Chennai Projects Update thread - III [Archive] - Page 16

bonoslack7

August 26th, 2009, 08:57 PM

http://www.mydigitalfc.com/real-estate/akshaya-unveils-3-projects-around-chennai-460

The property market continues to be subdued. But this has not prevented realty developers from launching new projects. Chennai-based Akshaya Homes, which has been developing properties for about 14 years, has announced three new projects, including two residential apartment projects, around Chennai.
While one residential project, ‘Adena’ is coming up near Siruseri IT Park, just off OMR; ‘Belvedere’ is coming up at Urapakkam on the GST Road. A third project, ‘Domaine’, a commercial property, will come up on OMR.
“From incorporating elder-friendly features in Adena to creating a super luxury residential block in Belvedere keeping the youth in mind, we anticipate and understand the customers’ needs and believe in delivering a superior quality living space to our esteemed clientele,” says T Chitty Babu, chairman & chief executive officer, Akshaya Homes.
Adena will offer 199 residential units, comprising 2BHKs, starting from 631 sq ft to 1,060 sq ft. “Customers will have a choice of 38 different sizes to choose from. These are elderly and kids friendly homes. The residential units are priced between Rs 17 lakh and
Rs 30 lakh at an inaugural price
of Rs 2,500 per sq ft,” says
Chitty Babu.
The facilities include landscaped garden, reading room and a convenio store, besides ramps, grab bars and anti-skid flooring for the elderly. “Located just behind our earlier completed projects – Adair and Adora, Adena will be completed in 18 months and we will ensure on-time delivery as is the case with all our projects,” he said.
On the other hand, ‘Belvedere’ will have three towers with a total constructed space of 4.69 lakh sq ft. While one tower will offer 156 3BHK apartments, the other tower will offer 104 2BHK residential units. The third tower will have 77 serviced apartments.
“We are developing ‘Belvedere’ specifically for the youth and it will have features that gel well with the youngsters,” Chitty Babu says. Common facilities will include gymnasium, swimming pool, multi-purpose court, indoor recreation room, billiards, table tennis, multipurpose hall, 100-seat AV theatre, sauna, steam, spa, business centre, food court, amusement centre and a banquet hall.
“We are promoting it as the obvious place for ultra-modern living for the youth. And the USP will be the fact that there are no common walls and its basic concept will be that of an ‘island house’,” Chitty Babu pointed out.
It is being offered at an inaugural price of Rs 3,150 per sq ft. While the 2BHKs will come with a starting size of 1,012 sq ft and with a starting price of Rs 37 lakh, the 3BHKs will start at 1,450 sq ft in terms of size and at a price of Rs 54 lakh. This project will be completed in 24 months.
In addition, Akshaya is promoting a commercial project, ‘Domaine’, which will have a built-up area of 33,500 sq ft. With a restaurant, cafeteria, conference hall, power back-up and ample car parking space, it is being developed as a business centre for business executives frequenting OMR, Chennai’s IT Corridor.

bonoslack7

August 26th, 2009, 09:08 PM

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2009/08/27/stories/2009082750020100.htm

The restaurant is chilly, but the kitchen is warm and toasty. What looks like artery-clogging amounts of oil is bubbling away in deep-fat fryers. Chunks of chicken are being breaded, fried and then rested on heated counters, small labels indicating t he time until when it is good to be served. There is some staff member or the other, hair tucked away in blue safety cap, scrubbing their hands at a wash basin in the corner. Charts stuck on the wall attempt to predict the demand and estimate the amount of business the day will bring in. For KFC, it’s one more dry run for the day on which its 50th outlet in India, in Chennai’s Anna Nagar, formally opens to the neighbourhood.

The previous day, the restaurant was opened for two hours and did a business of Rs 1 lakh, which is the average takings per outlet per day, says Niren Chaudhary, Managing Director, Yum! Restaurants India. “It’s an incredible time to expand,” he says in reply to a question about the slowdown. The topline has grown 20 per cent over the last year and the number of consumers has grown 10 per cent. Pizza Hut, also part of the Yum! portfolio, is growing, but at a slower pace as it’s much bigger than KFC in spread, with 150 outlets across the country and price points that are “two times that of KFC”. It has grown 6-7 per cent over the previous year and is adding about 15 outlets a year.

AFFORDABLE TREATS
The reason for these restaurants thriving, he explains, is the emphasis these concepts place on affordability. KFC is a quick-service restaurant model which aims to be affordable with prices starting at Rs 25 for a sandwich, and Pizza Hut is positioned as “affordable casual dining”, and that makes them “recession-proof”. Further, rentals are seeing a correction, and the group is gung-ho about KFC’s prospects.

Customers, especially the young ones between 19 and 29 that are KFC’s core, are looking for “something new, something different”, says Chaudhary. This trend is one of the dominant drivers of consumption and also the factor driving Yum! to test-market its other big brand, Taco Bell, in Bangalore, where the first outlet will open in November or December. And it’s not as if all this food needs to have an “Indian bent” either. “What’s more important is to be differentiated – the newness of the idea is far more important that the familiarity of the idea,” he adds.

That apart, price and value for money are constants that need the most careful consideration. Our consumers are SEC A & B in big metros and are subset of our market in the entire country. If the country’s one billion, our market is 100 million, so focus is key. Focus on the metros and there is a big likelihood of getting to your target consumers, he says.

Given that KFC’s target customers are youth, the emphasis on affordability is very high, says Chaudhary. Moreover, as it’s a quick service restaurant model, it needs massive throughput at low average spends to be competitive. There’s a selection of sandwiches for Rs 25, a snack box meal for less than Rs 50 and lunch may cost Rs 100-150 per head – and the money-value equation doesn’t end there. There is the price point value, and then the ‘value in totality’ (what one gets for the amount paid) and the third is ‘abundance value’ (the total amount of food that one gets ordering as a group). Further, marrying affordability to innovation, which ties in with the ‘something new, something different’ insight, is key.

Chaudhary says a restaurant has multiple jobs to do – it is not just a place to get a meal, it is also a venue for people to catch up and connect, pretty much ‘the other place’. Therefore, an air-conditioned, smart and affordable place is bound to do well. He points to the explosion of coffee places in the country, saying they multiplied rapidly because they recognised this truth.

Vishwadeep Kuila, CEO of the Chennai-based Oriental Cuisines which runs a host of fine dining restaurants and the Planet Yumm chain of food malls, says the organised food market in India is barely 2 per cent of the total food sales, compared to 12-15 per cent worldwide or 20-25 per cent in developed countries. As such, there is enormous potential available in India “as long as market players understand what India likes”. He says: “Let’s face it, India is starved of such outlets, neat places where people can eat well and catch up. And while people may cry about junk food, be wary about it, we will still grant it to our children.” However, the ambience is always secondary to quality and service, he says. Fast food brands such as KFC and McDonald’s are the top grossers next only to homegrown brands such as Saravana Bhavan at Chennai’s Ascendas Planet Yumm food mall, which Oriental Cuisines runs, he says.

Expansion plans
Yum! plans having 100 KFC outlets in place by end-2010 at an investment of Rs 150 crore. The bigger goal is to have 300 outlets in place by 2011 and 500 outlets operating by 2015. For now, the focus will be on expanding its presence within the big metros that it’s present in now. “In the long run, a city like Chennai could have 20-25 outlets, while Mumbai and Delhi could have twice as many,” says Chaudhary.

Even as it is on a rapid expansion drive, Yum! is also battling charges of forex violations. The charge is that it failed to invest $80 million over seven years under which it received the licence to operate. While the company confirms receiving a show-cause notice from the Enforcement Directorate, Chaudhary says Yum! is a responsible MNC and has been operating in the country for more than a decade and he’s confident of its stand.

Competition from the likes of McDonald’s or more local chains serving similar food does not bother Yum! “The organised branded food sector is in a stage of complete infancy,” says Chaudhary. “The runway and opportunity are absolutely mammoth – it’s not a situation where one brand takes away from the other. None of us are at a scale that’s large enough for that to happen,” he adds. The sector is growing dramatically, and those that will do well are brands that concentrate on great innovation, higher level of food safety and sanitation, consistency and affordability, he says.

KFC has often been in the news for animal rights activists protests who allege the chickens they source haven’t been raised in humane conditions but Chaudhary doesn’t have much to say about it other than to state that they source the chicken only from poultries that “comply with the laws of the land” such as Venkateswara Hatcheries and Godrej Tyson.

Oriental’s Kuila says it is a long way off before people make a big hue and cry about junk food. And a lot of these multinational brands are focusing on developing countries because they know there won’t be protests similar to the West. As long as they are mindful of quality and hygiene, they will do well, he adds. “The model is very replicable and it can be a large chain with consistent quality, almost like a factory,” he remarks.

A major concern with fast food, that of health, is sought to be addressed when Chaudhary says that there is less than one per cent of transfatty acids in KFC’s cooking medium. And in the next few years, the brand will also look at non-fried options. “There’s a proactive approach to this across all our stores,” he says.

Will the ‘chicken’ branding work in a country with a large vegetarian population? The goal is for KFC to be a “mainstream powerhouse brand” and that means much adjustment and innovation – the fryers are separate, the oil used is separate, and there are many vegetarian options on the menu, says Chaudhury, though he adds that growth in the non-vegetarian section is “dramatic”. “As KFC’s pretty new as a concept, it can stand for anything and the consumer can give us credit for it. We don’t want to exclude anyone so we have a vegetarian range we don’t normally have outside India,” he says. In fact, Taco Bell’s Mexican-inspired food is easily adapted to both vegetarian and non-vegetarian versions and has Yum! upbeat about its prospects.

Yum! has two other brands, a hamburger brand called A & W, and a seafood brand called Long John Silver’s, but has no plans to bring them to India. “We don’t see the potential in them to be national concepts,” says Chaudhary. “Has Yum! as a chain broken even? “I’d say we’re largely trending in that direction, we continue to be more in investment mode – if our ambition is to be more than 300 by 2010, there’s a lot of investment that should be done ahead of that curve.” says Chaudhary.

Globally 85 per cent of Yum!’s restaurants are franchised, and that’s what the group is working towards in India too; only 15 pc are company-owned.

“We want to bring in high-calibre franchise partners in the years to come. The customer doesn’t care who’s running this restaurant, the brand must be faceless. The investment is the franchisee’s, we support them with know-how, logistics, supply chain, but most of all, how to run an organisation,” says Chaudhary.

Pizza Hut is fully franchised but KFC is a mixed model, with Yum! owning some restaurants. In the short term the company will ramp up investment much faster but that will even out with time as it finds the right franchise partners, he adds.

think_different

August 26th, 2009, 10:18 PM

ChPT has invited EoIs from prospective operators/manufacturers/exporters/users for the developing Ro-Ro cum multipurpose berth and multilevel car park under PPP mode on BOT basis in Bharathi dock at Chennai Port.

The port authority is likely to provide water front area to construct a berth upto a maximum of 300 mtrs length and land area of 7,500 sq mtrs behind the proposed berthing facility.

Last date for submission of EoIs is 23 September 2009.

Arul Murugan

August 27th, 2009, 03:08 AM

As part of the Tamil Nadu government’s efforts to give an impetus to knowledge-based industries like biotech, it commenced work on the second phase of Ticel Biotech Park at Taramani in Chennai.

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http://dkn.dinakaran.com/2782009/270809_02.jpg

dinakaran

comet

August 27th, 2009, 08:48 AM

Not in Chennai , but because of Chennai.

Chennai to get Metro Coaches Made in Tada, A.P !

Chennai, Aug. 26 French transportation major Alstom is planning to set up a metro rail coach factory near Chennai.

Sources in the Government of Andhra Pradesh confirmed to Business Line that Alstom is looking to put up the facility at the upcoming industrial township, Sri City, some 40 km north of Chennai, within the borders of Andhra Pradesh.

Investment details have been kept under wraps. Sources said that the details would be revealed when the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, would formally make an announcement on this while on a visit to the Sri City SEZ on September 9. Alstom did not respond to a request for a comment.

Sources point out that there is a growing business for Metro rail coaches, as many cities – Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, are some examples — propose to have metro rail for intra-city public transportation.

When Alstom works its plans, it will be the second major foreign investment in the metro rail coach building area, after Bombardier, whose €33 million plant has become operational.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that a German company is investing in a railway wheel plant in the Sri City SEZ. Again, officials are tight-lipped about the name of the company or the investments. BFG International Pvt Ltd of Bahrain, which makes fibre reinforced polyester and composite mouldings, is currently building a facility in the SEZ to make inner linings for coaches.

Source : http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/08/27/stories/2009082752410100.htm

For post on this area last here :
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=23643310&postcount=2289

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Mad 4 Madras

August 27th, 2009, 10:48 AM

Shame

calculus_ask

August 27th, 2009, 10:50 AM

Shame

WHY SHAME???

Kewl Batty

August 27th, 2009, 10:57 AM

Shame

LOL!! You can't expect all investments to be in Chennai! Tada is strategic place to Chennai. So it deserved some good investments. Way to go Sri city! :cheers:

After all AP is following wat TN did in Hosur and nothing wrong in it.

Mad 4 Madras

August 27th, 2009, 12:35 PM

Now it may not be for you.. But it will really start paining if we loose Peugeot to Sri City.

ferrari_fan

August 27th, 2009, 01:25 PM

^^ Oh grow up.. How on earth will it "start paining" if Peugeot doesn't come to Chennai?

1) A car factory in Tada will have the exact same effect on the city as a car factory 60 kms away in any other direction, such as Sriperumbudur or Oragadam..

2) Even if the factory does go to another state, it's going to have absolutely no bearing on your life unless you have some kind of job offer waiting for you at Peugeot already..

Relax and enjoy life..

:)

bonoslack7

August 27th, 2009, 02:23 PM

Its awesome that AP is bringing up a Hosur near Chennai and in the long term it will also increase the economic prosperity of TN too. We just cant go on building factories from Chennai till Trichy!

Sathisht77

August 27th, 2009, 02:41 PM

Subra

August 27th, 2009, 04:44 PM

[QUOTE=comet;41895664]Not in Chennai , but because of Chennai.
QUOTE]

Yes definetly "Audacious Andhra"..when farmers are committing suicide due to the drought we have our YSR playing fiddle..definetly audacious..

How does it matter to common people like us if the state tax from these factories go to TN or Andhra. People living in Chennai region will benefit directly from jobs and indirectly by setting up shops to help those with jobs here.

Developing Sri City will help improve North Chennai. The manufacturing industries coming up in that region (both within and outside TN limits) like Toshiba, Alsthom etc will trigger economic prosperity. The middle level and officer level people will prefer to stay within Chennai limits for better infrastructure. Overall, it is a win-win situation for both the states.

Kewl Batty

August 27th, 2009, 04:46 PM

^^ Yes, and it also will trigger the extension of auto corridor which stretches from maraimalainagar till gummidipoondi to Sulurpet.

arunmani

August 27th, 2009, 04:50 PM

All TN has to do is to take up development all the way close to the border, that way both state can share in the prosperity. There are many examples of twin cities in the US Kansas City MO, KS. Omaha NE/Council Bluffs IA etc.

I am not sure why TN is not prompting Hosur aggresively. If we do I hope it does not start another fight between Karnataka and TN.

satishanu

August 27th, 2009, 04:52 PM

Developing Sri City will help improve North Chennai. The manufacturing industries coming up in that region (both within and outside TN limits) like Toshiba, Alsthom etc will trigger economic prosperity. The middle level and officer level people will prefer to stay within Chennai limits for better infrastructure. Overall, it is a win-win situation for both the states.

Exactly right..Having Hosur did not stop Bangalore from developing further.

die4chennai

August 27th, 2009, 05:27 PM

satishanu

August 27th, 2009, 05:40 PM

^^ don't worry some land could be used for residential projects. Land price is bound to increase there in future.

ranga

August 27th, 2009, 05:50 PM

There are still lots of vacant plots in the gummidipoondi area(and in NH5); they need to step up the Infra and offer land at reduced prices to compete with Sricity. Obviously it pains if we lose big projects to Sricity. Will TN Govt. get the taxes going to b payed by these companies? Our government is investing so much money in bringing in such Infrastructure like this and if somebody comes and preys on it like leeches then it does pain obviously.

What happening with Hosur is different,Karnataka dont have a choice as there is absolutely no space further up Hosur, unlike here where we still have abundant land near AP border unused/under developed.
Successive Govts in the state neglected north chennai and areas beyond up to A.P border.Now u wake up when Andhra Pradesh govt encourages SEZs there taking advantages of nearby seaport and international airport.What is wrong in that after all border falls at somepoint and in this case chennai city happens to be at the northern tip of TN.Kindly be large hearted after all the developments at the borders is going to benefit chennai as well.

Sathisht77

August 27th, 2009, 05:55 PM

Kindly be large hearted after all the developments at the borders is going to benefit chennai as well.

Exactly..how else can we develop the whole country...Chennai is the magnet for this growth not the other way..it will increase the profile of Chennai....In this particular case.."comet's" snippet is not in good taste..it is all our country after all

die4chennai

August 27th, 2009, 06:11 PM

Successive Govts in the state neglected north chennai and areas beyond up to A.P border.Now u wake up when Andhra Pradesh govt encourages SEZs there taking advantages of nearby seaport and international airport.What is wrong in that after all border falls at somepoint and in this case chennai city happens to be at the northern tip of TN.Kindly be large hearted after all the developments at the borders is going to benefit chennai as well.

You want to be large hearted and not to compete with other cities with projects... That doesnt sound great by the way

die4chennai

August 27th, 2009, 06:13 PM

Exactly..how else can we develop the whole country...Chennai is the magnet for this growth not the other way..it will increase the profile of Chennai....In this particular case.."comet's" snippet is not in good taste..it is all our country after all

It is our country after all except for cauvery/palar/mullai periyar issues eh???

Anniyan

August 27th, 2009, 06:25 PM

Success of SriCity will not be Chennai's loss, but it would cause set back for TN govt's effort to promote manufacturing zones in Cheyyar, Vellore, Perambalur etc.

And regarding the news about Toshiba, Alstom selecting SriCity, i would wait till the MoU is signed before making comments.

Sathisht77

August 27th, 2009, 06:42 PM

It is our country after all except for cauvery/palar/mullai periyar issues eh???

We are entitled to our own opinions...this is not a political forum to be looking at each issue like this.. we are unlike them more "stately" than "parochial"..

Kewl Batty

August 27th, 2009, 07:45 PM

Financial city project in Chennai taking shape (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Infrastructure/Financial-city-project-in-Chennai-taking-shape/articleshow/4941816.cms)
27 Aug 2009, 2022 hrs IST, Hemamalini Venkatraman & Niranjana Ramesh, ET Bureau

CHENNAI: The financial city in Chennai, considered a dream project of Tamil Nadu deputy CM M K Stalin is taking shape within a month of his
formally announcing during the Assembly session in July.

Mr Stalin had announced the financial city would come up near Chennai with private sector participation. It will be set up to attract banks, insurance companies, mutual funds
and stock brokers to the State. The Government will build basic infrastructure for the city.

Now, the principal promotional agency, TIDCO, which promoted major projects like Tidel IT park, and Ticel bio park, has swung into an action mode to give push to the project implementation. The corporation has started holding discussions with various stakeholders (BFSI companies and executives, consultants, developers) to come out with a blue print on financial city. A special purpose vehicle would be floated for the purpose.

It is gleaned from sources that 300-acres have been identified on the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) as an ideal location for the proposed project. Global management Consultancy firm McKinsey has been appointed as the consultant for preparing the detailed project report (DPR).

Twin locations — Sholinganallur and Pallavaram — on the bustling OMR IT corridor are being evaluated to set up the finance
city. Two factors, availability of land and connectivity, are the reasons to choose these areas, sources told ET.

A government official too confirmed that the land (already at the disposal of government) has been chosen on account of proximity, connectivity to the city and social infrastructure. "We will have to use whatever existing infrastructure is available," he said.

Meanwhile, Tidco is in the process of preparing the concept note. "Financial cities have evolved in the past, not created. It is not possible to increase the number of core financial transactions in Chennai unless the business volumes go up here," an official involved closely with the project said.

"The concept itself is so new that we have to first agree on the aims and objectives of the project," he said.
According to him, the financial city would serve to attract more technology work into the state. "The skill-sets available here are clearly suited for application processes or financial services technology. Probably 20-30% of the IT work done here would fit into our financial city."

The concept note is expected to be ready in 30-40 days, following which a tender would be floated for engaging a consultant to prepare the DPR.
"That will take 4-6 weeks. It is possible to complete the DPR within six months, and the consultant will do so, in all likelihood," the official said.

Another official commented that it was an "unprecedented" deadline. The government is studying financial city models of Shanghai, Dubai and Gujarat, and it is in this connection that Tidco has been talking to consultants like KPMG and PWC. "We have also been co-ordinating with CII, which is, in turn, working with associates or individuals in KPMG," he said.

CII-TN chairman C K Ranganathan said, "The state is already blessed with three levers like automotive, IT and healthcare. We expect the financial city venture to be one more lever for driving the growth. But, like in other sectors, it should be able to attract some big names in the world".

He said CII is ready with its own blue print on the project, prepared by McKinsey. Based on the report, CII will make its own recommendations to Government. According to a KPMG official, as there is no cookie-cut approach to the project, all efforts are directed towards giving shape to the concept. Whether it would be a self-contained one or have financial services-related infrastructure, bunched in a single location, are still aspects that need evaluation.

Kewl Batty

August 27th, 2009, 07:59 PM

^^ Nice to hear that a SPV will be floated for the project!

Will it be named TIFEL Park Ltd? :D:

Kewl Batty

August 27th, 2009, 10:51 PM

Medical village scheduled for launch in Oct 2010 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Medical-village-scheduled-for-launch-in-Oct-2010/articleshow/4942464.cms)

CHENNAI: Frontier Mediville, the proposed eco-friendly modern medical village in Tiruvallur district, is scheduled for inauguration on October
20, 2010.

The Rs 1,500-crore facility, promoted by Dr K M Cherian on a 360-acre campus in Elavur village, will have a national medical science park for research, training and treatment with a focus on regenerative medicine. This will supplement the proposed 1,000-bed multi-specialty bio-hospital.

