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Table No.
Contents Page
23. ROAD AND TRANSPORT
23.1 Length of Roads 443-444
23.2 Number of Accidents and Persons involved 444
23.3 Road Accidents by Districts 445
23.4 Registered Motor Vehicles by Districts 446-454
23.5 Transport Corporations in Tamil Nadu 455
23.6 Select Indicators of overall performance of State TransportCorporations in Tamil Nadu
456
23.7 Performance of All State Transport undertakings in Tamil Nadu
457
23.8 New routes introduced by the State Transport undertakings in Tamil Nadu
457
23.9 Railway Operations in Tamil Nadu 458
23.10 Port Development – Vessels entered and Cargo Handled in Tamil Nadu
459
23.11 Air Ports in Tamil Nadu 460-461
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23. ROAD AND TRANSPORT
23.1 LENGTH OF ROADS 2016-17 (in Kilometres)
Districts
Surfaced Roads
Cement` Concrete
Bitumi- nous
Water Bound
macadam
Total for Surfaced
Roads 1 2 3 4 5
1. Chennai* 0.2 251.905 0.75 252.855
2. Kancheepuram 753.501 4941.191 544.917 5819.929
3. Thiruvallur 362.02 4804.035 1244.924 5208.779
4. Cuddalore 442.576 6035.981 1967.588 6537.355
5. Villupuram 770.647 7721.166 3685.532 8561.475
6. Vellore 590.177 7566.88 1394.94 8220.257
7. Tiruvannamalai 418.323 6473.215 1455.145 6898.223
8. Salem 417.677 8479.783 2765.638 8978.178
9. Namakkal 232.01 6053.759 1996.148 6306.487
10. Dharmapuri 179.961 4732.363 1370.43 4914.824
11. Krishnagiri 144.357 4650.37 1770.58 4803.307
12. Erode 337.699 7984.484 1246.514 8356.597
13. Coimbatore 635.572 7902.051 1493.894 8808.777
14. The Nilgiris 318.663 2263.407 464.49 2653.9
15. Tiruchirappalli 389.096 7028.045 2232.687 7485.138
16. Karur 155.318 4630.653 1611.41 4800.761
17. Perambalur 59.011 1753.453 1123.041 1817.715
18. Pudukkottai 190.413 7869.552 3842.312 8065.917
19. Thanjavur 485.324 8364.898 2667.282 8904.274
20. Nagapattinam 315.067 5349.888 1664.449 5688.284
21. Thiruvarur 283.502 5602.465 2389.287 5894.234
22. Madurai 378.581 4514.319 836.14 5006.54
23. Theni 266.647 2287.696 476.571 2581.984
24. Dindigul 263.296 6822.782 1909.706 7136.254
25. Ramanathapuram 160.839 4964.03 1362.12 5131.019
26. Virudhunagar 161.809 3776.114 845.454 3958.577
27. Sivagangai 177.727 5655.995 1536.44 5846.852
28. Tirunelveli 756.571 7251.22 1402.569 8113.11
29. Thoothukkudi 389.752 4888.26 637.757 5315.499
30. Kanniyakumari 1276.949 5177.603 412.295 6662.017
31. Ariyalur 37.215 2777.439 1257.155 2815.459
32. Tiruppur 318.64 8152.869 2445.479 8477.818
STATE 11667.655 176728 50053.634 190027.395
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23.1 LENGTH OF ROADS 2016-17 (Concld.)
