Thuraipakkam
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| ?Thoraipakkam Chennai • Tamil Nadu • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Kancheepuram |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 600097 • ++91 44 2496 • TN 07 (Thiruvanmiyur) RTO |
Coordinates: Thoraipakkam (Tamil: துரைப்பாக்கம்), also spelt Thuraipakkam, is an area of Chennai, India. It is situated on the IT Highway, on Old Mahabalipuram Road, now known as Rajiv Gandhi Salai and the first six lane road in Chennai. Thoraipakkam is on the eastern banks of the Pallikarnai marsh. Thoraipakkam is 3km in length, starting from Perungudi. Thoraipakkam consists of five main areas, named for nearby landmarks: Seevaram (tea stall bus stop area டீ கடை Krishna tea stall its is a famous tea shop in OMR ), Jain College area, RRE area, Mettukkuppam and PTC quarters.
The Pallavaram Thoraipakkam Bypass road connects the IT Highway and the GST Road (Grand Southern Trunk Road) making Thoraipakkam well connected to all parts of the city.
Thoraipakkam has experienced substantial growth over the past decade, and it serves as a residential and commercial hub for suburbs in the south of Chennai. A number of information technology companies are based in Thoraipakkam.
Thoraipakkam has considerable pollution related problem because a portion of the Pallikarnai Marsh has been converted into a garbage dump yard and garbage including medical waste, plastics, tires, are burnt.
After the Tsunami of 2004, affected fishermen were relocated to Kannagi nagar(part of Thoraipakkam).
Ground water is considerably better than Chennai city because of its proximity to the marsh though the water has become salty due to over exploitation.
Other than small shops, there are no shopping centers or malls. Thorapakkam police station is behind DB Jain College, and nearest cinema theatre is ARVIND DTS
Localities in Thoraipakkam include MCN Nagar,Balamurugan Nagar, Sakthi Nagar, Customs Colony, Annai Indra Nagar, PTC Quarters, Kannagi Nagar, MettuKuppam, Sai Nagar, State Bank Colony,
[edit] Local places
Commercial organizations operating in the area include:
- Indian Bank
- City Union Bank
- Federal Bank
- ITC Fortune Select 5 Star Hotel
- R.K Textiles
- Clothing Unlimited
- Cognizant Technology Solutions(Global Head office)
- RRE
- 3i Infotech
- Satyam computers Ltd
- Chennai One IT Park(Southerland, TCS, Siemens etc...)
- ASV Suntech park(AJUBA, US Technology, Global Software Solutions, CTS, Nihon Technology, IGT Solution)
- PayPal/ebaY
- SGS
- DELHI DHABA
- Arunai Mini Super Market
- Arumagam Veg Hotel
- Barbecue Multi Restaurant
- Grundfos Pumps India
- Greaves Motors
- Madras Management Association(MMA House)
- Nanthini 24Hrs Hospital
- UDS
Education
Some of the notable Education Institutions in Thoraipakkam include:
- MNM Jain Engineering College
- D.B.Jain Arts College
- CL Baid Metha Pharmacy college
- Thangavelu Engineering College
- M.A.Chidambaram Nursing Teaching
- Little Angels Higher Secondary School
- Thoraipakkam Government School
- Apollo Matriculation School
- Swami Vivekananda primary and Nursury school
[edit] Transport
There are two bus routes for the OMR road. One is from Madhya Kailash and the other from {Adyar, Velachery, Highcourt, T.nagar, Koyambedu, Saidapet, Parrys, Mahabalipuram,Kalpakkam}.Thoraipakkam is well connected to the city by the Chennai metropolitan transport corporation. Bus Route No's. [T51, 19B, 19C, M5, 21H, H21, T21, 519, 5G, M5G, M70, M19P, M5S, 570, 521, M19D] All buses heading towards the city from Sholinganallur and Kelambakkam run through Thoraipakkam. Auto rickshaws also serve the area, with fares fixed by the state government of Tamilnadu. Moreover Share-Auto-s also available which are comparitively cheaper than the former.
