Courtesy: K. Thyagarajan, Chennai

ABOUT CHENNAI

Ø Chennai shares the second position as the largest employment generator in India , along with Bombay. It is next only to Bangalore. Madras generates around 35,000 jobs annually.

Ø Chennai has the highest two-wheeler population in India.

Ø Chennai has the lowest pollution among major cities of India in spite of having over 20 lakh vehicles.

Ø The city is now called the Detroit of India due to its automobile industry producing over 40% of the country's auto parts and vehicles.

Ø Chennai is India's fourth largest city and ranks among the fifty most populous cities in the world (#35).

Ø Chennai as ranked First in India in Health facilities by Outlook in 2003.

Ø Chennai was ranked First in India in Education facilities by Outlook in 2003.

Ø Chennai was ranked the second best city to live in by Outlook in 2003.

Ø The Mofussil bus stand at Koyambedu, Chennai is the largest in South Asia.

Ø Chennai is the best place of cinema post-production work in the country according to leading cine industry experts. Because of its cheapness and all modernized technologies, several post-production works for the movies from the Eastern India and also from North-East India are now being done in Chennai.

Madras (Chennai) old facts.

Ø Gateway of South India.

Ø Cultural capital of India.

Ø Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world, after Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Ø Has one of oldest engineering and medical colleges in the world.

Ø Has the second largest cine industry in the country, next only to Bombay.

Ø Chennai is the home of South Indian cinema. There were times when all the post production work in the entire South Indian Cine industry was done only at Chennai.

Ø The Vandalur Zoo in Chennai is the First Zoo (1855) in India and one of the largest in South Asia.

Ø The Cancer institute (1920) in Chennai is one of the Oldest in India

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