( in Kilometres)
Districts Un-Surfaced
Roads Grand Total
(Col. 5 + Col.6) 1 6 7
1. Chennai * 0 252.855
2. Kancheepuram 544.373 6364.302
3. Thiruvallur 1238.163 6446.942
4. Cuddalore 1989.111 8526.466
5. Villupuram 3714.146 12275.62
6. Vellore 1458.709 9678.966
7. Tiruvannamalai 1478.787 8377.01
8. Salem 2956.22 11934.4
9. Namakkal 2279.324 8585.811
10. Dharmapuri 1403.888 6318.712
11. Krishnagiri 1773.447 6576.754
12. Erode 1553.101 9909.698
13. Coimbatore 1778.242 10587.02
14. The Nilgiris 553.585 3207.485
15. Tiruchirappalli 2359.457 9844.595
16. Karur 1687.73 6488.491
17. Perambalur 1147.818 2965.533
18. Pudukkottai 3868.018 11933.94
19. Thanjavur 2651.882 11556.16
20. Nagapattinam 1662.298 7350.582
21. Thiruvarur 2396.763 8290.997
22. Madurai 7368.874 12375.41
23. Theni 514.842 3096.826
24. Dindigul 2038.48 9174.734
25. Ramanathapuram 1376.609 6507.628
26. Virudhunagar 859.722 4818.299
27. Sivagangai 1598.789 7445.641
28. Tirunelveli 1436.996 9550.106
29. Thoothukkudi 748.682 6064.181
30. Kanniyakumari 553.805 7215.822
31. Ariyalur 1264.74 4080.199
32. Tiruppur 2816.087 11293.91
STATE 59072.688 249095.095
* 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)
Type 2016 (Jan. to Dec.) 2017 (Jan. to Dec.)
Accidents Persons Accidents Persons
Fatal 16092 17218 15061 16157
Grievously Injured 6262 8421 5005 6587
Minor Injured 46908 73742 43856 67984
Non-Injured 2169 0 1640 0
TOTAL 71431 99381 65562 90728 69059
source: Director General of Police, Chennai-4
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23.3 ROAD ACCIDENTS BY DISTRICTS 2017
City/District Total No.
of Accidents
No. of Persons Injured
No. of Persons Killed
1. Chennai City 7257 6975 1299
2. Coimbatore City 1299 1191 277
3. Madurai City 920 891 189
4. Salem City 991 1002 214
5. Tirunelveli City 355 333 86
6. Tiruppur City 700 659 153
7. Trichy City 638 768 134
8. Ariyalur 653 805 166
9. Coimbatore 2467 2623 738
10. Cuddalore 3592 4677 567
11. Dharmapuri 1501 2070 290
12. Dindigul 1863 2359 627
13. Erode 2365 2481 646
14. Kancheepuram 3203 3354 984
15. Kanniyakumari 1176 1296 283
16. Karur 1097 1236 340
17. Krishnagiri 1855 2115 595
18. Madurai 1993 2085 512
19. Nagapattinam 1658 1856 256
20. Namakkal 2120 2221 499
21. The Nilgiris 233 469 48
22. Perambalur 539 944 163
23. Pudukottai 1216 1331 372
24. Ramanathapuram 995 1245 295
25. Salem 2232 2320 605
26. Sivagangai 1101 1350 295
27. Tanjore 2109 2128 455
28. Theni 1063 1506 267
29. Tirunelveli 1905 2017 482
30. Tiruppur 2373 3003 663
31. Tiruvallur 1347 1378 409
32. Tiruvannamalai 1516 1563 439
33. Tiruvarur 908 1006 169
34. Trichy 1564 2173 458
35. Tuticorin 1237 1412 370
36. Vellore 2670 3071 644
37. Villupuram 3702 5304 834
38. Virudhunagar 1144 1353 330
39. Railway Police, Chennai 2 2 1
40. Railway Police, Trichy 3 0 3
Total 65562 74571 16157
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 2016-17
(In Nos.)
