Monorail to connect Vandalur & Poonamallee via Kathipara
The government`s realigned monorail route will connect Poonamallee in the northwest of Chennai and Vandalur far south through two corridors that will meet near the Kathipara intersection.
The first corridor
work will begin in August. The 21km corridor will link Poonamallee and
Kathipara, via Kumaranchavadi, Porur and Nandambakkam, with a wishbone line
forking off to Vadapalani.
Monorail will provide
a mass transit system to the densely populated Porur along the first corridor
and, on the second line, Medavakkam, neighbourhoods bypassed by MRTS and the
suburban rail network.
The alignment for the
second corridor between Vandalur and Kathipara, via Perungalathur, Irumbuliyur,
Tambaram East, Sembakkam, Medavakkam and Velacherry is expected to be announced
shortly.
The first corridor
will meet the metro rail corridors at Vadapalani and Kathipara. The second will
meet the main MRTS depot at Tambaram and metro rail corridor at Kathipara.
This project will give
a fillip to business prospects in the locality.