The national medical science park will have an animal farm, a research block and a training centre offering postgraduate programmes in courses such as stem cell research, tissue engineering and nanotechnology. The other features include a Russian amphibian plane and helipad for emergencies, an elders' enclave and a golf course. "The place will have 100 Ph D scholars and provide employment to 3,000 people," Dr Cherian said.

He was speaking after signing an MoU with BSNL to provide telecom solutions at a cost of Rs 50 crore. BSNL Chennai Telephones chief general manager M P Velusamy said: "We will be using the latest technology such as Wi-Max and radio relay equipment to allow those in Mediville to get data on the go. It will be done using optic fibre cables so that the communication networks
do not produce electro-magnetic radiation so the system will be environment friendly."

The launch of Frontier Mediville will coincide with the inauguration of the 20th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons to be hosted by Frontier Lifeline and Dr K M Cherian Heart Foundation in the country.

Kewl Batty

August 27th, 2009, 11:08 PM

TICEL Biopark - II Model

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OrbitZen

August 28th, 2009, 12:29 AM

Comet's illustration exposes just one thing, areas north of chennai beckons for explosive growth in future years. Cities in adjoining countries live in symbiosis like toronto-buffalo, Copenhagen-Malmo, San-Diego-Tijuana.

neways, sri city's got to draw manpower, vendors, suppliers from chennai. its all the more welcoming to see the horizon expanding in all directions and chennai amalgamating into a manufacturing behemoth :cheers:.

Arul Murugan

August 28th, 2009, 02:35 AM

Its awesome that AP is bringing up a Hosur near Chennai and in the long term it will also increase the economic prosperity of TN too. We just cant go on building factories from Chennai till Trichy!

TN gvt is worst in marketing the tier II cities. When Bombardier went to Vododara for setting up India's first metro manufacturing factories they did not find the land in Mumbai or Ahmedabad, they rightly placed it in Baroda which is a good location on Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor and they get stainless steel (which is the main component for manufacturing the coaches) much nearer from Surat's steel plants.

In South, Mysore and Salem have steel plants apart from Vizag which is little far east. If TN gvt could have done good marketing they could have placed a metro coach manufacturer either in Bangalore-Salem corridor or Salem-Chennai corridor which will provide very good resource for the companies right from raw material to talent pools.

When Gujarat and Maha's can do marketing for their tier II cities, TN gvt has failed much in marketing the tier II cities and it will continue for ever whichever government comes to rule. Its the fate of tier II cities in TN.

Kewl Batty

August 28th, 2009, 02:42 AM

Frontier Mediville - India's first Medical SEZ

Entrance at NH5 near Tada.
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National Medical Science Park @ Mediville
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Asia's First Bio-Hospital
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4392/asiasfirstbiohospital.jpg

Source (http://www.frontierlifeline.com/pdf/Frontier-mediville.pdf)

satishanu

August 28th, 2009, 02:52 AM

^^Cool project. It will give good boost to the medical tourism. Any idea what is the total investment for this project?

Kewl Batty

August 28th, 2009, 03:03 AM

^^ around 1500 crores

think_different

August 28th, 2009, 03:33 AM

cheerful news for us

nsantha2

August 28th, 2009, 03:47 AM

What exactly is a 'bio-hospital'?

sshank

August 28th, 2009, 04:13 AM

I like the sound of this - if things work out Nissan could become another Hyundai for TN!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/Business/India-Business/Nissan-to-shift-production-of-small-car-from-UK-to-India/articleshow/4943098.cms

Nissan to shift production of small car from UK to India
Pankaj Doval, TNN 28 August 2009

NEW DELHI: Forget China, it’s focus India for global automakers, courtesy small cars. In a move that reflects the growing stature of the Indian
car industry globally, Japanese major Nissan has decided to shift the entire production of its small car, Micra, from the UK to India. After production of the Micra begins here, Nissan plans to manufacture four more models in India, involving a total investment of over Rs 2,000 crore.

The move underlines the rush among automakers to rationalize production costs and move to locations that offer the best value and quality. “We have decided to manufacture the Micra at our upcoming factory at Oragadam, near Chennai,” Nissan India MD and CEO Kiminobu Tokuyama told TOI.

The company’s Chennai plant will start production from May next year, and export markets would be catered to from autumn, Tokuyama said. Nissan, he said, plans to meet Micra’s requirements for the entire European region as well as some other markets like West Asia from the Chennai plant. “We plan to start with export volumes of 1.1 lakh units, which would be gradually scaled up to 1.8 lakh units as demand goes up,” Tokuyama said.

But what prompted the step? “There are many benefits in India, including a high-quality vendor base that is also cost-effective, leading to globally-competitive pricing,” Tokuyama said. Nissan will thus emulate companies like Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki, which make small cars in India to export to Europe.

chennaidesi

August 28th, 2009, 04:17 AM

TN tier 2 cities can get these project if govt can market well.
If andhra border develops it helps chennai economy by small percentage but consider this if it goes to Tier 2 cities TN govt gets huge tax revenue.

It is a loss to TN a little gain to Chennai overall we loss to our neighbors in each and every respect and this is one of it.

darkprinz

August 28th, 2009, 05:25 AM

^^
Initially Aero Park was tentatively proposed in that north chennai -andhra border right ??? It would have been a ethical competition for sricity .. :ohno:

By the way what happened to that aero park .. Politicians messed it up ??? :lol:

pxp

August 28th, 2009, 05:40 AM

Even the Aero Park page in wikipedia has been removed.
updates requested.

Kewl Batty

August 28th, 2009, 11:34 AM

^^ Aero Park project has been moved to Madurai. They've shown some 4500 acres or more available land near madurai and they're conducting feasibility study for it now.

lakshman

August 28th, 2009, 04:30 PM

I heard a large chunk of prime land about 8 acres on GST road in pallavaram as been put for auction.A huge hoarding as been erected there.Any details about this.

Sathisht77

August 28th, 2009, 10:10 PM

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lt-expects-orders-worth-rs-10000-cr/368457/

With its smaller ship-building facility at Hazira in Gujarat, the company managed an order for 10 vessels, valued at Rs 2,000 crore, according to Chief Financial Officer Y M Deosthalee."The company has a Rs 1,500-crore capex plan for this financial year and most part of it will be spent for building the greenfield shipyard near Chennai" he added. It is also buying a new installation barge for Rs 800 crore.

chennaidesi

August 29th, 2009, 01:57 AM

Sathisht77

August 29th, 2009, 03:22 AM

I saw in Hyd thread that an announcement will be made shortly.

Even they don't seem to believe this news from some local newspaper. I guess one needs to wait

think_different

August 30th, 2009, 01:54 AM

The ChPT has chalked out a plan to develop a barge jetty adjoining the new pipeline trestle at the north-west side of the Bharathi Dock on PPP basis.

It has invited EoIs from private players on how the facility should be developed.

There is an existing facility at the dock in the Chennai port to handle barges up to 65 mtrs long with three mtrs depth. However, ChPT plans to construct a barge jetty up to a maximum of 200 mtrs length without affecting the maneuverability of container, oil and iron ships handled at the dock.

ChPT is expected to provide private operators the right-of-way in the existing pipeline trestle without affecting the present operations; permission to develop an elevated approach from the breakwater to the barge jetty; land area of 7,500 sq mtrs in the vicinity of the jetty and existing barge handling facility.

catick

August 30th, 2009, 04:50 AM

Ashok Leyland-Nissan to roll out its first LCV by mid-2010

According to latest information, Ashok Leyland Limited (ALL) would be rolling out its first LCV along with Nissan sometime in the middle of next year. Though the Indian commercial vehiclemaker refused to divulge any details, well-informed sources have revealed that Ashok Leyland-Nissan JV will roll out the first product in two versions - one being a 1.25-tonne diesel truck and the other being a two-tonne truck.
When quizzed about the delay in introducing its products, a senior representative has said this has been primarily due to the delay in the allotment of land for a Chennai facility by the government of Tamil Nadu. It is to be mentioned that initially all the products will be launched from Ashok Leyland’s existing plant in Chennai.
R. Seshasayee, managing director, Ashok Leyland, told reporters, "The Nissan programme is to be implemented in two phases. Phase-one will be done in our existing facility (in Chennai or Hosur) with arranged products and Ashok Leyland products. The second phase would be on a greenfield site and the new venture will have separate branding. Our initial capacity is 50,000-plus per annum on a two-shift basis which may be ramped up to 70,000." It may be recalled that Nisan and Ashok Leyland have signed an MoU with the government of Tamil Nadu for setting up of an integrated facility for all the three units at Pillaipakkam, 40 km off Chennai on a 380-acre plot. Both firms last year announced three JVs for making LCVs, powertrains and developing new technology, with an initial target to produce one lakh LCVs, at a total investment of Rs. 2,300 crore. :cheers::banana:^^:)

SOURCES
http://www.wheelsunplugged.com/ViewNews.aspx?newsid=4173
http://www.ptinews.com/news/251496_Ashok-Leyland-Nissan-JV-may-launch-LCVs-in-2011
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Auto/Ashok-Leyland-Nissan-truck-to-hit-the-road-mid-2010/articleshow/4946140.cms

darkprinz

August 30th, 2009, 06:03 AM

^^ Aero Park project has been moved to Madurai. They've shown some 4500 acres or more available land near madurai and they're conducting feasibility study for it now.

Happy that madurai is getting a new investment .. :) but ... I think chennai would be better place for aeropark as we already have many number of manufacturing facilities and good institutions which excel in aero like iit , Hindustan univ :bash: ..... i dont think there is enough infra facilities and workforce to cater aero departments !!! It would be better if these tier 2 cities start their investment spree with something basic ... :ohno: :ohno:

die4chennai

August 30th, 2009, 06:38 AM

CHENNAI: The Rs 38-crore Water Supply Improvement Works project in Tambaram municipality has come to a halt

after the forest department
refused to allow the municipality to lay pipes inside its Ottambakkam reserve forest area
in Oragadam. The municipality need 33 hectares of land of 30 metres width and 1,100 metres length inside the Reserve Forest to lay pipelines for the project.

The forest department is worried that at least 250 fully grown trees will have to be cut down to lay huge pipelines along one kilometer in the reserved forest. Already a large number of trees on either side of the road have been felled as part of the road widening project undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC) at a cost of Rs 41.87 crore to convert the Vandalur Walajahbad road into a four-lane stretch. "Most of these trees are more than half a century old. Even if we plant saplings today, it would take several years for them to grow into big trees. On our part, we have to increase or at least maintain the existing green cover under our control, especially in reserve forest areas," sources in the state forest department told TOI.

At present, a majority of the nearly two lakh people in the municipality get water only once a week and in some areas such as East Tambaram and Selaiyur, residential colonies get water once in 10 days. Tambaram residents get only 50 lakh liters of water a day, as against their requirement of 160 lakh litres. The requirement is expected to go up to 300 lakh litres per day by next year. Water shortage has remained high on the agenda of the municipal council meetings.

Hundreds of large pipes have been lying abandoned along the 33.4-km Vandalur- Walajahbad road since two months as the multi-crore project to be executed by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD) has hit the roadblock. It was in April 2007, local administration minister M K Stalin announced in the Assembly that the scheme would be implemented, based on the detailed project report (DPR) prepared by the TWAD a year ago.

According to the plan, half the project's cost is funded by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and the other half is a grant from the state government and the local body's general funds.

The project envisages creation of new sources on the dry bed of the River Palar, sinking of 13 infiltration wells in the river, new main pipelines and feeder lines between the headworks and Tambaram and creation of ground-level sumps and overhead tanks.

Officials of the Tambaram municipality, however, sounded confident that the project would be revived. "Moves are afoot to get the land from the forest department on a lease of Rs 15,000 per year. Works would begin soon," Tambaram municipality chairman E Mani said.

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City/Chennai/Rs-38cr-Tambaram-water-project-hits-a-roadblock/articleshow/4949616.cms)

Rasnaboy

August 31st, 2009, 02:19 AM

Winner to maintain the fruits and vegetables complex, power plant.

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The project will handle 30 tonnes of organic waste daily and produce about 230 KW power and 10 tonnes of wet compost cakes.
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Chennai, Aug. 30 Two bidders are competing for the integrated solid waste management project to maintain the 60-acre fruits and vegetables market in the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex and the biomethanation facility to generate power from organic waste. The bids have been called by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA).

The Hyderabad-based Ramky Group and Antony Waste Handling Cell of Maharashtra are the two bidders for the operation and maintenance of the fruits and vegetables market that is part of a 300-acre market complex. Both companies are among the leading players in solid waste management.

Ramky Group is a diversified group with a presence in environment management, infrastructure and real estate development. Ramky Enviro Engineers, a group company handles municipal waste projects in Bangalore, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore and Kottayam.

Antony Waste Handling is a part of the Antony Group which has a presence in automotive industry and waste handling equipment and handles waste management projects in Maharashtra, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Noida.

The Koyambedu market houses over 3,000 wholesale shops for fruits and vegetables and is considered one of the largest of its kind in Asia. Over 100,000 shoppers come to the market daily and the facility generates over a 100 tonnes of waste a day.

The winner of the bid will maintain the complex and the 250 kw power plant which uses the organic waste to generate power through biomethanation, a process that uses the combustible methane-rich gas generated during the decomposition of the waste to fuel the power plant.

The plant was established by the CMDA with the assistance of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. Out of the total project cost of Rs 5.50 crore, the Ministry has contributed Rs 3.75 crore, while the CMDA and the Market Management Committee consisting of representatives of the trade and authorities has contributed Rs 1.75 crore to this project.

The project will handle 30 tonnes of organic waste daily and produce about 230 KW power and 10 tonnes of wet compost cakes. The net power after in-house consumption shall be about 200 KW.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/08/31/stories/2009083150511300.htm

bonoslack7

August 31st, 2009, 02:31 AM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City/Chennai/Stalin-launches-Cheyyar-SEZ/articleshow/4952348.cms

With land availability in clusters of Sriperumbudur and Oragadam in Chennai's suburbs nearly full, the industrial community is moving

further south, with the formal inauguration of the Cheyyar SEZ by deputy chief minister MK Stalin on Sunday.

The move to establish the SEZ helps in bringing Tiruvannamalai district into the industrialisation map of the state. Launching the Rs 300-crore, 275-acre footwear SEZ, Stalin said it would enable production and export of brands like Nike shoes from the factory near Cheyyar town, located about 110 km from Chennai.

Apart from the SEZ, the government has sanctioned 90 acres for 8 companies investing Rs 355 crore in the SIPCOT's (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu) Cheyyar industrial complex. SIPCOT had acquired 630 acres of land in Mangal, Chellaperumbulimedu and Mathur villages in 1995 to set up its industrial complex but the land was lying vacant till 2006 with no takers. Of the 635 acres of land acquired in the first phase, the state has allotted 364 acres to various industries in three years.

As the Sriperumbudur and Oragadam industrial clusters were full with no further scope for land acquisition, the government has plans to acquire 2,300 acres in Kunnavakkam and nine other villages for expansion of the Cheyyar complex. Cheyyar industrial complex is part of the Chennai-Ranipet-Hosur industrial corridor promoted by the state government to attract investment. "We expect the Sriperumbudur effect to radiate further and promote similar engines of growth in Cheyyar, Ranipet and Perambalur.We are working to get some very big names into the Cheyyar industrial complex," said a senior officer.

At the function, Stalin said the state had leased 275 acres of land for 99 years at a price of Rs 90,000 per acre for Growth-Link Company as per an agreement of 2006. Changing the name as Cheyyar SEZ Developers Private Limted, the company has invested Rs 164 crore in the project, which is expected to be over by 2012-13, providing employment to 18,000 people. Already, there were 3,000 employees, 2,550 of them locals, with 50% women from the nearby villages, Stalin said. He expected the workforce would grow by 5,000 more in the second phase. Nearly 750 people from the families that parted with land for the industrial complex had been employed in the facilities.

Admitting that the government was not going to gain by way of tax revenue from industries at present, Stalin said the state was keen on industrialisation due to the cascading effect on the economy through setting up of ancillary units around an industry. This would result in employment generation for educated youth. For the much-needed infrastructure in the complex, the government has completed work on overhead tanks at a cost of Rs 7.80 crore to store water from Cheyyar river and has commissioned a 52MVA substation in the premises. State ministers K Ponmudy, E V Velu, industries secretary M F Farooqui and Tiruvannamalai collector M Rajendran participated in the function.

catick

August 31st, 2009, 04:36 AM

Cheyyar SEZ widens city’s growth arc

Rs 300Cr, 275-Acre Project Expands Radius Of Industrialisation For City

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: With land availability in clusters of Sriperumbudur and Oragadam in Chennai's suburbs nearly full, the industrial community is moving further south, with the formal inauguration of the Cheyyar SEZ by deputy chief minister MK Stalin on Sunday.
The move to establish the SEZ helps in bringing Tiruvannamalai district into the industrial map of the state. Launching the Rs 300-crore, 275-acre footwear SEZ, Stalin said it would enable production and export of brands like Nike shoes from the factory near Cheyyar town, located about 110 km from Chennai.
Apart from the SEZ, the government has sanctioned 90 acres for 8 companies investing Rs 355 crore in the SIPCOT's (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu) Cheyyar industrial complex. SIPCOT had acquired 630 acres of land in Mangal, Chellaperumbulimedu and Mathur villages in 1995 to set up its industrial complex but the land was lying vacant till 2006 with no takers. Of the 635 acres of land acquired in the first phase, the state has allotted 364 acres to various industries in three years.
As the Sriperumbudur and Oragadam industrial clusters were full with no further scope for land acquisition, the government has plans to acquire 2,300 acres in Kunnavakkam and nine other villages for expansion of the Cheyyar complex. Cheyyar industrial complex is part of the Chennai-Ranipet-Hosur industrial corridor promoted by the state government to attract investment. “We expect the Sriperumbudur effect to radiate further and promote similar engines of growth in Cheyyar, Ranipet and Perambalur.We are working to get some very big names into the Cheyyar industrial complex,” said a senior officer.
At the function, Stalin said the state had leased 275 acres of land for 99 years at a price of Rs 90,000 per acre for Growth-Link Company as per an agreement of 2006. Changing the name as Cheyyar SEZ Developers Private Limted, the company has invested Rs 164 crore in the project, which is expected to be over by 2012-13, providing employment to 18,000 people. Already, there were 3,000 employees, 2,550 of them locals, with 50% women from the nearby villages, Stalin said. He expected the workforce would grow by 5,000 more in the second phase. Nearly 750 people from the families that parted with land for the industrial complex had been employed in the facilities.
Admitting that the government was not going to gain by way of tax revenue from industries at present, Stalin said the state was keen on industrialisation due to the cascading effect on the economy through setting up of ancillary units around an industry. This would result in employment generation for educated youth. For the much-needed infrastructure in the complex, the government has completed work on overhead tanks at a cost of Rs 7.80 crore to store water from Cheyyar river and has commissioned a 52MVA substation in the premises. State ministers K Ponmudy, E V Velu, industries secretary M F Farooqui and Tiruvannamalai collector M Rajendran participated in the function.

Rs 300 cr footwear SEZ would cater to production and export of brands like Nike shoes from the factory near Cheyyar town located about 100 km from Chennai

Govt has
sanctioned 90 acres for eight companies investing Rs 355 cr in SIPCOT’s Cheyyar industrial complex, a sign of industrialisation spreading over a wider arc around city

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Kewl Batty

August 31st, 2009, 05:10 AM

Stalin to model Cooum on UK’s river Thames (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/stalin-model-cooum-uk%E2%80%99s-river-thames-763)
August 31st, 2009

Chennai, Deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin will leave on a 10-day tour of the United Kingdom from here on Monday.

According to reliable sources, Mr Stalin, along with six others, will leave from Chennai international airport for London early on Monday. He is likely to return to the city on September 9, DMK sources told this paper, adding that the prime objective of the visit was to get World Bank funding for Cooum river beautification.

Mr Stalin will inspect the Thames river in London and, subsequently, hold discussions with experts about river beautification, official sources said. The discussions were mainly meant to emulate the Thames model for beautifying a sewage-filled Cooum river here, sources said. However, Mr Stalin is actually said to be going to the UK only to treat an ailment.

It may be worthwhile to recall that the deputy CM, who was then local administration minister, toured Japan and returned with JBIC (Japan Bank of International Cooperation) funding for Chennai Metro Rail and Hogenakkal drinking water projects.

robertashok

August 31st, 2009, 06:29 AM

Stalin to model Cooum on UK’s river Thames (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/stalin-model-cooum-uk%E2%80%99s-river-thames-763)
August 31st, 2009

How many rivers he will look into St.Antonio , Thames.

if he had started atleast preliminary work to chemical,bio-chemical engineers to Anna, IIM guys, and allowed them to interact with leading industrial units, they would have given some more ideas.

Anniyan

August 31st, 2009, 08:25 AM

Stalin to model Cooum on UK’s river Thames
August 31st, 2009

thats a dubakoor headline.

He is actually going to London for his medical treatment. There are rumors that he is having cancer but he doesnt look like cancer patient, so it must be something else.

vs007

August 31st, 2009, 08:28 AM

How many rivers he will look into St.Antonio , Thames.

if he had started atleast preliminary work to chemical,bio-chemical engineers to Anna, IIM guys, and allowed them to interact with leading industrial units, they would have given some more ideas.

They want to do a thorough study of all rivers and would be visiting Potomac river(Washington DC) , Ottawa river(Ottawa), Seine ( Paris) , Amazon ( Rio ) , Nile ( Cairo) etc.

PS: They are planning to visit only the rivers, if some famous cities comes in the way, they may see it too.

MA Eswaran

August 31st, 2009, 08:55 AM

thats a dubakoor headline.

He is actually going to London for his medical treatment. There are rumors that he is having cancer but he doesnt look like cancer patient, so it must be something else.

I am hearing this Cooum cleaning etc for the past 30 years.

Karunanithi when he became CM first time, he made similar statement.

