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After lighting a lamp, she flagged off buses to Kancheepuram, Velankanni, Nagore, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram to mark the inauguration of the bus terminus, stated to be the biggest in South Asia and built on an area of 36.57 acres. Jayalalithaa inspected a model of the bus terminal and purchased the tickets for the first three passengers bound for Kancheepuram, Velankanni and Nagore. The function, marked by the absence of speeches, lasted all of 10 minutes. Tamil Nadu ministers, MPs including C Kuppusamy of the DMK, and MLAs, government officials took part in the function. The idea of the CMBT, along the Inner Ring Road (Jawaharlal Nehru Salai), was proposed to decongest the existing terminals in George Town area, Broadway, M.U.C., Esplanade and Basin Bridge. Funded by HUDCO and the Tamil Nadu Urban Project Development Corporation, the spacious complex is equipped with three reservation counters, a huge waiting hall to accommodate around 1,500 persons and 60 PCOs. Besides, it has 60 information boards giving the route and destination of buses.
Each day, around 2,000 buses are expected to leave the terminus for various destinations. The complex, which also houses three restaurants, 30 cafeteria and petty shops, has exclusive parking bays to accommodate nearly 500 autorickshaws, 250 call taxis and two-wheelers. The idea of the terminus originated during Jayalalithaa's tenure as chief minister between 1991 and 1996. The foundation stone was laid by former chief minister M Karunanidhi in 1997, when the DMK was in power. The civil work commenced in April 1999.
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The Rs 103-crore Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminal, located at suburban Koyambedu and capable of handling over 270 inter-state and inter-district buses at any point of time, was declared open by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday.
Rainwater harvesting facility has also been provided in the complex. Each day, nearly one lakh passengers are expected to visit the terminal.
