Trichy Region Projects thread [Archive] - Page 2

kg4129

July 14th, 2007, 11:13 AM

Cethar Vessels to set up turbine unit Tiruchi, June 29Cethar Vessels Private Ltd, the second largest boiler manufacturer in Tiruchi, would soon set up a turbine manufacturing unit under a joint venture, the company Chairman, Mr K. Subburaj, said here on Friday.

The deal with a foreign partner would be finalised soon and the turbine manufacturing unit would have an annual production capacity of 4,000 MW. The unit will come up at Tiruchi at an investment of over Rs 800 crore, he said speaking to newspersons on the sidelines of Enerdrive 2007, a workshop on energy equipment organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry here. He, however, declined to identify the foreign partner.

The company, a major supplier of small boilers till now, would embark on another collaborative venture in July to acquire capability to manufacture sub-critical boilers of 600 MW capacity.

Cethar Vessels targets a turnover of Rs 2,000 crore during this financial year and has already embarked on a modernisation programme to augment its power equipment manufacturing capacity to 8,000 MW from the current 5,000 MW per annum. The modernisation programme, taken up at an investment of Rs 420 crore, is to be completed by March 2008.

Power plants

The company plans to set up a 2 X 135-MW utility power plant at Vhile Bhagar, Raigad district in Maharashtra at an investment of Rs 1,100 crore. The power plant is expected to be commissioned by June 2009. The company currently has the capability to design, manufacture and erect 50 MW power plants and has so far commissioned nine such plants. Orders for about 15 other plants of similar capacity were under execution.

Cethar Vessels would also invest Rs 300 crore to set up a boiler auxiliaries manufacturing facility in Tiruchi by September 2008.

The company plans to go public with an initial public offer by the end of the current fiscal to mop up about Rs 1,000 crore to fund its expansion programmes, Mr Subburaj said.

It has also plans to enter the global engineering service market by setting up a separate division with 10,000 engineers.

A new corporate office of the company would come up in the outskirts of the city soon.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/06/30/stories/2007063050890200.htm

Fortune 500 company to look for staff in Tiruchi:

Partners with Rock City branch of US firm

TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi branch of the Agency Assist, a US-based recruitment process outsourcing company, has opened its doors to Volt Information Services, a fortune 500 staffing company. This is one of the Volt’s ventures into Indian companies to utilise Agency Assist’s services for their staffing branch.

The Volt team comprising the CEO of Information Services, Director of Strategic Business Partnership, Director of Global Sourcing and a Manager of global outsourcing visited the office recently and signed on a partnership contract.

The partnership would mean that the team of recruiters from Volts would join hands with Agency Assist to work for job orders in US market.

“This has been seen as a major move towards the tie-ups of RPO companies in India and US. Tiruchi has been viewed as a potential market base for many staffing companies and the trend would be on the increase in coming years,” said Srivathsala Ramakrishnan, the vice-president of the Tiruchi Operations.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/01/stories/2007070151920200.htm

Rane group to invest in TN

Chennai, June 19: Auto ancillary major, Rane Group is investing Rs 100 crore to set up two plants in Tiruchirapalli, a top company official said today.

A Valve plant would be set up by the end of the year and another brake lining plant would come up by early next year, L Ganesh, Chairman told a press conference here today.

Also, the company has acquired five acres of land in Haryana to set up a dedicated facility for Maruti Udyog. "We are still in the process of working out the details," he said.

He added that the company was looking at about 20 per cent export for the Group, which currently was at 12 per cent.

He was addressing a press conference here today to announce the launch of the company's "Rane Institute for Employee Development (RIED). (Our Correspondent)

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID={83ADFC29-3576-46A4-895D-74FB9C55DA95}&CATEGORYNAME=CHN

Tier II, III cities becoming viable investment options

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Government's proactive investment policy has led to the emergence of Tier II and Tier III cities as attractive investment destinations with more companies opening businesses there in the past few months, according to an analysis by the Confederation of Indian Industry-Southern Region.

Companies operating out of Tier II cities such as Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi and Tier III cities such as Virudhunagar, Tuticorin, Karur, Sivagangai and Tirunelveli have doubled, or even tripled, their turnover in just two years, Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, chairman, CII Tamil Nadu State Council, told reporters at the inauguration of Innovision 2007, a symposium on innovation in industries, on Thursday.

With Tamil Nadu in general and Chennai in particular becoming one of the most favoured investment destinations, the CII, together with the Government, was promoting Tier II and III cities as hubs for IT and manufacturing industries. For example, a city like Tiruchi had witnessed a buoyant growth with many companies touching the Rs.100-crore mark and some even exceeding Rs. 1,500 crore. Boilers, energy and fabrication units catered both to the export and import markets. The cut-flowers industry in Virudhunagar had several units doing business above the Rs. 200-crore mark annually. Many IT majors were now looking towards Tier II cities. About 40 companies had come up in Tiruchi in the past few months.
There were immense possibilities for industrial units to foster innovation in process development and services delivery, said Ajai Chowdhry, chairman and CEO, HCL Infosystems. However, the lack of an enabling research and development atmosphere in academic institutions was a major hurdle in creating innovations in industries. Only an industry-academia link could solve this.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/23/stories/2007032304340300.htm

Sun Microsystems kick starts operations in Trichy

http://in.sun.com/sunnews/press/2006/20061026.html

IT quality talent pool, an advantage

With metros facing space scarcity and escalating real estate prices, information technology companies have been looking at setting up offices in tier-II and tier-III cities. However, one of the concerns for companies is the quality of manpower in these cities.