Rasnaboy

August 31st, 2009, 12:17 PM

They want to do a thorough study of all rivers and would be visiting Potomac river(Washington DC) , Ottawa river(Ottawa), Seine ( Paris) , Amazon ( Rio ) , Nile ( Cairo) etc.

PS: They are planning to visit only the rivers, if some famous cities comes in the way, they may see it too.

All these are world famous rivers. Likewise, do we have any world (in)famous sewage systems? If so, the authorities could visit them too so as to not emulate them. :lol:

nsantha2

August 31st, 2009, 09:29 PM

All these are world famous rivers. Likewise, do we have any world (in)famous sewage systems? If so, the authorities could visit them too so as to not emulate them. :lol:

By that token, world leaders should be coming in droves to Chennai to see how we've "managed" our sewage system. It will be a model example and students of water management in the future will be taught about our great success at screwing the river up.

Rasnaboy

September 1st, 2009, 02:57 AM

^^Oh! That's true Santha. It didn't occur to me initially that we have the world's "greatest" sewage system in the form of a river. :rofl:

Jokes apart, it must be a real shame on our face. :ohno: :badnews:

Rasnaboy

September 1st, 2009, 03:08 AM

CHENNAI: The State Government will send a team to Singapore to study its success story as financial city, said Gayatri Sriram, Chairperson, CII Chennai zone on Monday.

Delivering the welcome address at a luncheon session on ‘Tamil Nadu business know-how & opportunities in Singapore,’ organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), she said that the State was in the process of setting up a Financial City near Chennai and an Aero Park in Madurai and had approached the Singapore Government for help.

“The Financial City should be granted SEZ status for companies to come and invest in it. CII will act as a catalyst. On Tuesday, the CII members will discuss this issue with Singapore Consul-General in Chennai, Ajit Singh,” she said.

Business delegation

Leading a 10-member business delegation to Chennai and Coimbatore, Oeji Ek Siang, Deputy Director (South Asia), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore urged Indian businessmen to use Singapore as ‘Living Lab’ to strengthen the existing trade ties for mutual benefit.

“Come to our country, our R&D centres are ready to help you. Test your products, get feedback and find solution. Package and sell it to the rest of the world. If you are looking at urban solution such as urban mobility, infocom and security, environment, urban planning, healthcare, electricity and water, then Singapore is the right place,” he said.

“Though, we are comfortable doing business with China, we are shifting our focus towards India, Central Asia and South America. We are also exploring southern India,” he added.

In his special address, Mr. Ajit Singh said that they were bullish on India’s growth prospects with respect to trade and investment. N. Kumar, CII past president, said that Singapore was one of India’s best ambassadors in the global meet of nations. The business delegates arrived in Chennai on Sunday and will explore trade and investment opportunities in Tamil Nadu till September 4.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/01/stories/2009090160480500.htm

bonoslack7

September 1st, 2009, 11:34 AM

http://www.samaylive.com/news/countrys-first-natnl-medical-park-to-be-opened-soon/652982.html

India's first national medical research park, floated by well known cardiosurgeon Dr K M Cherian is being set up at 'Sricity Special Economic Zone' in the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border.

Speaking to reporters here, Dr Cherian said the park, developed by the private sector Sricity Private Limited, would come up on a 360 acre site. Bio informatics and Nano Techology would be given special thrust in the park,for which the Indian Council for Medical research had given clearance, he said.

Dr Cherian said the promoter Frontier Lifeline hospital floated by him would construct an emergency care unit on NH 5, which reported a large number of accidents, in the first phase

The hospital planned a state-of-the-art multi-speciality 150 bed hospital in the area to cater to the needs of workers in the SEZ, besides rural people in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvalluvar district and Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh, he said.

Ravindra Sannareddy, founder of Sri City Private Limited, said the park would be a boon for workers in the SEZ.

He said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekara Reddy, who laid the foundation for the SEZ on August 8 last would inaugurate the shipment of goods produced at the SEZ on September 9 this year.

die4chennai

September 1st, 2009, 05:52 PM

^^ Is it coming in TN or AP?

venkatm

September 1st, 2009, 07:57 PM

By that token, world leaders should be coming in droves to Chennai to see how we've "managed" our sewage system. It will be a model example and students of water management in the future will be taught about our great success at screwing the river up.

You would think that TN being a highly water deficient state would go all out to protect water bodies and rivers but the situation is opposite

1. Maximum number of leather tanneries
2. Maximum number of bleaching/dyeing units
3. Maximum number of slums/encroachments in waterbodies

The situation will become grave in another 15-20 years.

Arasu

September 1st, 2009, 09:45 PM

You would think that TN being a highly water deficient state would go all out to protect water bodies and rivers but the situation is opposite

1. Maximum number of leather tanneries
2. Maximum number of bleaching/dyeing units
3. Maximum number of slums/encroachments in waterbodies

The situation will become grave in another 15-20 years.

Very valid concerns. You would think the people's representatives would raise these issues and discuss them in the Assembly, Parliament or other forums. Not in this country in this generation.:bash:

Kewl Batty

September 2nd, 2009, 12:20 AM

Country-specific clusters to come up at Sri City (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/09/02/stories/2009090251121700.htm)

Frontier Lifeline to set up 150-bed hospital.

Mr Ravindra Sannareddy (left), Managing Director, Sri City (P) Ltd, and Dr K.M. Cherian, Chairman and CEO, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, at the signing of an MoU in Chennai on Tuesday.

Our Bureau

Chennai, Sept.1 The upcoming industrial township of Sri City is likely to have country-specific industry clusters. “We are planning a Japan cluster and a Euro cluster,” Mr Ravindra Sannareddy, Founder and Managing Director, Sri City Ltd, said here on Tuesday.

The cluster approach would help the developers of the industrial zone — which features a special economic zone, a domestic tariff area and a residential area — to provide services also based on ethnicity, he said. For example, there could be a Japanese restaurant near the Japan cluster.

He was speaking at a meeting held here to announce the setting up of medical facilities in Sri City by Dr K.M. Cherian’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital. Initially, an emergency care unit will be set up by Sri City, which will be run by Frontier Lifeline Hospital. Over time, Frontier Lifeline, which is putting up a large ‘mediville’ (or medical village) about 10 km to the south of Sri City, will put up its own 150-bed hospital in the zone.
Sri City on cloud nine

September 9 will be a notable date for Sri City, when at 9 minutes past 9 a.m., the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, will inaugurate the facilities of nine manufacturing units in the zone. He is also expected the lay the foundation for nine more units.

Mr Sannareddy said that coming up as it does in a backward area, the population from the neighbouring towns such as Sulurpet, have opportunities to find employment locally, as opposed to migrating to cities. “Today, they have hope in their backyard,” he said.

Kewl Batty

September 2nd, 2009, 12:21 AM

^^ Is it coming in TN or AP?

Sri City is actually in the border of AP and TN.. So few SEZ are from TN govt, while others are from AP.

Frontier Mediville SEZ is in TN area of Sri City. (Elavur in Thiruvallur district)

vs007

September 2nd, 2009, 03:43 AM

Sri City is actually in the border of AP and TN.. So few SEZ are from TN govt, while others are from AP.

Frontier Mediville SEZ is in TN area of Sri City. (Elavur in Thiruvallur district)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sricity
This link and even their official website says it is in AP. Its a shame TN did not envision this 5000 acre project.

Kewl Batty

September 2nd, 2009, 04:29 AM

^^
SEZ India website -- SEZ no 508, (61 in TN)
http://www.sezindia.nic.in/HTMLS/578FormalapprovalsgrantedunderSEZAct19thJune,09.pdf

Frontier Mediville website -- saying they have signed MoU with TIDCO.
http://www.frontierlifeline.com/Expansion_plans.asp

3rd point in 2nd page in this document says it is separated from AP by a river ... 5th page has a picture of Karunanidhi.. :lol:
http://www.frontierlifeline.com/pdf/Frontier-mediville.pdf

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Anyway, This frontier Mediville is not a part of Sri city.. Sri City is fully inside Andhra Pradesh. Media have been messing up Sri city and its location as Chennai.

We heard sometime back that Mahindra World City is planning a Township in Gummidipoondi... Dunno wat happened to tat!

Sivamani Muru

September 2nd, 2009, 05:52 AM

HOW FAR IS INDIA FROM BECOMING A SUPERPOWER?.

In the past battles were fought to conquer nations and the country with largest numbers of colonies under its wing became the superpower. After world war ll, the whole defination of a superpower status was redefined. 'A country that has supremacy over all other countries in the economic battle and have won and developed itself and its citizens in every field is deemed as a superpower nation'.

India is one country that has shrunk during and after independence. Under the British rule both Pakistan and Bangladesh was a part of India. Today we have lost these two large land masses. Bangladesh is always flooded by rain but if it was a part of India, we could have easily connected its rivers and brought it down up until Chennai to meet the water needs of our people. Pakistan now on the other hand is trying to declare the India's part of Kashmir that it has illegally occupied for ages as its own state. It is even trying modify its American made missiles as a tool to wage wars against India if need arises. Of more recent we have lost our Kachai Teevu to Sri Lanka. One may ask what benefit could we have over this tiny Island. Singapore was only 50 square kilometres at the time it got itself disassociated from Malaysia. Many directly ridiculed its President Lee Kuan Yew on the context of what this tiny island country can do for the world. With the Presidents rigorous effort, now Singapore is more than twice its original size by reclaiming land from the sea. Why cannot the same be applied to Kachai Teevu. The sand scrapped of its sea bed in the SethuSamudaram project could have been added on to make this Island bigger. Kachai Teevu could have been made into a modern fishing village and the Indian fishers could have moved around without fear of being hijacked by the notorious Sri Lankan army.

There is a major contrast between India and China in this matter. China has grow bigger over years. Hongkong (largest Island formerly leased out to the british) and Macau (a dutch colony) is now added to China under ONE CHINA POLICY. They are trying hard to pull Taiwan to become a part of China. They even tried hard to prevent the Dalai lama from visiting Taiwan recently because they feared that his speech may even make china's move to get Taiwan harder.
China has unscrupulously taken with them Tibet. No superpower has questioned china on this account so far. The U.S always kept a deaf ears on Tibet's cry because America has itself taken Hawaii, which was once an independent country. In August 2009, President Barrack Obama who hail from this island suggested that Hawaii will be made the 50th state of America.
The ethnic Hawaiians protested against this move and made their yearly demonstration against the U.S. Last but not the least 54,000 square kilometres of India's land (approximately the size of Uttaranchal) is under China's possession. We need not take away anybody's land but we should have stopped others from taking it from us.

In the economic race we are also losing out to China. In 2008, China unveiled its newest and most ambitious Aerodynamic model high speed train that can travel 300km/per hour (CRH 2-300) from the Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Company Workshop. This is their first Super Fast Train and now China plans to unveil its first home made jumbo jet engine by 2016, competing with global players Airbus and Boeing. The first large passenger jet (C919) is now under manufacture in china by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, which is an arm of the government owned aviation industry. China will exhibit a model of its C919 passenger jet in September 2009 (this month) at the Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress in Hongkong. I personally urge our former president Abdul Kalam, ISRO's Annadurai and scores of HAL Engineers to visit this Expo. This will enable them to form an Idea and India should almost immediately start on with similar projects. The Government of India should extend its full supportfor HI-TECH manufacturing and research based industries.

India has a long way to go on this race of becoming a superpower.

Kathir

September 2nd, 2009, 06:12 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/02/stories/2009090254250500.htm

So,

Frontier Lifeline would initially set up a sophisticated emergency care unit at Sri City and later evolve a 150-bedded multi-speciality hospital on the 5000-acre campus

Specialist investigations, tertiary referrals or detailed follow-up services would be provided at Frontier Mediville coming up at Elavur in Thiruvallur district.

vs007

September 2nd, 2009, 06:18 AM

Sivamani Muru

September 2nd, 2009, 06:22 AM

Tamilnadu should seriously set up food processing industries. This will relief farmers from their financial hooks and give them a future that they can rely upon. India unlike China and Thailand have only fewer food processing and canning industries. The coconut farmers are unable to sell their produce to their targeted profit when ever there is a bumper harvest and so are the Toddy Palm farmers (Pannai mara vivasaiyee). Both the tender coconut water and soft nungku jellies can be packed in tin cans as drinks for export. The jackfruits can be sun dried and fried like chips as snacks. China has far superior technique of drying fruits and by learning and adapting their techniques we can have ripe mango slices to snack all year round without the mango slices losing its juicy taste. The pineapples, riped papayas, guavas can also be preserved using similar method. They can be hygienically packed for for local consumption as well as far export.

Farmers should not only focus on primary products as growers but they must also venture into the secondary production of processing their produces. This will enable them to earn stable income.

The Tamilnadu government should help them out to become enterpreneurs.

Sivamani Muru

September 2nd, 2009, 06:37 AM

The first batch of H1N1 vaccines was suppose to roll off its production line in September 2009, but, the disease prevention board of America says that there may be a month's delay until they are finally out but october 2009. Already all Northern Hemisphere countries like Canada, the U.S , Iceland, Norway and parts of Europe have placed bulk reservation orders leaving Asia far behind.

Countries like India should raise its concern with World Health Organisation (WHO) to have fair distribution of the first batch of vaccines all over the world and not just to rich nations. From the hear say, I came to know that WHO has given rights to certain pharmaceutical companies to manufacture the vaccine. India's leading pharmaceutical companies too should apply and request for this production rights.
Will India's health ministry do the needful?.

sridhar_n

September 2nd, 2009, 06:58 AM

Sri City has done a pretty good marketing. Pleasing YSR and at the same time using the proximity to Chennai as one of its USP.

Can TN also take up a mega SEZ project near the border with AP (not sure if land is available).

I am now worried that some of the major automobile projects may go to AP, may be Tada - and still use Chennai for its marketing and logistics. I wish TN govt wakes up pretty soon and create a huge tract of land bank in the border.

bonoslack7

September 2nd, 2009, 07:39 AM

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/chennai-marina-be-yacht-friendly-622

The city will become a tourist destination for international yachts once the proposed ‘Chennai Marina’, an exclusive space for pleasure boats, is set up inside the Chennai port.
According to senior port officials, the project work will start in another two months.
“The project itself is new in India and Chennai will be the second port that is establishing such a facility after Kochi Port,” said Capt Subhash Kumar, chairman of Chennai Port Trust. “In the first phase, we will have berthing facilities for 20 yachts. We are also planning the second phase that will accommodate 2,000 yachts at a time.”
He added that the port has already completed the feasibility study and the tender notices will be issued in a month.
The Chennai Marina, India’s second world-class Marina, is expected to be make Tamil Nadu one of the hottest marine tourism destinations in the world.
It will be fully dedicated to pleasure boats and would accommodate luxury yachts, catamarans, mono hulls and powerboats and would also have various recreational facilities, hotels, restaurants and yard backup for maintaining international luxury yachts.
Realising the enormous prospects of the project, the Central government has cleared funds and the project budget for the first phase would be Rs 1 crore.
“The first phase of the project, modelled on the lines of international Marinas in London, Dubai, Colombo, Singapore and Malaysia would be established at the Timber Pond area inside the port, adjacent to Dr Ambedkar dock,” said Capt Subash.
“Royal Madras Yacht Club and Tamil Nadu Sailing Association will be allowed to operate their yachts,” Capt Subash added.

Rasnaboy

September 2nd, 2009, 11:20 AM

^^This is really a great news! :) I was expecting this for a long time. Hope this would "really" be a world-class facility (as nowadays, we've started calling everything world-class although most of them aren't) :cheers:

roopag

September 3rd, 2009, 09:43 AM

Hi. Does anyone have a good article/summary on overall infrastructure developments in Chennai? Thanks!

tokavin

September 3rd, 2009, 10:44 AM

kannan infratech

September 3rd, 2009, 11:09 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sricity
This link and even their official website says it is in AP. Its a shame TN did not envision this 5000 acre project.

This project is the brain child of (Late) YSR and executed by Srini Raju (Ex Satyam). This SEZ is right on the border of AP with TN. A wise move to tap the Chennai advantage for the industrially poor region.

Anniyan

September 3rd, 2009, 11:41 AM

:ohno: I am very sorry for YSR and the people of AP.
Very brilliant person indeed.
He planned for Sricity and executed that well.
Toshiba ,Alstom, peuguet,medville was to sign MOU with him in the forthcoming months.
Now the situation looks grim...

MOU is signed between the company and the Govt. I dont think a MoU would even need a chief ministers sign, probably chief secretary's/ industries secretary's sign shud be enough.

There is no change in Govt because of his unfortunate death, current finance minister of the state is likely to become the chief minister.

so if the news about Alstom signing MoU with AP was true, it should go ahead without any problems.

ThoughtomatioN

September 3rd, 2009, 12:39 PM

:ohno: I am very sorry for YSR and the people of AP.

Very brilliant person indeed.

He planned for Sricity and executed that well.

Toshiba ,Alstom, peuguet,medville was to sign MOU with him in the forthcoming months.

Now the situation looks grim...

Hi Tokavin,

We know about the Alsthom's plans for Metro rail coach manufacturing and frontier mediville's plan for Medical faciities at Sricity.

But can you substantiate more on Peugeot's plans ?. Previously, we read articles in ET & other news papers on Peugeot deciding to choose between TN and AP for their automobile manufacturing location.

Similarly we know that the JV of JSW & Toshiba has already signed a MOU with TN Govt (signed by CM of TN) for setting up a Super critical boiler and allied power equipment manufacturing facility near Ennore.

Now regarding your mention of Toshiba - Please also share with us the details you know regarding the purported investment from Toshiba in Sri city.

Thanks In Advance.

Kewl Batty

September 3rd, 2009, 12:50 PM

tokavin

September 3rd, 2009, 02:41 PM

Hi Tokavin,

We know about the Alsthom's plans for Metro rail coach manufacturing and frontier mediville's plan for Medical faciities at Sricity.

But can you substantiate more on Peugeot's plans ?. Previously, we read articles in ET & other news papers on Peugeot deciding to choose between TN and AP for their automobile manufacturing location.

Similarly we know that the JV of JSW & Toshiba has already signed a MOU with TN Govt (signed by CM of TN) for setting up a Super critical boiler and allied power equipment manufacturing facility near Ennore.

Now regarding your mention of Toshiba - Please also share with us the details you know regarding the purported investment from Toshiba in Sri city.

Thanks In Advance.

Even I was not sure about that initially . But it was reported in Shakshi Newspaper(CM's son is the onwer). So I came to a conclusion that it was true.

tokavin

September 3rd, 2009, 02:44 PM

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tokavin

September 3rd, 2009, 02:47 PM

^^ Mediville by Frontier is not in Sricity... It is 10 km from Sricity and is inside Tamil Nadu.

Yes, you are true abt JSW-Toshiba... Here's the official press release http://www.jsw.in/media_zone/pdf/Toshiba%20JSW%20final%20press%20release-1.pdf

:) Ya you are right. I thought it was in TADA

SriCity will be pumping out 35 crores to construct world class hospital with the help of mediville.

I confused this with that one

tokavin

September 3rd, 2009, 02:48 PM

Kewl Batty

September 3rd, 2009, 03:56 PM

^^ Thank you :) :cheers: hoping to cross 2000 soon ;)

bonoslack7

September 3rd, 2009, 07:12 PM

http://www.indiaretailing.com/news.aspx?topic=1&Id=4105

Titan Industries is planning a Rs 100-crore capital expenditure during the current financial year.

Most of it will be spent on expanding the retail footprint of the company’s brands Tanishq, Titan, Fastrack and Titan Eye+, said Mr Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director.

On Wednesday, the company launched its first large format store for its jewellery retail brand Tanishq in Chennai. The showroom is spread over 20,000 sq.ft and has stocks of jewellery worth Rs 40 crore.

Tanishq has a national footprint with 117 exclusive boutiques in 78 cities. Out of these, 95 stores are franchisee-run.

Announcing the launch of the company-run large format store, Mr Bhat said Tanishq plans to open three more such stores in major cities. Tanishq accounts for more than two-thirds of the company’s turnover of Rs 3,832 crore.

Titan Industries is a watch, jewellery, eyewear and precision engineering company, jointly promoted by Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation and the Tata group.

Sathisht77

September 3rd, 2009, 08:50 PM

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/chinese-mobile-battery-maker-plans-chennai-unit/368977/

BAK Telecom India, the Indian subsidiary of the $300 million company, is in talks with the TN government, while the necessary approvals had already been taken.

“Our India plant would be up and running in the next three years,” BAK Telecom marketing head Neeraj Joshi told Business Standard.

China BAK, which is listed on Nasdaq as CBAK, is the sixth and the second largest battery maker in the world and China respectively.

It is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) supplier to handset makers globally, including Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.

The company has two manufacturing units in Shenzhen and Tianjin provinces of China producing 1.5 million mobile battery units per day.

It recently launched its mobile batteries in India under the brand E-BAK and is expanding its distributorship network. The company is focusing on the huge replacement mobile battery segment.

“The Indian replacement battery market is worth about Rs 2,000 crore, of which 95 per cent is the grey market. We are targeting both branded and grey segments with our products,” he added.

Sathisht77

September 3rd, 2009, 08:52 PM

LIC to develop hotel in Chennai

Life Insurance Corporation south zone expects to develop a hotel on the 2.8 acres of property it has in Pallavaram, in Chennai. This would be the first property to be developed as a hotel. LIC has so far developed property for other commercial purposes. South zone comprises Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.

Sources close to the development said the company is in talks with hotels chains. The property would be developed by LIC and given on long lease to the hotel chain. LIC had bought this property from Hindustan Unilever for Rs 63 crore two years ago. It had also bought about seven acres of property valued at Rs 110 crore from Amrutanjan last year. The south zone earns about Rs 6 crore as rentals a year from various properties it has across the two States and Union Territory.

Micro insurance
LIC south zone has so far settled 500 claims worth about Rs 75 lakh on its first micro insurance policy called Jeevan Madhur, launched two years ago. It has so far covered about 6 lakh people.

