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23. ROAD AND TRANSPORT

23.1 Length of Roads 441-442

23.2 Number of Accidents and Persons involved 442

23.3 Road Accidents by Districts 443

23.4 Registered Motor Vehicles by Districts 444-452

23.5 Transport Corporations in Tamil Nadu 453

23.6 Select Indicators of overall performance of State Transport 454

Corporations in Tamil Nadu

23.7 Performance of All State Transport undertakings in Tamil Nadu 455

23.8 New routes introduced by the State Transport undertakings 455

in Tamil Nadu

23.9 Railway Operations in Tamil Nadu 456

23.10 Port Development – Vessels entered and Cargo Handled 457

in Tamil Nadu
23.11 Air Ports in Tamil Nadu 458-459
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23. ROAD AND TRANSPORT

23.1 LENGTH OF ROADS 2015-16
(in Kilometres)
Surfaced Roads
Water Total for
Districts Cement` Bitumi-
Bound Surfaced
Concrete nous
macadam Roads
1 2 3 4 5
1. Chennai* 1111.610 3744.870 309.390 5165.870
2. Kancheepuram 1053.044 5783.87 716.159 7553.073
3. Thiruvallur 508.59 5453.771 1346.557 7308.918
4. Cuddalore 514.481 6169.101 2059.916 8743.498
5. Villupuram 618.393 8112.545 3595.715 12326.65
6. Vellore 941.781 8110.242 1381.828 10433.85
7. Tiruvannamalai 503.292 6823.243 1458.843 8785.378
8. Salem 487.088 9208.877 3088.847 12784.81
9. Namakkal 314.462 6216.771 1946.688 8477.921
10. Dharmapuri 164.618 4749.02 1521.24 6434.878
11. Krishnagiri 328.451 4890.871 1788.372 7007.694
12. Erode 373.152 7854.502 1291.606 9519.26
13. Coimbatore 684.24 8174.022 1456.86 10315.12
14. The Nilgiris 289.44 2255.214 441 2985.654
15. Tiruchirappalli 396.891 7282.22 2143.497 9822.608
16. Karur 132.551 4616.99 1783.35 6532.891
17. Perambalur 52.686 1732.714 1057.219 2842.619
18. Pudukkottai 176.894 7962.451 3662.43 11801.78
19. Thanjavur 534.964 8536.127 2509.908 11581
20. Nagapattinam 382.903 5662.33 1470.213 7515.446
21. Thiruvarur 352.127 5734.522 2454.513 8541.162
22. Madurai 434.999 4762.876 829.065 6026.94
23. Theni 283.573 2502.863 544.257 3330.693
24. Dindigul 317.068 6910.411 2039.923 9267.402
25. Ramanathapuram 217.531 4919.536 1278.83 6415.897
26. Virudhunagar 345.604 4195.634 878.816 5420.054
27. Sivagangai 163.341 6206.905 1559.85 7930.096
28. Tirunelveli 878.932 7852.131 1288.001 10019.06
29. Thoothukkudi 413.211 5198.228 609.03 6220.469
30. Kanniyakumari 1481.26 4756.711 450.09 6688.061
31. Ariyalur 66.568 2866.119 1318.165 4250.852
32. Tiruppur 403.815 8723.828 2584.579 11712.22
STATE 14927.76 187569.47 50864.76 253761.87
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23.1 LENGTH OF ROADS 2015-16 (Concld.)
( in Kilometres)
Grand Total
Districts Un-Surfaced Roads
(Col. 5 + Col.6)
1 6 7
1. Chennai * 381.890 5547.760
2. Kancheepuram 949.171 8502.244
3. Thiruvallur 181.922 7490.84
4. Cuddalore 2077.924 10821.42
5. Villupuram 3666.111 15992.76
6. Vellore 1492.619 11926.47
7. Tiruvannamalai 1483.88 10269.26
8. Salem 3330.942 16115.75
9. Namakkal 2176.432 10654.35
10. Dharmapuri 1547.559 7982.437
11. Krishnagiri 1804.503 8812.197
12. Erode 1593.95 11113.21
13. Coimbatore 1769.628 12084.75
14. The Nilgiris 523.23 3508.884
15. Tiruchirappalli 2259.85 12082.46
16. Karur 1873.843 8406.734
17. Perambalur 1082.611 3925.23
18. Pudukkottai 3695.404 15497.18
19. Thanjavur 2510.741 14091.74
20. Nagapattinam 1490.984 9006.43
21. Thiruvarur 2460.087 11001.25
22. Madurai 855.709 6882.649
23. Theni 898.417 3929.11
24. Dindigul 2158.724 11426.13
25. Ramanathapuram 1327.796 7743.693
26. Virudhunagar 924.102 6344.156
27. Sivagangai 1630.33 9560.426
28. Tirunelveli 1315.201 11334.27
29. Thoothukkudi 740.158 6960.627
30. Kanniyakumari 623.6 7311.661
31. Ariyalur 1325.75 5576.602
32. Tiruppur 2996.084 14708.31
STATE 51899.981 305662.06
* 2014-15
Source: 1) The Chief Engineer, National Highways, Chennai-5
2) The Chief Engineer , Highways & Rural Works, Chennai-5
3) The Commr. of Municipal Administration, Chennai-5
4) The Director of Town Panchayats, Chennai-108
5) The Director of Rural Development, Chennai-15. &

