Moolakadai, which is pronounced as 'Moolakkadai', is a part of North
Chennai
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. It is the gateway of North Chennai.
Moolakadai Junction is the place where G.N.T. Road (
NH 5: Chennai-
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
Highway) and Madhavaram High Road (
Perambur
Perambur is a neighbourhood located in the northern region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Etymology
In Tamil, ''pirambu (பிரம்பு)'' means bamboo and ''ur (ஊர்)'' means city or place. Before British rule, this place was w ...
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Madhavaram road) intersect.
Moolakadai is primarily a high traffic area in North Chennai due to the movement of Heavy vehicles (mainly containers) as most of those heavy vehicles have to pass through Moolakadai , to and fro the Chennai Port.
For those who come from other areas of Chennai, Moolakadai acts as the gateway to the areas like
Madhavaram,
Kodungaiyur
Kodungaiyur is a residential neighbourhood in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It comes under Perambur Taluk of the Chennai District.
Location and surroundings
Kodungaiyur covers a vast area bordering Manali to th ...
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Madhavaram Milk Colony,
Mathur MMDA, and
Manali.
Location
North Chennai .
Transportation
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) takes care of the bus services to Moolakadai.
Moolakadai is an important stage for MTC. Moolakadai is reasonably well connected to almost all the parts of North Chennai.
Though Moolakadai does not have a Bus terminus, good number of MTC buses pass through the Moolakadai Junction. Some of the buses are :
Night Service Availability: 121A, 121G,
170A.
Banks
Given below are the Banks /ATMs located in Moolakadai:
* Indian Overseas Bank with ATM (Near Murari Hospital)
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Union Bank of India, Moolakadai with ATM
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Central Bank of India, Moolakadai with ATM, Next to Sembium EB, Moolakadai
''ATMs-''
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ICICI Bank
ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian Private bank. It is headquartered at Mumbai. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services for corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and specialized subsidiar ...
ATM, Opp to Sembium EB, Moolakadai
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AXIS Bank ATM, Moolakadai
* IOB ATM near Ravi Garden
Hospitals
* K.V.T. Health Centre
* NRV Hospital
Chennai Metro Rail
A project study would be taken up to establish links between Moolakadai—Thirumangalam, Moolakadai—Thiruvanmiyur and Luz—Poonamallee through Iyyappanthanga
The Proposed Routes are:
*Moolakadai — Perambur — Kilpauk — Thousand Lights — Mylapore — Thiruvanmiyur Line 3
9 km*Moolakadai — Redhills — Ambattur — Mogappair — Thirumangalam Line 4
2 km
Neighbourhoods in Chennai
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