The Vennankodi Muniappan temple in Salem is popular among locals, this temple is located below a creeper plant that local call it as rare வெண்ணங்கொடி(Vennankodi) plant. Sacred groves (Kovil Kaadu) though small but they are crucial for protecting native plants.
📷- Puni
After "n" number of attempts by Salem Corporation to revive Panaimarathupatti Lake. Now SCMC gave concent to NGO to revive Panaimarathupatti Lake.
Trichy based NGO, is set to revive the oldest 2,137 acres Panaimarathupatti Lake at free of cost 👇
🌳 Remove "Seemai Karuvelam" tress
🚣 Strengthening banks of the lakes using mud
🐦 Creating places for Birds
🌴 Sow Palm seeds and other trees
Already SCMC cleared 50 acres and planted 55,000 trees to get ₹25 crores fund from Central Govt, And SCMC sent ₹55 crores with proposal to state govt. 🤞
#Salem #SalemCorporation #PanaimarathupattiLake #NGO
Source: https://t.co/Mtm5OjxyNo
High time the Viluppuram–Tiruchchirappalli Chord Line gets the attention it deserves
A major spine railway corridor having with just 2 shuttle services a day is concerning where it is just treated as a passing route instead of Addressing its own demands. Chordline is being hindered from serving Potential stations like Srirangam, Pichandarkovil, Lalgudi, Pullambadi, Dalmiapuram, Sendurai, Mathur, Pennadam, Ulundurpettai, Parikkal & Tiruvennainallur Road End up suffering from lack of Shuttle srervics.
Introduce Shuttle trains from:-
1. Tiruchi jn to Cuddalore port jn
2. Vriddachalam jn to Puducherry
3. Vriddachalam jn to Tiruchi jn
4. Vriddachalam jn to Salem jn
5. Tiruchi jn to Villupuram jn
6. Tiruchi to Chinnasalem jn
7. An Express train From Tiruchi jn to Salem jn via Vriddachalam jn that would connect Ariyalur dt with Major part of Salem District.
@DRMTPJ@GMSRailway@SalemDRM
Demand is clear. Chordline Requires better utilisation of the line by providing more dedicated trains.
Just 4 pit lines in western TN, generates Rs 1000 cr ticket revenue to SR, build 4 more pit lines, Rs 2000 cr ticket revenue assured & benefits more people.
Maintenance facility is required to start/ restore train services.
#Southernrailways#Indianrailways#Indianrailwayboard
Salem Market Exclusive Container Rail Terminal (ECRT) work is progressing at full speed 🏗️
Salem Market station is one of the 23 stations across India identified for the development of an Exclusive Container Rail Terminal (ECRT).
🔹 Platform height enhancement underway
🔸 Dedicated freight train terminal building under construction
🔹 New railway tracks being laid
A major step towards strengthening Salem’s logistics and railway infrastructure 🚆
#Salem #SalemMarket #ECRT #Railways @TamilNaduInfra@UpdatesChennai@SalemHub
1. Chennai Tambaram Tiruvanamalai Intercity
2. Salem Tambaram Chennai Egmore IC
3. Tambaram Vridhachalam Salem Coimbatore Intercity
4. Rameshwaram Chennai VB is much needed plenty of room to introduce for huge demand.
@SalemDRM@DrmChennai@DRMTPJ@GMSRailway wake up from 😴
Highlights of #Tamilnadu Economic Survey 2025-26 - #Salem Version 👇🏻
📈 Salem Contributes significantly to state Economy
💸 Salem's Per Capita is 2.52 Lakhs stands at 15th in state.
🔩 Salem is earnmarked as Steel & Powerloom cluster among 5 clusters in TN.
💹 Salem, Coimbatore, Erode & Tiruppur contributes 80% on Western region entrepreneurship.
🛵 Salem, Chennai & Coimbatore are indentified as major hubs in Vehicle registration which is driven by Industrial activity and high population density.
🚄 Salem - Coimbatore RRTS
🛫 Land Acquisition worth ₹350 crores is underway for Salem Airport Expansion.
🛬 Civil Aviation Ministry sought to assess whether the proposed Hosur airport would affect passenger traffic at Bengaluru or Salem airports, to be conducted by TIDCO.
💧 Artificial Groundwater recharge program in Salem will be prioritised.
🏡 Salem stands at 3rd place in number of Green Building with 12 green buildings, Chennai & Coimbatore is at 1st & 2nd spot respectively.
🏗️Construction and Demolition Waste Processing facility in Salem.
🛣️ To prevent dust and air pollution, road sweeping machines have been sanctioned in five
Corporations: Salem, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, and Tuticorin.
@SalemHub@arulmuru182002@Baskarvasee @Charanyan5 @_dhilip_dev_@balajiisnow
🥳 Two new office spaces are coming up in Salem!
📍 Stilt+4 floors (45,000 sq.ft) – SKS Hospital Road, Alagapuram
📍 B+G+2 floors (25,000 sq.ft) – Meyyanur
More office spaces are taking shape across the city - great signs of growth! 🚀
#Salem#OfficeSpaces#IT#InvestInSalem
Credits: @Charanyan5
🏙️#Salem UA is undoubtedly the next biggest UA after Chennai and Coimbatore UA.
Criminally underrated and often ignored. In the coming years, we could see Erode and Salem merging.
Eventually, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, and Salem together already form the biggest urban agglomeration in South India and will soon develop into one of the biggest UAs in India
Some Highlights from report on "Peri-urban Areas of TN" by State Planning Commission for Urban Development.
🌇 This report proves that "#SALEM" is the #3rd largest #Urban center in the state after Chennai & Coimbatore.
1st 📊 - % of total buildup area share of the state: #Salem at 3rd spot 5.6% after Coimbatore & Tiruppur
2nd 📊 - Annual Exponential Growth of Builtup area: #Salem stands @ 5th with 4.9% annual growth. Salem steadily urbanises while growth of other major urban centres slows down.
3rd 🗺️ - Map shows Contiguously Built-up Urban Agglomeration (CBUA): #Salem's CBUA is largest after Chennai & Coimbatore (CBE+TUP).
4th 📊 - Proportion of Built-up area in CBUA and Peri Urban Areas: #Salem stands at 3rd after Chennai & Coimbatore.
CBUA Builtup area 👇
Chennai - 139.95 km²
Coimbatore - 121.42 km²
#Salem - 55.16 km²
Peri Urban Builtup Area 👇
Coimbatore - 55.33 km²
Chennai - 41.26 km²
#Salem - 15.55 km²
CBUA+Peri Urban Builtup Area 👇
Chennai - 181.21 km²
Coimbatore - 176.75 km²
#Salem - 70.71 km²
No other cities CBUA built-up area crosses even 40+ km²
@SalemHub@arulmuru182002@balajiisnow@Baskarvasee @Charanyan5 @_dhilip_dev_@sknatesan@NammaCoimbatore@TamilNaduInfra #Salem #Urban
SALEM✨
Pop~ 13.80+ Lakhs
Area(Cont.Urban Sprawl)~180 km²
—Central transit spine b/w Chennai,Coimbatore & BLR🛣️
—With fast-growing sprawl & satellite villages set to Merge into a Much larger Urban region!!📈🔥
Source:GHSL–Copernicus E2025, Sentinel‑2, LandScan & ML int.
@TheSalemNew Not residents but that TVK fellow, who has no connections to the town 😶
PMK & TVK (Vazhvurimai) - they are just here to agitate with baseless stuffs
They want to be the masters of their clan, no signs of Urban Infra Support 🥲