Asked about the experience of micro insurance, Mr V.K. Sharma, Zonal Manager, said the policy was targeted at the low income group and was launched on no-profit basis.

think_different

September 3rd, 2009, 10:01 PM

CHENNAI: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) is setting up an oil terminal in Ennore at a cost of Rs.224 crore as part of a decision to relocate its facility from Tondiarpet, north Chennai.

Work has begun on the project, for which the company had got 100 acres from the Salt Department.

One of the main reasons behind the relocation is the emphasis on improved safety for oil installations.

The nearly 75-year-old terminal in Tondiarpet is located on 16 acres in a congested area with the approach roads being narrow and crowded. Hundreds of tanker-trucks transport several kilo litres of petroleum products daily from the terminal to various locations in Chennai and other districts, according to company sources.

source (http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/04/stories/2009090455410700.htm)

Kewl Batty

September 4th, 2009, 12:21 AM

Railway line may derail special zone on OMR (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Railway-line-may-derail-special-zone-on-OMR/articleshow/4969531.cms)
TNN 4 September 2009, 03:38am IST

CHENNAI: The proposed IT special economic zone (SEZ) at Taramani on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, to be developed jointly by the DLF and Tamil Nadu
Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), has run into rough weather with the union commerce ministry raising objection to the site, stating that it does not measure up to a contiguous stretch of 25 acres.

The 26.64 acre land, which the DLF had bought from the Tamil Nadu government at Rs 26 crore per acre, is divided by the elevated railway track of the Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS). About three acres of land lies on one side of the track and the balance on the opposite side.

People in the know of things said TIDCO had obtained an "in-principle" approval for the SEZ even before the land was sold to DLF. However, the commerce ministry insisted that the joint-venture firm apply afresh. When a fresh application was submitted, the ministry raised objection stating that the land was not contiguous.

A senior official of TIDCO, when contacted, said, "The DLF's SEZ at Gurgaon also faced the same problem. It is divided by the Delhi Metro Rail. But the project has been given approval. The same yardstick should be applied by the union ministry here too."

The DLF has been repeatedly sending representations to TIDCO to speed up the SEZ approval process, failing which, it has made it clear that it would pull out of the project and demand its money (land cost is roughly Rs 700 crore) back. As an alternative, the DLF has asked the government to identify some other land adjacent to the present site to expand the contiguous stretch to 25 acres, the minimum requirement for an SEZ. TIDCO officials, however, have pointed out that there is no such land available in the region for further expansion.

As per the proposal, the first phase (2.5 million sq ft) of the IT SEZ was expected to start functioning by 2009 end. The balance 2 million sq ft was to be readied by 2011. In all, the investment was expected to touch Rs 1,500 crore and about 45,000 people were expected to be employed there.

Kewl Batty

September 4th, 2009, 01:24 AM

Now, Rs 99cr plan to revive Cooumn to revive Cooum (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Now-Rs-99cr-plan-to-revive-Cooum/articleshow/4969918.cms)
Ajitha Karthikeyan, TNN 4 September 2009, 04:12am ISTPrint

CHENNAI: After several failed attempts spanning decades, the Tamil Nadu government has once again drawn up an

ambitious plan to clean up
Cooum river, once a freshwater source but now an open sewer for the city's waste. The
estimated cost of cleaning up the 65-km-long channel, which empties into the Bay of Bengal, is Rs 99 crore.

As part of the initiative, a team of officials is set to visit Singapore to study the success story of Singapore river, once a polluted and smelly waterway but now one of the country's natural landmarks. The proposed visit follows a study by officials a few months ago of San Antonio river in the US.

The state government's move to study foreign models is the latest initiative in the saga of restoring the Cooum. Several schemes were launched and committees constituted over the years, but none succeeded. Records available with the state public works department reveal that efforts to improve the waterway began as early as 1872 during the British regime.

Even as state government officials are looking at implementing the new plan for the Cooum sub-basin with funding from the World Bank, experts are cautioning authorities against adopting a western model because the nature of those rivers and communities that dwell around them are dissimilar to the Cooum and its environs.

"There has been no success story in the country as far as cleaning up of rivers is concerned. The Ganga Action Plan (GAP) and the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) were based on the Thames model but they did not work. We should develop our own model and decentralise the management system by involving local bodies and municipal corporations," says Chandra Bhushan, associate director, Centre for Science and Environment.

Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh recently informed the Lok Sabha that more than Rs 816 crore was spent on two phases of the GAP, Rs 682 crore on the first phase of the YAP and another Rs 190 crore on the second phase.

bonoslack7

September 4th, 2009, 06:32 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/04/stories/2009090459260300.htm

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) is setting up an oil terminal in Ennore at a cost of Rs.224 crore as part of a decision to relocate its facility from Tondiarpet, north Chennai.

Work has begun on the project, for which the company had got 100 acres from the Salt Department. One of the main reasons behind the relocation is the emphasis on improved safety for oil installations.

The nearly 75-year-old terminal in Tondiarpet is located on 16 acres in a congested area with the approach roads being narrow and crowded. Hundreds of tanker-trucks transport several kilo litres of petroleum products daily from the terminal to various locations in Chennai and other districts, according to sources in the company sources. A fire at the lube plant on February 1 this year is cited as the immediate provocation for the relocation.

The Ennore terminal will not only be bigger, but also have state-of-the-art equipment, including a fully automated bay gantry to load 24 tanker trucks simultaneously. The tankage capacity will be 40,000 kilo litre of petrol, 60,000 KL of diesel and 20,000 KL each of kerosene and ATF. The cumulative tankage capacity of the Tondiarpet terminal is around 32,000 KL and 14 trucks could be loaded at a time, sources said.

HPCL plans to lay a pipeline from the Ennore port and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd to the new terminal. There will also be siding for loading and unloading products. A pipeline from the port would enable the company to bring products from other refineries, including its own facility in Visakhapatnam. At present, the products are from Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, a group company of Indian Oil Corporation.

The terminal would be ready for commissioning in a little over a year. Sources added that a national oil company was relocating its terminal from north Chennai.

H Factor

September 4th, 2009, 10:47 AM

bonoslack7

September 4th, 2009, 12:35 PM

^^

Usman Road.

bonoslack7

September 4th, 2009, 02:13 PM

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2009/09/04&PageLabel=15&EntityId=Ar01503&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T

The Railways is about to start another innovative experiment designed to woo business travellers. The plan is to attach an extra coach on the Bangalore-Chennai-Bangalore Shatabdi Express that will have all the facilities offered by any good business centre.
Called the ‘mobile office on track’, the coach will have GPS/GPRS connectivity, phones, WiFi connectivity for internet, LCD monitors, projectors, microphones and a satellite radio. There will even be a small pantry.
The initiative is to be managed by a private party. South Western Railway has called for bids for the project, and hopes to have it going in the next three months. The reserve price per annum is Rs 3.57 crore, which Anwar Hussain, senior commercial manager of the Bangalore division, says is the amount the Railways would have earned if the AC chair car coach were to run at full capacity.
The private party that wins the bid can charge for the services offered and will also be allowed to brand the outer panels of the coach with their corporate logo.
The Bangalore-Chennai route is a particularly good stretch for such an experiment. Most business travellers between the two cities have abandoned the air route on account of the long distance between Bangalore city and its new international airport. The time taken to fly, including the time taken to reach the airport and the airport waiting time, is not very different from the time taken by rail or road. Many are now using the road route. A ‘corporate coach’ on the train route can potentially attract people who now use the road and the few who continue to fly.
Hussain said that if the initiative were successful, the Railways would try to replicate it on other trains and try to get even air travellers to move to trains. He is hoping that travel management companies like American Express Travel, Thomas Cook or Sita Travels will take up the project. “They have tie ups with corporates to manage their entire travel requirements. So this mobile office could become part of the options they offer. It will also enable the Railways to have greater control over how the coach is managed,” he said.
Hussain’s team had previously introduced the ‘brand train’ concept that allowed corporates to brand the train in return for offering cleaning and other services inside the train. The first of these was the ‘Kurkure Express’. The scheme was later extended to other trains. The ‘mobile office’ will have GPS/GPRS, phones, WiFi, LCD monitors, projectors, microphones and a satellite radio

think_different

September 4th, 2009, 02:35 PM

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) is in a process of setting up an oil terminal in Ennore at a cost of Rs 224 crore as part of a decision to relocate its facility from Tondiarpet in Tamil Nadu.

HPCL has acquired 100 acre from the Union Salt Department for the project.

The proposed terminal is expected to have state-of-the-art equipment, including a fully automated bay gantry to load 24 tanker trucks simultaneously. The tankage capacity is likely to be 40,000 kilo ltrs of petrol, 60,000 kilo ltrs of diesel and 20,000 kilo ltrs each of kerosene and ATF.

HPCL is likely to lay a pipeline from the Ennore port and Chennai Petroleum Corporation to the new terminal. There will also be siding for loading and unloading products.

source (http://www.projectstoday.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?smid=24&nid=27741)

Anniyan

September 4th, 2009, 02:45 PM

Is it the same project as the ones below:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=42334538&postcount=3856

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=42354812&postcount=3859

kg4129

September 4th, 2009, 02:45 PM

^^ The Same news posted 3 times ... thx to thnk_different who has repeated twice...:lol::lol:

birraj

September 4th, 2009, 03:18 PM

How many rivers he will look into St.Antonio , Thames.

if he had started atleast preliminary work to chemical,bio-chemical engineers to Anna, IIM guys, and allowed them to interact with leading industrial units, they would have given some more ideas.

Thats his habit. He tours the world in the name of "inspecting" the rivers. He has been doing that for more than a decade !!!

Anniyan

September 4th, 2009, 03:26 PM

Thats his habit. He tours the world in the name of "inspecting" the rivers. He has been doing that for more than a decade !!!

who?

die4chennai

September 4th, 2009, 05:53 PM

Thats his habit. He tours the world in the name of "inspecting" the rivers. He has been doing that for more than a decade !!!

But he is sincere enough i feel... Could see that from his dedication to project completion.. He inspected Perambur flyover construction twice in 3 months

Sathisht77

September 4th, 2009, 06:01 PM

But he is sincere enough i feel... Could see that from his dedication to project completion.. He inspected Perambur flyover construction twice in 3 months

This he he talk without mentioning who this he is actually reminds me of a scene from Micheal Madan Kama rajan..where they say some dialogue like this "andha all pathi namba all kita sonna, namba aallum andha allum sendu vera alla potu thalliduvaanga"

kg4129

September 4th, 2009, 06:10 PM

^^:laugh: :laugh:

bonoslack7

September 5th, 2009, 02:38 AM

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7591/getimagedp.jpg

bonoslack7

September 5th, 2009, 02:40 AM

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2009/09/05&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00200&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T

Industrial investments are trickling down to southern districts of Tamil Nadu and Cheyyar, about 100km from Chennai, seems to be the next stop after Sriperumbudur and Oragadam.
Recently, Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister M K Stalin inaugurated Nike’s Rs 300 crore, 275-acre footwear SEZ in Cheyyar.
With abundant availability of cheap labour in the backward region of Tiruvannamalai district, coupled with proximity to Chennai, Cheyyar is toddling towards industrialisation. Mainly known for agriculture and weaving, the small town is on the growth map of the state government. The State Industries Promotion Corporation (SIPCOT) has already sanctioned 90 acres for eight companies in the Cheyyar Industrial complex and is also planning to acquire an additional 2,300 acres in and around the area.“We are now focussed on getting investments to move to the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. This will ensure proper spread of industrial growth and bring development across the state,” a senior state government official told The Times of India.
Cheyyar MLA, MK Vishnu Prasad of the Congress, says the constituency is ready for industrial growth as it is already an inhabited area and has proper and easy connectivity and social infrastructure. “There is a hospital about 8 km from the Cheyyar Industrial area. It will take just about 20-30 minutes to reach there. There are also hospitals in Kancheepuram, on the other side. There are enough schools in Cheyyar and in terms of connectivity, a parallel corridor is coming up near Kancheepuram,” he told TOI.
The move down south was necessitated as the government ran out of land in Sriperumbudur and Oragadam. The industrial cluster of Sriperumbudur and Oragadam is home to nearly $5 billion in investments and is often compared to China’s Shenzhen region.
Global bigwigs have made this small town, on the fringes of Chennai, their second home. Hyundai, Ford, Nokia, Flextronics, Foxconn, Motorola, Dell, Samsung, Daimler Chrysler, Renault-Nissan, Caparo Group, Moser Baer, Saint Gobain, Natrip, Sanmina, Aspocomp and many more international names are now identified with Sriperumbur and Oragadam.
Till 1996, Sriperumbudur, nearly 40 km from Chennai, was considered an isolated stretch of road that one would pass through on the way to Bangalore. The Korean car major Hyundai signing an MoU with the state government to set up a car manufacturing plant here heralded rapid large scale development in this region.
In 2009, with absolutely no more land available for investments, the state government has been trying to disperse investments to other locations. “North and north west of Chennai has been a neglected area for some time. Barring the port and related activities, there is nothing much happening there. Sipcot is trying to promote Gummidipoondi region and a couple of big investments are lined up there. The OMR is a ‘clean corridor’(or reserved for IT investments). That leaves us with just GST Road and Bangalore highway,” official sources said.
On GST Road, industries have come up on either side of the highway up to Chengalpattu and beyond. On the highway, manufacturing units have sprung up all the way up to Kancheepuram. So, with limited land availability, the state is pushing investments further south.

Arul Murugan

September 5th, 2009, 03:27 AM

^^

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOICH/2009/09/05/2/Img/Pc0020800.jpg

New rail line is needed from Avadi to Thiruvanamalai via Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram to keep the industrial corridor coming up.

Hope TN gvt insist this to railways and offer land cost alone.

satishanu

September 5th, 2009, 03:37 AM

North and north west of Chennai has been a neglected area for some time. Barring the port and related activities, there is nothing much happening there. Sipcot is trying to promote Gummidipoondi region and a couple of big investments are lined up there.

^^Anyone know what are those "couple of big investments"?

bonoslack7

September 5th, 2009, 03:45 AM

^^

Michelin.

Subra

September 5th, 2009, 03:45 AM

^^Anyone know what are those "couple of big investments"?

Toshiba and Harsha Group are two confirmed projects. However MOU for Harsha project is not signed yet. Regarding Michelin, reports are contradictory. Initially it was referring to Thervaikandigai (North Chennai) but recent reports are pointing to Oragadam.

satishanu

September 5th, 2009, 03:48 AM

^^Thanks for the info.

satishanu

September 5th, 2009, 04:28 AM

Toshiba and Harsha Group are two confirmed projects. However MOU for Harsha project is not signed yet. Regarding Michelin, reports are contradictory. Initially it was referring to Thervaikandigai (North Chennai) but recent reports are pointing to Oragadam.

Tamil Nadu’s investment story is intact. Dubai-headquartered Harsha Group, which had signed an MoU with the state government to invest Rs 1,500 crore to set up a float glass factory and a heavy engineering industrial unit, is looking to scale up the investments to Rs 2,000 crore.
“The group has made progress in its plans to invest in manufacturing units in the state after signing the MoU. It has indicated its interest to invest more than Rs 1,500 crore and it may go up to Rs 2,000 crore,” a top government official told Financial Chronicle on condition of anonymity.
“A team of high-level officials from the group visited Chennai recently to update the government on the progress made in their investment plan. They also met the deputy chief minister M K Stalin, who assured them all possible help,” he said. Harsha group has signed up for a technology partner and has also achieved financial closure for the proposed investments in the state. Harsh group manufactures equipment and provides services to various sectors.

Source: http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/harsha-group-scale-investments-tamil-nadu-753

http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093054080400.htm

Subra

September 5th, 2009, 04:36 AM

Source: http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/harsha-group-scale-investments-tamil-nadu-753

http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093054080400.htm

Cool, thanks for the update.

chennaidesi

September 5th, 2009, 05:16 AM

Harsha and Toshiba.
Any idea where are these projects coming. Exact location
Also I feel still there is a lot of space around Chennai for many more projects.

die4chennai

September 5th, 2009, 09:44 AM

Harsha and Toshiba.
Any idea where are these projects coming. Exact location
Also I feel still there is a lot of space around Chennai for many more projects.

U r right.. stilll we hav lots of land available esp. at North of Chennai... I see huge parcels of barren lands along NH5 all the time

kannan infratech

September 5th, 2009, 09:49 AM

Many of the lands near NH5 come under Aquifier basin and so the developments will be controlled by the existing and proposed enviro laws.

Subra

September 5th, 2009, 12:59 PM

Harsha and Toshiba.
Any idea where are these projects coming. Exact location
Also I feel still there is a lot of space around Chennai for many more projects.

It is the new SIPCOT complex coming up in ThervayKandigai. Not a huge complex though (guess, less than 1000 acres)

chennaidesi

September 5th, 2009, 03:08 PM

coolmukund

September 5th, 2009, 04:03 PM

If proposed greenfield airport starts(which I really doubt becuase of the economy) then definitely sriperumbudur needs rail connection.
All other cities are coming up with lot of rail lines either in the form of metro or suburban only Chennai is left behind.

I am not sure which is more expensive Metro or suburban but I want more Metro lines to Chennai like for sriperumbudur and OMR areas , why do people should travel in crowded substandard conditions everyone has right to have better life style.

ya very true, but i feel that high speed dedicated rail services(could be the metro too..as in the case of Delhi) to the proposed airport from different points in the city would be more convenient to the air travelers coming from the city. and what is more important is that if the greenfield airport is coming up, then there must definitely be a rail link connecting the old airport and the new airport.

otherwise, suppose a person is flying to EWR(Newark) from Madurai in Jet Airways. let us be optimistic and take this as the worst case scenario(though the probability of this being the actual scenario is more).The flight from Madurai to Chennai lands in the old airport and the connecting flight to EWR is from the greenfield airport, if there is no link between the two airports, then it will literally be a nightmare for the passengers. i hope the government takes into consideration all these factors.

ranga

September 5th, 2009, 06:07 PM

If proposed greenfield airport starts(which I really doubt becuase of the economy) then definitely sriperumbudur needs rail connection.
All other cities are coming up with lot of rail lines either in the form of metro or suburban only Chennai is left behind.

I am not sure which is more expensive Metro or suburban but I want more Metro lines to Chennai like for sriperumbudur and OMR areas , why do people should travel in crowded substandard conditions everyone has right to have better life style.
Travelling in suburban trains in chennai is far more comfortable than in Mumbai.Despite heavely crowded, mumbai suburban trains are run more efficiently maintaining time and the compartments are far more cleaner than in chennai.Among the cities in the south chennai has the best suburban train services with more frequency and longer distance covered catering to a million commuters per day unlike in Hyderabad which caters to a little above one lac commuters and much less in Bangalore.U say "lot of cities are coming up with lot of rail lines and chennai is left behind"Can u elaborate on that.Except in Delhi where the metro line second phase work is going on there are hardly any activity in other cities.

Anniyan

September 5th, 2009, 11:55 PM

Kewl Batty

September 6th, 2009, 12:09 AM

^^ So metro is only for the elite people?

Anniyan

September 6th, 2009, 12:16 AM

^^ So metro is only for the elite people?

no, i mean metro is first only for areas that have high traffic. We are not a super rich state to provide metro system where ever we fancy.

I dont have the traffic figures for Sriperumbudur route, but i can guess that currently it wont have high traffic other than the peak hours, that will make the metro system viable. It will be feasible and we will have one in the future, but not now.

satishanu

September 6th, 2009, 12:25 AM

^^which are super rich states? MH, Gujarat and possibly AP?

Kewl Batty

September 6th, 2009, 12:44 AM

no, i mean metro is first only for areas that have high traffic. We are not a super rich state to provide metro system where ever we fancy.

I dont have the traffic figures for Sriperumbudur route, but i can guess that currently it wont have high traffic other than the peak hours, that will make the metro system viable. It will be feasible and we will have one in the future, but not now.

When you provide metro connectivity to Sriperumbudur and IT corridor... real estate will pick up and people who work in those areas will start settling there... You know how many workers travel to Sriperumbudur everyday from different part of the city and the no. of IT ppl moving to IT corridor.... It'll also relieve roads to an extend once operational...

Anniyan

September 6th, 2009, 01:26 AM

When you provide metro connectivity to Sriperumbudur and IT corridor... real estate will pick up and people who work in those areas will start settling there... You know how many workers travel to Sriperumbudur everyday from different part of the city and the no. of IT ppl moving to IT corridor.... It'll also relieve roads to an extend once operational...

thats right, but who will be interested to fund a project based on the future likely demand. Govt's priority will be projects that have current demand.

According to few sources in the industry who work for NHAI, the reason for slow progress in our National Highways development in the last two years is neither TR Balu or Kamalnath, but Montek Singh Aluwalia. He seems to be adamant that Govt shudnt invest its money but shud go for private finance (BOOT/PFI/PPP). Most of the sections with high returns were already completed and the sections that the govt want to build/upgrade now are less attractive to the private companies and thats why there is less development in highways sector.

Anniyan

September 6th, 2009, 01:27 AM

^^which are super rich states? MH, Gujarat and possibly AP?

none in India. are any of these states investing on a rail/metro line based on future likely demand?

bonoslack7

September 6th, 2009, 11:01 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/06/stories/2009090657530100.htm

The Chennai Corporation will by September 15 start widening Wallajah Road and Swami Sivananda Salai, two important roads near the new Assembly complex.

The work forms part of the implementation of the traffic impact study for effectively handling increase in traffic once the complex is opened.

The road widening work is scheduled to get over before the completion of the Assembly complex. The PWD has asked the Corporation to complete it before March, according to officials.

Wallajah Road would be widened into a 29-metre four-lane stretch with a 2-metre footpath and bus bays on either side, said Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni. Movable medians would be used both on Wallajah Road and Swami Sivananda Salai to regulate traffic. The widening of Swami Sivananda Salai to 29 metres with 1.5-metre footpath on the southern side and greenery on the northern side was also part of the PWD proposal.

An earlier proposal to construct two pedestrian subways on Wallajah Road has now been dropped. Instead, the Corporation has decided to construct two foot overbridges on the road. The Highways Department, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Traffic police have been informed about their role in the widening of the roads, including shifting of their utilities.

