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Ambattur Bus Terminus To Get Facelift By Year-end | Chennai News - Times of India Chennai: The Ambattur bus terminus, which currently presents a picture of govt apathy with broken floors, tin sheds, poor illumination and no CCTV cam.

🚨 Ambattur Bus Terminus To Get Facelift By Year-End

The project, estimated to cost around 12 crore, will involve building more than 20 bus bays.

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Chennai leads Bengaluru, Hyderabad in offshore MNC office leasing MNCs leased 7 million square feet of office space in Chennai in CY2003 compared with 6.1 million sq. ft in Hyderabad and 5.6 million sq. ft in Bengaluru.

🚨 Chennai leads Bengaluru, Hyderabad in offshore MNC office leasing

🔸MNCs leased 7 million square feet of office space in Chennai in CY2003 compared with 6.1 million sq. ft in Hyderabad and 5.6 million sq. ft in Bengaluru.

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🔸The hike in each station will be dependent on the demand and footfall.

🔸When people swipe the card to exit the parking, the machine will be able to detect if they’ve used the train service based on the last few transactions and charge them accordingly,” a CMRL official said.

🚨 Chennai Metro Rail Limited likely to hike parking fee for non-commuters in stations soon

🔸This is being done since the parking spaces in stations, such as Chennai Airport, Thirumangalam, and Anna Nagar East, fill up fast during peak hours.

📍Club CSK, Navalur

📸 mavic.dronacharya

#Chennai #StreetsofChennai #IPL #CSK #ChennaiSuperKings #ClubCSK

Zero IITs and IIMs opened in the last 10 years in Tamil Nadu

🚨 No new IIT or IIM has been opened in the last ten years in Tamil Nadu

#IIM #Coimbatore #LokSabhaElections2024 #TamilNadu

India's Metro Rail Network - 2023 Ridership

🚈 India's Metro Rail Network - 2023 Ridership

🔸Delhi - 203.23 Crore
🔸Bengaluru - 22.26 Crore
🔸Hyderabad - 10.9 Crore
🔸Chennai - 9.11 Crore
🔸Mumbai - 8.39 Crore
🔸Kochi - 3.12 Crore

India's metro rail systems have seen a 3x ridership increase in 2023. #MetroRail #Infra

No takers for nearly 7,000 flats in Ennore.

In 2017, the AIADMK govt built, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Scheme, 6,877 flats for economically weaker sections (EWS). 7 years on, not one of the flats in the colony, opposite the Ennore Thermal Power Station, is occupied.

🚈 Chennai Metro Monthly Ridership - 2024

January - 84.63 lakh
February - 86.15 lakh
March - 86.82 lakh

🔸The average daily ridership is yet to reach the projected 7 lakh.

#CMRL #Chennai #ChennaiMetro #NammaChennai #StreetsofChennai

Imax and PLF Screen Sizes in India

🎬 IMAX & PLF Screen Sizes in India

🔸Palazzo and Luxe Imax are the only two Imax screens in India with 425+ seating capacity.

Since 2018, Chennai Metro Rail has received the lowest funding from the Central Government.

🔸Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune - ₹28,877 Cr
🔸Bengaluru - ₹19,236 Cr
🔸Ahmedabad and Surat - ₹15,218 Cr
🔸Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra - ₹12,919 Cr
🔸Chennai - ₹3,273.55 Cr

#ChennaiMetro #CMRL #Chennai

Electoral Bonds - Tamil Nadu [2019-2024]

Top Donors - DMK
🔸Future Gaming - ₹509 Crore
🔸Megha Engineering - ₹105 Crore
🔸India Cements - ₹14 Crore
🔸Sun TV - ₹10 Crore

Top Donors - ADMK
🔸Chennai Super Kings - ₹5 Crore
🔸Lakshmi Machine Works - ₹1 Crore

#ElectoralBonds

🚇 Metrorail tunneling in busy areas to start in six months.

🔸Royapettah
🔸R K Salai

Tunneling is underway in Madhavaram, Aynavaram, Chetpet, and Greenways Road.

Elevated sections of Phase II will be ready in 2025/26 & the underground sections will be ready in 2027/28.

Chennai Metro Rail Annual Ridership (2015 - 2023)

🚇 Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) recorded an impressive daily average of 2.66 lakh passengers, totaling a remarkable 9.11 crore passengers in 2023.

2023 - 9.11 Cr
2022 - 6.09 Cr
2021 - 2.53 Cr
2020 - 1.18 Cr
2019 - 3.28 Cr
2015 to 2018 - 2.8 Cr

#CMRL #Chennai #ChennaiMetro

🔸 Devi Cinemas acquired by PVR INOX.

🔸 Udhayam Complex to be closed soon. Casagrand to develop luxury residential apartments at the site.

#Chennai #NammaChennai #DeviCinemas #PVRInox #UdhayamCinemas #Casagrand

Chennai Metro Rail Ridership - 2022 vs 2023

🚈 CMRL Monthly Ridership - 2022 vs 2023 (in lakhs)

Jan - 66.07
Feb - 63.69
Mar - 69.99
Apr - 66.85
May - 72.68
Jun - 74.06
July - 82.53
Aug - 85.89
Sep - 84.37
Oct - 85.5
Nov - 80.01
Dec - 79.34

#Chennai #Metro #India #CMRL #Infra #ChennaiMetro

North Chennai, The sky is the limit.

🚨 North Chennai's skyline is set to change.

At least 8 high-rise residential complexes will come up in Perambur, Sembium, Madhuravoyal, Korattur, Aynavaram, Madhavaram and Surapet in the next 5 years.

🚨 T.N. government approves the plan to buy 28 six-coach trains at a cost of ₹2,820.90 crore for Chennai Metro Rail’s phase I (including the extension) with the assistance of multilateral funding agencies to meet future demand owing to increasing patronage.

Chennai Metro Ridership - Average vs Projected

🚇 Chennai Metro Ridership - Average vs Projected

🔸Average: 2.68 lakh/day
🔸Projected: 7 lakh/day

On most of the weekdays, the trains carry close to 2.90 lakh passengers.

There is a significant drop of 20% to 30% in the no. of commuters on weekends.

CMRL Monthly Ridership - 2022 vs 2023

🚈 CMRL Monthly Ridership - 2022 vs 2023 (in lakhs)

Jan - 66.07
Feb - 63.69
Mar - 69.99
Apr - 66.85
May - 72.68
Jun - 74.06
July - 82.53

July 28, 2023 recorded the highest inflow with 3.08 lakh passengers.