This is one area where Tiruchi expects to score over its competition Coimbatore and Madurai in wooing IT companies to set up shop. A city with many education institutions over 100 years old, Tiruchi has produced quality talent including the likes of scientist Sir C.V. Raman and President Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Today, there are about 40 arts, science, commerce, engineering and management colleges located in and around the city. Some well known colleges include National Institute of Technology (formerly known as Regional Engineering College), St. Joseph's College and Bharathidasan Institute of Management.

About 6,000 graduates pass out each year from these colleges and are recruited by large IT companies mainly in Chennai and Bangalore, according to Mr K. Premanathan, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Tiruchi Zone.

Talent pool

This talent pool is probably what drew some small IT/ITES companies to set up shop in the city some years ago. Besides two large companies, GFT Technologies and DMS Soft, there are about 30 small IT/ITES companies around Tiruchi that mainly work on jobs/processes outsourced by companies in Chennai. This includes a host of Web design, hosting and development companies such as Harsh Infotech, Bi Soft Solutions, Genisoft Technologies and Adalma.

GFT Technologies is a German company that has been in Tiruchi for the last five years and is involved in Business/IT consulting and application development, systems integration and application management, outsourcing and design. DSM Soft provides Engineering Data Services (MCAD/CAM, 2D drafting, training) and Geo-Spatial Data Services (Photogrammetric mapping, GIS, Data output and Reprographics).

Big cos showing interest

With the CII and Tiruchi Corporation making efforts to popularise the city among investors, large companies such as L&T Infotech, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Tata Consultancy Services seem to be showing interest in setting up offices here, sources say.

The State Government, on its part, is making land available for companies. About 170 acres have been bought by the State at Navalpattu, near Tiruchi airport. Of this, some portion has already been allotted to private entrepreneurs, said Mr Premanathan. "Private companies have also been scouting for lands along the Tiruchi-Chennai highway, beyond Samayapuram," he said.

IT park

ELCOT, in a joint effort with the Tiruchi Corporation is planning to set up an IT park on the lines of the TIDEL Park. in Chennai. About 50 acres near Panchapur (on the Tiruchi-Madurai highway) have been identified for this purpose, he said. However, formalities such as the revenue sharing model between the two parties have not been decided yet, he added.

Well-connected

The State has also embarked on an infrastructure development plan for the city. Tiruchi is well connected through highways to other major cities and industrial centres in the State including Chennai, Thanjavur, Dindigul, Karur, Namakkal, Madurai and Coimbatore. The State is planning to widen these highway roads into four-lane roads, said Mr Premanathan.

The Tiruchi International Airport is also being modernised.

Tiruchi is also being promoted as a potential electronics hub due to the presence of about 300 small and medium-scale engineering industries in the region. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd and Dalmia Cements are other companies that have manufacturing units in Tiruchi.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/03/30/stories/2007033001232100.htm
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15 New BPOs to come up in Trichy.
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GVK signs pact for TN SEZ
India Infoline News Services / Mumbai Jul 06, 2007 17:14

GVK will partner with TIDCO to develop an Integrated Multi Product Special Economic Zone for this purpose over an area of 3000 acres and will cater to industries such as textile/ garments, leather, engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, Power, IT/ITES, Iron & steel, Fertilizers, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Floriculture, Horticulture, Electronic & Communication, etc.

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GVK on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TIDCO, an Undertaking of the Government of Tamil Nadu to jointly develop a multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Perambalur district. The MoU was signed in the presence of Dr. M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu by G.V Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVKPIL and S. Ramasundaram, Chairman Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO).

GVK will partner with TIDCO to develop an Integrated Multi Product Special Economic Zone for this purpose over an area of 3000 acres and will cater to industries such as textile/ garments, leather, engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, Power, IT/ITES, Iron & steel, Fertilizers, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Floriculture, Horticulture, Electronic & Communication, etc.

This project is being implemented as a Joint Venture between GVK and TIDCO through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company, GVK Infratech Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd., a listed company. The SPV with its core team will execute the project with responsibilities such as land acquisition, development and infrastructure construction along with other project related activities expected to commence shortly.

These activities include amongst others, operation and maintenance of common facilities such as roads, water supply, CETP, testing facilities, warehousing facilities, marketing of developed land to domestic and global investors and providing assistance for domestic /export marketing to user industries.

Said G.V. Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVK, “The GVK- TIDCO MoU is an excellent example of a public-private partnership that is aimed at creating state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities for industrial development. The decision to partner with Tamil Nadu was based on the ample opportunities that the state offered. We appreciate the tremendous support that we have received from TIDCO and the State government and look forward to working for the success of the project."

Speaking on the occasion S. Ramasundaram, CMD TIDCO said, "I am very happy that GVKPIL and the Tamil Nadu state govt have tied up to jointly develop a special economic zone in Perambalur district. I am confident that TIDCO’s long experience in setting up industrial parks coupled with GVK’s established track-record as an integrated infrastructure developer will result in a world-class project that would attract large investments in the State, create huge employment opportunities for our people and bring immense prosperity in the region. This would go a long way in consolidating Tamil Nadu’s position as the leading industrial state in the country."

The project has received an in-principle approval from the Board of Approval of the Union Ministry of Commerce and is expected to attract investments of about about Rs50bn over a period of 7 Years. The project will create new employment opportunities for more than 50,000 people in the region and generate expected annual export earnings of around Rs. 60bn.

