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| name = Maaththoor MMDA Park<br />
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| type = [[Urban park]]<br />
| location = [[Maaththoor MMDA]], [[Chennai]], [[India]]<br />
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| area = {{convert|2.5|acre|ha+km2}}<br />
| created = 2012<br />
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'''Maaththoor MMDA Park''', is an [[urban park]] in the neighbourhood of [[Maaththoor MMDA]], [[Chennai]].<br />
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==History==<br />
When [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]] started housing layout in Maaththoor Village in early 1990s, the layout has allocated the land to create a park, but till 2011, the place allocated for park is misused as a dumpyard by Maaththoor Village Panchayat, after the merger of Maaththoor Village Panchayat with [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] in October 2011,<ref>{{cite news|title=More areas to come under Chennai Corporation|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/more-areas-to-come-under-chennai-corporation/article128605.ece|accessdate=12 August 2015|newspaper=The Hindu|date=30 December 2009}}</ref> the place was cleaned to create a park and the construction of the park begin in late 2012. On 21 September 2016 the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, [[J. Jayalalithaa]] inaugurated the park through video conferencing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jayalalithaa to open Mathur MMDA Poonga on Wednesday|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Jayalalithaa-to-open-Mathur-MMDA-Poonga-on-Wednesday/articleshow/54432285.cms|accessdate=26 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Location==<br />
Maaththoor MMDA Park is located in Maaththoor MMDA near the Maaththoor MMDA bus terminal, in the junction of 2nd Main Road and 3rd Cross Street.<br />
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==The park==<br />
The park covers an area of 2.5 acres.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chennai patrol: Greater Chennai goes to polls - Beneath smooth new roads, old troubles fester|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Chennai-patrol-Greater-Chennai-goes-to-polls-Beneath-smooth-new-roads-old-troubles-fester/articleshow/54576019.cms|accessdate=26 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=list of osr.pdf|url=http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/list%20of%20%20osr.pdf|website=Chennai Corporation|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> The park includes a skating rink, play area, a warm-up arena, 8-shaped walking paths, pebble-filled walking path, a meditation hall, etc. This park is one of the top 10 largest park in [[Parks in Chennai|Chennai]] and largest park in North Chennai.<br />
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==Near By Attractions==<br />
* [[Madhavaram Botanical Garden]]<br />
* [[Aavin Goodness Illam]]<br />
* [[Maaththoor aeri|Maaththoor Lake]]<br />
* [[Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University|TANUVAS]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Parks in Chennai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Chennai Topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Geography of Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Parks in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Urban public parks]]</div>CleanupBot II