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About Marakkanam
Marakkanam is a developing town and taluk in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu. It is well connected to the state capital Chennai and the nearby union territory of Puducherry by the East Coast Road. To the west, Marakkanam is connected to the city of Tindivanam by the SH-134. Marakkanam is situated on the declared National Waterways NW-4.
From the Wikipedia article Marakkanam (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Marakkanam was connected to Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh through the Buckingham Canal, a 420 km long fresh water navigation canal. The 110-km stretch from Marakkanam to Chennai is called South Buckingham Canal. The canal connects most of the natural backwaters along the coast to the port of Chennai (Madras). It was constructed by the British Raj, and was an important waterway during the late nineteenth and the twentieth century. Canal was formerly used to convey goods up and down, but later the usage has downgraded due to industrial pollution of water.
In 2013, a violent clash occurred in this town on the basis of caste, in which two people died.
From the History section of Marakkanam on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Puducherry Airport (PNY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 29 km away.
- Kottaikādu 8 km northeast, about 8 min by car
- Koonimedu 13 km southwest, about 13 min by car
- Puducherry 31 km southwest, about 31 min by car
- Cuddalore 52 km south, about 52 min by car
- Villupuram 56 km southwest, about 56 min by car
- Kanchipuram 76 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Vandalūr 79 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Neyveli 81 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Tambaram 84 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Pallāvaram 89 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
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