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Online bookings to sojourn the restored Victoria Public Hall saw brisk response, with respective slots getting filled soon aft reservations opened connected Thursday, Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) officials said.
Each clip slot with the duration of each sojourn fixed astatine 90 minutes — scheduled betwixt 8.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. — presently allows up to 60 visitors.
“The clip duration is lone connected a proceedings ground present and could beryllium accrued successful the aboriginal if visitors necessitate much time,” a GCC authoritative said. An audio-visual amusement is besides available, for which visitors are required to prime 1 oregon much shows portion completing their reservation, depending connected the fig of visitors successful a group.
Entry charges person been fixed astatine ₹25 for the wide public. Students supra the property of 10 and elder citizens are charged ₹10 each. Children beneath 10 years of property are allowed escaped entry, arsenic are persons with disabilities (PwD).
Foreign tourists are charged ₹50. Entry is escaped for Chennai Corporation and Government schoolhouse students. “If backstage schools amusement interest, attempts would beryllium made to accommodate each students from a schoolhouse wrong a azygous slot,” the authoritative added.
Slots booked quickly
Several clip slots were booked rapidly aft the booking portal was opened, and officials said determination was sizeable involvement among the nationalist to sojourn the restored practice structure.
The Victoria Public Hall was inaugurated aft restoration by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected December 24, 2025. The restoration enactment was taken up by the Chennai Corporation successful 2023 astatine a outgo of ₹32.62 crore.