According to a PWD official, modifications of the Victoria Hostel Road-Wallajah Road junction are to be made by acquiring land from the Madras University side.

dis.agree

September 6th, 2009, 02:16 PM

SURYA

September 6th, 2009, 03:17 PM

none in India. are any of these states investing on a rail/metro line based on future likely demand?
It is true that we need to look at present traffic..however for infrastructure decisions in any place whether super-rich/rich/poor future plays a bigger role than the present ..The thumb rule in infrastructure projects is that "you build it and it will be used" .So present traffic is never a justification for rejecting a infrastructure project with high future gowth esp one like sriperumbudur where there is a growth of 100% yOy in investments

ranga

September 6th, 2009, 06:17 PM

^^which are super rich states? MH, Gujarat and possibly AP?
And Delhi not A.P.For that matter A.P has the lowest per capita income even among the southern states.Read P.Sainath's articles than u know the economic condition of A.P.

Sivamani Muru

September 7th, 2009, 06:28 AM

Stalin to model Cooum on UK’s river Thames (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/stalin-model-cooum-uk%E2%80%99s-river-thames-763)
August 31st, 2009

Thames river, few centuries ago, during the era of kings rule shared similar fate as the Chennai's Cooum river. That were the dark ages when private toilets never existed, and the people answered their nature's call along the banks of Thames river.
At the peak of one saturation point it became unbearable and the king ordered the closure of Thames river for such activities and the squatters and washers were arrested. The King began beautification of Thames river. Today a trip to London is incomplete without visiting the Thames river. Mr Stalin's move and his cause of this visit to the Thames is of similar agenda to turn Coovam back into Chennai's promising waterways that is both odourless and colourless. Let this long unresolved problems end to become chennai's newest icon.

Sivamani Muru

September 7th, 2009, 06:51 AM

If proposed greenfield airport starts(which I really doubt becuase of the economy) then definitely sriperumbudur needs rail connection.
All other cities are coming up with lot of rail lines either in the form of metro or suburban only Chennai is left behind.

I am not sure which is more expensive Metro or suburban but I want more Metro lines to Chennai like for sriperumbudur and OMR areas , why do people should travel in crowded substandard conditions everyone has right to have better life style.

Certainly rail line connectivity is crucial if greenfield airport materialises at Sriperumbudur. One within the airport from the existing domestic airport building to the new airport like the one in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) where only checked in air passengers can use this route and another one, an external route outside the airport from Chennai city to the greenfield airport that anyone can use. The KLIA showcases both internal and external rail routes. It's worth taking a look at these two rail lines at the very planning phase of the greenfield airport.

ferrari_fan

September 7th, 2009, 07:51 AM

^^ For me, Sriperumbudur will need a metro link, an express road link and a rail freight link to Chennai - you're looking at a massive industrial investment region as well as a massive international airport and so I think all these links are vital..

I hope the powers that be keep all these in mind when they plan connectivity to that side of town..

arihant

September 7th, 2009, 08:27 AM

hi everyone..... tis is my first post....but i'm not new to tis forum...

Keeran

September 7th, 2009, 08:38 AM

London has Thames. Washington has Potomac. Chennai has both, in Couvam and Adayar. Hope 10 years are not too long for this garland to adorn the city!

Mad 4 Madras

September 7th, 2009, 11:41 AM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/City-could-face-shortage-of-8-lakh-dwelling-units-by-2026/articleshow/4979737.cms

City could face shortage of 8 lakh dwelling units by 2026

CHENNAI: A year ago, in its second master plan, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) had envisaged making the Chennai metropolitan
Area (CMA) slum-free and housing for all by 2026.

The plan stipulated that in projects on more than one hectare (2.5 acres) 10% of the area, either in the same place or within a two km radius, be set apart for economically weaker section (EWS) and low income group (LIG) housing. It also gave 0.5 additional floor space index (FSI is the ratio of the land area to the built-up space) for EWS projects with a unit size of up to 45 sq metres (1 sq metre is 10.76 sq ft). The state government recently increased the FSI for EWS housing in the CMA by 50% and for middle income group housing by 30%. Few builders have promoted a EWS project.

CMDA member-secretary Vikram Kapur estimates that by 2026, Chennai could face a shortfall of eight lakh dwelling units. Most of the homeless would be the poor. The city now needs two lakh dwelling units to rehabilitate slum dwellers and it could cost a staggering Rs 100 billion, said Kapur. Obviously, the government does not have that kind of money.

And the poor don't have either. When agencies like the Tamil Nadu Housing Board and the Slum Clearance Board do not have the resources to provide such huge housing stock, the private sector has to be roped in. But which builder will do it as a corporate social commitment?

Kapur suggested that builders promoting EWS housing be given transferable development rights that they can use while developing premium apartments in posh areas. He also suggested that the stamp duty for EWS housing be reduced to Rs 100.

"Let the government unlock its land stock, create enough support infrastructure and give it to builders free of cost for promoting housing stock. In turn, we can earmark 10% space for EWS apartments and hand them over to the government for slum rehabilitation," said P Suresh, MD, Arun Excello.

Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India, Tamil Nadu chapter secretary, T Chitty Babu, said: "We can provide affordable housing at Rs 5 lakh a unit provided the government creates a conducive eco-system. A person who buys my Rs 5 lakh apartment 50 km from the city should also be able to find a job there. He will not travel all the way to the city for working on a daily basis."

Mad 4 Madras

September 7th, 2009, 11:46 AM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Corpn-extends-poster-ban-to-two-more-arterial-roads/articleshow/4977038.cms

Corpn extends poster ban to two more arterial roads

CHENNAI: Following the successful enforcement of the ban on posters and wall graffiti on Anna Salai and Kamarajar Salai, the Chennai Corporation has
decided to extend the ban to two other arterial roads in the city. Effective September 10, no posters or wall writings will be allowed on Dr Radhakrishnan Salai and Tiruvottiyur High Road, according to mayor M Subramanian.

In the wake of widespread criticism from many quarters regarding the defacement of public and private walls by political parties and individuals, the local body decided to enforce the ban on Anna Salai and Kamarajar Salai June 10 onwards. The commitment of corporation staff, backed by vigilance from senior officials, has led to a fairly successful enforcement of the ban.

"The civic body has filed two cases with the police for disfigurement of walls," Subramanian said. Based on a complaint from its Saidapet zonal office, cases were registered against a private firm and the building owner, under Section 4 (1) of the Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1959. According to rules, whoever affixes or inscribes or exhibits on any place open to public view any objectionable advertisement will incur three months imprisonment or a fine of Rs 200.

Subramanian said corporation field staff would remove posters and graffiti on identified roads September 9 onwards. "Like we did on Anna Salai, we plan to have wall murals on several other roads. Triplicane, Nungambakkam and Tondiarpet zonal offices will soon float tenders to engage painters. My aim is to see the ban on posters enforced across the city," he stressed.

According to sources, although the job of painting wall murals was to be taken up by students of the Government College of Arts and Crafts, financial constraints compelled the civic body to seek private painters who are paid Rs 25 per sq ft. About 10,000 sq ft of wall area have been covered by murals so far.

It may be recalled that the state government had banned posters and graffiti on 223 bridges/subways maintained by the corporation and 27 bridges under the control of the highways department and Southern Railway, effective August 1.

Mad 4 Madras

September 7th, 2009, 11:51 AM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Corpn-to-send-SMS-alert-on-your-childs-vaccination-dates/articleshow/4977039.cms

Corpn to send SMS alert on your child's vaccination dates

CHENNAI: The city corporation has launched a new project, the SMS (short messaging service) alert for vaccination of children below one year. The
exercise is likely to benefit about 80,000 children born in hospitals in Chennai every year.

Inaugurating the programme at a maternity hospital on Arcot Road in Kodambakkam, mayor M Subramanian said that the initiative, a first in the country, will help mothers remember the immunisation schedule for children and, in turn, aid the fight against potential deadly diseases. "Parents who have registered their mobile phone numbers at the time of birth of their children in nursing homes or corporation hospitals in the city will receive the SMS alert," he pointed out.

The programme is part of the corporation's e-governance initiative.The civic administration proposes to send alerts for immunisation of children below one year. Vaccines such as Hepatitis B, DPT (Dyptheria, Pertusis and Tetenus), measles and polio are administered within 12 months of birth.

According to Subramanian, the local body has been taking efforts to improve the standards of health care. Recently, eight maternity hospitals falling under corporation zones were upgraded into 24-hour emergency obstetric centres to cater to the needs of locals. Ten thousand disposable surgical clothing kits have been given to all hospitals that until recently were reusing surgical clothes for every Caesarian section.

Mad 4 Madras

September 7th, 2009, 11:52 AM

^^ A welcome initiative.

bonoslack7

September 7th, 2009, 02:06 PM

http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=6088&sid=1

Serena Spa Pvt Ltd will launch its first spa at Mamallapuram in Chennai by October 2009. For the upcoming spa, Serena Spa has entered into a management contract with GRT Hotels for their Mamallapuram resort, GRT Temple Bay. GRT Temple Bay, Mamallapuram, which has recently doubled its room inventory to 144 has added another spa to the resort. The resort has outsourced its earlier spa to Ayush Therapy Centre. Serena Spa has spas operational in Kerala, Hyderabad, Karnataka, New Delhi and Rajasthan.

Sabrina Hougaard, Director Spa Operations, Serena Spa, said, “Over the years, Serena Spa has established itself across various places in India, but we did not have any spa in Chennai. We were looking for an up-market quality resort at a good location to partner with and hence we initiated discussions with GRT Temple Bay. We saw a huge potential in this region. The resort’s expansion will help to create a sound business foundation for the spa. We believe that our spa concept will be attractive for both Indians and foreigners.”

Kewl Batty

September 8th, 2009, 12:19 AM

Chennai Petroleum plans to invest Rs1,000 cr in FY10 (http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/07224622/Chennai-Petroleum-plans-to-inv.html?h=B)
The company is also looking to upgrade the quality of its petrol and high-speed diesel to meet Euro IV pollution norms

Chennai: A subsidiary of the state-owned Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, Chennai Petroleum Corp. Ltd will invest Rs1,000 crore in fiscal 2010 to expand its refinery’s annual production capacity by 1 million tonnes (mt) and revamp its fuel production facility, a top company official said.

Improving quality: Indian Oil Corp.’s Haldia refinery. The firm’s subsidiary, Chennai Petroleum, is looking to upgrade the quality of its petrol and high-speed diesel to meet Euro IV pollution norms.

Improving quality: Indian Oil Corp.’s Haldia refinery. The firm’s subsidiary, Chennai Petroleum, is looking to upgrade the quality of its petrol and high-speed diesel to meet Euro IV pollution norms.
The company is also looking to upgrade the quality of its petrol and high-speed diesel to meet Euro IV pollution norms, chairman and managing director K.K. Acharya said after the company concluded its 43rd annual general meeting on Monday.

Chennai Petroleum’s Manali refinery in Chennai currently has a capacity of 3mt a year. The proposed expansion by the end of 2009, costing around Rs200 crore, will help the company produce value-added products such as liquefied petroleum gas, naphtha and high-speed diesel.

As for upgrading the quality of its spirits and diesel, the move has been necessitated by India’s decision to implement the Euro IV emission and fuel norms in 11 major cities by 1 April. The rest of the country has to subscribe to Euro III norms by then.

The project, costing Rs2,615 crore, would serve Bangalore and Chennai. The first phase will be completed by the end of fiscal 2010.

Acharya added that Chennai Petroleum, formerly Madras Refineries Ltd, is revamping a production unit at an estimated cost of Rs273 crore to produce high-quality petrol. The process is expected to be completed by the end of 2009.

In addition to these, if talks with third-party petrochemical companies to sell propylene succeed, Chennai Petroleum plans to set up a new unit capable of producing 40,000 tonnes a year at a cost of around Rs350 crore.

The company is currently expanding capacity at its existing unit to 40,000 tonnes from 30,000-35,000 tonnes a year.

“We are scouting for interested parties who can take at least 40,000 tonnes of propylene per annum. If we get the interested parties, then we will go ahead with propylene expansion,” said Acharya. He declined to name the companies the firm is in talks with.

Chennai Petroleum may also consider setting up more windmills for captive power generation, Acharya said. The company currently has a 17.5MW windmill in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Kewl Batty

September 8th, 2009, 12:23 AM

Chennai Petro to set up Rs 3,500 cr resid upgradation unit (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/chennai-petro-to-setrs-3500-cr-resid-upgradation-unit/72842/on)

Chennai Petroleum Corporation (CPCL) will set up a Rs 3,500-crore high conversion 'resid upgradation unit' to increase the distillate yield, company's Chairman S Behuria said today.

The project is expected to be completed by 2012-end, Behuria said at CPCL's 43rd annual general meeting held here.

He said the company has also decided to put up a Rs 850 crore single point mooring for crude oil receipt at Ennore, "in view of the abnormal delay in obtaining the right of way for a new crude oil pipeline from Chennai Port to Manali."

The proposed facilities would ensure Very Large Crude Carrier handling and result in saving on freight for crude oil transportation for Manali refinery. It will facilitate production of value added products like LPG.

Behuria said project execution activities for refinery III capacity expansion from 3 MMTPA to 4 MMTPA was in full swing and the project is expected to be completed by 2009 end at an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore.

He said in the first quarter of 2009-10 CPCL made net profit of Rs 304.72 crore. CPCL had posted a net loss of Rs 397.28 crore during 2008-09.

This was mainly due to 'unprecedented volatile market conditions' that prevailed from the second quarter of 2008-09 resulting in adventitious inventory loss and processing of high cost crude in a falling market.The company is currently revamping the existing Naphtha Hydro treating/Semi-regenerative catalytic reforming unit to continuous catalytic reforming mode at an estimated cost of Rs 273 crore and the project is expected to be completed by end of 2009, Behuria said.

The company has also undertaken the auto fuel quality upgradation project at an estimated cost of Rs 2,615 crore in the Manali Refinery.

This is being done to produce high value distillates such as MS and HSD meeting Euro IV specifications for Chennai and Bangalore and "to upgrade product quality from Bharat Stage II to Euro III equivalent specifications for the rest of the locations from April 2010 onwards, as per the auto fuel policy of the Centre".

Kewl Batty

September 8th, 2009, 01:25 AM

Siva ventures enters wind energy space in India (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Energy/Power/Siva-ventures-enters-wind-energy-space-in-India/articleshow/4983008.cms)
7 Sep 2009, 1928 hrs IST, ET Bureau

CHENNAI: The ministry for new and renewable energy, in its solar mission to be

launched on November 14, will introduce a 55 % subsidy on
solar power installations
for home and office use and will allocate Rs.90000 crore till 2030 for solar power development, according to Union minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah.

"That is one avenue of power that remains under-explored in India. We have managed to do the best we can in hydel power with the minimal rainfall we get. But, we have left our ample solar resources under utilised," he said. "In order to make advances in solar power, we are in talks with western countries like the US, Spain and Germany for free technology transfers."

"Free technology transfers will attract conditionalities, of course. We are trying to work those out," he told ET on Monday. The Minister was here for launching the Indo-Finnish joint venture, WinWind's wind turbine manufacturing facility at Vangal in Tiruvalluvar district.

NRI industrialist C Sivasankaran promoted Siva Ventures acquired a controlling stake in Finnish wind power company WinWind in 2006. The JV which operates three manufacturing plants in Europe, catering to European demand, has established its first facility in the district about 50 km away from Chennai.

The plant built on 67 acres at an investment of Rs.375 crore will manufacture 1 MW turbines, with 60-65% localisation and wind mill blades, at a capacity of 4 wind turbine generators (WTGs) (and 12 blades) per day or 1000 MW per annum. The company plans to scale this up to 8 WTGs (and 24 blades) per day or 2400 MW per annum.

"We are also owners of the 3 MW wind turbine technology, through this joint venture, and will invest in a completely new set up for manufacture of 3 MW turbines and blades, nearby in the next 18-24 months," said Siva Group CEO V Srinivasan. "We are presently only in the manufacturing space. But, the Indian wind energy space expects turn key solutions from manufacturers. In that case, we will be expected to acquire land, set up the wind farm etc. But, we are not getting into all those yet."

The company is not considering exports from India at the moment. "There is tremendous potential in the Indian market, especially in the re-powering of old wind farms, which have installed 500 KW or lower wattage turbines in the past," Mr.Srinivasan said.

But, the company's USP, at present, is its focus on low cutting speed generators(146 rotations per minute) which are capable of working in class II and III wind areas, that is areas with wind speeds as low as 3.5 to 4 metres per second. "We will soon be developing technology to run in very high speed wind velocities, like 14-18 m/s, so that we can repower in class I areas like southern Tamil Nadu," said WinWind CEO Iikka Hakala.

Winwind MD Rajindra Valsalan said, "We are following an outsource model of production. We source our gear boxes and other allied equipment, built to our design and specifications, from companies like Kirloskar, KPCL in Karnataka.

" WinWind has attracted investments from Abu Dhabi government's clean technology arm Masdar, in the form of convertible bonds, that are expected to be diluted in the coming 18 months. When that happens, Siva Ventures will hold a 51% stake in WinWind and the Finnish Industrial Investment agency will hold 6-7%. Winwind's annual turnover stood at 90 million Euro in 2008-09 and the company has envisaged 40% growth this year.

Mr.Srinivasan ruled out any possibility of a foray into China or acquisitions in India saying, "We are comfortable with the outsourced model we are working in. We are after all owners of the technology. And that is why there is fear of reverse engineering and patent infringement in China."

Speaking on the occasion, TN electricity minister Arcot N Veerasamy said the state government will invest not less than Rs.20000 crore in evacuation infrastructure . "We are targeting installation of 6000 MW in the thermal energy space and the Union government has planned 4000 MW. So, by 2014, we will have 10000 MW of newly installed power capacity."

Mad 4 Madras

September 8th, 2009, 07:22 AM

^^at a capacity of 4 wind turbine generators (WTGs) (and 12 blades) per day or 1000 MW per annum. The company plans to scale this up to 8 WTGs (and 24 blades) per day or 2400 MW per annum.

:nuts:If 4WTGs and 12 blades gives 1000MW, how cum 8WTGs and 24 blades gives 2400MW (must be 2000MW only)???? :nuts:
I'm not an engineer just a mathematician can someone through light on this

BTW where is the source for this news

dis.agree

September 8th, 2009, 10:25 AM

^^

:nuts:If 4WTGs and 12 blades gives 1000MW, how cum 8WTGs and 24 blades gives 2400MW (must be 2000MW only)???? :nuts:
I'm not an engineer just a mathematician can someone through light on this

BTW where is the source for this news

current plan of 4 mw * 365 days would be 1460 mw. these yearly projections are approximate and depends on how well they run their plant & manage other resources such as people.

Mad 4 Madras

September 8th, 2009, 10:43 AM

Work resumes on Tambaram water project

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4983491.cms

CHENNAI: Decks have been cleared for the resumption of the Rs 38-crore Tambaram water supply improvement works with the Union Environment and
Forest Ministry giving its nod to the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD) to lay pipelines inside the Ottambakkam reserve forest area in Oragadam for the water project.

On Monday, workers of the TWAD Board were clearing the forest area to lay pipe. TWAD Board which executes the project on behalf of Tambaram municipality needs 33 hectares of land of 30 metres width and 1,100 metres length inside the reserve forest to lay pipelines for the project. The Times Of India had reported (August 30) that the project has been stalled since the forest department did not give permission for the pipe laying inside the reserve forest.

Sources in the forest department said that nearly 250 mature trees have to be cut to lay pipelines inside the Ottambakkam reserve forest area in Oragadam. Already, hundreds of trees were cut as part of the road widening project undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC) at a cost of Rs 41.87 crore to convert the 33.4km Vandalur Walajabad road, which is a state highway, into a six-lane stretch.

TWAD Board officials said that it took them more than four months to get the nod of various state and central agencies to lay pipelines inside the reserve forest area. "We would complete laying of pipelines inside the forest area within a fortnight," an official said.

"TNRDC also wants a portion of the Ottambakkam reserve forest area for a road project. This means more tree felling and less space for us to plant saplings. However, with the Union environment and forest ministry giving its nod, we have no option but to allow trees to be cut," said an official in the state Forest department.

The Tambaram water project, announced by deputy chief minister M K Stalin in April 2007, gets 40% of its cost from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), while another 10% is mobilised through a long-term loan by the Tambaram municipality. The rest of the project cost is borne by the local body. "Out of the total 55km between the water source in Palar river and Tambaram, pipelines remain to be laid only along one kilometer in the Ottambakkam reserve forest area. Once this work get completed, we would supply 97 lakh litres of water everyday through these pipelines. Water would be made available also from 13 infiltration wells in Melacherry and five overhead tanks," an official said.

At present, a majority of the nearly two lakh people in the Tambaram municipality get water only once a week and in some areas such as East Tambaram and Selaiyur, residential colonies get water once in 10 days. Tambaram residents get only 50 lakh litres of water a day compared to their requirement of 160 lakh litres. The requirement is expected to go up to 300 lakh litres per day by next year.

Mad 4 Madras

September 8th, 2009, 10:43 AM

current plan of 4 mw * 365 days would be 1460 mw. these yearly projections are approximate and depends on how well they run their plant & manage other resources such as people.

I see....

bonoslack7

September 8th, 2009, 12:07 PM

http://www.telecomtiger.com/Technology_fullstory.aspx?storyid=7078&section=S210

Alcatel-Lucent today announced the launch of its new IP Transformation Centre (IPTC) in Chennai, set-up with an aim to develop, integrate and test end-to-end IP networking solutions for ALU’s clients across the globe including those in India.

ALU says the new centre will help the service providers to use the network as a testing ground with the centre hosting about 50 technologies. ALU promises that with the use of the centre the IP transformation trajectory for the service providers can be shortened which in turn will shorten the time to market.

The new IPTC is connected to ALU’s other IPTCs in Antwerp, Belgium; Singapore; Murray Hill, Naperville and Plano in the USA in addition to linking it to R&D centres.

