An Aerial Shot From Tamil Nadu: Take A Look At Salem’s Central Bus Terminus

I’m sorry for not posting much this month, things have been busy in the offline world. Anyway, here is another drone shot. This time from Tamil Nadu.

Have you heard of Salem? No, not Salem, Oregon, or Salem, Massachusetts where the infamous Salem Witch Trials took place between 1692 and 1693. Salem, Tamil Nadu is the fifth largest city in the state and among the state’s 12 entries as part of the Smart Cities Mission.

Salem is home to two bus stations. The old bus station, known as Town Bus Terminus and the new bus terminus, known as the Central Bus Terminus or officially the Bharat Ratna Dr. M. G. R. Central Bus Stand. The older bus station is located at the heart of the city, on the southern banks of the Thirumanimutharu river, adjacent to the Salem Municipal Corporation’s Office in a locality known as the First Agraharam. It is currently being renovated and rebuilt as a two-tier bus station by the Salem Smart City Limited.

The new bus station is located in the north of the city on Omalur Main Road (the old national highway (NH 44, old NH 7) that passes through the city). It caters to most outstation buses to Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore, and Cochin, including buses operated by TNSTC, SETC and KSRTC.

Below is an aerial photograph of the New Bus Station, clicked by Dhenesh.

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In the above image, you can see the entire bus station along with the tail end of the bus stand arm of the ₹441 crore two tier flyover that connects central Salem. Officially called the Puratchi Thalaivi J. Jayalalithaa two-tier flyover, it is 7.87 km long and connects all the major roads in the city. It was inagurated by Chied Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy on 11 June this year.

Interestingly, I have been able to find absolutely zero images of India’s largest bus station, the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) from above. I’ve also not found a single one from Coimbatore either.

This was a double bonanza. A bus terminus and a flyover.

Featured image: Salem New Bus Stand by Purshotam Pareek on Google Maps.