Salt Cotaurs is a neighbourhood in

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. It is located on the bank of the

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, north of

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, between the

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Road and

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. It is well known for its railway goods yard owned by Southern Railway. The Lost Property Office (LPO) of the Southern Railway (Chennai Division) is also located here. It is about 6 to 10 m above

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Etymology

The word 'Cotaur' is the Anglicised version of the

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

word "Kottaram" (Koṭṭāram கொட்டாரம்) meaning a granary or "godown". The locality once had a godown for storing salt bags and the loading station 'Salt Cotaurs'.

Developments

The checkpoint at Salt Cotaurs is one of the eight checkpoints in the state of Tamil Nadu that are slated for modernisation at a cost of 333.6 million, along with 28 commercial taxes check-posts in the state. In 2018, Southern Railway submitted a 780-million proposal to the

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to develop Salt Cotaur as the fourth rail terminal within

city and to ease the congestion at

by shifting the west-bound trains towards

Jolarpettai Jolarpettai () is a railway town in Tirupattur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a commuter rail hub in Southern Railway. It is 7 km from district Tirupattur and 18 km from Vaniyambadi. As of 2011, the town had a population of 29,66 ...

side into the new terminal after completion.

References

External links

Salt Cotaurs at GeoNames
Neighbourhoods in Chennai {{Chennai-geo-stub