Perambalur District which has excellent road and rail connectivity to all parts of the State is the ideal place for setting up the industrial park. While it is located at a distance of about 225 Km from Chennai Airport and 75 km from Trichy Airport, it is well connected to a majority of ports in the state such as Chennai, Tuticorin and Cuddalore (currently under development) by road as well as rail. Commercial hubs and townships such as Madurai and Tirupur are about 200 km from Perambalur.

http://www.indiainfoline.com/news/innernews.asp?storyId=39170&lmn=1

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epaperdinakaran/showxml.aspx?id=144065&code=18136
http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epaperdinakaran/showxml.aspx?id=152717&code=16125

kg4129

July 14th, 2007, 11:22 AM

gvijayan

July 14th, 2007, 11:37 AM

All the above said links has given for Vijayan comment...

Most of the developments wprks might be discussed here...
I've collected and posted here for the Vijayan comment only...

Thx for everyone. who is actively participating in this blog...Congrates...

Thanks you sir, for investing a quite good amount of your time in ATTEMPTING to answer my question.

My concern was to give a source for the 40-50 companies with turn over of more than 1000 crores. But your lengthy post does not have answer to the question. I would like to hear from Mr. bajk to list down the companies that came up with more than 1000 crores, with the source for their financial results (which can be found on the websites of those companies) for the past financial year that ended in March, 2007.

Mind you, my question was not on the number of companies (which is said to be 40-50). But my question was primarily on the revenue that Mr. bajk had quoted.

The link (http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/23/stories/2007032304340300.htm) that you have given for reference says, "About 40 companies had come up in Tiruchi in the past few months.". It does NOT say anything about their revenue. The revenue was purposefully added to the statement found on the news article, ONLY to exaggerate the stuff, and create a HYPE.

I would really be happy if you can provide a source for the revenue. Then only I can take it as my question got answered.

Brand coimbatore

July 14th, 2007, 04:38 PM

Therefore, in the case of Trichy, though, currently a small sleeping village town, but startegically located with infrastructures being planned and build, on road highways branching out of Trichy, as well as, proximity of Trichy International airport, and besides, thousands of young highly qualified graduates graduating from here every year, lower living standard in comparison to metro cities, and several other advantages with basic utilities, definitely stands to attract both foreign and local investors to Trichy, Unless otherwise, due to vested political involvement.

Hence, with my vast travelling background experience around the world on business, I'm certain that Trichy will develop in all frontiers, and believe, will be the next Chennai, unless otherwise, due to vested political involvement.
There's no doubt in trichy developing in all frontiers n each tier3 city should develop in TN. But trichy cannot be next to chennai in ne terms.
Coimbatore is developing in all fronts day by day. Garment factories are abundant here , even BPO's are coming here in more number compared to trichy( recently SUTHERLAND GLOBAL SERVICES- an MNC opened its branch here)

Brand coimbatore

July 14th, 2007, 04:45 PM

In Education front also, coimbatore is ahead of trichy with 3 universities, 3 deemed universities.
In Entertainment front also i wanted to say, coimbatore already have 3 water theme parks, ooty-2 hr drive, more malls are in pipeline, spencer's mall, fun republic, maayajaal, n also one thing, ADLABS is coming to the city.(website of the adlabs reveals dat- coimbatore is under their first priority in lines of hyd, secendrabad)

madurai veeran

July 14th, 2007, 04:54 PM

Can I remind that city v city comparison is usually discouraged in SSC. Personally I don't see much coming out of such comparisons except heated arguments.

MODs please remove the unwanted arguments before we have a repeat of the CBE thread situation here.

Fusionist

July 14th, 2007, 04:55 PM

Thanks you sir, for investing a quite good amount of your time in ATTEMPTING to answer my question.

My concern was to give a source for the 40-50 companies with turn over of more than 1000 crores. But your lengthy post does not have answer to the question. I would like to hear from Mr. bajk to list down the companies that came up with more than 1000 crores, with the source for their financial results (which can be found on the websites of those companies) for the past financial year that ended in March, 2007.

Mind you, my question was not on the number of companies (which is said to be 40-50). But my question was primarily on the revenue that Mr. bajk had quoted.

The link (http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/23/stories/2007032304340300.htm) that you have given for reference says, "About 40 companies had come up in Tiruchi in the past few months.". It does NOT say anything about their revenue. The revenue was purposefully added to the statement found on the news article, ONLY to exaggerate the stuff, and create a HYPE.

I would really be happy if you can provide a source for the revenue. Then only I can take it as my question got answered.

He said 'Also 40-50 companies come up in Trichy over the past 6 months with a total turnover of 1000 crs.'

He never said each of the 40 companies had turnover of 1000 crores. I hope that clarifies the confusion.

But in principle I do agree with you. It is annoying when some forumer bigs up an issue to create a hype. And I hope this brings the issue to an amicable end ?

Please lets move on.

maran

July 14th, 2007, 07:08 PM

bajk

July 14th, 2007, 07:08 PM

Interesting!!!! 40-50 companies with turn over of 1000 crores!!!! :nuts:

Dear bajk, Can you provide us the source for your information?

Their total turnover is 1000 crs. Here is the related link to the article and hope this clarifies your questions

http://www.elcot.in/popup_paper.php?cid=37

gvijayan

July 14th, 2007, 08:06 PM

Hi Coimbatore, though, with esteemed enthusiasm, TIME will tell the truth, as to whether Trichy or Madurai or Coimbatore will be the next Chennai. Till then, be patient mate.