District
Commercial (1.04.2017)
Stage Carriages Mini Buses
Auto Rick-shaws Public Private
1 2 3 4 5
State TransportAuthority 1152 203 0 0
1. Chennai 6162 6 0 78352
2. Kancheepuram 655 188 108 5430
3. Thiruvallur 181 82 51 7353
4. Vellore 764 452 67 16747
5. Tiruvannamalai 434 347 138 3361
6. Cuddalore 517 390 123 4738
7. Villupuram 729 375 172 8064
8. Salem 788 499 212 5521
9. Namakkal 245 373 255 799
10. Dharmapuri 394 281 63 2045
11. Krishnagiri 509 149 49 3380
12. Tiruchirappalli 549 496 248 13002
13. Karur 126 162 111 1146
14. Perambalur 68 73 91 444
15. Ariyalur 129 34 37 286
16. Thanjavur 284 325 211 6037
17. Nagapattinam 188 100 100 2227
18. Thiruvarur 180 99 73 1575
19. Pudukkottai 372 213 51 2197
20. Erode 458 425 141 3214
21. Coimbatore 1408 447 138 10585
22. Udhagamandalam 378 0 128 6068
23. Tiruppur 606 275 131 2634
24. Madurai 1832 201 234 14686
25. Dindigul 526 541 210 5807
26. Theni 246 119 119 5641
27. Virudhunagar 434 302 191 4635
28. Sivagangai 303 141 55 3017
29. Ramanathapuram 334 112 57 7085
30. Thoothukkudi 368 183 145 5440
31. Tirunelveli 634 268 274 11475
32. Kanniyakumari 684 0 235 8083
STATE TOTAL 22646 7861 4218 251056
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Contd.) (In Nos.)
District
Commercial
Ordi-nary Taxi
MOTOR CAB MAXI CAB
State Permit
All India Permit
State Permit
All India Permit
1 6 7 8 9 10
State Transport
Authority 0 0 0 0 0
1. Chennai 561 25901 5530 16877 3072
2. Kancheepuram 53 3015 124 5415 35
3. Thiruvallur 0 4817 2063 5120 2256
4. Vellore 118 1217 481 1929 103
5. Tiruvannamalai 2 1590 157 983 66
6. Cuddalore 0 2396 112 2459 53
7. Villupuram 54 4639 123 2274 41
8. Salem 0 1544 103 1733 27
9. Namakkal 0 1937 75 923 13
10. Dharmapuri 0 583 70 400 24
11. Krishnagiri 0 375 506 526 56
12. Tiruchirappalli 2390 5694 322 2448 115
13. Karur 0 381 11 527 6
14. Perambalur 0 460 31 432 23
15. Ariyalur 0 496 4 468 8
16. Thanjavur 12 1430 149 1580 110
17. Nagapattinam 0 2105 16 1608 234
18. Thiruvarur 0 721 18 661 13
19. Pudukkottai 285 1031 3 1092 0
20. Erode 0 3562 129 1827 26
21. Coimbatore 133 7815 159 4278 29
22. Udhagamandalam 644 2691 403 915 104
23. Tiruppur 16 1865 18 1720 10
24. Madurai 0 4438 143 3177 97
25. Dindigul 36 2502 23 1802 16
26. Theni 0 1075 57 1555 21
27. Virudhunagar 0 147927 16 3225 0
28. Sivagangai 2 1581 4 1055 0
29. Ramanathapuram 8 1830 13 2220 2
30. Thoothukkudi 12 2660 6 2730 1
31. Tirunelveli 60 4930 12 4128 0
32. Kanniyakumari 17 3874 0 2198 0
STATE TOTAL 4403 114082 10881 78285 6561
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
District
Commercial
OMNI BUSES Private Service Vehicle
School Bus State
Permit All India Permit
1 11 12 13 14
State Transport Authority
0 0 0 0
1. Chennai 107 58 1677 1955
2. Kancheepuram 127 0 4666 1743
3. Thiruvallur 22 0 672 1244
4. Vellore 0 1 468 1133
5. Tiruvannamalai 0 11 253 1222
6. Cuddalore 5 0 43 721
7. Villupuram 9 0 27 824
8. Salem 105 7 112 895
9. Namakkal 0 28 211 1338
10. Dharmapuri 0 0 11 801
11. Krishnagiri 13 0 201 885
12. Tiruchirappalli 49 0 219 760
13. Karur 18 0 237 579
14. Perambalur 2 0 21 318
15. Ariyalur 0 0 14 92
