Two new registration offices in Coimbatore district were inaugurated by Commercial Taxes and Registration Minister P. Moorthy.

Integrated Office for Coimbatore (North): Located near Coimbatore Collectorate, built at cost of ₹4.39 crore. Houses offices of District Registrar (Administration), District Registrar (Audit), and Joint Sub-Registrar.

Karumathampatti Sub-Registrar Office: Established in Coimbatore (South) to serve public in areas carved from Sulur sub-registrar jurisdiction. Formed by reorganising nine of 21 villages under Sulur Sub-Registrar Office in Sulur taluk. Expected to register around 10,000 documents annually.

Background: Coimbatore Registration District was bifurcated on July 21, 2023 into Coimbatore (North) and Coimbatore (South) to improve administrative efficiency.

Benefits: Will reduce travel time for residents and enable faster processing of documents. Minister instructed officials to ensure registered documents are issued same day.

Coimbatore’s manufacturing, education and healthcare sectors are expanding, but congestion affects Avinashi, Trichy, Sathy, Mettupalayam, Pollachi and Thadagam roads. The West Bypass is planned from Mylkal to Narasimpalayam; only its first phase, from Mylkal to Mathampatti, is operational, with no sign of phases two and three. The government has abandoned the East Bypass planned from Madukkarai to Periyanaickenpalayam. The 10-km G.D. Naidu Flyover is operational, but its announced 5-km extension to Neelambur has stalled. Plans for the old Avinashi Road flyover, and flyovers at Singanallur, Lala Road, Sundarapuram and Saravanampatti, have not advanced. The L&B Bypass six-lane expansion remains at the study stage, as does the Uppilipalayam roundabout upgrade. The Centre returned Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore Metro proposal twice. The Vellalore integrated bus terminal has made no progress. NITI Aayog has approved the airport expansion after a decade of delay. Industry representatives warn inadequate infrastructure could deter investment; Singanallur and Sundarapuram flyovers remain under study.

Coimbatore Metro was proposed in 2010. Tamil Nadu announced a monorail in 2011; a 2013 survey by former Delhi Metro chief E. Sreedharan said the city qualified for a metro. The proposal was revived in 2017, and Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) was assigned a detailed project report in 2018. A 39-km plan costing ₹10,740 crore covered elevated corridors on Avinashi Road to Karumathampatti and from Ukkadam to Valiyampalayam Junction. Tamil Nadu announced ₹6,683 crore for the project in 2021.

CMRL initially proposed a three-phase, 138.9-km Metro Lite costing ₹9,424 crore. In July 2023, it proposed a 39-km elevated metro costing ₹9,000 crore, with 32 stations: Ukkadam–Neelambur and an airport link (17 stations), and Coimbatore railway junction–Valiyampalayam (14). The plan required 38–40 acres for depots and 35 acres for carriageway; three-coach trains would carry 250 people per coach, with five-to-seven-minute service.

Tamil Nadu recommended the project on February 16 and November 29, 2024. In a November 14, 2025 reply, the Union housing ministry cited only 2–3 minutes’ estimated time savings, 2011 city population of 15.84 lakh, projected daily ridership of 5.9 lakh for 34 km, and rights of way under 20 metres on NH Road and Big Bazaar Road. A revised proposal submitted May 22 was returned on July 22; the ministry cited missing non-peak travel-time savings, an underdeveloped bus system and inadequate last-mile connectivity. Proposals to connect Tiruppur, Pollachi and Mettupalayam have also been raised.