To side track, personally, felt that late Chief Minister MGR vision and dream of turning Trichy into capital of Tamil Nadu in 1981 then, whilst, Chennai being the Business/Financial centre, perhaps, TRICHY, could have been very much different by now. Well, simply vested political involvement.

Well said, Maran. Let's all be patient and see whats gonna happen in the next few years (whether its CBE or SLM or MDU or TPY which is going to lead the league).

In my personal opinion, CBE is going to top as it has already got plenty of investments in store, and its going to be followed by Salem, which also has got plenty of investments. But time will tell the truth soon.

Please do keep contributing for Trichy till then.

And, neither Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy nor Salem can be the next Chennai. Chennai is always Chennai, and we can not expect these cities to attain the level of Chennai.

gvijayan

July 14th, 2007, 08:07 PM

Their total turnover is 1000 crs. Here is the related link to the article and hope this clarifies your questions

http://www.elcot.in/popup_paper.php?cid=37

Thanks bajk for the reference link. Btw, the article has been published nearly 4 months back. CII has the habit of arranging such meetings once in a while, but we do not see any follow-ups on what they say in their meetings. We have seen so many such articles on Madurai, Coimbatore and Salem in the past but they are just for some sake and nothing happens after the meeting. If you have to take it for granted, we should have seen around 4 IT parks in each CBE, Madurai and Hosur by now.

Anyways, lets be optimistic and hope things turn out to be good for Trichy.

bajk

July 14th, 2007, 08:15 PM

Well said, Maran. Let's all be patient and see whats gonna happen in the next few years (whether its CBE or SLM or MDU or TPY which is going to lead the league).

In my personal opinion, CBE is going to top as it has already got plenty of investments in store, and its going to be followed by Salem, which also has got plenty of investments. But time will tell the truth soon.

Please do keep contributing for Trichy till then.

And, neither Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy nor Salem can be the next Chennai. Chennai is always Chennai, and we can not expect these cities to attain the level of Chennai.

They would develop Chennai only and no second thoughts.For other cities its all paper projects.

bajk

July 14th, 2007, 08:19 PM

Thanks bajk for the reference link. Btw, the article has been published nearly 4 months back. CII has the habit of arranging such meetings once in a while, but we do not see any follow-ups on what they say in their meetings. We have seen so many such articles on Madurai, Coimbatore and Salem in the past but they are just for some sake and nothing happens after the meeting. If you have to take it for granted, we should have seen around 4 IT parks in each CBE, Madurai and Hosur by now.

Anyways, lets be optimistic and hope things turn out to be good for Trichy.

Thats how government works. Time is the only answer.But I would give Kudos to CII,Trichy which is doing everything to bring investment to Trichy.

On the other hand, Reliance got BOA approval couple of days back and they already started the SEZ work in Mumbai.

maran

July 15th, 2007, 08:20 AM

They would develop Chennai only and no second thoughts.For other cities its all paper projects.

Well, are you saying that the people of Chennai are the only ones voted the present Tamil Nadu state government to power? And all the other people of Tamil Nadu are lame and dumbfounded?:ohno:

bajk

July 15th, 2007, 08:29 AM

Well, are you saying that the people of Chennai are the only ones voted the present Tamil Nadu state government to power? And all the other people of Tamil Nadu are lame and dumbfounded?:ohno:

Government should answer this question.

bajk

July 15th, 2007, 08:33 AM

fanofmadurai

July 15th, 2007, 11:06 AM

Trichy lags in entertainment. But as for education there are around 125 or more engg and arts college in and around trichy. Trichy has 2 universities and 2 deemed universitites too.

Trichy leads in education and healthcare. Thats why even 10th class students are capable of performing complicated surgeries in Trichy. (to be taken in a lighter vein :) )

MA Eswaran

July 15th, 2007, 11:11 AM

We can compare the cities of TN but in positive approach.

Every city has its owm merits & demerits.

Chennai is among the big metros of the country. No doubt

Coimbatore is in II Tier cities of the country. We will find any "all india country level" real estate forums or national realtors, CBE always find a place other than chennai.It is well known among industrial & financial circles all over the country. Also due to its climate and educational & industrial environment, it is bound to grow even without govt's big help

Madurai was lagging earlier due to absence of BG line. In 1970s Madurai was under consideration for location of a HMT plant. Due to absence of BG line the location was shifted. We have to blame politicians for the lagging.Even when more Anna universities were created, they left south TN. After hue & cry, Tirunelveli was chosen instead of madurai. TN's late CM Kamaraj only did for south TN's initial progress. Tuticorin TPS,SPIC, Heavy water plant etc were done during his period.Now I feel there is a great scope for southern TN to flourish

Trichy has its own plus points, being at the the centre of TN. Again due to late CM,Mr Kamaraj's efforts, its developments started by establishment of BHEL. But except BHEL, ordinance factories and ancillaries, there was no big industrial development like what the entrepreanures of CBE do without establishment of any PSU over there. I hope with cethar vessels's expansion plan & Tidel park, Trichy will grow further

Regarding Salem. establishment of steel plant was much delayed and was primarily a business centre.Now due to the efforts of PMK leaders it is witnessing boom in infrastructure developments

gvijayan

July 15th, 2007, 11:32 AM

Regarding Salem. establishment of steel plant was much delayed and was primarily a business centre.Now due to the efforts of PMK leaders it is witnessing boom in infrastructure developments

MAE, Could you please explain me in what manner does the 2000 crores worth expansion of SISCOL related to PMK? In what manner the steel plant expansion is related to PMK? in what manner MALCO & Chemplast SANMAR's expansion is related to PMK?

