urapakkam

     Urapakkam is a suburban and fast-growing residential locality near Vandalur and it is 12 km from Tambaram. With its green neighborhood(Vandalur Zoo, a thick forest area next to that zoo and after Cresent University, improved connectivity, and well-established social infrastructure, Urapakkam has become the epicenter of real estate.  It's with an elevation of 29 m (95 ft) above sea level.  Work to widen one side of the Chennai-Tiruchi Highway (NH 32), known as the GST Road, for a distance of 5 km between Urapakkam and Guduvanchery beyond Tambaram, has commenced and will be completed soon. The road is being widened from the present 4 lanes to 8 lanes, between Vandalur and Paranur. Widening of the road has become imperative due to heavy traffic and accidents in this area. It has private schools like Sankara Matriculation and CBSC, Neelan Matriculation School, Ananthavalli Matriculation School(Tea Kadai bus stop), Saraswathi Matriculation School, Shalom CNBSC,...