Theni
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Theni is a valley town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu at the foothills of the Western Ghats. It is the headquarters of the Theni district, located at a distance of 70km from Madurai. It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, cotton, cardamom, grapes, bananas, mango and chilli. It hosts the second largest weekly market in Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest in South India.[citation needed]
For drinking water project in Madurai, for which the Asian Development Bank funds ₹1,653.21 crore under the AMRUT scheme, the Madurai Municipal Corporation has a proposal for a mega plan to draw water from Periyar River and treat it in Theni and distribute to all the neighbourhoods in Madurai City through pumping stations.[2]
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towns
- Andipatti
- Andipatti Jakkampatti
- B. Meenakshipuram
- Bodinayakkanur
- Boothipuram
- Chinnamanur
- Cumbum
- Devadanapatti
- Gudalur
- Hanumanthampatti
- Kamayagoundanpatti
- Kombai
- Kuchanur
- Markayankottai
- Melachokkanathapuram
- Odaipatti
- Palani Chettipatti
- Pannaipuram
- Periyakulam
- SukkangalPatti
- Thamaraikulam
- Theni (district headquarters)
- Theni Allinagaram
- Thenkarai
- Thevaram
- Uthamapalayam
- Veerapandi
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