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Living in Mylapore, Chennai: Zone, Transport, Metro Works

Mylapore sits in GCC Zone 9. Where the offices are, how to get around while the Luz metro interchange is built, and what the Secretariat plan means.

19 October 2026

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Living in Mylapore: offices, metro, floods

Mylapore falls in the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Teynampet zone (Zone 9), which covers wards 109 to 126 under the state gazette that set up the city’s wards committees. The old temple town around Kapaleeswarar and Luz sits in the upper wards of that range: Corporation lists place Nageswara Rao Park on Luz Church Road in ward 123, and relief centres on Shanmugam Pillai Street and Kamarajar Salai in wards 124 and 125.

This guide is for residents and newcomers: where the offices are, how to get around while the metro is dug underneath, and what is coming. For temple visits, see our separate visitor guide.

Civic offices and services

The Zone 9 office is not in Mylapore. The e-Sevai centre list gives its address as No. 4, 4th Cross Street, Lake View Road, Chennai 600034, near Nungambakkam. Ward-level work is handled closer to home. The same list names a division office in the gym building on Chithrakulam North Street, Mylapore (ward 124), and another at the Amma Unavagam on Kamarajar Salai near the Lighthouse in Santhome (ward 125). It also lists a revenue e-Sevai centre at No. 28, Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Salai, Raja Annamalaipuram, near Greenways Road railway station, for certificates such as community, income and nativity.

Health: the Corporation runs 138 urban primary health centres across the city, according to its health department page. Ask your ward office which one serves your street.
Police: Mylapore is one of the police districts of the Greater Chennai Police. The Tamil Nadu Police Kaaval Uthavi app has a police station locator and an SOS button.
Post office: Mylapore has a head post office with savings bank services. Use the post office locator on India Post for the branch nearest your PIN code.
Property registration: sub-registrar boundaries do not follow Corporation zones. Check your street under Know your jurisdiction on TNREGINET before you book a slot.

Getting around

For now, the MRTS is the only rail line in Mylapore. Thirumayilai (Mylapore) station is a short walk from the temple, and Mandaveli station serves the southern side. Both are on the Chennai Beach to Velachery line, which now runs through to St. Thomas Mount. MTC buses use Luz, R.K. Mutt Road and Kutchery Road, and Santhome High Road along the coast.

The metro is coming, but underground. Two Phase 2 corridors cross at Luz: Corridor 3 runs north to south and Corridor 4 east to west. A tunnel boring machine launched at Marina in September 2023 broke through at Luz on 9 February 2026, opening a tunnel link between the Marina and Mylapore points via San Thome and Kutchery Road, Mylapore Times reported. Further south on Corridor 3, the TBM named Adyar reached R.K. Salai station on 2 October after a 277-day drive from Royapettah, DT Next reported.

The cost to residents is road space. CMRL’s diversion list names Thirumayilai, Mandaveli and R.K. Salai on Corridor 3, and Kutchery Road, Alwarpet and Chamiers Road on Corridor 4. Since January 2024, stretches of R.K. Mutt Road between Luz junction and Thirumylai MRTS, and between Thiruvengadam Street and the Grace supermarket junction, have been closed to traffic for station building, according to the original diversion notice. CMRL’s project status page says Phase 2 is proposed to be completed by the end of 2028, so plan on several more years of barricades.

Schools, parks and landmarks

The Corporation’s own schools double as monsoon shelters. Its relief centre list includes Chennai Primary Schools on Shanmugam Pillai Street and on Kamarajar Salai. Nageswara Rao Park is on the Corporation’s list of parks open for fitness activities, which makes it the default morning-walk spot for Luz and Alwarpet residents. The Kapaleeswarar temple is administered by the HR&CE department, which publishes festival notices on its temple page; check it before the Panguni festival, when Mada streets close.

Flood risk

Mylapore is not among the zones the Corporation flagged with the most waterlogging-prone spots this year. Perungudi, Sholinganallur, Anna Nagar and Tondiarpet lead that list of 219 locations, News Today reported on 16 October. That does not make it dry. Low streets near the Buckingham Canal and around Mandaveli still hold water after heavy spells. Mylapore is also one of the areas the Water Resources Department expects to benefit from this year’s Adyar river desilting, DT Next reported in July. Metro sites add a new risk: barricaded pits and diverted drains on R.K. Mutt Road and Kutchery Road can collect water fast. Report stagnation on 1913.

What is changing

The biggest change on paper is a new Secretariat and Assembly complex. A government order issued in September provides for a ₹1,200 crore complex with about 20 lakh sq ft of built-up space on 25.55 acres in what it calls Mylapore town. The land includes 22.89 acres from the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, DT Next reported. The order does not name the exact site. Reports have linked it to Pattinapakkam, where local fishermen have objected. The Public Works Department has three months to submit a detailed project report.

Once the Luz interchange opens, Mylapore will connect directly to Poonamallee, Madhavaram and the OMR IT corridor.

Quick answers

Which Corporation zone is Mylapore in?

Teynampet, Zone 9, which covers wards 109 to 126. Mylapore’s core is in the 120s. Confirm your ward on the Corporation’s Know Your Zone tool.

What is the nearest rail station?

Thirumayilai (Mylapore) on the MRTS. Mandaveli is the next stop south.

When will metro reach Mylapore?

CMRL says Phase 2 is proposed to be completed by the end of 2028. No date has been announced for the Mylapore stations.

Where is the Zone 9 office?

On 4th Cross Street, Lake View Road, Chennai 600034. Ward division offices are closer, on Chithrakulam North Street and in Santhome.

Information checked against official sources on 18 October 2026. Fees, dates and rules can change; confirm on the linked official pages before acting.