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Sengundram
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Sengundram
Red Hills | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
| Nickname: "North Door Of Chennai" | |
  Sengundram  Sengundram  Sengundram | |
| Coordinates: 13°11′35″N 80°11′31″E / 13.1930°N 80.1920°ECoordinates: 13°11′35″N 80°11′31″E / 13.1930°N 80.1920°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruvallur |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600052 |
| Telephone code | 044 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-18 |
| Planning agency | CMDA |
| City | Chennai |
| Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency | Madhavaram |
Sengundram ("செங்குன்றம்"), known in English as Red Hills, is a neighbourhood in the northwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The name was derived from the red hills (Semman Kuviyal) that was formerly present in this area for the most part.
History[edit]
The country's first train, Red Hill Railway (built by Arthur Cotton to transport granite for road-building), ran from Red Hills to the Chintadripet bridge in Madras in 1837. Even near Red Hills, a town named Sholavaram has a unused airstrip build by British for World War II. It was originally operated by the Royal Air Force as an airbase during World War II. After the war, it was abandoned until the airstrip was turned into a venue for drag racing. Most notably, the Malayalam actor Jayan was killed in a helicopter accident here during the shooting of his film Kolilakkam on 16 November 1980.
After the Madras Motor Sports Club was formed in mid-1950s, Sholavaram was selected to conduct its racing events. According to some estimates, entries across all the various categories of motorcycles and cars together numbered over 800. The state government would ply buses ferrying fans, who travelled from all over India, to and from the track. There was even a thriving black market for forged tickets. Participants included Vijay Mallya’s Formula One Ensign or Chandhok’s Formula 2 Chevron B42. Since then racing events took place every year and continued till late 1980s until the Madras Motor Sports Club built a new track at Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
The Indian Army later recovered the lands, which had been illegally occupied by local residents. The military used the area and the remaining airstrip as a surveillance base. There were also plans to use the airport as a secondary landing location for commercial aircraft.
In 2020 the airstrip was taken over by the Government of India, with plans to construct a new airport under the UDAN scheme.
Business[edit]
And also the special business there is paddy and rice selling and buying. It gives a wide range of employment. These businesses are help to Tamil Nadu to fulfill their requirement especially Chennai city.
Diversity[edit]
Iyyappan temple in Redhills is famous among Hindus and the CSI church opposite to Iyyappan temple is one of the larger church in the surrounding area. Redhills Lake is named as Puzhal lake and it is a major water reservoir for the city. Vishalayam special school, the only special school at redhills working hard for uplifting lives of special children and mentally challenged children. Two major Government schools are there one for boys and other for girls and also Government boys higher secondary school (vadagarai) is the most famous and older one.
Red Hills Lake[edit]
Puzhal aeri, or Puzhal lake, also known as the Red Hills Lake, is located in Ponneri taluk of Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the two rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai City, the other one being the Chembarambakkam Lake and Porur Lake. The full capacity of the lake is 3,300 million ft³ (93 million m³).
Transport facility[edit]
A Redhills bus stand has buses to various parts of Chennai. It is easy to get connected to CMBT, Broadway, Poonamalle, Tambaram and Vandaloor Zoo through bus from Redhills. Many mofussil buses also pass through Redhills.
In Phase II of metro Rail, Three lines covering a distance of 63 kilometres have been proposed in the second phase of the network. In that Line 4 is envisioned to be a 22-kilometre route with 8 stations from Moolakadai to Thirumangalam Junction. Stations are planned at: Moolakadai, Vinayagapuram/Teachers Colony, Surapet, Red Hills, Ambattur OT, Maduravoyil Junction, MMM Hospital and Thirumangalam Junction
