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Thiru Vi Ka Park, also known as Shenoy Nagar Park, is an urban park at
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
, India. The park is located in Shenoy Nagar.
History
The park originally spanned about 8.8 acres with around 300 trees. In 2007, theChennai Corporation
The Greater Chennai Corporation, formerly known as the Corporation of Madras (1688-1996) and Corporation of Chennai (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Inaugurated on 29 September ...
developed the park at a cost of 6.4 million, including installing statues of some leaders, and opened it to the public in 2008. However, in 2011, the park was closed owing to construction work of the Chennai Metro Rail. About 130 trees were axed down to make way for the metro rail construction. With the Metro work getting completed in May 2017, the park is being renovated at a cost of 40 million and is expected to be ready by mid-2019. The park now has only 170 trees, down from 300 trees before the construction of the Metro Rail.
See also
*Parks in Chennai
As of 2019, there are 632 parks in Chennai City, including 142 parks in the north zone, 224 in the central zone, and 266 in the south zone. They range in size from 700 square metres to 5,000 square metres. A couple of the parks, including the ...
References
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