Friday, March 14, 2008

Chennai all the way....

1. Chennai shares the second position as the largest employment
generator in
India, along with Bombay. It is next only to Bangalore.
Madras
generates around 35,000 jobs annually.

2. Chennai has the highest two-wheeler population in India.

3. Chennai has the lowest pollution among major cities of India inspite
of having over 20 lakh vehicles.

4. The city is now called the Detroit of India due to its automobile
industry producing over 40% of the country's auto parts and vehicles.

5. Chennai is India's fourth largest city and ranks among the fifty
most populous cities in the world (#35).

6. Chennai as ranked First in India in Health facilities by Outlook in
2003.

7. Chennai was ranked First in India in Education facilities by Outlook
in 2003.

8. Chennai was ranked the second best city to live in by Outlook in
2003.

9. The Mofussil bus stand at Koyambedu, Chennai is the largest in South
Asia.

10. Chennai is the best place of cinema post-production work in the
country according to leading cine industry experts. Because of its
cheapness and all modernized technologies, several post-production works
forthe movies from the
Eastern India and also from North-East India
are now
being done in Chennai.

Madras (Chennai) old facts...........

Ø Gateway of South India.

Ø Cultural capital of India.

Ø Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world, after
Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Ø Has one of oldest engineering and medical colleges in the world.

Ø Has the second largest cine industry in the country, next only to
Bombay..

Ø Chennai is the home of South Indian cinema. There were times when
all the post production work in the entire South Indian cine industry was
done only at Chennai.

Ø The Vandalur Zoo in Chennai is the First Zoo (1855) in India and one
of the largest in
South Asia.

Ø The Cancer institute (1920) in Chennai is one of the Oldest in
India


Do you agree that .......

Chennai is the Best?!!


smiles -
sharu:)


2 comments:

s()ms!e said...

nice !!!!
The only thing is "its chennai" and not" madras"..Like we usually refer to as..Remember..We dont like it bein called "chennai"...

sathish said...

I guess San Thome Church in chennai is worth mentioning. Its one of the 3 churches in the world built on the tomb of an apostle of Jesus. The other two are in rome and spain