Vivek Mohan, managing director, Alcatel-Lucent India says, “To survive in a hyper-competitive environment, service providers need to rapidly introduce new services, reduce operational costs, and enhance the customer experience. Alcatel-Lucent’s IPTC will help service providers achieve these goals and shorten their IP transformation process while mitigating potential risks in areas such as network design, end-to-end integration, process reengineering and customer migration.” This new facility will firmly establish Alcatel-Lucent in India as the leading network integrator locally and globally.”

bonoslack7

September 8th, 2009, 12:11 PM

http://infotech.indiatimes.com/News/TCS-Microsoft-in-virtualisation-deal/articleshow/4985655.cms

IT outsourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services has entered into an alliance with Microsoft India to launch a virtualisation Center of Excellence (CoE) in Chennai.

The Microsoft-TCS virtualisation CoE is a joint initiative by the companies to accelerate the adoption of virtualisation technology in India, TCS said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange today.

"Virtualisation is one of the most disruptive technologies in the world today. Through our partnership...we will address this crucial market need and help customers lend the benefits of virtualisation technology," Microsoft India Managing Director Rajan Anandan said.

Virtualisation is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources. This helps companies in cutting costs and optimising resources.

"We are always looking to enhance the services we provide to our customers. The Microsoft-TCS virtualisation CoE is an initiative aimed at enabling our customers rapidly realise the advantages of this technology," TCS Infrastructure Services, Vice President & Global Head PR Krishnan said.

Subra

September 8th, 2009, 12:51 PM

http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=60192

Arvind Remedies Ltd has announced that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on September 07, 2009, inter alia, has discussed on the sale of Haridwar unit and it was decided to sell the property of Haridwar unit due to reduced fiscal benefits and forcing the Company to shift to other States.

Since the disposal is of substantially the whole of the undertaking, it was decided that approval of members be taken by postal ballot pursuant to Section 192A of the Companies Act, 1956. The Company is planning to set up new project near Chennai in Tamil Nadu which shall also take care of the developed market in addition to the products planned at Haridwar unit.

Raji7373

September 8th, 2009, 05:34 PM

The Economic Times (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Software/GSR-partners-Microsoft-for-mobile-based-software-solutions/articleshow/4965173.cms)

Software services provider GSR Business Services on Wednesday announced that it had partnered with Microsoft to develop various latest mobile-based software solutions that would benefit especially business community.

"Development of mobile-based software includes 'sales force automation', ERP solutions and medical query system", GSR Business Services President and CEO Prem Hinduja said.

He said the Microsoft would be giving all the software components that would be implemented in these mobile-based solutions.

"GSR is targeting the upper mid size market (companies with US Dollar 250 million and above in revenue)", he said adding "our current major clients in India includes Gati, S4 publishing, Everonn, Civichem, Aurigo, Celstream, Weinerberger among others".

Stating that the company is targeting revenue of over US Dollar 13 million during the next one year, Hinduja said adding that the head count would also be increased to 180 from the current 100.

The Hindu Business Line (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/09/03/stories/2009090351380400.htm)

Global Software Resources, a US-based information technology consulting company, has set up a competency centre in Chennai to work on Microsoft’s emerging technologies such as ‘Surface.’

The company’s Indian affiliate, GSR Business Services Pvt Ltd, has set up the new centre in Perungudi on the IT corridor. At present, 40 employees are working in the centre and the company will double the employee size within a year, said Prem Hinduja, President and CEO, Global Software Resources, which has 60 employees in the US.

The new centre will boost GSR’s revenues, currently at $11 million, by nearly 30 percent by 2010 end, he told newspersons. Venkat Krishnan, Director, GSR Business Services, said using Microsoft’s technology the Chennai centre is working on mobile applications such as sales force automation and an electronic medical record project for a San Jose-based hospital to provide patient’s medical records on mobile phones.

Raji7373

September 8th, 2009, 05:39 PM

Business Standard (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/chinese-mobile-battery-maker-plans-chennai-unit/368977/)

Nasdaq-listed Chinese mobile phone battery maker China BAK Battery Inc will set up a unit at Chennai in Tamil Nadu.

BAK Telecom India, the Indian subsidiary of the $300 million company, is in talks with the TN government, while the necessary approvals had already been taken.

“Our India plant would be up and running in the next three years,” BAK Telecom marketing head Neeraj Joshi said.

China BAK, which is listed on Nasdaq as CBAK, is the sixth and the second largest battery maker in the world and China respectively.

It is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) supplier to handset makers globally, including Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.

The company has two manufacturing units in Shenzhen and Tianjin provinces of China producing 1.5 million mobile battery units per day.

It recently launched its mobile batteries in India under the brand E-BAK and is expanding its distributorship network. The company is focusing on the huge replacement mobile battery segment.

“The Indian replacement battery market is worth about Rs 2,000 crore, of which 95 percent is the grey market. We are targeting both branded and grey segments with our products,” he added.

Arasu

September 8th, 2009, 07:26 PM

^^

:nuts:If 4WTGs and 12 blades gives 1000MW, how cum 8WTGs and 24 blades gives 2400MW (must be 2000MW only)???? :nuts:
I'm not an engineer just a mathematician can someone through light on this

BTW where is the source for this news

In the absence of detailed calculation for the capacity calculation, even your calculation, assuming a linear relationship between WTG & MW, is wrong.

if 4 wind turbines (with 12 blades) produce 1000 MW,

then,
8 WTG ( 12 blades) should give 2000 MW.

If they had 24 blades, then depending on their relationship to the power output will be higher than 2000 MW.

Rasnaboy

September 9th, 2009, 05:35 AM

London has Thames. Washington has Potomac. Chennai has both, in Couvam and Adayar. Hope 10 years are not too long for this garland to adorn the city!

I like your optimistic attitude Keeran. I too wish the same. :)

Rasnaboy

September 9th, 2009, 05:37 AM

It has a collection of more than 2,000 original coins

http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/images/2009090957860201.jpg
CURIOUS LOOK: Union Culture Secretary Jawahar Sircar (right) looks at the coins on display at the refurbished gallery of the Fort Museum in Chennai on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: The refurbished coins gallery of the Fort Museum, ‘Pagoda to Paise’, was inaugurated by the Union Culture Secretary Jawahar Sircar on Tuesday.

Speaking at the inauguration of the gallery of colonial coins, Mr. Sircar said the Union government was looking for better spaces in the city for more interventions on creation of awareness of the cultural heritage of the city. He said the collection of coins in the gallery was “extremely impressive and very informative.”

Around 20 specimens of living heritages of India including Kolam has been nominated this year for the UNESCO’s intangible heritages, said Mr. Sircar.

There is a collection of more than 2,000 original coins with 400 select coins in the gallery. The English East India Company’s coins issued for Madras Presidency and other Presidencies; the unified coinage for India issued by the British Crown; the Republic of India coins; Indo-Portuguese, Indo-French, Indo-Danish and Indo-Dutch coins; coins issued by Tippu, Nayaka rulers, Travancore and Mysore State are on display. Rare coins on display include the Arcot Double Rupee, Double Fanam issued for Benkulen settlement, Nagapattinam issues of the Dutch and provincial coins of the Dutch.

The Fort Museum would be upgraded in a phased manner in the next three years and the gallery is the third to be refurbished after the Prints and Fort St. George Gallery.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/09/stories/2009090957860200.htm

Mad 4 Madras

September 9th, 2009, 09:02 AM

Fellow guys, does anybody have any updates on the Financial City?
Whats the status, does land has been fixed?

Any plans of having a world class Convention Center in Chennai (CCC)?
I think HYD has one, not sure if that is world class.

Riva_Philip

September 9th, 2009, 09:28 AM

Kathir is right. They are going to create two more corporation in suburbs:

1. Chennai South (Chennai-Tambaram), comprises of all suburban Municipalities, Town panchayats, Village Panchayats in Kanchipuram district

2. Chennai North (Chennai-Ambattur), comprises of all suburban Municipalities, Town panchayats, Village Panchayats in Tiruvallur district.

However, some Municipalities, TownPanchayats and Village Panchayats are excluded from the nwly formed corporations.

Refer this map:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4oBKlv5UVEA/SKQ5VY9384I/AAAAAAAABLg/VugW6NpRBhQ/s1600-h/Chennai+Corps.jpg

Yellow - Ambattur (Chennai North) Corporation
Pink - Tambaram (Chennai South Corporation)
Green - Excluded area, which is part of Chennai Metro

However, I feel, it is better to include those excluded areas also with new corporations. However I feel, Chennai North will be a larger corporation, then. Hence, there is a need to create 3 new corporations instead of 2

1. Chennai North (Thiruvottriyur) - Madhavaram, Manali, Thiruvottriyur, Kathivakkam, Ennore, Red Hills, Minjur, Ponneri

2. Chennai West (Ambattur) - Ambattur, Avadi, Tiruverkadu, Poonamalli, Madhuravayal, Valsaravakkam, Kundrathur, Porur, Ayyappanthingal, Saligramam, Pattabiram, Annannur, Thirunindravur, Orgadam, Arakkambakkam

3. Chennai South (Tambaram) - Tambaram, Chromepet, Kilkattalai, Perungulathur, Vandalur, Anakaputhur, Mambakkam, Solinganallur, Chemancherry, Injambakkam, Medavakkam, Madambakkam, Vengaivasal, Hasthinapuram, Nandambakkam, Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam, Pammal, etc

The areas like Alandur, ST Thomas Mount, Pallavaram, Meenambakkam, Trishulam, Pallavaram, Madipakkam, Kotivakkam, Perungudi, Thoraipakkam, IT Corridor etc can be merge with present Chennai corporation. All these new areas can be included in Chennai district too.

Thus, entire Chenai Metro will come under 4 Municipal Corporations of Chennai, Chennai North (Thiruvottriyur), Chennai West (Ambattur) and Chennai South (Tambaram). Of these, Chennai will be part of Chennai district, Chennai North and Chennai West will be part of Tiruvallur district and Chennai South will be part of Kanchipuram district. Otherwise, GoTN can include all these corporations in Chennai district.

It is also bette rto include Chennai City, Ambattur, Thiruvottriyur, and Tambaram corporations in Chennai district.

Mad 4 Madras

September 9th, 2009, 10:45 AM

Night shelter for street children opened

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Night-shelter-for-street-children-opened/articleshow/4988309.cms

CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation inaugurated a night shelter for street children in Kodungaiyur in North Chennai on Tuesday. The first of its kind to be run by a local body in the country, the shelter, set up at a cost of of Rs 10.45 lakh, is located above a primary school.

Four rooms have been built to accomodate more than 50 children. "Children who are live on the streets are subjected to lot of harrassment, including sexual abuse. The corporation has taken the lead by setting up such a facility for the welfare of children," Mayor M Subramanian said.

As many as 32 children were enrolled in the shelter on the first day. Most of the children are ragpickers, who were in the corporation's dumping ground in Kodungaiyur. After a tendering process, the civic body chose Madras Christian Council of Social Welfare (MCCS), a non-governmental organisation, to run the centre for two years. The corporation will bear the maintenance charges.

According to MCCS executive secretery R Isabel, the children would be brought into the mainstream soon. "We will collobrate with other NGOs, to provide non-formal and continuous education. The older children, who are illiterate will be given skill training," Isabel said. The shelter offers beds and bathing facilities, besides personality development programmes.

As part of the contract, the NGO will provide dinner at Rs 10 to those children who earn. The corporation's education department is meeting owners of restaurants and philanthropists in the locality, to arrange for food to the remaining children. "Things will be sorted out soon," education officer T Mohana Kumar said.

In this academic year, the corporation with the help of the labour department has enrolled more than 824 child labourers in non-formal education programmes. The children are given books, bags, lunch boxes, stationery, which are funded by corporates, while parents are given skill training and loans from banks to improve their socio-economic status.

^^ :righton:

ferrari_fan

September 9th, 2009, 10:51 AM

^^ Nice initiative..

kg4129

September 9th, 2009, 11:04 AM

^^ After MKS, Current Chennai Mayor is also doing a great job...

Anniyan

September 9th, 2009, 11:08 AM

^^ After MKS, Current Chennai Mayor is also doing a great job...

You forgot Thangam Thenarasu

Kewl Batty

September 9th, 2009, 02:10 PM

It is also bette rto include Chennai City, Ambattur, Thiruvottriyur, and Tambaram corporations in Chennai district.

District doesnt matter! AFAIK all these come under CMA and will be managed by CMDA.

Though I don't know how efficient would CMDA would be once the 2 new corporations are formed.. It needs more experienced persons and more no. of staff.

bonoslack7

September 9th, 2009, 02:58 PM

Nice website http://www.tn.gov.in/

Arul Murugan

September 10th, 2009, 02:31 AM

Hospital and blood bank will be constructed in the place of Old central jail opposite to Central station by state government.

CM MK will be laying foundation stone next month.

http://dkn.dinakaran.com/showxml.aspx?id=373178&code=18192

Any rendering for this new block of GH?

Sivamani Muru

September 10th, 2009, 06:14 AM

Night shelter for street children opened

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Night-shelter-for-street-children-opened/articleshow/4988309.cms

^^ :righton:

The whole world is becoming an unsafe place by its own standard and space. It is just that some are more drastic than the others. I welcome the move of having a decent night shelters for street kids. At the same time the government must work plans so that there will be no street kids by the year 2020. Irresponsible parents must be made answerable and the run away kids must be returned to their homes. The orphaned children must taken as the ward of the state and food, shelter and education must be provided. Sydicates that kidnaps kids for begging and prostitution must be severly dealt with by law.

venkatm

September 10th, 2009, 06:28 AM

stupid idea to use the jail land for a blood bank. That place was needed for transport and parking infrastructure.

Mad 4 Madras

September 10th, 2009, 07:50 AM

stupid idea to use the jail land for a blood bank. That place was needed for transport and parking infrastructure.

What stupidity you mean here? Can you explain?

Mad 4 Madras

September 10th, 2009, 12:56 PM

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Rasnaboy

September 10th, 2009, 02:34 PM

The whole world is becoming an unsafe place by its own standard and space. It is just that some are more drastic than the others. I welcome the move of having a decent night shelters for street kids. At the same time the government must work plans so that there will be no street kids by the year 2020. Irresponsible parents must be made answerable and the run away kids must be returned to their homes. The orphaned children must taken as the ward of the state and food, shelter and education must be provided. Sydicates that kidnaps kids for begging and prostitution must be severly dealt with by law.

Very well said Sivamani. It's would be really good if the shelter functioned well. Nice initiative. Hats off to the mayor. :)

Btw, where'll they let go of the kids during daytime? Are they planning to take care of them completely by providing food, education, etc.? That would be great.

Leo_r

September 10th, 2009, 07:58 PM

Anna Centenary Library under Construction - Chennai

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Target Completion : May,2010

satishanu

September 10th, 2009, 08:01 PM

Thanks for the update. Is that the Kotturpuram library?

venkatm

September 10th, 2009, 08:19 PM

What stupidity you mean here? Can you explain?

1. Central station does not have enough parking
2. This is the point where the 2 proposed metro corridors meet
3. This space is needed to provide connectivity between the 2 Park Stations (TBM-beach and MRTS) and the metro
4. Bus stop near GH can be moved here for buses proceeding towards PH Road
4. A dirty stinky canal runs adjacent to it.
5.The GH is already too big. What we need is decentralization, not a bigger hospital
6. Blood bank needs about 10000 sq ft of Airconditioned/chiller space and can be built anywhere else in Chennai

Using 14 acres of valuable land for a unneeded hospital is stupid and not visionary.

It is probably being done for contract related bribes and MK's craving for buildings bearing his name.

Kewl Batty

September 10th, 2009, 10:39 PM

Lok Capital invests $ 1.75 mn in Chennai MFI, Asirvad (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Politics/Nation/Lok-Capital-invests-175-mn-in-Chennai-MFI-Asirvad/articleshow/4996057.cms)
10 Sep 2009, 2152 hrs IST, ET Bureau

CHENNAI: The Mauritius based Lok Capital LLC, a $ 22 mn venture fund focused on the micro finance sector in India, has invested $ 1.75 mn (
Rs 7 crore) translating into a 24% stake in the Chennai-based Asirvad Microfinance. In the last 18 months, Asirvad has lent Rs 35 crore to 75,000 borrowers in Tamil Nadu. It has 21 branches in 7 districts and employs 150 persons.

Asirvad was founded in 2007 by a group of promoters led by S V Raja Vaidyanathan, an IIT and IIM alum with close to 3 decades of business\managerial experience in India. Managed by a team of MFI professionals, it is focused on providing innovating financial services to poor women.

Mr Raja Vaidyanathan, non executive chairman of Asirvad said," We want to empower atleast one million low income families by 2015 by supporting their viable income generating activities. We want to cover all districts in the State by opening branches. By March end 2010, Our lending is expected to touch Rs 75 crore".

He said , " The investment by Lok Capital will add considerable value to Asirvad. Lok’s experience in the Indian MFI space will go a long way in guiding our company to adopt the best in class practices in all areas of management. Both the companies share a common social objective of eradicating poverty"

Mr Venky Natarajan, MD of the Delhi-based Lok Advisory services said, "We have added Asirvad to our portfolio of national MFIs like Spandana, Basix and Ujjivan. Lok is committed to supporting high performing regional MFIs and working with their management teams to take these social enterprises to new levels of professionalism and success. Asirvad is attractive because of its proven ability to achieve superior productivity by leveraging the mobile based MIS platform".

bonoslack7

September 11th, 2009, 12:54 AM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Premium-FSI-introduced-to-permit-extra-built-up-space-in-Chennai-Metropolitan-Area/articleshow/4996782.cms

It's bonanza time for builders and developers in the city. After slashing infrastructure and amenity charges, the state government has introduced premium floor space index (FSI is the ratio of land area to built-up area) in the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) with a view to permitting builders construct extra floor space against payment of a premium.

According to a government order passed on Wednesday, the premium FSI is applicable to the entire CMA limits, comprising 1,189 sq km area falling under Chennai corporation, 16 municipalities, 20 town panchayats and 214 village panchayats in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts. The Red Hills reservoir catchment region and areas adjoining water bodies maintained by the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board for drinking water purpose have been exempted from paying premium FSI. Premium FSI was announced in the second master plan for CMA, released in September 2008, but it has come into effect only on September 9, 2009, the date of issue of the GO.

FSI can be availed on all plots abutting roads that have a minimum width of 30 feet. The premium FSI for plots abutting roads that have a width of 30 feet or more and below 40 feet is 20% of the normal FSI. For plots that abut roads that are 40 feet to below 60 feet, the premium FSI is 30%, and for plots that abut roads having a width of 60 feet or more, it is 40%. For example, a person who proposes to avail premium FSI on 1,000 sq ft land abutting 40 feet road (which has a normal FSI of 1.5) can construct up to 1,950 sq ft instead of the normal 1,500 sq ft. However, a maximum cap of one FSI has been fixed for the premium FSI. Otherwise, the promoter cannot avail a premium FSI of more than 1,000 sq ft on land measuring 1,000 sq ft.

Regarding payment, the promoter who avails one sq metre premium FSI on land eligible for a normal FSI of 1.5, has to pay the guideline value of 0.66 sq metres of land as premium FSI charges. In case the land is eligible for two FSI, for every one sq metre of premium FSI the promoter avails, he has to pay a guideline value of 0.5 sq metre of land as premium FSI fees. If the land is eligible for a normal FSI of 2.5, then the promoter has to pay a guideline value of 0.4 sq metre of land for every one sq metre premium FSI he builds. The guideline value fixed by the registration department is applicable for calculating the charges.

The applicant has to remit the premium FSI charges upfront to the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) before getting planning permission for the project. The amount thus collected from the promoters will be remitted in a separate government account, which will be utilised for infrastructure development in that area, the GO said. Since the premium FSI has not been introduced with retrospective effect, all building violations which have taken place in the city in the past will not stand to gain from it.

Reacting to the GO, Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India's Tamil Nadu chapter president Prakash Challa said, "It will help builders exploit fully land in the city where price is prohibitively high."

Sathisht77

September 11th, 2009, 05:23 PM

COLUMBIA, Md. – W. R. Grace & Co. has opened a new manufacturing facility in Chennai, India for the production of specialty chemicals used in commercial, infrastructure and residential construction.

The facility's development began in December 2008 with construction completed in June 2009. After a rapid scale-up of trial batches, the plant is now running full commercial production batches, according to Grace.

http://www.indusbusinessjournal.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=92AE576512AA4B35AB88695357B46ADA

Kewl Batty

September 11th, 2009, 05:33 PM

National Paints aims Rs 100 cr turnover in India (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/national-paints-aims-rs-100-cr-turnover-in-india/73251/on)

Press Trust of India / Kochi September 11, 2009, 16:01 IST

National Paints, a multinational paint manufacturer, today said it aims a turnover of Rs 100 crore in the first year of its operations in India.

The company is setting up four plants in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Guajart.

The Kerala plant, set up with a Rs 50 crore investment, and daily production capacity of 1,20,000 litres, will be inaugurated tomorrow by state Industries Minister Elamaram Kareem.

The three other plants are coming at Chennai, Ahmedabad and Pune with the Ahmedabad plant expected to be ready by early 2010, company Chairman Salim F Sayegh told reporters here.

The company was aiming at Rs 100 crore turnover in the first year from the Angamali plant which will provide direct employment to about 150 persons, he said.

There are plans to export paints to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives once the Chennai plant was ready, he said.

National Paints, which has its presence in 45 countries and 12 factories worldwide, is the largest paint consortium in the Middle East currently with annual production capacity of four lakh tonnes and annual sales above one billion USD, he said.

To manage its Indian operations, the company has set up a subsidiary — National Paints Factories (India) Private ltd.

Kewl Batty

September 11th, 2009, 05:47 PM

BHEL bags Rs.1,300-crore order for Vallur project (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/BHEL-bags-Rs1300-crore-order-for-Vallur-project/articleshow/4999796.cms)
11 Sep 2009, 1824 hrs IST, IANS

CHENNAI: Power equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has won a Rs.1,300-crore order from NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co Ltd (NTECL) for supplying boilers, turbines and generators.

