Moulivakkam | |
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| Nickname: Bai Kadai | |
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| Coordinates:13°01′17″N80°08′39″E / 13.0215°N 80.1443°E /13.0215; 80.1443[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Kancheepuram |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Mangadu Municipality |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600125 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 10 (RTO, Chennai South West) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sriperumbudur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Alandur |
| Planning agency | CMDA |
| Website | www |
Moulivakkam is a neighbourhood ofChennai. It is situated 18 km south-west ofChennai on the Arcot Road. It comes underMangadu municipality and is bounded byPorur on the north,Kolappakkam on the south,Mugalivakkam on the east andManapakkam on the south-east directions. The nearest railway station is atGuindy, which is about 6 kilometres away. The Porur junction is around 3 km away andKathipara Junction is around 5 km away.
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The real estate boom inIndia andChennai had its course in Moulivakkam too.DLF SEZ was built and opened next to Moulivakkam in 2010. Multinational companies such asIBM,HP, CTS, andL&T Infotech have been located in this IT City.L&T ECC, L&T Ship Building and L&T AUDCO are also vested in this area.
In the year 2014, on June 28, in Moulivakkam, 55 persons were killed and several injured due to the collapse of a multi-storeyed building.[1] Due to this incident, its twin tower which was semi-finished, was demolished with controlled explosives on November 2, 2016.[2][3]
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