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  2. Greater Chennai Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) [1] is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India.Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II of England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.

  3. Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

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    Chennai is one of the metros in India that are dependent mostly on ground water supply. Ground water in Chennai is replenished by rain water and average rainfall in Chennai is 1276 mm. [1] Chennai receives about 985 million liters per day (mld) from various sources against the required amount of 1200 mld and the demand is expected to rise to ...

  4. Chennai metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is the nodal agency that handles town planning and development within the metro area. In 1974, an area encompassing 1,189 km 2 (459 sq mi) around the city was designated as the metropolitan area which was subsequently expanded to 5,904 km 2 (2,280 sq mi) in 2022.

  5. List of Chennai Metro stations - Wikipedia

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    List of Chennai Metro stations. Chennai Metro Phase 1 network map. The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai and its suburbs. Phase I of the project consisted of two corridors covering a length of 54.15 kilometres (33.65 mi). [1] The elevated section of the project began operations in June 2015, with the entire ...

  6. Chennai Metro - Wikipedia

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    The Chennai Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Chennai, India. Operated by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) – a joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu, the network consists of two lines and spans 54.1 km (33.6 mi). The system uses standard gauge and has 41 underground and elevated ...

  7. Poondi reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Chennai Metro Water said that Poondi is getting an inflow of over 6,000 cusecs of water from Kosasthalaiyar river on 17 November 2015. [7] On 1 December 2015 the northeast monsoon brought heavy rainfall of 40 mm and causing the inflow of 34,887 ( cusecs ) and outflow of 36,484 ( cusecs ), which was the highest inflow and outflow of water ever ...

  8. Water management in Chennai - Wikipedia

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    Water management in Chennai. The coastal city of Chennai has a metropolitan population of 10.6 million as per 2019 census. As the city lacks a perennial water source, catering the water requirements of the population has remained an arduous task. On 18 June 2019, the city's reservoirs ran dry, leaving the city in severe crisis.

  9. Crews working to fix water main break in Northeast Philadelphia

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    Crews working to fix water main break in Northeast Philadelphia. Fox local. September 5, 2024 at 6:04 AM. PHILADELPHIA - A massive water main break caused water to flood a busy intersection in ...