Why is there an exponential growth in the population of Salem? Why is the sudden increase in the inflation rate of Salem? Why are lands sold @ 2500 rupess per sq. ft in Salem? Why is the city expanding like anything to its suburbs? Do you mean to say that PMK leaders are dragging people all over the state into Salem by threatening them? Its the duty of the government to establish necessary infrastructure when a city is growing and there is no need to attribute it to any political party.

I need an answer for these questions.

Similarly in your own post, you had mentioned late CM Kamaraj has brought manythings to Trichy and Madurai. I hope you are aware that Hon'ble Kamaraj is also a politician. "If the same thing is done for Madurai/Trichy, it means they deserve for it. and if the samething is done for Salem, its a mere political stunt? How good a thought!!!"

PS: This is not a city vs. city comparison, and I am nopt trying to compare any cities. Its a debate on what our dear MAE has mentioned.

MA Eswaran

July 15th, 2007, 01:08 PM

gvijayan

July 15th, 2007, 01:25 PM

Dear Vijayan,

Due to the efforts of PMK ministers Salem is getting speciality hospital and a railway divison which are good.

I quoted in the sense of appreciation of ministers who do some thing for the TN.

After Kamaraj period TN has hardly witnessed any new PSUs whereas central minsters from states like karnataka was instrumental in bringing lot of PSU to Bangalore like BEL,HMT,ITI etc in 1970s

Infact congress MPs of TN after Kamaraj period contributed nothing for the TN development. In that sense now the present central ministers from TN do some thing good.

I view the development of TN as a whole and not as a regionwise within TN.

Further my quote was with reference to salem city development. Not about salem district, mettur areas etc. Even steel plant expansion was also pending for a long time. After the present ministers' persistance only it got the nod

Well, in that case, even the Salem Steel Plant is located outside the city limits, other establishments like the Govt. Medical College, Govt Engg. College, Periyar University, TANMAG, SAGOSERVE, BSCL, Vinayaka Missions etc are located outside the city limits.

So, lets come to a conclusion that Salem does not deeserve any developements and stop this argument. Let only the stuff related to Trichy be discussed in this thread. Time will tell the truth, about which city will win the race.

Note that, LMW units are located outside the city limits of CBE, but they are within the CBE district. And they are accounted for CBE's record. FYKI, SISCOL is starting its mining operations in Kanjamalai. MALCO has its mining operations already in Yercaud, and hence they can very well be discussed here. Also, SISCOL is just around 30 km from Salem.

kg4129

July 15th, 2007, 02:26 PM

:) For Information.. I've listed all the air lines operation from Trichy

Tiruchirapalli Airport-Airlines and Destinations

Air Deccan (Chennai)

Indian (Chennai, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram)

Kingfisher Airlines (Bangalore)

Air-India Express (Chennai)

International

Indian (Al-Fujairah, Kuwait, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah)

SriLankan Airlines (Colombo)

Air-India Express (Dubai,Singapore)

Mihin Lanka (Colombo)

Air-India Express (Abudhabi,Kulalampur,Mumbai) ** Starting soon

Air Arabia (Sharjah) ** Starting soon

Oman Airways (Muscat) ** Starting soon

Tiger Airways (Singapore) ** Starting next year

Malaysian Airlines (Kulalampur) ** Starting next year

Kingfisher Airlines (Chennai) ** Starting Soon — Its postpond indefinitely

MA Eswaran

July 15th, 2007, 02:45 PM

Dear Vijayan,

It appears that you are confining my posts to the limited circle of salem and view it as competition and not as comparison with other cities.

I am not in that circle and I take & consider all cities of TN for further development depending on its merits

Cities are not in the running race for winning.

bajk

July 15th, 2007, 07:26 PM

Heard of the service starting from Mumbai, and probably, may follow the same current style as Trichy-Dubai-Trichy, Trichy-Singapore-Trichy. Well, lets see.

Due to lack of Staff in Trichy airport, approval for new flights have not been given and AAI has been losing money. I guess AIE and other operators are waiting for clearence to start and expand services from Trichy.

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epapertamilmurasu/showxml.aspx?id=81818&code=17901

bajk

July 15th, 2007, 07:28 PM

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epapertamilmurasu/1572007/DSCF3819.jpg

bajk

July 16th, 2007, 09:53 AM

bajk

July 16th, 2007, 10:00 AM

Dear Vijayan,

Due to the efforts of PMK ministers Salem is getting speciality hospital and a railway divison which are good.

I quoted in the sense of appreciation of ministers who do some thing for the TN.

After Kamaraj period TN has hardly witnessed any new PSUs whereas central minsters from states like karnataka was instrumental in bringing lot of PSU to Bangalore like BEL,HMT,ITI etc in 1970s

Infact congress MPs of TN after Kamaraj period contributed nothing for the TN development. In that sense now the present central ministers from TN do some thing good.

I view the development of TN as a whole and not as a regionwise within TN.

Further my quote was with reference to salem city development. Not about salem district, mettur areas etc. Even steel plant expansion was also pending for a long time. After the present ministers' persistance only it got the nod

If it was for total development of TN:

Why would they take away the govt hospital upgrade from Trichy? Salem should have been added to the AIIMS project rather than taking it away from Trichy.

Why would they carve out Trichy railway division and add it to Salem division? They should have taken some stretch from Madurai or Chennai division.These serve more places than Trichy.