23.2 NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND PERSONS INVOLVED

(Numbers)
2015 (Jan. to Dec.) 2016 (Jan. to Dec.)
Type
Accidents Persons Accidents Persons
Fatal 14524 15642 16092 17218
Grievously Injured 7413 9425 6262 8421
Minor Injured 44855 70321 46908 73742
Non-Injured 2267 0 2169 0
TOTAL 69059 95388 71431 99381
69059

source: Director General of Police, Chennai-4

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23.3 ROAD ACCIDENTS BY DISTRICTS 2016
Total No. No. of No. of
City/District of Persons Persons
Accidents Injured Killed
1. Chennai City 7486 7349 1183
2. Coimbatore City 1354 1199 288
3. Madurai City 946 926 222
4. Salem City 1255 1345 215
5. Tirunelveli City 389 320 102
6. Tiruppur City 804 741 174
7. Trichy City 657 732 144
8. Ariyalur 618 803 162
9. Coimbatore 2607 2523 759
10. Cuddalore 3758 4965 570
11. Dharmapuri 1602 2086 371
12. Dindigul 2169 2623 662
13. Erode 2510 2800 588
14. Kancheepuram 3507 3632 1057
15. Kanniyakumari 1243 1365 296
16. Karur 1225 1414 377
17. Krishnagiri 1969 2280 624
18. Madurai 2174 2350 514
19. Nagapattinam 1670 2059 271
20. Namakkal 2307 2509 520
21. The Nilgiris 308 504 55
22. Perambalur 584 963 184
23. Pudukottai 1323 1401 383
24. Ramanathapuram 997 1176 303
25. Salem 2505 2683 582
26. Sivagangai 1339 1618 342
27. Tanjore 2233 2454 483
28. Theni 1368 2036 278
29. Tirunelveli 2011 2268 517
30. Tiruppur 2577 3219 753
31. Tiruvallur 1390 1506 454
32. Tiruvannamalai 1712 1984 478
33. Tiruvarur 1041 1204 188
34. Trichy 1735 2568 567
35. Tuticorin 1568 1808 392
36. Vellore 3245 3727 878
37. Villupuram 3914 5467 915
38. Virudhunagar 1328 1554 366
39. Railway Police, Chennai 1 0 1
40. Railway Police, Trichy 2 2 0

Total 71431 82163 17218

Note : Chennai Suburban Merged with Chennai City W.E.F. August 2011
Source: Director General of Police, Chennai-4
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16
(In Nos.)
Commercial
District Stage Carriages Auto Rick-
Mini Buses
Public Private shaws
1 2 3 4 5

