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Salt Cotaurs

Salt Cotaurs
neighbourhood
Salt Cotaurs is located in Chennai
Salt Cotaurs
Salt Cotaurs
Salt Cotaurs is located in Tamil Nadu
Salt Cotaurs
Salt Cotaurs
Salt Cotaurs is located in India
Salt Cotaurs
Salt Cotaurs
Coordinates: 13°05′35″N 80°16′27″E / 13.09306°N 80.27417°E / 13.09306; 80.27417Coordinates: 13°05′35″N 80°16′27″E / 13.09306°N 80.27417°E / 13.09306; 80.27417
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai District
Metro Chennai
Zone Pulianthope
Ward 47
Talukas Fort-Tondiarpet
Government
 • Body Chennai Corporation
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 600 112
Lok Sabha constituency Chennai North
Planning agency CMDA
Civic agency Chennai Corporation
Website www.chennai.tn.nic.in

Salt Cotaurs is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India. It is located on the bank of the Buckingham Canal, north of Chennai Central railway station, between the Elephant Gate Bridge Road and Basin Bridge railway station. It is well known for its railway goods yard owned by Southern Railway. The Lost Property Office (LPO) of the Southern Railway (Chennai Division) is also located here. It is about 6 to 10 m above sea level.

The word 'Cotaur' is the Anglicised version of the Telugu word "Cotauru" meaning "godown". The locality once had a godown for storing salt bags and the loading station 'Salt Cotaurs'.

The checkpoint at Salt Cotaurs is one of the eight checkpoints in the state of Tamil Nadu that are slated for modernisation at a cost of 333.6 million, along with 28 commercial taxes check-posts in the state.



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