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The district bus services operated by the erstwhile TamilNadu State Transport Department were separated on the 15th September 1975, and formed as the district wing of Pallavan Transport Corporation Limited. The area of operation of this Corporation was Kanchipuram and Thiruvannamalai Districts. Routes of this wing and the Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation Limited were rationalised and this wing started operating as an independent Corporation under the name of Pattukottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation Limited with headquarters at Vellore from the 1st December 1982 with a fleet strength of 268. The operational area of this Corporation was fixed as entire Vellore and Thiruvannamalai Districts. Pattukottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation (Villupuram division –II) Ltd was renamed as Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Vellore on 01.07.97. The fleet strength of the Corporation as on 31.03.2003 was 836. During the year 2002-2003, 51 buses have been purchased for replacement.