State TransportAuthority 1152 203 0 0

1. Chennai 6897 6 0 74026

2. Kancheepuram 653 206 100 4826
3. Thiruvallur 181 84 46 7559
4. Vellore 769 500 69 14845
5. Tiruvannamalai 434 321 147 2929
6. Cuddalore 511 434 125 4157
7. Villupuram 655 381 173 8111
8. Salem 621 442 202 5290
9. Namakkal 270 349 196 953
10. Dharmapuri 394 284 61 2045
11. Krishnagiri 509 144 49 3380
12. Tiruchirappalli 667 470 289 13530
13. Karur 125 145 88 1301
14. Perambalur 65 70 102 444
15. Ariyalur 129 34 37 262
16. Thanjavur 383 254 176 5562
17. Nagapattinam 170 121 108 1997
18. Thiruvarur 219 96 57 1568
19. Pudukkottai 378 192 34 2033
20. Erode 457 514 149 3252
21. Coimbatore 1277 452 147
11635
22. Udhagamandalam 376 0 140 4111
23. Tiruppur 689 294 80 2476
24. Madurai 1201 394 224 15710
25. Dindigul 610 384 130 5562
26. Theni 259 114 111 5032
27. Virudhunagar 466 266 153 4284
28. Sivagangai 334 185 58 3184
29. Ramanathapuram 359 73 41 5889
30. Thoothukkudi 526 301 211 4697
31. Tirunelveli 643 224 256 9900
32. Kanniyakumari 699 0 235 7420
STATE TOTAL 23078 7937 3994 237970
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.)

(In Nos.)
Commercial
District Ordi- MOTOR CAB MAXI CAB
nary State All India State All India
Taxi Permit Permit Permit Permit
1 6 7 8 9 10
State Transport
0 0 0 0 0
Authority
1. Chennai 535 26249 7855 18837 3759
2. Kancheepuram 53 2505 126 5220 38
3. Thiruvallur 0 4267 2589 6107 2417
4. Vellore 128 1208 537 1627 129
5. Tiruvannamalai 4 1387 263 863 67
6. Cuddalore 8 2431 163 2174 51
7. Villupuram 40 4242 123 2081 40
8. Salem 5 1934 184 1700 45
9. Namakkal 0 1962 69 1037 9
10. Dharmapuri 0 583 70 400 24
11. Krishnagiri 0 375 502 529 48
12. Tiruchirappalli 2399 5737 342 3086 150
13. Karur 0 324 13 488 6
14. Perambalur 0 682 31 397 21
15. Ariyalur 0 517 4 368 8
16. Thanjavur 12 5140 157 1443 123
17. Nagapattinam 0 2411 11 1369 181
18. Thiruvarur 0 993 18 659 13
19. Pudukkottai 307 1240 3 819 0
20. Erode 0 4427 264 2047 44
21. Coimbatore 71 10007 136 3989 19
22. Udhagamandalam 661 2769 404 985 105
23. Tiruppur 16 1816 17 1529 5
24. Madurai 0 3987 148 3763 88
25. Dindigul 208 2392 23 1574 16
26. Theni 0 740 57 1041 21
27. Virudhunagar 0 2782 40 2845 8
28. Sivagangai 2 1778 4 1022 0
29. Ramanathapuram 8 1628 13 1893 2
30. Thoothukkudi 65 2552 59 2318 1
31. Tirunelveli 34 4197 11 3341 0
32. Kanniyakumari 26 3857 24 2164 0
STATE TOTAL 4582 107119 14260 77715 7438
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.)

