Anna Nagar gives its name to Zone 8 of the Greater Chennai Corporation, which covers wards 94 to 108, according to the state gazette on wards committees. The zonal office is at No. 36B, Pulla Avenue Road, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai 600030, according to the state’s e-Sevai centre list. The neighbourhood’s best-known landmark, the Dr. Visvesvaraya Tower Park on 3rd Main Road, is in ward 100.
Anna Nagar is planned, leafy and well served by the metro. It is also one of the zones the Corporation lists with more than 20 waterlogging-prone spots this year. Here is what residents and newcomers should know.
The Tower Park and other green spaces
The Tower Park was built in 1968 and inaugurated by V.V. Giri, then Vice-President, in the presence of Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai, DT Next recorded in 2023. The tower inside it had been closed to visitors since 2011. In March 2025 the Corporation set out a makeover estimated at ₹30 crore. Plans included fountains behind the tower, restoration of the pond and its fish, new play equipment, 1,000 Miyawaki trees, rebuilt footpaths totalling 2,196 metres and free Wi-Fi at 11 spots, DT Next reported. Weekend crowds topped 10,000 at the time. No completion date was given.
The Corporation’s list of parks for fitness activities also includes Bougainvillea Park on 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar East, and the skating park at Thiru.Vi.Ka Park on Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar. Vending around Bougainvillea Park became a council issue in August, when the ward councillor questioned the Corporation’s action against small vendors there.
Getting around
The Green Line runs under and along the neighbourhood, with stations at Shenoy Nagar, Anna Nagar East, Anna Nagar Tower and Thirumangalam. CMRL’s station parking list shows two-wheeler and car parking at Shenoy Nagar, Anna Nagar East and Thirumangalam, and two-wheeler parking only at Anna Nagar Tower. From Thirumangalam, CMRL’s feeder list has the S70K small bus to the Korattur water channel via the Anna Nagar West depot and Padi.
On the roads, 2nd Avenue is the main bus spine. Shelters at the Roundtana, Blue Star and 12th Main Road stops were removed for storm drain work, and parked vehicles block bays near the Tower stop, DT Next reported in August. A Corporation official said stops would return after the drain work, with no date given. Thirumangalam is also a diversion site for Metro Phase 2 Corridor 5, which will cross the Green Line there on its way from Madhavaram to Sholinganallur, according to CMRL’s diversion page.
Government services nearby
- Aadhaar: UIDAI’s only Aadhaar Seva Kendra listed for Chennai is at TNUIFS Towers, Block H1, 3rd Avenue, Anna Nagar East, according to UIDAI. Visitors cannot use its parking, and two-wheelers parked outside block the bus bay at the 14th stop, DT Next reported. Take a bus or the metro.
- Hospital: the Government Peripheral Hospital in Anna Nagar runs regular outpatient and X-ray services, and its digestive health department functions under Kilpauk Medical College, The South First found in a December 2025 visit.
- Primary care: the Corporation runs 138 urban primary health centres citywide, listed on its health page.
- Police, post and registration: use the Kaaval Uthavi app to locate your police station, India Post‘s locator for post offices, and TNREGINET‘s jurisdiction search for the sub-registrar office.
Flood risk
Anna Nagar zone has more than 20 of the 219 waterlogging-prone locations the Corporation identified this year, News Today reported. The risk is not only water on the road. On 23 August a 59-year-old woman was found dead in about 1.5 feet of stagnant rainwater on 5th Avenue. Police were examining whether she was electrocuted, DT Next reported. The Corporation said drain works on that stretch had been finished two months earlier. During heavy rain, keep clear of electricity boxes and flooded footpaths. Report waterlogging to 1913 and power hazards to the electricity utility.
Zone 8’s relief centres in the Corporation’s relief centre list include the Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School on Pulla Avenue and the Chennai Primary School on Brewery Road, both in Shenoy Nagar, and centres in Arumbakkam, Aminjikarai and Kilpauk.
Quick answers
Which zone is Anna Nagar in?
Zone 8, Anna Nagar, covering wards 94 to 108. The zonal office is on Pulla Avenue Road, Shenoy Nagar.
Which metro stations serve Anna Nagar?
Shenoy Nagar, Anna Nagar East, Anna Nagar Tower and Thirumangalam on the Green Line.
Is the Anna Nagar tower open?
The park is open. Access to the tower has changed over the years, so check at the gate before you plan a climb.
Where is the Aadhaar Seva Kendra?
TNUIFS Towers, 3rd Avenue, Anna Nagar East.
Information checked against official sources on 18 October 2026. Fees, dates and rules can change; confirm on the linked official pages before acting.
Sources
- Gazette Extraordinary No. 594: wards committees of Greater Chennai Corporation (Government of Tamil Nadu, 2021)
- List of e-Sevai centres including GCC zonal offices, April 2023 (TNPSC)
- GCC parks for fitness activities (Greater Chennai Corporation)
- Anna Nagar Tower Park to reopen for public: all you need to know (DT Next, March 2023)
- Anna Nagar Tower Park makeover with Rs 30 crore budget (DT Next, March 2025)
- Parking facility at stations, from 11 October 2026 (CMRL)
- Feeder services (CMRL)
- Road diversions by corridor (CMRL)
- Haphazard parking, missing bus shelters along Anna Nagar 2nd Avenue (DT Next, August 2026)
- Aadhaar Seva Kendra list (UIDAI)
- Parking for Aadhaar office spills onto bus bay in Anna Nagar (DT Next, August 2026)
- Inside Chennai’s government peripheral hospitals (The South First, December 2025)
- Health Department (Greater Chennai Corporation)
- GCC readies over 1,000 pumps ahead of northeast monsoon (News Today, 16 October 2026)
- Woman found dead in stagnant rainwater in Anna Nagar (DT Next, August 2026)
- Relief centre details (Greater Chennai Corporation)
- Kaaval Uthavi app listing (Tamil Nadu Police)
- India Post (Department of Posts)
- TNREGINET: Know your jurisdiction (Registration Department, Tamil Nadu)
