Solar, Erode

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Solar
Neighbourhood
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	638 002
Telephone code	0424
Vehicle registration	TN-33
Nearest city	Erode
Lok Sabha constituency	Erode
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Erode East

Solar is a neighbourhood in the city of Erode. It comes under the administrative control of Erode City Municipal Corporation. It is located 5 km from Erode Junction. It is located at the junction of Vellakoil and Karur roads.

Proposed Bus Terminal and Market[]

A new Bus Terminal and Integrated Central Market has been proposed at Solar, to reduce the burden in Central Bus Terminus. The 52acre land owned by the Erode City Municipal Corporation along the Karur Road has been identified for this New Bus Terminal project.

Solar Road Junction[]

The area received its name due to the physical road junction of two major roads at this location. One of the branches leads towards "Karur" and the other towards "Mulanur". It is called as Solar Pirivu in Tamil. Solar Corner is about half-a-kilometer north of Solar Junction where HP petrol pump (KTC Agency) lies. The Karur and Mulanur Highways join at Solar junction and pass towards solar corner as a single highway for about 1 km. At solar corner, again the roads splits into three; one directly towards Panneerselvam Park called as Old Karur Road; the second is Kollampalayam Inner Bypass Road and the third is Odappalli Barrage Road to enter Namakkal district.

Residential Areas[]

More than four decades ago, Solar used to be full of agriculture lands. Today, due to the expansion of Erode City, Solar is becoming a residential area. Some of the major residential colonies include E.B. Colony, Eranian Street, Lakshmi Nagar, C.S.I. Colony, Balusamy Nagar, Municipal (Nagaratchi) Nagar, Roja Nagar, Transport (Pokkuvarathu) Nagar, Puthuvalasu and Lakkapuram.

Amenities[]

Solar is well known for its weekly market that functions every Tuesday at the solar pirivu. Solar also has various nationalised banks. Solar possesses excellent hospitals. Solar 24x7 Parotta restaurants add feather to its cap. Various Provisional Stores are available near to each other to cater to the needs of the people of solar.

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