(In Nos.)
Commercial
OMNI BUSES Private
District School
State All India Service
Bus
Permit Permit Vehicle
1 11 12 13 14
State Transport
0 0 0 0
Authority
1. Chennai 175 35 1811 1985
2. Kancheepuram 80 0 4610 1710
3. Thiruvallur 13 0 601 1060
4. Vellore 0 1 500 1025
5. Tiruvannamalai 0 11 119 974
6. Cuddalore 0 0 50 661
7. Villupuram 5 0 126 920
8. Salem 149 5 163 1403
9. Namakkal 52 0 295 1694
10. Dharmapuri 0 0 11 801
11. Krishnagiri 3 0 178 862
12. Tiruchirappalli 57 8 288 1055
13. Karur 10 0 227 615
14. Perambalur 5 0 15 562
15. Ariyalur 0 0 11 101
16. Thanjavur 58 2 21 349
17. Nagapattinam 28 0 14 295
18. Thiruvarur 0 0 12 79
19. Pudukkottai 0 11 32 268
20. Erode 4 8 400 1279
21. Coimbatore 184 91 707 1670
22. Udhagamandalam 0 2 29 279
23. Tiruppur 10 0 915 505
24. Madurai 25 4 255 846
25. Dindigul 16 0 188 691
26. Theni 35 0 119 571
27. Virudhunagar 28 0 1594 1090
28. Sivagangai 1 0 44 414
29. Ramanathapuram 1 0 15 401
30. Thoothukkudi 38 6 337 261
31. Tirunelveli 19 0 401 1041
32. Kanniyakumari 0 0 101 468
STATE TOTAL 996 184 14189 25935
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
Commercial
State Permit
Light
District Col- Fire Articu-
Ambu- Com-
lege Figh- Lor- lated
lance mercial
Bus ter Vehicle ries Vehi-
cles
1 15 16 17 18 19 20
State Transport 0
0 0 0 0 0
Authority
1. Chennai 1088 1729 112 44157 35429 2823
2. Kancheepuram 1011 510 183 2172 11912 220
3. Thiruvallur 975 882 39 7953 15568 531
4. Vellore 325 351 23 3971 8361 78
5. Tiruvannamalai 284 151 10 4197 2283 21
6. Cuddalore 84 290 40 3276 4248 9
7. Villupuram 328 208 64 4068 13481 21
8. Salem 991 404 48 11569 22357 24
9. Namakkal 1522 220 203 8493 11714 19
10. Dharmapuri 0 101 16 3283 3888 5
11. Krishnagiri 173 397 3 9254 5606 69
12. Tiruchirappalli 220 433 53 8893 14096 461
13. Karur 72 155 50 1950 5789 65
14. Perambalur 0 79 6 103 1409 0
15. Ariyalur 61 37 2 342 1686 365
16. Thanjavur 252 206 28 3464 1065 4
17. Nagapattinam 82 127 135 6142 2028 0
18. Thiruvarur 115 78 1 508 1694 0
19. Pudukkottai 202 137 21 2666 3412 40
20. Erode 494 300 53 22035 11114 23
21. Coimbatore 844 635 124 21637 24384 118
22. Udagamandalam 23 163 23 4416 2098 0
23. Tiruppur 163 275 10 12065 10428 39
24. Madurai 373 375 64 9064 11772 74
25. Dindigul 502 212 19 4627 4177 44
26. Theni 120 89 12 3214 475 0
27. Virudhunagar 366 147 24 9089 10032 60
28. Sivagangai 156 93 17 1492 1324 0
29. Ramanathapuram 128 123 122 2183 2664 77
30. Thoothukkudi 639 175 33 4793 5908 238
31. Tirunelveli 452 233 59 7511 6613 112
32. Kanniyakumari 607 288 49 3722 2347 0
STATE TOTAL 9603 1646 232309 259362 5540
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
Commercial
District National Permit Total Com-
Tractors &
mercial
Lorries AV * Trailors
Vehicles
1 21 22 23 24
State Transport
0 0 0 1335
Authority
1. Chennai 6467 1194 1638 236807
2. Kancheepuram 1524 88 2482 40229
3. Thiruvallur 4625 345 1871 57713
4. Vellore 6293 77 2930 43747
5. Tiruvannamalai 996 21 1577 17059
6. Cuddalore 1144 0 2732 22588
7. Villupuram 2115 45 7296 44523
8. Salem 13002 114 2922 63574
9. Namakkal 17054 3546 2971 52628
10. Dharmapuri 3452 10 1287 16715
11. Krishnagiri 1851 0 1718 25650
12. Tiruchirappalli 2997 995 4113 60339
13. Karur 1826 16 1485 14750
14. Perambalur 436 1 4211 8639
15. Ariyalur 319 113 155 4551
16. Thanjavur 378 0 2231 21308
17. Nagapattinam 409 20 2937 18585
18. Thiruvarur 1028 0 596 7734
19. Pudukkottai 179 1 1659 13634
20. Erode 3645 28 3460 53997
21. Coimbatore 5464 74 3065 86730
22. Udagamandalam 415 0 507 17506
23. Tiruppur 1182 1 1464 33979
24. Madurai 615 21 3252 52255
25. Dindigul 685 215 2291 24566
26. Theni 570 0 2076 14656
27. Virudhunagar 1139 5 3160 37578
28. Sivagangai 47 0 1134 11289
29. Ramanathapuram 162 36 2315 18133
30. Thoothukkudi 1167 287 1553 26165
31. Tirunelveli 819 81 4613 40560
32. Kanniyakumari 769 0 1275 24078
STATE TOTAL 82801 7334 76976 1213620
* AV- Articulated Vehicles
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.)

