation during the South Asian Games (or SAF Games) event - for the athletes and sports-persons who participated in the 7th South Asian Federation Games held in Chennai (then Madras) in 1995. Later, the flats were taken over by the Government-aided institutions under various projects of the Tamil Nadu Government and promoted as a large residential complex.
Around 100 officers belonging to the IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS,IA&AS, IPoS etc. reside here. The dwelling units coming under the control of the organizations such as the RBI, Indian Oil and SBI present a smart picture. The development of this area had also led to a tremendous increase in the value of property touching even 1 to 1.5 crores per ground.
South Asian Federation(SAF) Games Village is famous for its greenery, even though its close to the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus. It has beautiful parks for kids to enjoy and also is the best place for morning walkers and joggers.
Landmarks
- Koyambedu Roundtana
- Chennai Mofussil Bus TerminusChennai Mofussil Bus TerminusThe Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus or CMBT is a modern, state-of-the-art bus terminus located in Chennai, India catering to outstation buses. Spread over an area of in Koyambedu, it is the largest bus terminus in Asia and is accredited with the ISO 9001:2000 quality certification for its quality...
(CMBT), the largest bus terminus in Asia. - Chennai Contract Carriage Bus TerminusChennai Contract Carriage Bus TerminusThe Chennai Contract Carriage Bus Terminus or CCCBT is a bus terminus located in Chennai, in close proximity to CMBT catering to outstation private buses....
(CCCBT), a separate bus terminus for private-owned buses. - St. Thomas College, Koyambedu
- J.A. Institute of Engineering & Technology, Koyambedu
- Arihant Majestic Towers, a tall residential complex.
- The Koyambedu market, the largest market in South India.
- SAF Games Village, a large residential complex with several apartments.
External links
- Kurungaleeswarar Temple http://aalayamkanden.blogspot.com/2011/03/kurungaleeswarar-temple-koyambedu.html