16. Thanjavur 58 2 26 388
17. Nagapattinam 20 0 3 417
18. Thiruvarur 0 0 13 100
19. Pudukkottai 0 2 36 327
20. Erode 4 11 382 668
21. Coimbatore 37 45 464 1477
22. Udhagamandalam 2 0 172 179
23. Tiruppur 17 0 1089 634
24. Madurai 47 1 254 795
25. Dindigul 3 0 215 707
26. Theni 28 0 129 679
27. Virudhunagar 32 0 1674 1059
28. Sivagangai 7 0 50 403
29. Ramanathapuram 1 0 3 406
30. Thoothukkudi 33 0 309 529
31. Tirunelveli 12 0 401 1235
32. Kanniyakumari 8 0 91 526
STATE TOTAL 766 166 14143 25039
ROAD AND TRANSPORT 449
23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
District
Commercial
Col-lege Bus
Ambu-lance
Fire Figh-
ter
Light Com-
mercial Vehicle
State Permit
Lor-ries
Articu-lated Vehi-cles
1 15 16 17 18 19 20
State Transport
Authority
0 0 0 0 0 0
1. Chennai 975 1847 116 49237 31701 2784
2. Kancheepuram 648 529 183 3137 12268 190
3. Thiruvallur 853 1261 39 9316 17490 529
4. Vellore 381 367 23 3466 8378 27
5. Tiruvannamalai 342 154 10 4475 2250 21
6. Cuddalore 171 333 40 2818 4720 15
7. Villupuram 338 217 64 3741 15412 21
8. Salem 809 429 48 10357 22349 67
9. Namakkal 1070 241 203 9532 15395 74
10. Dharmapuri 94 106 16 3283 3888 5
11. Krishnagiri 173 406 3 8638 2545 0
12. Tiruchirappalli 158 452 53 7304 14855 184
13. Karur 95 161 50 1888 6246 51
14. Perambalur 271 79 6 93 1451 0
15. Ariyalur 56 40 2 856 1736 133
16. Thanjavur 252 224 28 4172 1072 4
17. Nagapattinam 62 130 135 3708 4362 15
18. Thiruvarur 115 82 1 89 438 0
19. Pudukkottai 257 147 21 2683 3586 33
20. Erode 476 320 53 19175 9973 17
21. Coimbatore 817 687 124 22355 18879 112
22. Udagamandalam 23 170 23 3169 366 0
23. Tiruppur 141 301 10 13312 11538 30
24. Madurai 389 391 64 7735 10260 63
25. Dindigul 482 220 19 5760 3259 58
26. Theni 120 89 12 3305 471 0
27. Virudhunagar 354 155 24 9408 11200 7596
28. Sivagangai 249 99 17 1474 1500 0
29. Ramanathapuram 132 130 122 2190 3250 77
30. Thoothukkudi 296 187 34 4443 5763 92
31. Tirunelveli 461 271 59 11024 6611 97
32. Kanniyakumari 481 306 49 3981 2494 0
STATE TOTAL 11541 10531 1651 236124 255706 12295
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
District
Commercial
National Permit Tractors &
Trailors
Total Com- mercial Vehicles Lorries AV *
1 21 22 23 24
State Transport Authority
0 0 0 1355
1. Chennai 5607 1068 1654 23524
2. Kancheepuram 1272 141 2490 42417
3. Thiruvallur 4514 383 1892 60138
4. Vellore 4735 78 2976 43911
5. Tiruvannamalai 969 21 1577 18383
6. Cuddalore 1398 35 2761 23848
7. Villupuram 2112 47 7297 46580
8. Salem 16754 188 2977 65524
9. Namakkal 16173 3598 2998 55481
10. Dharmapuri 3452 10 1287 16813
11. Krishnagiri 1960 0 1718 22092
12. Tiruchirappalli 1934 375 4130 55737
13. Karur 2072 437 1495 15799
14. Perambalur 476 0 4211 8550
15. Ariyalur 343 121 155 5010
16. Thanjavur 379 5 2293 19041
17. Nagapattinam 384 12 2941 18767
18. Thiruvarur 262 0 596 5036
19. Pudukkottai 167 1 1659 14145
20. Erode 3064 28 3478 47431
21. Coimbatore 4961 74 3075 78099
22. Udagamandalam 426 0 514 16375
23. Tiruppur 1395 0 1468 37210
24. Madurai 555 196 3263 48821
25. Dindigul 815 222 2301 25524
26. Theni 935 0 2084 16685