(In Nos.)
Non-Commercial Vehicles
District Motor Tricycle
Scooter Mopeds
Cycles Auto
1 25 26 27 28
State Transport -
- - -
Authority
1. Chennai 2435661 630847 675058 2795
2. Kancheepuram 294304 27520 125717 152
3. Thiruvallur 692381 94756 124274 16
4. Vellore 443428 90884 193893 96
5. Tiruvannamalai 213824 20913 124363 18
6. Cuddalore 249066 65762 159620 28
7. Villupuram 197365 32944 114037 18
8. Salem 426291 150025 348776 63
9. Namakkal 228278 83121 285673 33
10. Dharmapuri 148709 29102 139418 28
11. Krishnagiri 224275 41422 84230 0
12. Tiruchirappalli 347370 87250 246806 128
13. Karur 129471 39829 118553 14
14. Perambalur 73386 2526 46562 13
15. Ariyalur 38832 3670 26207 0
16. Thanjavur 259004 52900 158441 8
17. Nagapattinam 130198 24256 85888 21
18. Thiruvarur 101558 23789 60281 18
19. Pudukkottai 194022 31169 86041 24
20. Erode 304177 142787 278583 60
21. Coimbatore 1031458 305281 400800 259
22. Udagamandalam 38445 5148 2401 23
23. Tiruppur 362996 135081 276874 91
24. Madurai 554623 59335 138777 81
25. Dindigul 175063 39677 137524 44
26. Theni 117414 13101 63513 36
27. Virudhunagar 271105 35299 127270 20
28. Sivagangai 163776 44529 85187 54
29. Ramanathapuram 129048 17532 55038 10
30. Thoothukkudi 227649 30396 86756 37
31. Tirunelveli 407897 54326 105023 122
32. Kanniyakumari 278323 81346 53137 43
STATE TOTAL 10889391 2496523 5014721 4353
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
Non-Commercial Vehicles
District Motor Station
Jeep Tractor
Car Wagon
1 29 30 31 32
State Transport 0
0 0 0
Authority
1. Chennai 739759 9826 444 4599
2. Kancheepuram 44066 798 72 10371
3. Thiruvallur 98435 900 365 12210
4. Vellore 42637 1235 101 12955
5. Tiruvannamalai 17335 603 12 17973
6. Cuddalore 25247 1351 69 14605
7. Villupuram 11387 994 82 16236
8. Salem 70135 2322 154 12449
9. Namakkal 35700 1751 48 9181
10. Dharmapuri 10376 500 22 7203
11. Krishnagiri 19280 36 0 4867
12. Tiruchirappalli 77702 1175 93 8515
13. Karur 19816 565 24 5285
14. Perambalur 4659 16 0 2485
15. Ariyalur 2716 2 0 2051
16. Thanjavur 29447 793 77 10359
17. Nagapattinam 10670 241 6 6964
18. Thiruvarur 8633 25 1 5741
19. Pudukkottai 11857 260 29 8291
20. Erode 58884 1636 126 13701
21. Coimbatore 275680 7194 333 14000
22. Udagamandalam 18896 4543 248 1308
23. Tiruppur 93521 1811 31 6298
24. Madurai 59412 1202 89 7753
25. Dindigul 20804 704 21 7072
26. Theni 11553 552 77 5513
27. Virudhunagar 23663 700 51 4650
28. Sivagangai 14575 343 24 5354
29. Ramanathapuram 11170 496 3 4495
30. Thoothukkudi 27232 1202 110 4434
31. Tirunelveli 43328 1268 164 11218
32. Kanniyakumari 37065 742 43 2302
STATE TOTAL 1975640 45786 2919 260438
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
Non-Commercial Vehicles
District Three Four
Road Rollers
Wheelers Wheelers
1 33 34 35
State Transport
0 0 0
Authority
1. Chennai 8552 2587 218
2. Kancheepuram 723 170 9
3. Thiruvallur 641 454 59
4. Vellore 235 201 18
5. Tiruvannamalai 1364 81 11
6. Cuddalore 2217 126 19
7. Villupuram 1067 374 401
8. Salem 3190 1447 87
9. Namakkal 3072 275 355
10. Dharmapuri 1104 1003 51
11. Krishnagiri 414 74 2
12. Tiruchirappalli 3884 2339 199
13. Karur 1097 356 19
14. Perambalur 1041 18 0
15. Ariyalur 3 0 0
16. Thanjavur 474 239 38
17. Nagapattinam 550 333 122
18. Thiruvarur 1179 260 0
19. Pudukkottai 563 480 21
20. Erode 2968 561 69
21. Coimbatore 11467 1084 47
22. Udagamandalam 379 174 10
23. Tiruppur 3738 866 26
24. Madurai 3464 1594 126
25. Dindigul 1350 96 28
26. Theni 40 53 44
27. Virudhunagar 1875 272 33
28. Sivagangai 113 81 10
29. Ramanathapuram 170 20 9
30. Thoothukkudi 581 250 25
31. Tirunelveli 2864 904 155
32. Kanniyakumari 1727 657 22

STATE TOTAL 62106 17429 2233

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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2015-16 (Concld.)
(In Nos.)

