The Chennai ITIR or "Information Technology Investment Region" is a planned mega city covering an area of about 1,600 km² (395,368.61 acre). It will be a specifically notified zone that will include IT/BPOs, electronics hardware manufacturing units, public utilities, residential areas, social infrastructure and administrative units. The ITIR is bordered by IT corridor and

NH4 NH4 or NH 4 or NH-4 may refer to: * Ammonium, the cation in chemistry * National Highway 4 (India), new numbering for a National Highway in India * National Highway 4 (India, old numbering) Route 4, or Highway 4, may refer to several highways ...

. The

NH45 National Highway 45 (NH 45) is a primary national highway in India. This highway runs in the states, Sagartola of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The route of NH-45 was extended from Jabalpur to Bilaspur in June 2016. Route NH45 traverse ...

runs through the heart of the proposed city.

Proposed infrastructure facilities

The cities of

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

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and

Mamallapuram Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabalipuram), is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. It ...

will be connected with roadways and railways as a part of the project.

Proposed road connectivity

* Extension of

from Chennai to Mamallapuram. * A single road connecting Mahabalipuram, Tirukazhukundram, Chengalpattu and Kanchipuram would be established.

Proposed rail connectivity

* Extension of MRTS from Chennai till Mamallapuram. 0 km* A new railway line from

Anna Nagar Anna Nagar (formerly known as Naduvakkarai), is a neighbourhood in the metropolitan city of Chennai, India. Named after former chief minister of Tamil Nadu C. N. Annadurai, it is located in the north-western part of Chennai and forms a part o ...

Sriperumbudur Sriperumbudur, also known as Thiruperumbudur, is a Municipality and the headquarters of Sriperumbudur taluk located in Kanchipuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located 40 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Chennai ...

. 5 km

Proposed air connectivity

* A new international airport at

at a cost of INR 3000 crores.

New townships

Three new townships are proposed in the following areas. * Two townships in areas flanked by

and

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. * One township in area flanked by

and IT corridor.

References

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