27. Virudhunagar 1172 0 3207 59611
28. Sivagangai 36 40 1136 11169
29. Ramanathapuram 155 23 2339 20489
30. Thoothukkudi 1190 365 1563 26349
31. Tirunelveli 822 97 4620 47500
32. Kanniyakumari 917 0 1279 25223
STATE TOTAL 81406 7565 77434 1234360
* AV- Articulated Vehicles
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
District Non-Commercial Vehicles
Motor Cycles
Scooter Mopeds Tricycle
Auto 1 25 26 27 28
State Transport
Authority 0 0
0 0
1. Chennai 2616347 700547 682460 2795
2. Kancheepuram 327033 34610 133319 152
3. Thiruvallur 766079 117925 127294 16
4. Vellore 499067 98309 197473 96
5. Tiruvannamalai 242784 23460 128888 18
6. Cuddalore 281536 77323 163326 28
7. Villupuram 232316 41620 116095 18
8. Salem 462730 174443 358531 63
9. Namakkal 249943 96295 289147 33
10. Dharmapuri 166255 35973 143935 28
11. Krishnagiri 245755 53538 91205 0
12. Tiruchirappalli 382550 104041 249068 128
13. Karur 138915 45532 121760 14
14. Perambalur 81981 3925
47001 13
15. Ariyalur 48405
5202
27056 0
16. Thanjavur 288800 67023 166814 8
17. Nagapattinam 146804 31750 90916 21
18. Thiruvarur 114012 30357 64485 18
19. Pudukkottai 209508 40785 92465 24
20. Erode 329117 160685 286786 60
21. Coimbatore 1108803 333997 407901 259
22. Udagamandalam 42798 5984 2611 23
23. Tiruppur 393141 159020 289123 91
24. Madurai 620046 61278 140065 81
25. Dindigul 196757 45895 140065 44
26. Theni 132249 14206 66953 36
27. Virudhunagar 301727 40053 130986 20
28. Sivagangai 181143 54213 86466 54
29. Ramanathapuram 145968 21059 56897 10
30. Thoothukkudi 252396 33365 89490 37
31. Tirunelveli 454197 60598 107625 122
32. Kanniyakumari 304275 98927 55724 43
STATE TOTAL 11963437 2871938 5151927 4353
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23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
District
Non-Commercial Vehicles
Motor Car
Jeep Station Wagon
Tractor
1 29 30 31 32
State Transport
Authority 0 0
0 0
1. Chennai 797984 9863 444 4629
2. Kancheepuram 49243 798 72 10973
3. Thiruvallur 110737 924 365 12784
4. Vellore 46926 1239 124 13944
5. Tiruvannamalai 18861 603 12 19242
6. Cuddalore 27825 1354 69 15523
7. Villupuram 12706 994 82 17584
8. Salem 76997 2325 154 13083
9. Namakkal 39436 1754 48 9641
10. Dharmapuri 11587 501 22 7775
11. Krishnagiri 22440 36 0 5527
12. Tiruchirappalli 83509 1175 93 9000
13. Karur 22254 566 24 5398
14. Perambalur 5223 17 0 2806
15. Ariyalur 3249 2 0 2416
16. Thanjavur 32601 799 77 11098
17. Nagapattinam 12160 242 6 7329
18. Thiruvarur 9858 25 1 5995
19. Pudukkottai 13633 262 29 8843
20. Erode 64431 1644 126 14104
21. Coimbatore 297147 7216 381 14481
22. Udagamandalam 20925 4602 249 1367
23. Tiruppur 100823 1825 31 6506
24. Madurai 66641 1210 89 8060
25. Dindigul 23295 704 21 7386
26. Theni 12820 552 77 5724
27. Virudhunagar 26266 700 51 5010
28. Sivagangai 16492 343 24 5667
29. Ramanathapuram 12660 496 3 4880
30. Thoothukkudi 30348 1202 110 4755
31. Tirunelveli 48122 1268 164 12075
32. Kanniyakumari 41916 742 43 2421
STATE TOTAL 2159115 45983 2991 276017
ROAD AND TRANSPORT 453
23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Contd.)
(In Nos.)