All bogus, everyone wants to cover themselves.

maran

July 16th, 2007, 10:29 AM

maran

July 16th, 2007, 10:36 AM

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epapertamilmurasu/1572007/DSCF3819.jpg

This is an old picture. Please update latest pictures/photos if available.

gvijayan

July 16th, 2007, 11:27 AM

MA Eswaran

July 16th, 2007, 12:45 PM

BHEL came to Trichy because of the efforts of R.Venkataraman(former president who is from Srirangam) who was the industires minister during 1960s.Its not just CVL is expanding there are other companies who are also expanding and with infrastructural works,Trichy would develop into an industrial hub.

R.venkatraman was the industries minister in TN govt and not central govt. Due to RV lot of indistrial estates like Guindy etc came up.

But BHEL is a central PSU. That time central govt decided to make it at Hyderabad. There was a demand to locate it at TN.

Kamaraj just made a phone call to the higher ups at Delhi and they split the units as Turbine unit at Hyderabad and boiler unit at Trichy. "This was the famous saying about Kamaraj that he did by phone call". Such was his influence that time.

During Kamaraj period lot of PSU came up in TN. HPF at ooty was originally planned at Simla but came to Ooty due to him. Ofcourse like many PSUs now it has gone to dogs

bajk

July 16th, 2007, 03:46 PM

R.venkatraman was the industries minister in TN govt and not central govt. Due to RV lot of indistrial estates like Guindy etc came up.

But BHEL is a central PSU. That time central govt decided to make it at Hyderabad. There was a demand to locate it at TN.

Kamaraj just made a phone call to the higher ups at Delhi and they split the units as Turbine unit at Hyderabad and boiler unit at Trichy. "This was the famous saying about Kamaraj that he did by phone call". Such was his influence that time.

During Kamaraj period lot of PSU came up in TN. HPF at ooty was originally planned at Simla but came to Ooty due to him. Ofcourse like many PSUs now it has gone to dogs

I know, but RV was reason for BHEL coming to Trichy area.

bajk

July 16th, 2007, 03:47 PM

If you go back to the history, the speciality hospital project was dragged from Madurai to Trichy due to some politics.

For operational feasibilities, the Salem Jn - Salem Market - Salem Town - Attur-Vidhachalam stretch has to be under the jurisdiction of Salem division.

As I said earlier its all about the individuals.

FYi.. The entire stretch of Trichy-Erode(130 km) is being added to Salem division.

bajk

July 16th, 2007, 03:54 PM

Malaysian government hesitation in granting AIE to operate Trichy-Kuala Lumpur route, perhaps, could be due to the fact of Malaysian airlines yet to be operated, with their planned operation for this sector too. Well, hope to resolve the current situations between both parties soon, in which case, it will be a win-win situations for all.:banana:

India and Malaysia have signed new MOU on civial avaiation. Trichy is one of the 18 destinations where services would be operated by both the countries.

Hope this clears the way for starting of Kualalampur flights from trichy by various operators.

http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=11915_0_1_0_M

gvijayan

July 16th, 2007, 04:07 PM

As I said earlier its all about the individuals.

FYi.. The entire stretch of Trichy-Erode(130 km) is being added to Salem division.

why didn't u bring up this issue when this stretch was with Palakkad division?

i personally feel, all the division jurisdictions have to be reorganized.

madurai veeran

July 16th, 2007, 04:30 PM

Trichy airport seems to have bounced back well after the completion of runway expansion and other development activities.

Trichy airport traffic statistics

April 2007

Category - April 07(06) - % change

Aircraft movement - 414(254) - 63
Passengers - 28,670(17,853) - 60.6
Freight(in Ton) - 82(62) - 32.3

http://www.airportsindia.org.in/traffic_news/april2k7_trafficnews.jsp

Its good to see major infrastructural activities happening in airways, roadways and railways in Trichy region. Most of the highways branching out of Trichy is currently being 4 laned, gauge conversion is also going on in full swing. Good for a better future of the region.

Brand coimbatore

July 16th, 2007, 04:50 PM

If it was for total development of TN:

Why would they take away the govt hospital upgrade from Trichy? Salem should have been added to the AIIMS project rather than taking it away from Trichy.

Why would they carve out Trichy railway division and add it to Salem division? They should have taken some stretch from Madurai or Chennai division.These serve more places than Trichy.

All bogus, everyone wants to cover themselves.
Every city of tamil nadu has been benefited bcoz of politics n politicians.
Salem got the railway division bcoz of PMK's minister.( the same minister denied the request for cbe rly division), Trichy got international airport status next to chennai( though the no. of passengers carried by cbe was more). Bcoz of politicians only now madurai has been announced to have international airport status by 2009, two IT parks r at verge of coming true by 2008, promoted by elcot, two SEZ by govt. + 1 RR township and even lot more in pipeline to madurai(all bcoz of govt.)
Even salem's super specialty hospital is due the special interest of agricultural minister only.{the shifting from one place to another}
Tirunelveli also got IT park foundation recently, nanguneri SEZ r also due to political influence only.
Need not say ne thing abt chennai's political support.
CAN YOU SAY THE ONLY CITY IN TN WHICH HAS NO GOVT. PROJECTS OR NO GOVT. SUPPORT N PROJECTS DELAYED INORDINATELY.?
THE PITY COIMBATORE ONLY!
So each one has political support, even trichy now has IT minister favor. so trichy will soon be a industrial hub too.

bajk

July 16th, 2007, 07:11 PM

No detailed news yet about the inaugural flight though.

