City

Porur and Valasaravakkam: Metro, Zone 11 Offices, Floods

Porur and Valasaravakkam are GCC Zone 11. Which metro stations work, how buses link up, and the water and drainage issues residents raise.

19 October 2026

Chennai FalconMr. Parthasarathy aka Chennai Falcon is passionate about…

Porur on the metro, Valasaravakkam waits

Porur and Valasaravakkam are in the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Valasaravakkam zone (Zone 11), which covers wards 143 to 155 under the state gazette on wards committees. The zonal office is at No. 33, Arcot Road, Valasaravakkam, Chennai 600087, according to the e-Sevai centre list. That list also has division offices at Karambakkam (ward 150), Sakthi Nagar Main Road in Porur (ward 153) and Ramapuram (ward 155), and the Maduravoyal taluk e-Sevai centre at Alapakkam.

The biggest change here is the metro. Since 11 October, Yellow Line trains have run from Poonamallee through Porur to Vadapalani. Not every station is open, though, and Arcot Road is still a work site.

The metro: what is open and what is not

Of the stations near you, Porur Junction and Porur Bypass are open, along with the rest of the line west to Poonamallee. Regular service runs from 7 am to 9 pm, DT Next reported. CMRL’s parking list shows two-wheeler parking at Porur Junction, no parking at Porur Bypass, and car parking further west at Thelliyaragaram.

Six stations on the Arcot Road stretch are not open yet: Alapakkam Junction, Karambakkam, Valasaravakkam, Alwarthirunagar, Avichi School and Saligramam. Four of them are double-decker stations, built where the Corridor 5 viaduct shares the structure, Swarajya reported in July. Officials then targeted the end of September for finishing work, followed by a safety inspection. Trains still run through without stopping. The Prime Minister’s Office put the stretch’s cost at about ₹4,900 crore, including a 3.7 km double-decker section.

Buses

MTC counts 3,320 bus trips serving the Porur station area and 2,639 at Porur Bypass, among the highest on the line, DT Next reported. MTC and CMRL are studying extra services and dedicated stops. The S84 small bus links Alandur metro with Porur Junction via DLF, according to CMRL’s feeder list. On Arcot Road, permanent shelters at Valasaravakkam and Alwarthirunagar were removed for metro work and replaced by cramped temporary stops, DT Next reported in March. A Corporation official said all Arcot Road stops would be rebuilt after the road is widened.

Services, schools and parks

Health: find your nearest Corporation urban primary health centre through the GCC health department or the ward office.
Higher education: Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, a deemed university since 1994, according to its official site, is a major landmark in Porur.
Parks: the Chanakkiyan Street park in Nolambur (ward 143) is the zone’s entry on the Corporation’s fitness parks list.
Police, post and registration: use the Kaaval Uthavi app, India Post‘s locator and TNREGINET‘s jurisdiction search. Note that some addresses near Porur fall outside the Corporation, in panchayats of Tiruvallur or Kancheepuram districts.

Water quality and floods

In August the Valasaravakkam zonal committee chairman told the council that 46 of 48 water samples taken across the zone were substandard, with high E. coli. Localities named included Nolambur, Valasaravakkam, Mogappair West, Porur, Ramapuram and Maduravoyal, DT Next reported. The Commissioner promised an investigation. If your tap water smells or looks wrong, boil it and complain to Metro Water on its helpline.

On floods, Arcot Road is the weak link. Only 7.2 km of its 18 km storm drain project was complete in September, as police allow work only between midnight and 4 am, DT Next reported. The Porur toll plaza area was waterlogged on 16 October, India TV reported. Zone 11’s monsoon shelters include Kalyani Mahal on Radhakrishnan Salai, Valasaravakkam, the government high school on Chitty Street, Porur, and the girls’ higher secondary school at SVS Nagar, according to the Corporation’s list.

What is changing

Porur will become a two-line junction. Corridor 5, the Madhavaram to Sholinganallur line, runs through Koyambedu, Porur and Alandur, and shares the double-decker viaduct along Arcot Road. Its first section, about 26 km from Koyambedu to the Chennai Trade Centre at Nandambakkam, was targeted for trial runs in November, with about four months of testing to follow, Construction World reported in September. CMRL’s board was also considering running those trains on to Alandur. Treat these as targets; Phase 2 dates have slipped before.

On the road, the Corporation says it is in talks with the Highways Department about widening Arcot Road once metro work is done. That is also when the bus shelters would come back. Until then, expect night-time drain work and narrowed lanes between Porur and Vadapalani.

Quick answers

Does the metro stop at Valasaravakkam?

Not yet. Board at Porur Junction or Vadapalani until the station opens.

Which zone is Porur in?

Zone 11, Valasaravakkam, wards 143 to 155. Confirm on the Know Your Zone tool, as some nearby areas are outside the Corporation.

What are the metro hours?

7 am to 9 pm on the new stretch, shorter than Phase 1.

Where is the zonal office?

No. 33, Arcot Road, Valasaravakkam.

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