Arumbakkam


Arumbakkam is primarily a residential locality in Chennai.
The locality is notable for D G Vaishnav College. The Chennai Bottling Company was located here, and has now been converted into a car dealership. This area is surrounded by main localities like Koyambedu, Aminjikarai and Anna Nagar. Other important locations are the Varadharraja Perumal Temple and the Vinayagar Temple; the area also is known for its serenity.
More recently the TNPCB has been located here. A beautiful park is also there opposite to CMBT. The Chennai Metro Rail Limited has started its construction with the pile foundation work in Arumbakkam opposite SAF Games Village. This was inaugurated by the former Deputy Chief Minister M. K. Stalin. The State Election commission of India, the headquarters of the Tamil Nadu Election Commission is in Arumbakkam opposite the CMBT.
The area is relatively rich in ground water, and the local people say that this area was a mango-cultivated area till about 1960. This area falls under the Central Chennai constituency. It is a low-lying area and used to get waterlogged frequently till the late 1990s, after which improvements in the storm water drainage system, has considerably reduced waterlogging.

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