Non-Commercial Vehicles
Grand
District Total Non- Total
(Comml+
Others Commercial
Non Comml)
Vehicles

1 36 37 38
State Transport
0 0 1355
Authority
1. Chennai 9927 4520273 4757080
2. Kancheepuram 2201 506103 546332
3. Thiruvallur 2451 1026942 1084655
4. Vellore 1789 787472 831219
5. Tiruvannamalai 1836 398333 415392
6. Cuddalore 1377 519487 542075
7. Villupuram 1949 376854 421377
8. Salem 4840 1019779 1083353
9. Namakkal 2142 649629 702257
10. Dharmapuri 878 338394 355109
11. Krishnagiri 415 375015 400665
12. Tiruchirappalli 1883 777344 837683
13. Karur 448 315477 330227
14. Perambalur 248 130954 139593
15. Ariyalur 109 73590 78141
16. Thanjavur 1305 513085 534393
17. Nagapattinam 468 259717 278302
18. Thiruvarur 1181 202666 210400
19. Pudukkottai 911 333668 347302
20. Erode 1132 804678 858675
21. Coimbatore 2284 2049887 2136617
22. Udagamandalam 481 72056 89562
23. Tiruppur 432 881765 915744
24. Madurai 1757 828213 880468
25. Dindigul 396 382779 407345
26. Theni 765 212661 227317
27. Virudhunagar 692 465630 503208
28. Sivagangai 539 314585 325874
29. Ramanathapuram 518 218509 236642
30. Thoothukkudi 884 379556 405721
31. Tirunelveli 1917 629186 669746
32. Kanniyakumari 1079 456486 480564
STATE TOTAL 49234 20820773 22034393
Source: Commissioner of Transport, Chennai-5
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23.5 TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS IN TAMIL NADU 2015-16

31.3.2016(Nos.)
Fleet Strength
as on
* Date of
Transport Corporation Area of Operation
Formation

1 2 4 5

1. Metropolitan Transport 10.01.2001 Chennai 3987

Corporation (Chennai) Metropolitan Area
Limited, Chennai

2. State Express Transport 12.01.2002 State of Tamil Nadu 1249

Corporation Ltd., Chennai and Interstate

3. Tamil Nadu State Transport 30.12.2003 Villupuram, 3680

Corporation, Villupuram Cuddalore, Vellore,
Tiruvannamalai,
Kancheepuram,
Thiruvallur

4. Tamil Nadu State Transport 30.12.2003 Salem, Namakkal, 2309

Corporation, Salem Dharmapuri,
Krishnagiri

5. Tamil Nadu State Transport 30.12.2003 Coimbatore, Nilgiris, 3331

Corporation, Coimbatore Erode

6. Tamil Nadu State Transport 30.12.2003 Thanjavur, 3939

Corporation, Kumbakonam Nagapattinam,
Thiruvarur,
Tiruchirpalli, Karur,
Perambalur, Ariyalur,
Sivagangai,
Ramanathapuram,
Pudukkottai

