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  2. Royapuram fishing harbour - Wikipedia

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    Royapuram Fishing Harbour. Royapuram fishing harbour, also known as Chennai fishing harbour or Kasimedu fishing harbour, is one of the major fishing grounds for catching fishes and crustaceans located at Kasimedu in the Royapuram area of Chennai, India. The harbour is located north of the Chennai Port and is under the administrative control of ...

  3. Kasimedu - Wikipedia

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    It stretches for about 2 km, near Ennore fishing harbour along the shore, north of Chennai Port. [1] Large numbers of victims from Kasimedu fishing community were found during the tsunami observed on 26 December 2004. Kasimedu is located at about 5 km from Chennai Beach railway station. Near about 200 tons of fishes are brought to Kasimedu ...

  4. List of Chennai Corporation zones - Wikipedia

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    15 Zones of the Chennai Corporation after expansion The city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, is managed by the Corporation of Chennai. Established as Madras Corporation in 1688, it is the oldest municipal body in India. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors each of whom represents a ward. The current mayor of Chennai was elected on 4 March 2022. Prior to its expansion in ...

  5. Royapuram - Wikipedia

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    Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.It is best known for its beach, and for Royapuram Railway Station.The station is the first railway station of South India, opening in 1856, and is today the oldest surviving railway station of the Indian subcontinent.

  6. The World Bank Group's Uncounted - The Huffington Post

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    The plan was to build the plant along the Gulf of Kutch, an inlet of the Arabian Sea that provides a living for fishing clans that harvest the coast’s rich marine life. Tata assured the World Bank Group, which was putting up $450 million to help finance the project, that there was little reason to worry about the giant plant’s impact on ...

  7. Tiruvottiyur - Wikipedia

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    Tiruvottriyur has industrial units, trading activity, and nearby fishing hamlets. The area is easily accessible by Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses from across the city and has a bus terminus. The area is also served by the Tiruvottiyur railway junction of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. As of 2011, the neighbourhood had a ...

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  9. Covelong - Wikipedia

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    Covelong (Kovalam) is a fishing village in Chennai, India, 40 kilometres south of Chennai, on the East Coast Road en route to Mahabalipuram.Covelong (Cabelon in French = Kovalam) was a port town developed in the 1720s by the Ostend Company on a place provided by the Nawab of Carnatic Saadat Ali (the port was then also known as Sa‘adat Pattan, or Sadatpatnam, according to the name of the nawab).