I heard it is getting good response, but dont have a detailed information.

bajk

July 16th, 2007, 07:21 PM

Subra

July 16th, 2007, 11:45 PM

http://www.livemint.com/2007/07/17011656/RIL-gets-lucky-for-third-time.html

Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has reported a major gas find for the third time in 2007—this time in the southern-most basin on the country’s East Coast, the Cauvery-Palar Basin off the coast of Tamil Nadu.
With this, the company has found gas in all the three major basins on the East Coast where it is prospecting for oil and gas.
Confirming that the company had reported a new gas find, V.K. Sibal, the Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), said that he had “received a notification from Reliance Industries that they have struck oil and gas in one of the Cauvery Basin blocks”.
However, he refused to give further details of the find. An RIL spokesperson, too, refused to comment on the development.
According to people close to the development and who did not wish to be identified, RIL’s gas find in the Cauvery-Palar Basin is said to be in the region of 20 trillion cubic feet (TCF), bigger than the company’s find in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin where reserves have been pegged at 11.4 TCF by independent surveyors and ratified by DGH, the oil and gas regulator.
State-owned firms such as Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd and Oil India Ltd, which have exploration blocks in the basin, have reported gas finds, but these are in the region of a few billion cubic feet in terms of reserves.
RIL has already reported gas finds in the Mahanadi basin on the East Coast, and off the the Saurashtra coast in the last six months. While it has reported around 8.3TCF of reserves in its find in the Mahanadi basin, the Saurashtra find is yet to be quantified.
RIL has four blocks in the Cauvery–Palar basin with a total acreage of 41,770 sq. km. In March this year, RIL sought a two-year moratorium from DGH on exploration work in three of the blocks, citing a shortage of oil rigs; it simultaneously sought an extension of the first phase of exploration on the fourth one.
RIL currently has three rigs operating on the KG basin for which it is paying aggregate daily rental of $2.5 million (Rs10.1 crore). One of these rigs has been moved to the Cauvery Basin.
Mint had reported on 15 July that RIL was exploring a tie-up with Chevron Corp. to undertake exploration in the Cauvery-Palar blocks.
P.M.S. Prasad, president of RIL’s oil and gas business had told Mint then that the blocks were located in “ultra-deep” waters of around 2,000ft and that the company lacked the technology required to extract oil and gas from such depths.

madurai veeran

July 16th, 2007, 11:48 PM

^^ If the above data is indeed true, then its a great news for the region.

MA Eswaran

July 17th, 2007, 07:51 AM

If large quantum of gas is found in cauvery basin, lot of gas based industries could be set up which will to some extent mitigate the problem of delta dts depending on purely agriculture

bajk

July 17th, 2007, 08:11 AM

If large quantum of gas is found in cauvery basin, lot of gas based industries could be set up which will to some extent mitigate the problem of delta dts depending on purely agriculture

If the news is really true, then it is a good news for the entire region.

bajk

July 19th, 2007, 07:28 AM

The article says, the low-cost airport will be in addition to the existing one.
Which means 2 airports at trichy?? Personally I wont think so. May be they would be invovling private partnership on the ongoing airport expansion.

After low-cost airlines, it is the turn of no-frill and low-cost airports. In a bid to encourage regional airlines and provide air links to small cities and towns, nearly 25 greenfield or unutilised airport projects have been identified by various states, which will be up for bidding by the private sector.

Planned in tier-II or tier-III cities, the airports would be in addition to the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s (MoCA’s) ambitious modernisation programme for 35 non-metro airports.

A no-frill airport is built at a minimum cost and allows operation of small jets as well as slightly bigger aircraft like Boeing's B737 or Airbus' A320. The investment in such an airport could range from Rs 40 crore to Rs 100 crore.

The places identified for the purpose include Hassan, Shimoga, Gulbarga, Bidar, Mysore (all in Karnataka), Shirdi, Jalgaon, Solapur, Akola (all in Maharashtra), Kannur (Kerala), Madurai, Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Rupsi (Assam), Ajmer, Mount Abu, Kailashar (Rajasthan), Behala, Cooch Behar, Malda (West Bengal), Jharsuguda (Orissa), Muzaffurpur (Bihar), Kamalpur (Tripura) and Passighat (Arunachal Pradesh).

http://www.business-standard.com/economy/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu2&subLeft=1&autono=291637&tab=r

sivatrichy

July 19th, 2007, 08:58 AM

any news about IT PARK progress................:ohno:

kg4129

July 19th, 2007, 10:12 AM

any news about IT PARK progress................:ohno:

With madurai, salem, trichy all IT parks outside main areas, this move will bring necessary infrastructure onto the IT parks and hence all around growth in that area.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/07/19/stories/2007071951832100.htm

Looks like navalpattu has been declared SEZ

http://www.sezindia.nic.in/HTMLS/Formal-approvals-granted-under-SEZ-Act-as-on-10-July-2007.pdf

sl no: 308

The Collector, Ashish Vachhani, said that the development of SMEs represented decentralisation of growth centres. Tiruchi was the capital of power equipment manufacturing and the city would also get an IT Park soon. With proper credit linkage and support, the small clusters of knitwear units in Puthanatham and kora mat units in Musiri could grow further.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/15/stories/2007071558750300.htm

Leo_r

July 19th, 2007, 10:51 AM

I am reading excited comments from guys from Tiruchi and Coimbatore that these cities are getting neglected, all out of their eagerness to see their cities grow as an Industrial, Commercial and thriving city. Let us all wish it comes true.

