ABOUT OMR

Rajiv Gandhi Salai, previously known as Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) or IT Corridor is an important road in suburban Chennai, India, starting from Madhya Kailash temple and going southward till Mahabalipuram terminating in the East Coast Road. This is popularly called as the 'IT Corridor' because this road has become the home to many 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-II between Siruseri and Mahabalipuram. The 2.1 km long ECR Link Road connecting IT Corridor at Sholinganallur and East Coast Road at Kudumiyandithoppu is also included in Phase-I.


IT corridor

The prestigious TIDEL Park is home to a number of BPO and IT/ITES companies. Almost all major IT/ITES companies like Satyam Computer Services, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Accenture India,TECCI Park, Wipro Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions,Scope International, Photon Infotech, Polaris Software Lab, and Infosys are situated along the IT Corridor. Prominent Government Institutes and technical/ educational institutions are also situated along the Corridor. The corridor stretches from Tidel Park in Tharamani to SIPCOT IT Park in Siruseri. All IT bigwigs like Infosys, TCS, CTS have their own facilities in the It corridor. Besides, Small Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (SIPCOT) has developed a Cyber City, spread over 2000 acres (8 km²) in Siruseri, abutting the IT Corridor. A number of IT/ITES Companies are in the process of setting up their facilities in the Cyber City Housing

The burgeoning population of information technology professionals is having a logical influence on real estate development, with a slew of residential apartments coming up along the IT Corridor. The total investment in such projects in this area is estimated at a whopping Rs 550 crore. The last one year has seen activities from leading real estate and construction companies from other states. Some of the builders who are active in this area are Hiranandani, Mantri Developers, Puravankara Projects, L&T Constructions, DLF Group, Vijay Shanthi Builders, Naveen Construction, Suryavardhan Estates Private Limited, Jain Housing & Constructions, RAMS Builders, Singapore-based Ascendas, Bangalore-based RMZ, Arihant, Doshi & Doshi, Rajyog and Prince foundations Ltd. Most of the developers are also offering amenities like health clubs, sports facilities, supermarkets etc in this belt so that the residents don't need to travel to the city for those. Construction of a state-of-the art shopping mall with a hotel and cinema is also in progress.