Ritchie street is the electronic shopping hub of Chennai city (earlier known as Madras) in India. All types of electronic goods imported from different part of world, especially from China and Korea, are available at moderate to cheap rates here.[citation needed] The market is spread through Narasingapuram Street and Wallers Road adjacent to Anna Salai (old Mount Road) near Ritchie Street. The street is always crowded, and very little space is available for movement of vehicles or pedestrians. It is also infamous for its sale of pirated digital content like Video Games and Movies. Ritchie street started as a radio market and then transformed into a market for televisions, computers, mobile phones and laptops.[citation needed] Ritchie Street is credited by the second largest electronic market for computer spares and peripherals in India, after Nehru Place, New Delhi, India. The market also has a wide variety of goods ranging from electronics, robotics to LED lighting. The marketplace usually starts buzzing at around 11 am and dies out at around 10 pm, after which it becomes difficult to find an open shop. This is due to the nature of the customers who visit Ritchie street, who are mostly working professionals and students. People usually get good deals for anything and everything, which is the reason why people flock to Ritchie street to buy goods. Chennai Listeni/ˈtʃɛnaɪ/ (also known as, formerly Madras Listeni/məˈdraːs/) is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is the biggest industrial and commercial centre in South India,[6] and a major cultural, economic and educational centre. Chennai is known as the "Detroit of India" for its automobile industry.[7] Chennai is the fifth-largest city and fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the country and 31st-largest urban area in the world. The city is host to the third-largest expatriate population in India after Mumbai and Delhi, with 35,000 in 2009 and steadily climbing to 82,790 in 2011.[8][9] Chennai is the only city in South Asia and India to figure in the "52 places to go around the world" by The New York Times.[10][11][12] Tourism guide publisher Lonely Planet has named Chennai as one of the top ten cities in the world to visit in 2015.[13] Chennai is ranked as a beta-level city in the Global Cities Index ahead of Hyderabad and Kolkata[14] Chennai has also been named in the 'hottest' cities to live in for 2015 by BBC among global cities with a mixture of both modern and traditional values. Chennai, sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to South India,"[50][51] is located on the south–eastern coast of India in the north–eastern part of Tamil Nadu on a flat coastal plain known as the Eastern Coastal Plains. Its average elevation is around 6.7 metres (22 ft),[52] and its highest point is 60 m (200 ft).[53] Two major rivers flow through Chennai, the Cooum River (or Koovam) through the centre and the Adyar River to the south. Cooum is one of the most polluted rivers in the South of India and serves as potential health hazard to the people living in and around the river. A third river, the Kortalaiyar, travels through the northern fringes of the city before draining into the Bay of Bengal, at Ennore. The estuary of this river is heavily polluted with effluents released by the industries in the region.[54] Adyar and Cooum rivers are heavily polluted with effluents and waste from domestic and commercial sources. The state government periodically removes silt and pollutants from the Adyar river, which is less polluted than the Cooum. A protected estuary on the Adyar forms a natural habitat for several species of birds and animals.[55] The Buckingham Canal, 4 km (2.5 mi) inland, runs parallel to the coast, linking the two rivers. The Otteri Nullah, an east–west stream, runs through north Chennai and meets the Buckingham Canal at Basin Bridge. Several lakes of varying size are located on the western fringes of the city. Some areas of the city have the problem of excess iron content in groundwater.[56] A part of the Adyar river forms a tidal creek before joining the sea Chennai's soil is mostly clay, shale and sandstone.[57] Clay underlies most of the city, chiefly Manali, Kolathur, Maduravoyal, K. K. Nagar, Semmencherry, Alapakkam, Vyasarpadi and Anna Nagar. Sandy areas are found along the river banks and coasts, and include areas such as Tiruvottiyur, George Town, Madhavaram, New Washermanpet, Chepauk, Mylapore, Porur, Adyar, Besant Nagar and Uthandi. In these areas, rainwater runoff percolates quickly through the soil. Areas having hard rock surface include Guindy, Nanganallur, Pallikaranai, Alandur, Jaladampet, Velachery, Adambakkam and a part of Saidapet and Perungudi.[58][59] The ground water table in Chennai is at 4-5m below ground in most of the areas,[59] which was considerably improved and maintained through the mandatory rain water harvesting system.

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