7. Tamil Nadu State Transport 06.01.2004 Madurai, Theni, 2640

Corporation, Madurai Virudhunagar,
Dindigul

8. Tamil Nadu State Transport 01.11.2010 Tirunelveli, 1943

Corporation, Tirunelveli Thoothukkudi,
Kanniyakumari,

STATE TOTAL 23078

* Date of amalgamation
Source: Transport Department (Chairman's Cell), Chennai-9
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23.6 SELECT INDICATORS OF OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF STATE TRANSPORT
CORPORATIONS IN TAMIL NADU 2015-16
(Upto March 2015)
Item MTC SETC VPM SLM
1 2 3 4 5
1. Fleet Strength 3987 1249 3680 2309
2. Distance Operated per day in lakhs 9.66 6.38 17.59 10.78
3. Passengers carried per day in lakhs 48.67 0.73 29.57 18.21
4. Fleet Utilisation (%) 84.47 90.11 95.87 97.42
Kilometer efficiency (%)
5. 95.67 103.34 104.31 105.21
(incl. specials)
6. Dist. Run/ litre of diesel (KMPL) 4.36 5.19 5.59 5.55
7. Number of routes 845 251 1734 1258
New routes introduced during
8. 49 0 1 0
the year
New villages benefited during
9. 0 0 10 26
the year
10. Benefitted village population in lakhs 0 0 0.04 0.18
11. Staff Strength (excl. Reserve) 23325 5929 22419 13760
12. New buses introduced in the year 225 234 197 224
13. Total Revenue (Rs. in Crore) 1271.65 615.70 1492.47 871.55
14. Total Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) 1771.32 772.76 1797.39 1104.91

(Contd.)
Item CBE KUM MDU TNV Overall
1 6 7 8 9 10
1. Fleet Strength 3331 3939 2640 1943 23078
2. Distance Operated per day 13.30 17.43 10.95 7.93 94.02
in lakhs
3. Passengers carried per day 25.49 39.10 24.38 18.23 204.39
in lakhs
4. Fleet Utilisation (%) 97.46 95.86 96.79 93.02 93.85
5. Kilometer efficiency (%) 103.74 103.83 105.7 101.7 103.14
(incl. specials)
6. Dist. Run/ litre of diesel 5.16 5.62 5.38 5.18 5.29
(KMPL)
7. Number of routes 1913 1891 1308 1395 10595
8. New routes introduced 0 0 0 0 50
during
the year
9. New villages benefited 22 25 2 0 85
during
the year
10. Benefitted village 0.09 0.16 0.06 0 0.53
population in lakhs
11. Staff Strength (excl. 19647 23613 15266 11920 135879
Reserve)
12. New buses introduced in 239 253 265 103 1740
the year
13. Total Revenue (Rs. in Crore) 1170.05 1526.16 983.05 680.92 8611.54
14. Total Expenditure (Rs. in 1572.04 1914.78 1257.06 1021.53 11211.79
Crore)
Source: Transport Department, Chennai-9
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23.7 PERFORMANCE OF ALL STATE TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS IN TAMILNADU

Particulars 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Fleet Strength 21207 22053 22501 22474 23078

Effective Kilometres 32368.79 32770.57 33286.88 32925.03 34411.83
(in Lakhs)
No. of Routes 9675 10229 10288 10344 10595
No. of new routes 213 590 102 10 50
Introduced in
No. of Villages 149 232 122 56 85
Benefited by New
routes
Village Population 1.10 1.01 0.55 0.26 0.53
Benefited (in
Lakhs) by New
routes
Total No. of 124876 129283 133002 133998 135879
Employees

Source: Transport Department, (Chairman's Cell) Chennai-9

23.8 NEW ROUTES INTRODUCED BY THE STATE TRANSPORT

UNDERTAKINGS IN TAMIL NADU 2015-16

Number of Population
State Transport
Benefitted
Undertakings New Routes Villages (in Lakhs)
Operated Covered
1. Metropolitan Transport
Corporation, Chennai 49 0 0
2. State Express Transport
Corporation , Chennai 0 0 0
3. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Villupuram 1 10 0.04
4. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Salem 0 26 0.18
5. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Coimbatore 0 22 0.09
6. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, kumbakonam 0 25 0.16
7. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Madurai 0 2 0.06
8. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Tirunelveli 0 0 0

STATE TOTAL 50 85 0.53

Source: Transport Department, Chennai-9

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23.9 RAILWAY OPERATIONS IN TAMIL NADU 2015-16

Item Unit Actual

1 Route Length (A+B) K.M. 3846.55

A. Broad Gauge K.M. 3474.43

(a) Electrified K.M. 1802.72

(b) Non Electrified K.M. 1671.71

B. Metre Gauge K.M. 372.12

(a) Electrified K.M. 0.00

(b) Non Electrified K.M. 372.12

2 Track Length (B.G. & M.G.) (A+B) K.M. 5831.57

A. Broad Gauge K.M. 3736.50

(a) Electrified K.M. 2095.07

(b) Non Electrified K.M. 395.35

B. Metre Gauge K.M. 0.00

(a) Electrified K.M. 395.35

(b) Non Electrified K.M. 532

3 Railway Stations (A +B) No. 494

A. Broad Gauge No. 32

B. Metre Gauge** No. 6

** Out of 40 Metre Gauge Stations, 32 Stations are Gauge Conversion

Source: General Manager, Southern Railway, Chennai-3
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23.10 PORT DEVELOPMENT
VESSELS ENTERED AND CARGO HANDLED IN TAMIL NADU

