In connection with extension of MRTS railway line from Velachery to St.Thomas Mount, the work of launching of box girders is in progress between Adambakkam and St.Thomas Mount. At 18.15 hours of 18.1.24 while launching the 40 meter long girder between the elevated Adambakkam and St.Thomas Mount railway stations (between Pier no.157 and 158), with synchronised hydraulic jacks near Thillai Ganga Nagar, the girder had fallen down on one end of the road while the other end was in position ... The long-awaited MRTS train service between Velachery and St. Thomas Mount is expected to commence operations by May this year. The extension project, initiated in 2008 to connect Chennai Beach to Velachery via St. Thomas Mount, faced multiple delays due to land acquisition disputes and legal challenges. The St. Thomas Mount Cantonment lies about 8 miles from South West of Madras and about 3 miles of South West of Saidapet. Pallavaram is about 11 miles South West of Madras and about 6 miles South West of Saidapet. The length of the Cantonment from East to West is 5 1/4th miles and North to South is from 1 ¼th mile to 2 1/8th miles. At the instance of Lt. Col. James, Commanding the Artillery at Fort St. George, considering the complaint of earlier inconveniences caused to his men by numerous ... St. Thomas Mount in Chennai and Little Mount in Chennai are areas where St. Thomas, the apostle was believed to have lived.