District
Non-Commercial Vehicles
Three Wheelers
Four Wheelers
Road Rollers
1 33 34 35
State Transport Authority
0 0 0
1. Chennai 8599 2587 222
2. Kancheepuram 725 170 9
3. Thiruvallur 641 454 59
4. Vellore 238 201 26
5. Tiruvannamalai 1364 81 11
6. Cuddalore 2218 126 21
7. Villupuram 1067 374 435
8. Salem 3191 1447 94
9. Namakkal 3074 275 355
10. Dharmapuri 1104 1003 61
11. Krishnagiri 414 74 2
12. Tiruchirappalli 3884 2339 199
13. Karur 1098 356 20
14. Perambalur 1014 18 0
15. Ariyalur 3 0 0
16. Thanjavur 489 239 38
17. Nagapattinam 550 333 127
18. Thiruvarur 1179 260 0
19. Pudukkottai 563 480 25
20. Erode 2968 564 76
21. Coimbatore 11467 1084 52
22. Udagamandalam 379 174 10
23. Tiruppur 3738 867 26
24. Madurai 3464 1594 128
25. Dindigul 1351 96 31
26. Theni 40 53 44
27. Virudhunagar 1877 272 33
28. Sivagangai 113 81 10
29. Ramanathapuram 170 20 9
30. Thoothukkudi 581 250 25
31. Tirunelveli 2867 904 160
32. Kanniyakumari 1728 657 25
STATE TOTAL 62185 17433 2333
ROAD AND TRANSPORT 454
23.4 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES BY DISTRICTS 2016-17 (Concld.)
(In Nos.)
District
Non-Commercial Vehicles Grand Total
(Comml+ Non Comml) Others
Total Non-Commercial
Vehicles
1 36 37 38
State Transport Authority
0 0 1355
1. Chennai 10225 4836702 5071949
2. Kancheepuram 2378 559482 601899
3. Thiruvallur 2790 1140068 1200206
4. Vellore 1904 859547 903458
5. Tiruvannamalai 2078 437402 455785
6. Cuddalore 1523 570872 594720
7. Villupuram 2044 425335 471915
8. Salem 4977 1098035 1163559
9. Namakkal 2407 692408 747889
10. Dharmapuri 1013 369257 386070
11. Krishnagiri 509 419500 441592
12. Tiruchirappalli 1986 837972 893709
13. Karur 490 336427 352226
14. Perambalur 278 142303 150853
15. Ariyalur 131 86464 91474
16. Thanjavur 1385 569371 588412
17. Nagapattinam 496 290734 309501
18. Thiruvarur 1315 227505 232541
19. Pudukkottai 951 367568 381713
20. Erode 1256 861817 909248
21. Coimbatore 2470 2185258 2263357
22. Udagamandalam 490 79612 95987
23. Tiruppur 540 955731 992941
24. Madurai 1857 904513 95334
25. Dindigul 446 416088 441612
26. Theni 831 233585 250270
27. Virudhunagar 767 507762 567373
28. Sivagangai 604 345210 356379
29. Ramanathapuram 619 242791 263280
30. Thoothukkudi 979 413538 439887
31. Tirunelveli 2122 690224 737724
32. Kanniyakumari 1131 507623 532846
STATE TOTAL 52992 22610704 23845064
Source: Commissioner of Transport, Chennai-5
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23.5 TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS IN TAMIL NADU 2016-17
Transport Corporation * Date of Formation
Area of Operation
Fle
et
Str
en
gth
as
on
3
1.3
.20
17
(No
s.)
