About Avadi in , Avadi

Avadi is a residential locality in the Western part of the metropolitan city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. it is a Special Grade Municipality of Chennai Metropolitan Area in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Situated about 25 km west of Chennai Central Railway station it is surrounded by major defence establishments. The neighbourhood is served by Avadi Railway Station of the Chennai Suburban Railway. As of 2011, the town had a population of 345,996. The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) is located in Chennai Avadi.ToponymyThe word 'Avadi' has been considered as an acronym for Armoured Vehicles and Ammunition Depot of India, however this fact has no base since, the defence establishments in Avadi were set up only in the 1960s, whereas the town itself had existed long before this happened and with the same name. The name Avadi actually means in Tamil 'a place filled with lot of cows' ஆ (Aa) = cow + அடி (Adi) = location.Corporation Status AwaitedAvadi Town Set to upgrade as Corporation Soon.The government appears to be finally waking up to the needs and aspirations of residents of the neglected city suburbs: It's planning three satellite municipal corporations around Avadi, Pallavaram and Tambaram.This will bring areas in a radius of about 20 km from Pallavaram in the south till Nazarathpet in the west under corporation limits. This apart, Kundrathur and Mangadu town panchayats on the western fringes are likely to be up graded as municipalities. A proposal for creating three independent municipal corporations is under the consideration of the government, official sources privy to the developments said. "We have sent the proposal a few weeks ago. It is under consideration of the government," an official with the commissionerate of municipal administration told TOI. Among the new civic bodies, Avadi in Tiruvallur district is likely to be the largest, covering an area of 148sqkm with three municipalities including Poonamallee and Thiruverkadu, besides Thirunindravur town panchayat and 11 village panchayats.Avadi is likely to have 80 to 100 wards as per the proposal.