Parks
Tambaram municipality has four parks. It is renovating 15 other parks within its limits at a cost ranging from 0.5 to 4 million. Under the plan, the park at Ganesh Nagar will be built at a cost of 600,000 over 14,400 square feet of land. Construction of the park is expected to be completed by June 2011. The new park would have a tiled foot path, a fountain, concrete seating arrangements, play equipment for children, lighting facilities, water taps and a garden with herbal plants.
In January 2011, renovation of the century-old park in West Tambaram located adjacent to the Tambaram police station, off the Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road, began at a cost of 4.85 million under the Community-Based Environmental Scheme 2010-2011. Spread over 3.6 acres, the park is visited by more than 2,000 residents every day. As the park also has a few temples, it also attracts devotees. While 80% of the funds were provided by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Agency (CMDA) in the form of a grant, the rest has come in equal parts from the residents and the local body's general funds. Plans for the park include a cascade, artificial fountain and pond. Around 3,500 sq m will be converted into a lawn, and 10,500 ornamental saplings will be planted. It will also have a tiled footpath covering a distance of 555m with 20 LED lights. More than a dozen concrete slabs and 20 benches will be places in the park.
With the opening of several parks such as Gandhi park in East Tambaram, Thirupur Kumaran park in Selaiyur and Krishna Nagar park and the creating of parks at Burma Colony and Bharathi Nagar, the number of parks within the municipality limits has increased to about 18.
The region has an amusement theme park - 'Kishkinta'
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