Machines to start metro tunnelling from Saidapet to Gemini soon

Saidapet-to-Gemini

Two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), just arrived from China, will soon begin boring an underground path from Saidapet to Gemini. For the average commuter in the city, much of the visible metro work largely tends to be the construction along the two elevated corridors – from Chennai Airport to Little Mount, and from St. Thomas [...]

Plan to decongest Koyambedu area by shifting a section of mofussil buses

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A plan to decongest the Koyambedu area by shifting a section of mofussil buses there to terminus on the outskirts of the city is in the offing. However, the existing facilities in Koyambedu would be put to optimum use. According to sources in the Housing and Urban Development Department, the plan is being considered following [...]

‘Kalpathi’ Agoram on a mission to build more theatres?

Kalpathi-Agoram-screens

Noted producer ‘Kalpathi’ Agoram is said to be constructing a huge multiplex cinema hall in Chennai’s Koyambedu.  This multiplex is likely to have seven cinema halls in it, it is said.  Likewise, Agoram is also building one such multiplex on Chennai’s ECR Road.  Similar complex-cum-multiplexes are planned in Madurai and Coimbatore respectively, sources close to [...]