NTECL, which is setting up a 3x500 MW power plant at Vallur near here, is a joint venture between power utility NTPC and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. :cheers:

BHEL's scope of work in the present order includes designing, engineering, manufacturing, supplying, erecting and commissioning steam turbines, generators, boilers and associated equipment besides controls and instrumentation systems.

Kewl Batty

September 11th, 2009, 05:51 PM

Btw, Vallur is in Thiruvallur district.... Looks like lot of power project goin on in Thiruvallur and Gummidipoondi areas including wind power projects.

Kewl Batty

September 11th, 2009, 11:44 PM

Chennai Corpn plans multi-level parking facility at Broadway (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/09/12/stories/2009091251451700.htm)

Our Bureau

Chennai, Sept. 11 The Corporation of Chennai (CoC) has invited bids from private developers, on design, build, operate and transfer basis, for construction and maintenance of fully automatic multi-level car parking facility in Broadway bus terminus.

The tender document issued by CoC states that the parking facility to be constructed in the 3,000-sq.m. land at the Broadway bus stand will have 610 equivalent car space.

According to the tender document, the car population in the city grew by more than 10-fold to 1.7 million units in 2005, and is still growing rapidly. The parking demand during peak hour increased to 13,000 passenger car equivalent units against the available authorised parking lot of 5,100 units.

Therefore, the only solution is to resort to automatic multi-level car parking facilities. Initially, the project will come up in Broadway bus stand. Based on the success, the facility will be extended to other areas.
Bids invited

Towards this, CoC is inviting proposals from private developers. The builder will be given rights for 20 years – two years for construction and the rest for operating it. Parking fee will be prescribed by the Corporation.

To facilitate revenue, the operator CoC will not permit paid parking within the 500-metre radius of the planned facility.

In addition to offering parking facility, the builder could utilise the additional space for commercial activities.

The bidder can enter into an agreement with the end-users for the purpose of undertaking commercial activities in the commercial facility without sub-leasing the area.

Rasnaboy

September 12th, 2009, 06:06 AM

CHENNAI: The State government has sanctioned Rs.4 crore towards desilting waterways in and around Chennai as part of its flood prevention measures.

A release said that Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi on Friday ordered sanction of funds to execute 91 such works in Chennai. The northern, central and southern Buckingham Canal would be desilted at a total cost of Rs.1.76 crore. The work to desilt the Cooum would be executed at a cost of Rs.17 lakh.

Nearly Rs.52 lakh has been allotted to clear silt from Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam Canal and Otteri Nullah. Besides desilting and removing obstructions in the canal carrying surplus water from waterbodies in Porur and Ambattur, garbage and vegetation would be cleaned from Pallikaranai marshland up to Okkiyam and Veerangal Odai.

The Water Resources Department, a wing of the Public Works Department, would depute monitoring committees to supervise the execution of works and ensure completion before the onset of the north east monsoon, the release said.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/12/stories/2009091260840700.htm

vinodgopal

September 12th, 2009, 06:14 AM

"Nearly Rs.52 lakh has been allotted to clear silt from Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam Canal and Otteri Nullah. "

Will that fund suffice?

Rasnaboy

September 12th, 2009, 06:28 AM

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/09/12/images/2009091251541701.jpg
Hi-tech warehouse: Redington India’s Automated Distribution Centre at Kavaraipettai, about 45 km from Chennai near Gummudipoondi on the National Highway connecting Chennai with Kolkata.

Chennai, Sept. 11 Redington India’s ‘Automated Distribution Centre’ near Chennai, a fully WiFi enabled, ‘hi-tech’ godown, will be fully operational in a couple of months.

Set up with an investment of Rs 30 crore, the ADC features what is called a Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) racking system. Pallet racks are placed very close together; the WiFi enables handheld devices identify the desired object precisely in quickly. Loading and unloading happens with a side-loading fork truck.

Mr R. Arunachalam, General Manager, Supply Chain Business Initiatives, Redington, says that with VNA, about 50 per cent more floor space can be made available than with a wide aisle solution. VNA racking also increases pallet storage by leveraging vertical space. “Given land prices in metros, higher vertical utilisation is important,” observes Mr Arunachalam. The ADC has some 9,000 pallet locations in a vertical storage of racking and around 12,000 shelving locations, as well as a bulk storage area. There is also enough room for further expansion.

The Chennai-based company is an end-to-end supply chain solutions provider for global brands in IT and non-IT verticals. It distributes products for companies such as Nokia, LG, Whirlpool, Microsoft (Xbox) and Apple (iPod). The products it distributes come in very small (Belkin – 6 gm) to very large (digital printing machine – 6 tonnes) sizes.

The company handles over 100 tonnes of products a month out of Chennai and 600 tonnes across the country.

According to its President, Consumer and Digital Products Division, Mr E.H. Kasturi Rangan, construction of new ADCs in Delhi and Kolkata is expected to commence shortly. In Mumbai, Redington is in the process of acquiring land. The ADCs in metros will act as the mother warehouses to feed smaller centres in various regions. The company has over 60 warehouses across the country.

Redington also plans to put up an ADC at Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/09/12/stories/2009091251541700.htm

Sivamani Muru

September 12th, 2009, 06:38 AM

Credit should be given to the state government for Introducing free ambulance service a year ago and it is so successful that they have planned to increase the fleet for both Chennai and other cities across tamilnadu. Besides being a success story, the benefits are so tremendorous that other states too can hype.

die4chennai

September 12th, 2009, 02:33 PM

Chennai Corpn plans multi-level parking facility at Broadway (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/09/12/stories/2009091251920100.htm)

Our Bureau

Does it mean that Bus Depot will be on the ground level and the Car parking facilities will be at higher levels? or they have a vacant land near the Bus terminus?

And by the way the source link is wrong

Kewl Batty

September 12th, 2009, 03:32 PM

^^ Haha, thanks for pointing out.. corrected the source.... The first time it got mixed up... :D

think_different

September 13th, 2009, 02:20 AM

சென்னை, தரமணி டைசல் உயிரியல் தொழில் நுட்ப பூங்காவில், மொத்தம் 11 லட்சம் சதுரடி பரப்பளவில் ஆராய்ச்சிக்கூடங்கள் அமைய உள்ளன. இதனால், தமிழக அரசுக்கு, மாதம் 60 முதல் 80 லட்சம் ரூபாய் வரை வருவாய் கிடைக்க வாய்ப்புள்ளது.

பயோ-டெக்னாலஜி, தகவல் தொழில்நுட்பமும் 21ம் நூற்றாண்டின் விஞ்ஞான வளர்ச்சியின் முன்னோடி. இது அறிவுப்பூர்வமானது, அதிக முதலீடுகளைக் கொண்டது; நாட்டின் பொருளாதார வளர்ச்சிக்கு உதவக்கூடியது. தமிழகம் சிறந்த உயிரியல் வளத்தைக் கொண்டது. 5,000க்கும் மேற்பட்ட தாவர இனங்கள், 22 ஆயிரத்து 500 கி.மீ., பரப்பளவிலான வனக் காடுகள் மற்றும் கடல்வாழ் உயிரினங்கள், நீண்ட கடற்கரை ஆகியன உயிரியல் சார்ந்த தொழில் வளர்ச்சிக்கு அடிப்படையாக, இயற்கையிலேயே அமைந்துள்ளன. "இங்குள்ள தாவர இனங்களைக் கொண்டு, உடல்நலம் பேணும் ஆராய்ச்சியில் இறங்கினால், சர்வதேச அளவில் உயர்ந்து நிற்போம் என்பதில் சந்தேகமில்லை' என்பது, அறிவியல் விஞ்ஞானிகளின் கருத்து. தமிழக உயிரியல் வளங்களைக் கண்டறிந்து, மக்களின் வாழ்க்கைத் தரம், புதிய தொழில்கள், பொருளாதார வளர்ச்சி, வேலை வாய்ப்பு ஆகியவற்றை ஆய்வு செய்து, உயிரியல் தொழில்நுட்பக் கொள்கைகளை வகுக்க ஓர் உயர்மட்டக் குழுவை தமிழக அரசு ஏற்படுத்தியது. எம்.எஸ்.சுவாமிநாதன் தலைமையிலான அந்தக் குழுவின் பரிந்துரைப்படி, இந்தியாவிலேயே முதன்முறையாக உயிரியல் தொழில் கொள்கை கடந்த செப்டம்பர் 2000ல் வகுக்கப்பட்டது.

முதல் டைசல் உயிரியல் பூங்கா: தமிழக அரசின் இந்தக் கொள்கையின்படி, தரமணியில் முதலாவது டைசல் உயிரியல் பூங்கா உருவாக்கப்பட்டது. அமெரிக்காவில் உள்ள கார்னல் பல்கலைக் கழகத்தின் தொழில் நுட்ப உதவியோடு, 1.5 லட்சம் சதுரடியில் 54.76 கோடி ரூபாய் செலவில் இது நிறுவப்பட்டது. ஆராய்ச்சிக் கூடங்கள், கட்டமைப்பு வசதிகளுடன் மருத்துவ உயிர் தொழில் நுட்பம், ஊட்டச் சத்துவியல், விவசாயம், மருந்துப்பொருட்கள், உயிர் தகவலியல் ஆகிய துறைகளின் மையமாக, டைசல் விளங்குகிறது. இங்கு மத்திய தோல் ஆய்வு நிறுவனம் (சி.எல்.ஆர்.ஐ.,), பிரான்டியர், சன்மார், தேசிய பயோடிவர்சிடி குழுமம் உள்ளிட்ட 13க்கும் மேற் பட்ட நிறுவனங்கள், தற்போது ஆராய்ச்சியில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளன.

இரண்டாவது டைசல் உயிரியல் பூங்கா: பயோ-டெக்னாலஜி, மருந்து பொருட்கள், பயோ ஐ.டி., நானோ டெக்னாலஜி போன்ற ஆராய்ச்சிகள் நடத்த, அனைத்து வசதிகளுடன் ஆறு லட்சம் சதுரடியில் உருவாகப் போகிறது. டைசல் ஆராய்ச்சி மற்றும் தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள உயிரி தொழில் நுட்பவியல் நிறுவனங்களுக்குத் தேவையான உபகரணங்களை, இங்குள்ள மையம் (பயோ- ரிசோர்ஸ் சென்டர்) வழங்கும். இதற்கு மத்திய அரசின் பயோ டெக்னாலஜி துறை 14 கோடி ரூபாய் நிதி அளிக்கிறது. தமிழக பல்கலைக்கழகங்களின் உதவியுடன், ஒரு கோடி ரூபாயில் உயர்கல்வித் துறை உயிரி தொழில் நுட்பவியல் ஆராய்ச்சி மற்றும் பயிற்சிக் கூடங்கள் அமையும். கல்லூரி மாணவர்கள், தொழில் நிறுவனங்கள் பயன் பெறும் வகையில் உயிரியல் துறை பயிற்சி வகுப்புகள் நடத்தவும் திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள் ளது. மத்திய அரசின் மென்பொருள் தொழில்நுட்பப் பூங்கா மூலம், 37 கோடி ரூபாய் செலவில் பயோ ஐ.டி., பூங்கா மையமும் இங்கு அமைகிறது. டிட்கோ 20 கோடி, டைடல் பூங்கா 40 கோடி, மென்பொருள் நுட்ப பூங்கா 20 கோடி ரூபாயை முதலீடு செய்கிறது. டிசம்பர் 2011ல் இந்தப் பணிகள் முடிவுறும். இதன் மூலம் 500 கோடி ரூபாய்க்கு புதிய தொழில்கள், 1,500 விஞ்ஞானிகளுக்கு வேலை வாய்ப்பு கிடைக்கும்.

விரைவில் 3வது பூங்கா: இரண்டாவது டைசல் பூங்கா கட்டி முடித்த பிறகு மூன்றாவது பூங்கா, 3.5 லட்சம் சதுரடியில் 70 கோடி ரூபாய் முதலீட்டில் முடிக்கத் திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. டைசல் பூங்காவின் மொத்த ஆராய்ச்சிக் கூடம், 11 லட்சம் சதுரடிகளில் அமைந்திருக்கும்.

முந்தும் டைசல் பூங்கா: "இந்தியாவில், வரும் 2010ல் உயிரியல் தொழில் மூலம் ஆண்டு வருமானம் 25 ஆயிரம் கோடி ரூபாயாக இருக்கும். ஆண்டுதோறும் பயோ டெக்னாலஜி. ஐ.டி., பயோடிவர்சிடி உள்ளிட்டவற்றில் ஆய்வு செய்யும் 10 லட்சம் அறிவு சார்ந்தவர்களுக்கு, புதிய வேலை வாய்ப்புகளை ஏற்படுத்தும் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது' என இந்திய அரசின் பயோ-டெக்னாலஜி துறை, ஓர் ஆய்வில் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. மருந்துகள், மனித நலன் மற்றும் கால்நடை மருத்துவம் தொடர்பான பொருட்களின் உற்பத்தி 40 சதவீதம்; வேளாண் பொருட்களின் உற்பத்தி 30 சதவீதம்; சுற்றுச்சூழல் மற்றும் தொழில்சார் பொருட்களின் உற்பத்தி 30 சதவீதம் என்றும் எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது. தமிழகத்தில், 200க்கும் மேற்பட்ட நிறுவனங்கள் உயிரியல் தொழில் தொடர்பான பணிகளில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர். டைசல் பூங்கா வரவால் இது பன்மடங்கு அதிகரிக்கக் கூடும்.

தமிழகத்தின் வருவாய் உயரும்: தரமணி டைசல் பூங்கா திட்டத்தால் பன்னாட்டு மற்றும் அயல்நாட்டு நிறுவனங்கள் தமிழகத்தை நோக்கிப் படையெடுக்கும். தமிழக அரசு சார்பில் சலுகை கட்டணத்தில் மின்சாரம், ஆராய்ச்சிக் கூடங்களுக்கு கட்டணச் சலுகை என, பல்வேறு சலுகைகள் வழங்கப்படுகின்றன. மொத்தமுள்ள 11 லட்சம் சதுரடியில் அமையும் ஆராய்ச்சிக் கூடங்களால் மாதந்தோறும் 80 லட்சம் ரூபாய்க்கும் மேல் வாடகை உள்ளிட்ட இதர வருவாய் கிடைக்கும். ஆய்வின் முடிவில் புதிய கண்டுபிடிப்பால் உலகளவில் டைசல் பெயர் பெறும் வாய்ப்பும் உள்ளது. இதுகுறித்து ஒரு ஆய்வாளர் கூறுகையில், ""மருந்துப் பொருள், வேதிப்பொருள் கண்டுபிடிக்க டைசல் பெரிதும் உதவும். உலகளவிலான வசதிகள் இங்கிருக்கும். பயோ-டெக்னாலஜி, ஐ.டி., துறைக்கு டைசல் பெரும் பங்காற்றும். சுத்தமான காற்று உள்ளிட்ட சுற்றுச்சூழலில் பாதுகாப்பு-1, பாதுகாப்பு-2 மற்றும் பாதுகாப்பு-3 எனும் கட்டத்திற்கு வந்துவிட்டோம். இதையும் தாண்டி, சில ஆய்வுகளை மேற்கொண்டால், மனித சமுதாயத்தின் சுகாதாரத்திற்கு நம் பங்கு அத்தியாவசியமானது,'' என்றார்.

தடை தகர்க்கும் தமிழகம்: உயிரியல் தொழில் வளர்ச்சிக்கு உள்ள தடையை தகர்ப்பதில், தமிழகம் முழு முயற்சி எடுத்து வருகிறது. பரிசோதனைக் கூடங்கள் மற்றும் அதன் சார்புடைய வசதிகள் இல்லாமை, கண்டுபிடிப்பு பொருட்களுக்கு மத்திய அரசின் அங்கீகாரம் பெறுவதில் உள்ள கட்டுப்பாடுகள், உயிரியல் தொழில்களுக்குத் தேவையான அடிப்படை மூலப்பொருட்களை பெறுவதில் உள்ள சிரமங்கள், தொழில் நிறுவனங்கள் மற்றும் தொழில் முனைவோரிடம் விழிப்புணர்ச்சி இல்லாமை ஆகியன உயிரியல் தொழில் வளர்ச்சிக்குத் தடைகளாக உள்ளன. வளர்ந்த நாடுகளில், உயிரியல் தொழில்கள் ஒரு உன்னத நிலையை அடைந்துள்ளன. முக்கிய வேளாண் பொருட்கள், மனித மற்றும் கால்நடைகளுக்கு தேவையான மருந்துப் பொருட்கள், மேலும் சுற்றுப்புறச் சூழலுக்கு தேவையான பொருட்களை, உயிரியல் தொழில்நுட்பத்தின் புதிய உத்திகளைப் பயன்படுத்தி தயாரிக்கின்றனர். தமிழகத்தில், உயிரியல் தொழில்களை உயர்ந்த நிலைக்கு கொண்டு வரவே, இந்தியாவிலேயே முதன்முறையாக சென்னையில் டைசல் பூங்கா உருவாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இது, அமெரிக்க பல்கலைக்கழக தொழில்நுட்ப உதவியுடன் தமிழக அரசு ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.

source (http://www.dinamalar.com/new/fpnnewsdetail.asp?News_id=4947)

Kewl Batty

September 13th, 2009, 02:26 AM

^^ It is not TIDEL Park.. Its TICEL Biopark... TIDEL is goin for version 5 soon

think_different

September 13th, 2009, 02:35 AM

thanks mr. kewl batty. its changed.

die4chennai

September 13th, 2009, 05:10 AM

CHENNAI: The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will construct an underground

sewage canal from the Nesapakkam
treatment plant to dispose treated effluent directly into the Adyar river. This
could help in reducing pollution of the water body.

CMWSSB will also construct a 54 MLD (million litres per day) sewage treatment plant at Nesappakam, adjacent to the present 63 MLD unit that treats sewage from K K Nagar, Saidapet, MGR Nagar, Jafferkhanpet, Ashok Nagar, CIT Nagar and Valsaravakkam.

Metrowater has received funds from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), which will be used to construct the new plant and the underground canal. Construction is likely to take two years and the total cost is estimated to be around Rs 50 crore.

Currently, treated sewage is let out through a canal that passes through a residential area with a population of about 30,000. "The 2-km underground canal will start from the plant and end at the Adyar river. Treated effluent from the three units in Nesapakkam will be let out into the canal and then into the river," said a senior Metrowater official.

The official said that treated sewage did not pollute; it only contained the permissible amounts of biochemical oxidants and suspended solids. "Once the sewage reaches our plant, we chlorinate and treat it. The water is usable and does not stink. The effluent is then let out into the river."

According to him, treated effluent was getting contaminated because sewage was being let out by residents staying alongside the canal. "The canal has been encroached upon. The stench emanates from the treated effluent because of the sewage discharged by the residents. Once the underground canal is complete, there will be no pollution or contamination," said the official.

Times Of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Metrowater-to-construct-sewage-canal-54-MLD-treatment-plant-in-Nesappakam/articleshow/5004312.cms)

Sathisht77

September 13th, 2009, 07:32 PM

IP transformation centre opens in Chennai
Alcatel-Lucent has launched an Internet Protocol Transformation Centre (IPTC) in Chennai, India. The first of its kind in the sub-continent, the centre will develop, integrate and test end-to-end IP networking solutions for Alcatel-Lucent's India and global customers as they migrate to next-generation architectures.

Alcatel-Lucent's India IPTC enables service providers to design, test and integrate their solutions in a risk-free environment, as if it were their own network. It helps them shorten the IP transformation trajectory and their time to market while allowing them to keep costs under control and focus on serving their customers. The IPTC at Chennai hosts about 50 technologies.

The IPTC is networked with Alcatel-Lucent's existing IPTCs and network integration centres located in Antwerp, Belgium; Singapore; Murray Hill, Naperville and Plano in the United States, as well as with multiple R&D labs worldwide, including India. These centres, which share knowledge, resources and best practices, help service providers execute their IP Transformation projects.

bonoslack7

September 14th, 2009, 09:26 AM

http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=b4ad41f0-e4f2-4b75-b97b-3234c4257036&CATEGORYNAME=BIZ

The 'Eurogiro' facility for direct remittance of money worldwide through post offices would be launched in the city by October this year, Union IT Minister A Raja said here today.

Preliminary works have been completed and it would be launched in October after testing of the software, he said.

"Eurogiro will enable people in India send money to their relatives in any part of the world in just one hour", he said, after launching three dedicated India Post Freighter aircraft.

Eurogiro is a global network of banks and financial institutions.

Raja also said the Department has approved a proposal to set up new automatic mail processing centres at Delhi and Kolkata at a cost of Rs 65 crore. Similar centres at Chennai and Mumbai would soon get state-of-the-art machines, he said.

These machines would also be installed at 10 other major cities, Raja said

kannan infratech

September 14th, 2009, 09:28 AM

Does it mean that Bus Depot will be on the ground level and the Car parking facilities will be at higher levels? or they have a vacant land near the Bus terminus?

And by the way the source link is wrong

There are 3 open space areas in Broadway.

1. Earlier Thiruvalluvar Bus Stand on the backside of High Court
2. Earlier High Court Bus Stand for intercity travel in front of High Court Side 3. Gate near Tamil Isai Mandram
Earlier Local City Bus Parking ie ------- Thidal where Social / political meetings were being conducted.- on the small link road from Pai Kadai Junction.

Mostly the third one will be given for the parking.

think_different

September 14th, 2009, 08:18 PM

Ramky lowest bidder for Chennai waste management project
(http://www.projectstoday.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?smid=24&nid=27880)

Ramky Enviro Engineers has surfaced as the lowest bidder for the integrated solid waste management project to maintain the 60 acre fruits and vegetables wholesale market at Koyambedu in Chennai.

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority invited the bid, for maintaining the fruits and vegetables market, which houses over 3,000 shops. It is a part of the 300 acre Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex. A final decision on the award of the contract is to be taken after a negotiation meeting later this month.

