
Chennai Central metro's book park set open this month
CHENNAI: Chennai Central metro station's upcoming 5,000sqft book park may have been delayed, but it's already shaping up to be the city's next literary landmark.
Originally scheduled for inauguration in April by chief minister M K Stalin, the facility is now expected to open to the public in June.
With checkered blue-and-grey carpeting, glass walls, cozy reading nooks, and a flat 10% discount on all titles, the space is designed to be a reader's haven in the heart of the city's busiest transit hub.
The 5,000sqft area inside the Chennai Central Metro will house 70 bookshelves, a mini event hall, reading tables with comfortable seating, and a cafeteria. "There is sufficient space and 3 lakh people passing through Chennai Central Metro every day.
A large book park is being developed there to promote reading habit," said an official from Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation.
The library will stock between 8,000 and 10,000 books, spanning a vast range of subjects including dictionaries, politics, literature, education, science, agriculture, medicine, economics, history, books on archaeology, children's literature, stories, and poetry.
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Books will be available in Tamil, English, Telugu, and other Indian languages, alongside translated works from global literature. The library will operate daily from 9am to 9pm. "Various amenities are being provided for the public, including Wi-Fi, a cafeteria, a small venue for book launches, and a hall that can accommodate up to 80 people for literary events. All books will be available for purchase in one place, creating an space where publishers and readers can meet," the official added.
Operated by Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation under a revenue-sharing model, the Chennai Central book park may also serve as a prototype for similar hubs elsewhere in the state. "Depending on the response from commuters and the public, we may think of replicatingf this concept at other locations," said P Shankar, director, public library.
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