Bethaniapuram
Neighbourhood
Bethaniapuram is located in Tamil Nadu
Bethaniapuram
Bethaniapuram
Bethaniapuram, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
Coordinates: 9°56′10″N 78°05′39″E / 9.936100°N 78.094300°E / 9.936100; 78.094300
Country India
StateTamil NaduTamil Nadu
DistrictMadurai district
Elevation
164 m (538 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil language, English language
 • SpeechTamil language, English language
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
625016
Telephone Code0452xxxxxxx
NeighbourhoodsMadurai, Arasaradi, Arappalayam, Koodal Nagar, Vilangudi, Thathaneri, Simmakkal, South Gate and Yanaikkal
CorporationMadurai Municipal Corporation
District CollectorDr. S. Aneesh Sekhar, I. A. S.
LSMadurai Lok Sabha constituency
VSMadurai West Assembly constituency
MPS. Venkatesan
MLASellur K. Raju
Websitehttps://madurai.nic.in

Bethaniapuram is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.[1][2][3][4][5] Bethaniapuram people celebrated Pongal celebrations of the year 2023 as 'Mamadurai People Unity Pongal Festival 2023'.[6]

Bethaniapuram is located at an altitude of about 164 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 9°56′10″N 78°05′39″E / 9.936100°N 78.094300°E / 9.936100; 78.094300.[7]

Bethaniapuram area is polluted by the health hazardous residues from Aluminium vessel manufacturing units that are run in surrounding areas. The residues are mound along the banks of river Vaigai off Bethaniapuram.[8]

Bethaniapuram is one of the areas of Madurai Corporation that received battery operated vehicles for the purpose of solid waste management, an initiative of the State Government of Tamil Nadu.[9]

Bethaniapuram is served by a Corporation park viz., Amma Children's park that is built with play equipments such as swings, slides, etc.[10]

A private liquor bar in Bethaniapuram was protested against by the ruling party and its allies to remove it from its place.[11]

Bethaniapuram area falls under the Madurai West Assembly constituency.[12] The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is Sellur K. Raju.[13] Also, this area belongs to Madurai Lok Sabha constituency. The winner of the election held in the year 2019, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency is S. Venkatesan.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Directory of Information: Madurai District. Mother Teresa Women's University, Faculty of Education. 1987.
  2. ↑ Directory of 13th Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Members: Union Council of Ministers, 1999-2000. Delhi Information Bureau. 2000.
  3. ↑ India Department of Women and Child Development (2002). Annual Report. Department of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
  4. ↑ Lalitha, N. (2002). Self Help Groups in Rural Development. Dominant Publishers and Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7888-008-2.
  5. ↑ Arulraja, M. R. (2005). Achieving Rural Development Using Neuro Linguistic Programming: NLP Guide for Planners and People-helpers. M.R. Arulraja. ISBN 978-81-902583-0-2.
  6. ↑ மதுரை பொத்தானியபுரம் திடலில் சமத்துவ பொங்கல் கொண்டாட்டம்.. திறமைகளை வெளிப்படுத்தி ஆச்சரியப்படுத்திய சிறுவர்கள்! (in Tamil). 23 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "GeoHack - Bethaniapuram". geohack.toolforge.org. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Staff Reporter (17 March 2020). "Aluminium ash mound along the Vaigai causing pollution". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  9. ↑ Elets News Network (18 June 2019). "Madurai Corporation deploys 509 battery-operated vehicles for solid waste management". Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Madurai mayor inspects Amma children's park". Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  11. ↑ Special Correspondent (8 November 2021). "A private bar at Bethaniyapuram raises the hackles of DMK and its allies". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "மதுரை மாநகராட்சி பகுதியில் - வார்டு வாரியாக சட்டப்பேரவை தொகுதிகள்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  13. ↑ "Madurai West Assembly constituency". 15 August 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Madurai Lok Sabha constituency". 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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