Manali New Town

Manali New Town
—  suburb  —
Manali New Town
Location of Manali New Town
in Chennai and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District(s) Thiruvallur
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Manali New Town [Acronym: MNT] (Tamil: மணலி நியூ டவுன் / மணலி புது நகர்) is a Satellite township, developed by CMDA. Manali New Town includes areas from Edayanchavadi and Sadayankuppam Panchayats of Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a northern suburb of Chennai City .

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Location and Surroundings

Manali New Town borders Ennore to the east, Redhills to the west, Manali to the south, Minjur to the North. This town is situated adjacent to the State Highway-56. The people of this area is largely affected by the traffic caused by piles of container trucks.

Transportation

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) runs passenger buses to Manali New Town from a few of the major parts of the Chennai city. Some of the bus services are :

Route No Origin Destination Via
44B Manali New Town Brodway Royapuram
44B (Single Service) Manali New Town Triplicane Royapuram
28A Manali New Town EGMORE R.S. Washermenpet
28A CUT Manali New Town Vallalar Nagar Washermenpet
121D Manali New Town CMBT Manali,Madhavaram Milk Colony,Moolakadai,Reteri,Thirumangalam

Some of the buses that passes through Manali New Town are :

Route No Origin Destination Passes through
M64B Minjur Broadway Manali New Town
M64P Minjur Perambur Manali New Town
M121B Minjur CMBT Manali New Town
56P Minjur Broadway Manali New Town

Apart from the MTC buses, Autos and Share Autos play a vital role for the transportation in this area.

Schools

Apart from many Government and Municipal/Corporation Schools, there are many notable Government-aided/Private schools in Manali New Town. Few to name are as follows :

Temples

Manali New Town is well known for its wide range of Temples wrapping all religions. It has been called as "Temple Town" by the neighbourhood people.

Some of the major temples in Manali New Town are as follows :

Development and Controversies

Manali New Town is one among the first few areas distributed with desalinated water from the Minjur desalination plant.[1]

Though Manali New Town was created as a Satellite Township by CMDA in 1980’s, MNT still lacks many essential commodities like Road facilities, Street lights, Fire service and frequent bus services. CMDA yet to hand over the Manali New Town to the local bodies concerned for better development of many civic amenities.[2]

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