Vessels entered Cargo handled

(Nos.) (MT)
Name of the Port
2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16

A. Major Ports:

1. Chennai 2359 2354 52.54 50.06

2. Thoothukkudi 1380 1588 32413943 36848869

3. Ennore Port Limited - 813 - 32.21

B. Minor Ports:
1. Cuddalore 31 33 235405 259070

2. Nagapattinam 25 32 222360 298722

3. Rameswaram - - - -

4. Pamban - - - -

5. Colachel - - - -

6. Kanniyakumari - - - -

7. Valinokkam - - - -

8. Ennore Minor Port 10 6 57832 30000

9. PY-3 Oil Field - - - 0

10. Thirukkadaiyur 18 2 199392 24556

11. Kudankulam - - - -

12. Thiruchopuram - - - -

13. Punnakkayal - - - -

14. Manappad - - - -

15. Kattupalli 94 203 110481 243428

Source: 1. Deputy Director, Madras Port Trust, Chennai – 1( A.Major Ports – Item.1)
2. The Traffic Manager, Thoothukkudi Port, Thoothukkudi-4( A.Major Ports – Item.2)
3. Ennore Port Limited, Ennore ( A.Major Ports – Item.3)
4. Tamil Nadu Maritime Board, Chennai – 28 ( B.Minor Ports )
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23.11 AIR PORTS IN TAMIL NADU 2015-16

Passengers (In Nos.)

Airport Em- Disem- Tran-
Total
Barked barked sit
1 2 3 4 5
1. Airport, Chennai - International 2450976 2352065 74028 4877069
- Domestic 5153714 5187234
0 10340948
Airport, Coimbatore –
2. 67404 64057
International 0 131461
- Domestic 780215 779877
0 1560092
3. Airport, Madurai - International 129203 125961
5835 260999
- Domestic 287296 294005
0 581301
4. Airport, Trichy – International 568432 565475
15868 1149775
- Domestic 73540 73897 0 147437

(Contd.)

Cargo Handled (Tonnes)

Airport
Loaded Unloaded Total
1 6 7 8

1. Airport, Chennai - International 136765 93988

230753
- Domestic 42586 42286
84872
2. Airport, Coimbatore - International 1022 50
1072
- Domestic 3317 3403
6720
3. Airport, Madurai - International 22 1
23
- Domestic 717 191
908
4. Airport, Trichy - International 6067 512
6579
- Domestic 1 2 3

(Contd.)
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23.11 AIR PORTS IN TAMIL NADU 2014-15 (Concld)

Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs)

Sl. (2013-14)
Airport
No.
Pass Cargo Total
1 2 3 4
Airport, Chennai –
1 75519.66 15312.11 90831.77
International & Domestic
Airport, Coimbatore –
2 1344.04 207.23 1551.27
International & Domestic
Airport, Madurai –
3 1814.23 9.91 1824.14
International & Domestic
Airport, Trichy –
4 5693.47 83.09 5776.56
International & Domestic

(Contd.)

Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs)

Sl. (2014-15)
Airport
No.
Pass Cargo Total
1 5 6 7
Airport, Chennai –
1 94195.44 15354.32 109549.76
International & Domestic
Airport, Coimbatore –
2 1540.76 204.17 1744.93
International & Domestic
Airport, Madurai –
3 1949.11 9.79 1958.90
International & Domestic
Airport, Trichy –
4 6678.83 88.03 6766.86
International & Domestic

(Contd.)0

Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs)

Sl. (2015-16)
Airport
No. comm Other
Traffic cargo Total
ercial Income
1
Chennai – 26045.
1 77143.23 15008.35 352.94 118549.98
46
Coimbatore
– 1280.9
2 3621.87 198.21 74.35 5175.37
4

Madurai – 1376.7
3 6833.21 117.16 59.78 8386.88
3
Trichy –
4 1779.50 13.31 630.32 33.38 2456.51

Source : Airports Authority of India (IAD), Chennai Airport, Chennai – 27