1 2 4 5
1. Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Limited, Chennai
10.01.2001 Chennai Metropolitan Area
3980
2. State Express Transport Corporation Ltd., Chennai
12.01.2002 State of Tamil Nadu and Interstate
1185
3. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Villupuram
30.12.2003 Villupuram, Cuddalore, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai,
Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur
3596
4. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Salem
30.12.2003 Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri
2222
5. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Coimbatore
30.12.2003 Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Erode
3228
6. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Kumbakonam
30.12.2003 Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur,
Tiruchirpalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur,
Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram,
Pudukkottai
3832
7. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Madurai
06.01.2004 Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar,
Dindigul
2593
8. Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation, Tirunelveli
01.11.2010 Tirunelveli,
Thoothukkudi, Kanniyakumari,
1897
STATE TOTAL 22533
* 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 2016-17
(Upto March 2017)
Item MTC SETC VPM SLM
1 2 3 4 5
1. Fleet Strength 3980 1185 3596 2222
2. Distance Operated per day in lakhs 9.55 6.39 17.57 10.37
3. Passengers carried per day in lakhs 47.08 0.75 29.26 17.94
4. Fleet Utilisation (%) 81.01 89.41 95.77 96.90
5. Kilometer efficiency (%) (incl. specials)
93.16 104.06 104.44 101.72
6. Dist. Run/ litre of diesel (KMPL) 4.50 5.24 5.61 5.58
7. Number of routes 833 251 1734 1263
8. New routes introduced during the year
0 0 0 0
9. New villages benefited during
the year 0 0 0 0
10. Benefitted village population in lakhs 0 0 0 0
11. Staff Strength (excl. Reserve) 23839 6048 22530 13516
12. New buses introduced in the year 239 18 67 33
13. Total Revenue (Rs. in Crore) 134226.81 68178.90 16339.09 93439.57
14. Total Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) 191697.94 85822.31 196959.47 125126.7
Item CBE KUM MDU TNV Overall
1 6 7 8 9 10
1. Fleet Strength 3228 3832 2593 1897 22533
2. Distance Operated per
day in lakhs
12.92 17.03 10.88 7.85 92.55
3. Passengers carried per day in lakhs
24.72 39.84 23.79 18.28 201.66
4. Fleet Utilisation (%) 96.40 96.94 95.65 93.37 92.97
5. Kilometer efficiency (%) (incl. specials)
103.03 103.56 104.22 101.11 102.17
6. Dist. Run/ litre of diesel (KMPL)
5.18 5.68 5.39 5.15 5.33
7. Number of routes 1910 1891 1308 1395 10585
8. New routes introduced during the year
0 0 0 0 0
9. New villages benefited during
the year
0 0 0 0 0
10. Benefitted village population in lakhs
0 0 0 0 0
11. Staff Strength (excl. Reserve)
18948 23527 15089 11839 135336
12. New buses introduced in the year
48 76 51 75 607
13. Total Revenue (Rs. in Crore)
124734.34 162472.23 105247.14 74366.16 926004.24
14. Total Expenditure (Rs. in
Crore)
170917.41 206065.06 138603.53 108968.30 1224160.77
Source: Transport Department, Chennai-9
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23.7 PERFORMANCE OF ALL STATE TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS IN TAMILNADU
Particulars 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Fleet Strength 22053 22501 22474 23078 22533
Effective Kilometres (in Lakhs)
32770.57 33286.88 32925.03 34411.83 33782.28
No. of Routes 10229 10288 10344 10595 10585
No. of new routes Introduced in
590 102 10 50 0
No. of Villages Benefited by New
routes
232 122 56 85 0
Village Population
Benefited (in Lakhs) by New routes
1.01 0.55 0.26 0.53 0
Total No. of
Employees
129283 133002 133998 135879 135336
Source: Transport Department, (Chairman's Cell) Chennai-9
23.8 NEW ROUTES INTRODUCED BY THE STATE TRANSPORT
UNDERTAKINGS IN TAMIL NADU 2016-17
State Transport Undertakings
Number of Population Benefitted (in Lakhs) New Routes
Operated Villages Covered
1. Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Chennai
0 0 0
2. State Express Transport Corporation , Chennai
0 0 0
3. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Villupuram
0 0 0
4. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Salem
0 0 0
5. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Coimbatore
0 0 0
6. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, kumbakonam
0 0 0
7. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Madurai
0 0 0
8. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Tirunelveli
0 0 0
STATE TOTAL 0 0 0
Source: Transport Department, Chennai-9
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23.9 RAILWAY OPERATIONS IN TAMIL NADU 2016-17
Item Unit Actual
1 Route Length (A+B) K.M. 3848.59
A. Broad Gauge K.M. 3489.77
(a) Electrified K.M. 1817.82
(b) Non Electrified K.M. 1617.95
B. Metre Gauge K.M. 358.82
(a) Electrified K.M. 0.00
(b) Non Electrified K.M. 358.82
2 Track Length (B.G. & M.G.) (A+B) K.M. 5150.26
A. Broad Gauge K.M. 4791.44
(a) Electrified K.M. 3118.19
(b) Non Electrified K.M. 1673.25
B. Metre Gauge K.M. 358.82
(a) Electrified K.M. 0.00
(b) Non Electrified K.M. 358.82
3 Railway Stations (A +B+c) No. 530
A. Broad Gauge No. 492
B. Metre Gauge No. 32
c. . Broad Gauge and Metre Gauge Combined 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
Name of the Port
Vessels entered (Nos.)
