Pudur is a locality in

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Ambattur Ambattur is located in northwestern part of Chennai City, in Ambattur taluk of the Chennai District, surrounded by Avadi, Anna Nagar, Padi, Mogappair, Kallikuppam, Surapet, Korattur, Ayappakkam, and Thiruverkadu. It covers an area of . The nei ...

(ward 80 of

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), which is a large neighbourhood in Chennai City.

History of Pudur

Pudur has developed from being a rural area along the Redhills high road to become one of the important residential localities of Ambattur. It was a part of the erstwhile Ambattur Municipality till October 2011. Now as per a G.O., Pudur (ward no. 80) has become a part of the zone 7,

, of the

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. Though Pudur has escalated itself from being a less-known suburb to a nominally decent suburban centre it still has not grown on par with the other localities in Ambattur itself. For instance it still lacks proper roads and connectivity albeit the

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has been carrying on various infrastructure projects in full-swing which are expected to reach completion soon.

Localities in Pudur

* Thirumalai Priya Nagar * Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Nagar * Banu Nagar (East and West) * Balaji Nagar

Transport in Pudur

Though Pudur has a good number of bus commuters it still does not have its own bus terminus, however there is a pending proposal to set up a bus terminus at Kallikuppam which is a mile away from Pudur. Bus services are there to

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(62),

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(62),

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(M248),

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(170L) and few private buses to Kanchipuram and Redhills. Share cabs remain the biggest logistics and transport service provider in Pudur.

Notable establishments in Pudur

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, Chennai is one kilometre away from Pudur.

Policing

Pudur falls under the jurisdiction of the

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, West zone, headquartered at Ambattur Industrial Estate.

References

External links

Official site

Chennai corporation homepage

CMDA Homepage
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