What is the history of old mahabalipuram road?
Rajiv Gandhi Salai, previously known as Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) or IT Corridor is an important road in Tamil Nadu, connecting Chennai with Mahabalipuram starting from Madhya Kailash temple and going southward till Mahabalipuram terminating in East Coast Road. This is popularly called as ‘IT Corridor’ due to the fact that this road has become the home to most of the IT companies in Tamil Nadu. TNRDC has incorporated a special purpose vehicle titled IT Expressway Ltd (ITEL) as a wholly owned subsidiary, for domiciling the IT Corridor Project. ITEL being an investment vehicle, has engaged TNRDC as its Managing Associate and is responsible for project implementation and operations and maintenance of IT Corridor. The work was supposed to be completed by May 2006, but large parts of the road remain incomplete due to rain and other unforeseen complications. The IT Corridor Project is being implemented in two phases – Phase-I between Madhya Kailash Temple Junction and Siruseri and Phase-I