The company's scope of work will comprise operating a 250 kW power plant, which will use the organic waste from the market to generate power through bio-methanation. The power is likely to be supplied to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and the revenue will be shared between the contractor and the market management.

bonoslack7

September 14th, 2009, 11:24 PM

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article20290.ece

Chennai has joined a select few centres in the world to have Intelligent Operating Room (iOR) and BrainSUITE Intra CT facilities that are stated to vastly improve diagnostic and surgical outcomes for neurological, orthopaedic and trauma cases.

The BrainSUITE iCT launched at Parvathy Hospital on Monday is a software-driven treatment system from the stable of Germany-based BrainLAB that combines the best of graphic imaging and navigation-guided surgery. The facility - the first in India - is only the third of its kind in Asia and the eighth in the world.

Launching the facilities, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala said India, especially Chennai, had achieved renown as a hub for high-quality and low-cost medical tourism. At the same time, there is a pressing need to deliver the fruits of medical advancement at the doorstep of the poor, he said.

“We see on one side the rise of corporate hospitals on a par with international standards. But on the other side we see rural poor in search of specialists for treatment,” Mr. Barnala said.

Pointing out that trauma was a leading cause for death, the Governor cited statistics which showed that Tamil Nadu was among the five States to record the highest number of road traffic accident deaths. It was worrying that two-thirds of the 1.64 lakh deaths in 2008 were of persons in the 16-44 age group, he said.

Stefan Vilsmeier, CEO BrainLAB, said the iOR represented the key facets of technological advancement -high resolution imaging and navigation-guided surgery.

Parvathy Hospital chairman S. Muthukumar said the institution aimed to raise the level of precision in less-invasive surgery in the areas of neuro-surgical, joint, trauma and spine care in the country.

E. Karunanidhi, chairman, Pallavaram Municipality, S.S.K. Marthandam, chairman and director of orthopaedics, Sri Ramachandra University, and K. Narayan Rao, secretary, Jai Gopal Garodia National Higher Secondary School, were among those present.

bonoslack7

September 15th, 2009, 12:17 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/15/stories/2009091557700100.htm

Work is apace on the Chennai Corporation project to digitise details of maps pertaining to 155 wards, including their boundaries, all streets and properties of the civic body.

The initiative is part of the Corporation’s objective to digitally map all the structures to improve delivery of services and address under-assessment of property. The exercise has been completed in 66 wards and the remaining work is expected to be completed in a month.

This is the basic component of the Corporation’s proposed Geographic Information System service. In the next stage, the civic body would undertake a comprehensive field survey of the attributes for road network, properties and other physical features, including those of historic monuments.

Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni told The Hindu that the civic body planned to use the database to accurately assess the area of all properties. The work order for GIS service in two zones was issued recently. The civic agency would scrutinise bids received for the work to survey the field attributes on another 50 sq km, for which digitised maps are available.

The Corporation would collect data on non-spatial attributes and integrate it with base maps for better management, planning, administration and decision-making and augment its revenue through collection of property tax.

die4chennai

September 15th, 2009, 06:15 AM

There are 3 open space areas in Broadway.

1. Earlier Thiruvalluvar Bus Stand on the backside of High Court
2. Earlier High Court Bus Stand for intercity travel in front of High Court Side 3. Gate near Tamil Isai Mandram
Earlier Local City Bus Parking ie ------- Thidal where Social / political meetings were being conducted.- on the small link road from Pai Kadai Junction.

Mostly the third one will be given for the parking.

If they r not optimally using the old chennai mofussil bus terminus(which is so huge), They can bring the parking lot there and remaining land can be developed into a major bus terminus like Broadway with buses going to broadway be directed to this terminus also(metro station is going to come right next to this inside dental college). In this way it will create park and ride facility for all forms of transportation-- Metro,MRTS(fort),Suburban trains(fort-Tambaram line), A major bus terminus.

will not have such a facility anywhere else except for St.Thomas mount, even there a major bus terminus is lacking

NIRMAYA

September 15th, 2009, 07:20 AM

Can anyone update on Chennai airport expansion. Idon't see any dedicated thread for that. One which was there is closed.I saw massive constructions going on there while landing. Already Chennai airport is the biggest in South. I feel with this expansion and facelifting it will be a jewel in Chennai's crown.

Mad 4 Madras

September 15th, 2009, 07:32 AM

NIRMAYA

September 15th, 2009, 06:58 PM

^^http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=536070&page=50

Thanks.

bonoslack7

September 15th, 2009, 10:54 PM

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5015590.cms

Appaswamy Real Estates has struck a deal with the Rakindo Group to jointly develop large-sized residential projects in the key locations
of Kotturpuram and Pallikarnai in Chennai. The projects, coming up on 110 grounds (1 ground = 2400 sq ft), is estimated to have a sale value of Rs 250 crore.

Though the land-owner and the developer did not divulge on the deal details as far as price is concerned, industry trackers ET spoke to peg the 30-ground Kotturpuram property at Rs 60-crore and that of Pallikarnai (80 grounds) at Rs 40-crore.

Rakindo Group is making its debut in India with its $1.5 billion integrated township project in Coimbatore. Construction activity has been on for a while now. According to a senior Rakindo official, integrated township is its forte.

But as development in central business districts is not its core competence, the group decided to partner with Appaswamy Real Estates, its MD Prasad Koneru told ET.

Incidentally, both the properties were purchased recently after long drawn negotiations but it is gleaned from the market that the deal between Appaswamy Real Estates and Rakindo Group was struck last month. The Kotturpuram property was purchased from a Christian association, while the other land parcel in Pallikarnai was bought from an individual.

It is learnt that the Locke Road Kotturpuram property is located next to Kottur Villa, a property developed by Appaswamy Real Estates, and is in the vicinity of Adyar villa area, belonging to Spic CMD A C Muthiah. The Pallikarnai land parcel is situated a kilometre away from Kamakoti hospital on the Medavakkam-Velachery road.

When contacted, Appaswamy COO T S S Krishnan confirmed that the deal was concluded about a month ago. There is a proposal to develop multi-storied buildings over 5.30 lakh sq ft in Pallikarnai and 1.25 lakh sq ft in Kotturpuram. Of the total 6.55 lakh sq ft built area, Rakindo is to get a share of 2.6 lakh sq ft built up area.

Two special purpose vehicles would be floated to execute the projects, he said.

Rakindo Group is a joint venture between Rakeen, a joint stock company promoted by the government of Ras-Al-Khaimah, UAE and the Trimex Group, India. The property development and master planning company has been designing and developing properties and resorts in the Middle East, China, India and Europe.

kvijayasundaram

September 16th, 2009, 04:04 AM

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOICH&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI

Chennai: The ambitious project of the Tamil Nadu government to create a financial hub in Chennai is getting shape, with a team of officials identifying Sholinganallur as a possible location.
Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister, M K Stalin, who had announced the project in the state budget just a couple of months ago, will visit Sholinganallur on September 19 to inspect a 200-acre site and give his nod for the location, sources told The Times of India. Sholinganallur is already a major destination for IT companies and located on the six-lane IT expressway is also seen as a location close to the city limits. It seems officials have narrowed their search to this location after assessing three different sites on the outskirts of the city.
“The idea of establishing a financial city is a new product by the industries department. Though we started it as a nebulous concept, it is shaping up well now. The industry response is overwhelming. They are contributing their thoughts and ideas to it. We are now going to have a wider consultation with the industry,” sources in the state government told ToI.
Although the concept covers a whole gamut of activities from backoffice work of international banks to insurance, risk assessment, private equity management and share broking, the government is in the process of identifying specific activities that will be housed in the financial city, the sources said. The industries department is gearing up to assess the requirement of select industries and based on inputs from those likely to come up there, the authorities will provide the necessary infrastructure.
Once the location is confirmed, the authorities will narrow down the list of industry verticals that will be located at the financial city. “We are in the process of identifying five or six leading players in every segment, including equity funds and financial services,” sources said.
It has been a gradual transformation for the city from having just a couple of textile mills and leather factories about 40-50 years ago to now becoming the home for almost all major industries, ranging from IT and automobile to electronics manufacture. “We are designing a new product model for the city to attract new investors and ensure that the state’s effort to create more employment,” sources said.
Recalling the state’s pioneering efforts in constructing the Tidel Park, the officials said, “the readily available infrastructure has helped many software firms start their operations here without waiting for a gestation period. Likewise, the infrastructure in the financial city will attract investors and help them to start their operations easily and in a smooth manner,” sources added.

bonoslack7

September 16th, 2009, 08:30 PM

http://www.wheelsunplugged.com/ViewNews.aspx?newsid=4328

On the sidelines of holding a regional launch of its Q7 SUV, Audi India, on 14th September'09, has said that it is gearing up to open five more showrooms by the end of this calendar year, which will include cities like Delhi (additionally), Chennai, Ludhiana, Kolkata and Mumbai (the second).

Even though the Indian arm of the German auto titan has sales offices or interim showrooms in some of these cities, it doesn't have full-fledged showrooms will come up by the end of the year. It is to be mentioned that Audi has showrooms in Bangalore, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi. Plans are under way to include Jaipur, Nagpur, Lucknow and Coimbatore.Through nine sales outlets, the company currently sells three sedans A4, A6 and A8 assembled at its sister company, Volkswagen's facility in Pune. Besides, it imports and sells TT, R8, Q5 and Q7.

According to well-informed sources, Bangalore-based Jubilant Motors Private Ltd is setting up a service centre and a showroom in Chennai and will be investing about Rs. 15 crore.

In India, Audi sold 1,128 units till August this year growing by more than 60 per cent over last year. The company is cruising towards a fifth share of the 10,000-units-a-year luxury car market in India

Raji7373

September 17th, 2009, 05:54 PM

CHENNAI: Discussions between the State Industries Ministry and industry representatives on plans for the Chennai financial city are gaining momentum: the location of the city is to be finalised in one month and a list of potential occupants and the nature of services are to be finalised in two months.

“The Deputy Chief Minister will visit several potential sites for the financial city and then indicate his view,” a senior official in the Ministry said, speaking to The Hindu. Group consultations with a number of financial service companies are under way, he added.

Outlining the next steps, he said, “What we would like to do is to identify maybe ten possible services we could offer and of those we can decide on two or three to offer at first. And for those two or three, we would try to identify a list of ten or twenty companies that we would like to target.” This would be followed by presentations to these target companies on the services that the financial city would offer.

The ongoing discussions are also looking into the question of what incentives the occupants of the city should be offered. Highlighting capital investment incentives and tax sops given in the manufacturing sector, the Ministry official said: “For the financial city we need to understand what incentives would excite them. There is no point in saying, ‘We will give you this’ if that does not change his decision and we still end up giving the incentive.” To avoid this situation, a brief survey would be undertaken to ask prospective occupants: “What are the five things which you think are most important?”

Foreign players coming in

Discussions are also focussed on the process of identifying the list of potential occupants.

The plan to offer the services of the financial city to foreign players could be traced back to the banking roadmap that the RBI had earlier given. According to the roadmap, foreign banks could grow organically in India by opening new branches.

In this context, there is an opportunity. “We need to determine which banks have aggressively tried to get branch licences – that shows their intentions. Also, some of those who have already started some kind of office presence in India, we could approach them as that could be one list,” the official said. The same would apply to insurance companies that have struck agreements with local players.

The initiative is being developed in coordination with the Confederation of Indian Industry, the official confirmed. “We believe that in Tamil Nadu we have very good responsible and responsive industry and we can work in tandem,” he said.

Outlining the CII’s role, he explained that they are also coming out with ideas and suggestions and are in touch with other financial centres. The immediate steps, however, are concerned with defining the “product” more clearly.

“What we are very clear on is that our approach would not be to announce something very big, very huge, to dazzle,” the official said. The aim would be to forge a strong partnership with the private sector and try and take local players along, including Tamil Nadu-based organisations and then, moving forward, organisations in other parts of the country.

THE HINDU (http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/17/stories/2009091753750400.htm)

ferrari_fan

September 17th, 2009, 07:28 PM

Not sure if these have been posted here before..

DLF Garden City, Semmencheri

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What on Earth was the architect thinking when he designed these buildings? I mean the whole complex is a series of 14 floor tall walls!! Weird at best..

ferrari_fan

September 17th, 2009, 07:39 PM

Construction update:

DLF Garden City, Semmencheri

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think_different

September 18th, 2009, 12:09 AM

Chennai-based Pondy Oxide & Chemicals Limited is planning to set up an export-oriented unit near here to support its total business target of Rs 500 crore by 2011-12.

Ashish Bansal, who was inducted as director at the annual general meeting here on Thursday, said the company was planning to foray into new countries like Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bangladesh to increase the export business. Its current export order size is about $2.5 million to be executed in the next two months.

The proposed unit would mainly cater to these new and current export markets. The investment in the project would be Rs 40 crore, which will be funded through debt and internal accruals.

The company has units in and around Chennai and one in Puducherry with a total capacity of 28,800 tonnes per annum, which would be increased to 60,000 tonnes by 2010-11, Anil Kumar Bansal, managing director, Pondy Oxides & Chemicals, told Business Standard.

Pondy Oxide registered a turnover of Rs 70 crore last year. It has set a target of Rs 125 crore in 2009-10 and Rs 500 crore by 2011-12. The company, which is into metals, metallic oxides and plastic additives, is planning to manufacture aluminum and value-added products.

Ashish Bansal said there would be uncertainties in 2009-10. “It is still unclear when the economic crisis will hit the bottom and whether the stimulus plan will push up the growth of global economy,” he added.

source (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/pondy-oxide-to-seteou-near-chennai/370402/)

Arul Murugan

September 18th, 2009, 02:33 AM

More foot overbridges at Adyar & Triplicane

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: Mayor M Subramanian on Thursday launched the construction of a lift-cumfoot overbridge (FOB) at Taluk office Road in Saidapet.

The Rs 89-lakh FOB, scheduled for completion in four months, will be 30.5m long and 3.5m wide. The FOB at Saidapet is the second such project taken up by the Chennai Corporation in recent years. According to Subramanian, there were plans to have similar projects — one on Durgabai Deshmukh Road in Adyar and another two on Wallajah Road in Triplicane. “We want the facilities to be under optimum usage. If the projects are successful, we may provide lifts to the existing FOBs on Peters Road and Haddows Road,” he added.

The lift can accommodate between 12 and 15 members at a time. It has been designed in such a way that in case of a power failure, it goes to the nearest exit/entry point automatically. Initially, the civic staff will be deployed to man the lift, so as to make it comfortable for the first-timers.

The decision to set up the FOB at Saidapet followed several
representations from locals and the police. “The Taluk Office Road is a one-way stretch that witnesses heavy vehicular movement all. Also, there are a number of visitors to the magistrate court and taluk office daily,” a senior corporation official said.

The corporation had provided a pedestrian crossing near the Taluk Office but many often resorted to jaywalking to move to cross the main road. This often leads to accidents, at times fatal. “The FOB will certainly help elderly citizens, who are often at risk while crossing the road. Also lifts will help them move comfortably,” said Surya Prakash of Sri Nagar colony. The civic body is set to inaugurate the FOB with a lift on Nungambakkam High Road in a fortnight. About 600 pedestrians were injured and another 130 died on city roads between January and June this year.

TOI

Arul Murugan

September 18th, 2009, 02:34 AM

^^

So Chennai would be the first city in the country to have FOB with lift instead of elevator?

sridhar_n

September 18th, 2009, 05:34 AM

^^

So Chennai would be the first city in the country to have FOB with lift instead of elevator?

I personally think that lift is a bad idea..it could have been done away with...tell me do u think our people have patience to wait for the lift when it has taken people to the second tier? our guys will prefer to cross the road (we are adventure lovers, aren't we)...elevators would have been better...

shanware

September 18th, 2009, 06:00 AM

Lift and elevator mean the same thing. You guys probably mean escalator. While an escalator would have surely been nice, I would rather have this than nothing at all. It is atleast useful to the people with handicaps. Our cities need to be more responsive to the needs of the handicapped in public places. Dont you think ?

Kewl Batty

September 18th, 2009, 06:19 AM

I personally think that lift is a bad idea..it could have been done away with...tell me do u think our people have patience to wait for the lift when it has taken people to the second tier? our guys will prefer to cross the road (we are adventure lovers, aren't we)...elevators would have been better...

Let them install the elevators for now... Mabbe at a later stage they'll install escalators too..

bonoslack7

September 18th, 2009, 06:46 AM

^^

One of the flops coming our way. Elevators make sense only for extremely lazy and old people or if one has to climb about a km to reach the footbridge. Escalators would have been better.

bonoslack7

September 18th, 2009, 08:24 AM

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/25905/coventry-university-open-office-chennai.html

Coventry University is the latest British university to expand its global network by launching an office in Chennai on September 24.

The formal opening on the day will be followed by a dinner hosted by the university's Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) David Pilsbury at the Taj Connemara Hotel in Chennai.
The move reflects the rapid growth in Coventry University's relationships with India, and is also the fourth office that it has opened in areas of strategic importance to support its development as a global institution.

The Coventry University office in Chennai will support activities across India, offer enhanced support for students and forge better relationships with in-country partners.
Dr Pilsbury said: "The office will support students, parents and others interested in the educational opportunities in Coventry, and also corporate, educational and research partnerships in India."

Having a permanent presence in India would also enable the university to offer Indian students work experience and employment opportunities to prepare them for the global world of work.

During 2008-09, the university worked with more than 8,000 companies including Indian firms such as car giant Tata Motors which owns Midland-based Jaguar Land Rover.
Dr Pilsbury said that at a time when the world economy was coming out of recession, such experiences would position Coventry graduates favourably in the marketplace and also give the India office a distinctive presence.

sridhar_n

September 18th, 2009, 10:39 AM

Let them install the elevators for now... Mabbe at a later stage they'll install escalators too..

Kewl and Shanware...Sorry...I too meant escalators (and not elevators as written in my last post)...elevators/lifts will be a flop..i dono why they are spending the money on lifts..can we represent to them before they commit this money and suggest installing escalators, if not today, but surely at a later date.

die4chennai

September 18th, 2009, 06:13 PM

^^ For all those who are for Escalators and against Elevators, this facility is for aged people. And you know what? Ask any average elderly person(Not the sophisticated ones who are less than 5%), they will tell you how hard they find it to use escalators when compared to lifts. I ve seen many times they losing balance... numerous times i mean.. Egmore Rly stn etc. Just see it for urself.. I am so happy that lifts are used...

Sathisht77

September 18th, 2009, 06:17 PM

die4chennai

September 18th, 2009, 06:29 PM

^^ Also the wait time will be much lesser than the amount of time they have to wait to cross the road without FOB... This will not be like Saravana stores Lifts where u have to wait for 5 min. Also Maintenance is costlier for escalators than elevators

think_different

September 18th, 2009, 10:20 PM

Everonn Education Ltd, a leading education and training company based in Chennai, has announced Rs 700 crore worth of projects envisaging world-class institutions of various disciplines across the country. The projects would be established within a span of 18 months.
Land and cash flows for executing the projects will be sourced mainly from the stakeholders who have vested interests in running them and the balance investment will be settled through debt and equity, a senior company officP Kishore.jpgial said.
Launching the 'Educating India' initiative in Chennai recently, P. Kishore, Founder and Managing Director of Everonn Education Ltd, said that the company would support the enterprise by setting up 200 K-12 schools, 500 skill development centres, 18 engineering colleges and 27 business schools in phase-I, to be completed in one-and-a-half years.
The investment per institution is likely to be Rs 1 crore for a block-level school, Rs 7 crore for a district level school, and Rs 25 crore for a business school.
Under the K-12 segment (kind-ergarten to std XII), pre-schools, block-level schools, district HQ-level schools and international schools will be set up. The skill development segment will offer courses in real estate, logistics and construction. The higher education system segment will envisages the setting up of medical and engineering colleges, and arts and science colleges.
In addition, institutes for training principals and teachers will be set up under 'Educating India'.
The company has so far received a favourable response from cities like Chennai, Bhubaneswar and Dehradun

Sivamani Muru

September 19th, 2009, 05:46 AM

Make Chennai as the most wired metro. By the year 2015, more than 4 billion people will be connected by broad band services. To date, 95% of the households in South Korea have broad band connections and the second place goes to Singapore at 88% and the U.S only secures the 20th place.

The advantage of having the broad band network is that you are connected anywhere and everywhere with anyone whether you are out on the road, on a train or on the other widely separated or remote locations. The end to end broad band technologies such as GPON, XDSL, HSPA, WIMAX and LTE are dealing with the complexity of the current network system to give better edge to the end users. Such forms of connectivity and communication network must find its way to every home in Chennai. If the Indian government's plan to make and sell laptops at everyone's affordable price materialises, it will surely bring about a boom in India's knowledge industry and change the way we communicate with one another.

Chennai should adopt to South Korean model where all city contracts are put out to bid online. Since all information is disclosed real time on thr internet, influence peddling over the bargaining of government permits becomes impossible. Thus greater transparency is achieved and corruption is largely reduced.
Tables at major reataurants in Chennai can use wireless devices to signal a waiter or click on to your own orders from their digital menu without the need to flag down a waiter. Over 10 wi-fi hot spots can be created in chennai providing free internet access whereby the public can check things like air quality, weather forecasts, shopping centres offering sales in chennai, and about the major cultural and recreational events taking place in Chennai. All major bus stops in Chennai should be connected by LED, whereby passengers will have all details regarding the present location of the bus they are waiting for and how long will it take to get to the stop where he or she is waiting and so forth. Chennai too can create U-SAFETY ZONE for Children, a program that uses security cameras, a geographic information platform and parents' cell phone numbers. The participating families equip their kids with a U-tag embedded with a computer chip which allows a child to be tracked at all times. If the child leaves the school it triggers a signal and sends message of their children's new location to their parents' cell phone. This ensures safety of their children. All apartment complexes in Chennai should incorporate home network and ubiquitous life features. which means all electronic and electric devices in your home can be controlled from a central keypad or by your cell phone. You can operate your rice cooker while driving home from work or switch on your porch light of your home while you are out of town and you can get informations about the break ins of your home while you are overseas so that you can alert your local police. Let Chennai be the first well wired metro for India

robertashok

September 19th, 2009, 06:06 AM