North Chennai is a geographic term used to refer to the northern part of Chennai city. Though its definition has varied with time and context, it is generally accepted among historians that North Chennai is used for the part of Chennai city situated north of the Coovum River.Encompassing the Fort St George and Georgetown areas from which the city originated, North Chennai is generally considered an area of stagnant growth that has already reached saturation as a real estate choice. The area is generally notorious for its thick population, narrow roads, poor infrastructure, and high incidence of crime.This characterisation is, however, limited to older neighbourhoods close to the sea coast as new areas to the west, like Kilpauk, Anna Nagar and Ambattur have good standards of living and acquired desirability as residential areas. Back in days if people want to shop they have to come to North Madras, especially G.A Road (Gollavar Agraharam Rd) & M.C road (Monegar Choultry Road)
Washermenpet M.C. Road textile market still a favourite with north Chennai residents
Once the retail textile capital of the city, Monegar Choultry Road (M.C. Road) in Washermenpet might have lost out to T. Nagar, but as far as residents of north Chennai are concerned, it is still their go-to place. The M.C. Road textile market is believed to be the forerunner of the massive textile showrooms in T. Nagar.
The road famous for wholesale-cum-retail textile shops has always remained a shopping paradise for shoppers of Royapuram, Old Washermenpet, Tiruvottiyur, and other places. While the road may not be as famous for branded or high-end textile showrooms and the varieties that are on offer in T. Nagar, shoppers still patronise the shops on M.C. Road known for offering clothes at economical rates.
Shoppers patronise outlets on M.C. Road for the economical rates on offer
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