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Madhavaram Milk Colony
Neighbourhood
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Coordinates:13°09′N80°14′E / 13.15°N 80.24°E /13.15; 80.24
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Metro	Chennai
Chennai Corporation Zone	III (Madhavaram)
Taluk	Madhavaram
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600051
Vehicle registration	TN-05-xxxx

Madhavaram Milk Colony is a neighbourhood in northernChennai, a metropolitan city inChennai district in theIndianstate ofTamil Nadu. Madhavaram Milk Colony is a small area of about 5,000 in the northern part ofChennai. Due to the set up of the first co-operativemilk producing union Aavin of Chennai, this place was called Madhavaram Milk Colony. Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University is situated here. TheMadhavaram Botanical Garden is situated here.

Madhavaram Milk Colony, most often called "MMC" orPaalpannai is a neighbourhood located north of Chennai city. It borders Kodungaiyur to the east, Madhavaram to the west, Moolakadai to the south, and Manali to the north. The main thoroughfare in the area is the Milk Colony Road.

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) runs passenger buses to Madhavaram Milk Colony from other major parts of the Chennai city. Though there is no origin or destination service from/to Madhavaram Milk Colony, Good number of buses passes through Madhavaram Milk Colony. Some of them are:

Madhavaram Milk Colony's colleges, universities and institutes are:

• Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS)
• College of Fish Nutrition and Food Technology of Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University (TNJFU)
• Paraprofessional Institute of Fisheries Technology of Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University (TNJFU)
• Horticulture Training Centre
• Institute of Horticulture Management
• Agricultural Co-operative Staff Training Institute
• Jayagovind Harigopal Agarwal Agarsen College
• Institute for Poultry Science and Management

• Greenfield Chennai International School
• Velammal New Gen School
• Everwin Vidhyaashram School
• KC Toshniwal Vivekananda Vidyalaya School
• Sri Chaitanya Techno School

• St Thomas Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• Bosco Academy Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• Government Higher Secondary School
• Padma Prakash Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• Ramakrishna Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• St. Anne's Girls High School
• St. Ann's Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• St. Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School
• St. Thomas' School
• Sri Shakthi Matriculation School
• Madhavaram Govt Higher Secondary School

• Madhavaram Milk Colony Government Hospital
• K.M Multi Specialty Hospital
• Murari Hospital
• St' Antony hospital
• Anand Hospital
• Fathima Nursing Home

Most notable neighbourhoods in Madhavaram Milk colony are

Madhavaram Milk Colony is just 5 km fromPerambur and 6.7 km fromManali and 13 km fromAnnanagar and 11.5 km fromTiruvotiiyur. The nearest railway station isPerambur andChennai Central at just 6 km.

Madhavaram Milk Colony is the home to the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Ltd's first dairy processing plant in Chennai. Founded 1992, the unit is the central dairy ofAavin with a capacity of 3.0 LLPD.

During the 1980s the Tamil Nadu cooperative milk federation was running in loss. As a part of initiative to implement the market of milk and milk products, the authorities decided to establish an ice cream parlour along with a park for children to play. The park consists of a small artificial lake along with a small fish pond.

Madhavaram Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Chennai, India, set up by the horticulture department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The garden, under construction, is expected to be opened by February 2013 and will be the largest botanical garden in the city. The garden is located at the State horticulture farm in Madhavaram Milk Colony. Encompassing an area of 28 acres, it is being built at a cost of ₹ 57.3 million. Foundation stone for the garden was laid on 15 September 2010. As of October 2012, 80 percent of the civil work has been completed and work is in progress to construct a food court, ticket counters and a compound wall. A small bridge has been built to attract birds from where visitors will get a view of the lake. The garden will have nearly 400 species of plants. A glasshouse similar to the one in the garden at Udhagamandalam will also be created, with different types of gardens, including herbal, flowers, bonsai and trellis gardens, in addition to mazes, a play area for children, cascades and many fountains. The garden will also have an open-air theatre with a capacity to seat nearly 150 people. There will also be a nursery outlet at the garden.

The Madhavaram Milk Colony was established by KarmaverarK. Kamaraj, former chief minister ofTamil Nadu in 1965 as a region for milk and milk-producing people. It was under the period of whom a field called jersey field was established as a cow field with at least 200 license holders. Then he built a residential area for those people and the area was named as Madhavaram Paalpannai. Veterinary buildings and institutions include:

• The central fisheries and aquaculture research center
• The horticulture research and training institute
• The Tamil Nadu Animal Science and veterinary University (TANUVAS)
• The chemicals and pesticide safety laboratory
• The central Palmgur research institute (under CSIR, Neither a Palm nor a Gur)
• The parmocovigilance laboratory for animal feed and food safety
• The Central Fertilizers Chemical Laboratory

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