Cargo handled (MT)
2015-16 2016-17 2015-16 2016-17
A. Major Ports:
1. Chennai 2354 2215 50.06 50.21
2. Thoothukkudi 1588 1662 36848869 38462591
3. Ennore Port Limited 813 801 32.21 30.02
B. Minor Ports:
1. Cuddalore 33 39 259070 284536
2. Nagapattinam 32 35 298722 312265
3. Rameswaram - - - -
4. Pamban - - - -
5. Colachel - - - -
6. Kanniyakumari - - - -
7. Valinokkam - - - -
8. Ennore Minor Port 6 7 30000 36411
9. PY-3 Oil Field - - - -
10. Thirukkadaiyur 2 5 24556 42921
11. Kudankulam - - - -
12. Thiruchopuram - - - -
13. Punnakkayal - - - -
14. Manappad - - - -
15. Kattupalli 203 428 243428 493783
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 2016-17
Airport
Passengers (In Nos.)
Em- Barked
Disem-barked
Tran-sit
Total
1 2 3 4 5
1. Airport, Chennai - International 2606512 2542648 59088 5208248
- Domestic 6573097 6580870 - 13153967
2. Airport, Coimbatore –
International 71844 68351 0
140195
- Domestic 995031 969678 - 1964709
3. Airport, Madurai - International 137828 126554 3403 267785
- Domestic 353987 357147 - 711134
4. Airport, Trichy – International 577950 604089 8538 1190577
- Domestic 87390 81480 - 168870
(Contd.)
Airport Cargo Handled (Tonnes)
Loaded Unloaded Total 1 6 7 8
1. Airport, Chennai - International 157410 110616 268026
- Domestic 48869 42322 91191
2. Airport, Coimbatore - International 1110 40 1150
- Domestic 4284 4705 8989
3. Airport, Madurai - International 3 0 3
- Domestic 720 308 1028
4. Airport, Trichy - International 6791 57 6848
- Domestic 7 12 19
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23.11 AIR PORTS IN TAMIL NADU 2016-17 (Concld)
Sl. No.
Airport Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs)
(2014-15)
Pass Cargo Total 1 2 3 4
1 Airport, Chennai – International & Domestic 94195.44 15354.32 109549.76
2 Airport, Coimbatore – International & Domestic 1540.76 204.17 1744.93
3 Airport, Madurai – International & Domestic
1949.11 9.79 1958.90
4 Airport, Trichy – International & Domestic
6678.83 88.03 6766.86
Sl. No.
Airport
Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs) (2015-16)
Traffic cargo Comer
cial Other
Income Total
1
1 Chennai
77143.23 15008.35 26045.46 352.94 118549.98
2 Coimbatore
3621.87 198.21 1280.94 74.35 5175.37
3 Trichy 6833.21 117.16 1376.73 59.78 8386.88
4
Madurai
1779.50 13.31 630.32 33.38 2456.51
Sl. No.
Airport
Revenue (Rs.in Lakhs) (2016-17)
Traffic cargo Comer
cial Other
Income Total
1
1 Chennai
88727.17 17476.57 28170.06 627.71 135001.51
2 Coimbatore
4447.24 265.23 1488.02 119.88 6320.37
3 Madurai 2168.81 65.71 688.18 56.16 2978.86
4 Trichy
6912.85 127.44 1837.21 127.44 9004.94
Source : Airports Authority of India (IAD), Chennai Airport, Chennai – 27