Moulivakkam

Moulivakkam
Neighbourhood
Nickname:  Bai Kadai
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Coordinates: 13°01′17″N 80°08′39″E / 13.0215°N 80.1443°E / 13.0215; 80.1443[1]
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Metro	Chennai
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Mangadu Municipality
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600125
Vehicle registration	TN 10 (RTO, Chennai South West)
Lok Sabha constituency	Sriperumbudur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Alandur
Planning agency	CMDA
Website	www.chennai.tn.nic.in

Moulivakkam is a neighbourhood of Chennai. It is situated 18 km south-west of Chennai on the Arcot Road. It comes under Mangadu municipality and is bounded by Porur on the north, Kolappakkam on the south, Mugalivakkam on the east and Manapakkam on the south-east directions. The nearest railway station is at Guindy, which is about 6 kilometres away. The Porur junction is around 3 km away and Kathipara Junction is around 5 km away.

Recent developments

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The real estate boom in India and Chennai had its course in Moulivakkam too. DLF SEZ was built and opened next to Moulivakkam in 2010. Multinational companies such as IBM, HP, CTS, and L&T Infotech have been located in this IT City. L&T ECC, L&T Ship Building and L&T AUDCO are also vested in this area.

Tragedy

In the year 2014, on June 28, in Moulivakkam, 55 persons were killed and several injured due to the collapse of a multi-storeyed building.^[1] Due to this incident, its twin tower which was semi-finished, was demolished with controlled explosives on November 2, 2016.^[2][3]

Location in context