The Govt. is like a Mother and no motives could be attributed. The whole State and all the States need to develop to build a strong country.

Most private investments [FDI] want to concentrate near a Metro city and Govt. can not pressure them to move to other centres due to fear of loosing them to other competing States, though they may suggest alternate locations.. Common friends ! Who are the citizens of Chennai? Except a couple of lakhs of Fishermen, the city is filled with migrants from all parts of the state and from other parts of India. That is the story with any major city. There is definitely an indirect dispersal of income.

All the cities in focus here are lucky. Spare a thought for a moment on the districts -

Vilupuram,Thiruvannamalai,Vellore,Krishnagiri,Dharmapuri,Thiruvarur,Tanjore, Nagapattinum,Pudukottai,Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram.

maran

July 19th, 2007, 12:10 PM

kg4129

July 19th, 2007, 03:16 PM

:) Air India Express to fly to Malaysia from Oct. under new air services pact

Air India Express hopes to operate by October. We plan to start to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai in the first phase and expand later to Trichy in southern India and to other Indian destinations

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4980725.html

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/19/ap3929821.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/19/business/AS-FIN-Malaysia-India-Aviation.php

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4980725.html

bajk

July 19th, 2007, 03:55 PM

maran

July 19th, 2007, 05:45 PM

I thought AIE was going to start from Trichy soon. Why chennai?

Maybe, Chennai - Kuala Lumpur - Chennai as one sector, while, Trichy - Kuala Lumpur - Trichy could have the other sector, with flight originating from Mumbai? :dunno:

bajk

July 19th, 2007, 06:11 PM

Maybe, Chennai - Kuala Lumpur - Chennai as one sector, while, Trichy - Kuala Lumpur - Trichy could have the other sector, with flight originating from Mumbai? :dunno:

Why cant they do like the Singapore one, Trichy-Chennai-KL-Trichy-Chennai?

bajk

July 19th, 2007, 06:51 PM

The Tiruchi Corporation has revived its proposal to generate power from municipal solid waste and is considering the technological options.

The civic body is likely to float a special purpose vehicle for the project, which failed to take off after being mooted a few years back.

The Corporation was in consultation with an Italian company as a technology partner for setting up the power plant, the Mayor, Sarubala R. Tondaiman, said at a workshop on Decentralised Options for Sanitation Improvement, jointly organised by the Corporation, Regional Directorate of Municipal Administration and Exnora International here on Wednesday.

Mrs. Tondaiman later told The Hindu that the Corporation would also look at other technological options and suitable partners for the project to be taken up under the Build Operate Own and Transfer (BOOT) scheme.

Previously, the Corporation had planned to adopt the bio-methanation technology but this was not found to be very successful in other places, she said. The plant is likely to be set up at Panchapur.

The Corporation Commissioner B.Balachandran, in a presentation, said that the urban body would float a special purpose vehicle, Tiruchi Waste Management Company Private Limited, for establishing an Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Processing Complex, which would house the power plant.

While the Corporation would have 74 per cent stake, the rest would be vested with a private developer.

The Corporation could enter into a memorandum of understanding with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited for promoting the power plant. Once the MoU was signed, the power plant could come up in two years. A final decision would be taken after placing the subject before the council.

Study conducted by Anna University

Mr. Balachandran said that a study conducted by the Anna University has indicated that nearly 2.5 to 3 mega watt of power could be produced from the solid waste generated in the city.

The city generated nearly 380 tonnes of solid wastes every day.

Of this, nearly 80 per cent was organic waste, which would be used for generating power.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/19/stories/2007071950450100.htm

bajk

July 19th, 2007, 06:54 PM

The Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Energy Ltd (REL) today clinched a Rs 2320-crore deal for the construction of three National Highways in Tamil Nadu on Build-Operate-Transfer basis, signalling its intention to enter road construction business in a big way.

The deal, involving four-laning of three national highways totaling 400 kms on NH-7 in the southern state, was signed after REL made a successful bid for the projects.

The company signed Concession Agreements with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the projects under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase III-A.

With these projects, Reliance ADA group has not only emerged as the largest BOT concessionaire for the NHAI but also strengthened its position as a serious player in road infrastructure business in the country.

For executing the projects, REL has promoted three special purpose vehicles (SPVs) -- SU Tollways Pvt Limited, TU Tollways Pvt Limited and TK Tollways Pvt Limited.

The concession agreements for 25-year and 30-year period projects were signed by Mr Sudhir R Hoshing, Vice President, Road projects, Reliance Energy, and Mr Rajesh Poonia, GM, NHAI.

NHAI Chairman Pradeep Kumar and Chief General Manager, Mr Vasan, were also present.

The projects awarded include high-traffic density corridor from Salem to Ulundurpet, Trichy to Dindigul and Trichy to Karur. The latter two projects are in continity with the already awarded REL projects -- Dindigul to Samyanallore and Namakkal to Karur -- in Tamil Nadu.

The projects would entail an investment worth Rs 2,320 crores, including grant component of Rs.758 crores on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis under the direct tolling method scheduled for completion by 2010.

The new additions would take the REL road portfolio to five projects having a total length of 400 kms worth Rs. 3,100 crores in just two years.

Once operational, the new scientifically designed highways will ease traffic congestion, drastically cut travel time, ensure a safer and comfortable movement of traffic and incur less fuel costs.

REL envisages improving more than 400 km of arterial routes of National Highways network to international standards through these projects.

''Our prime focus is on developing international standard roads with facilities for uninterrupted flow of traffic with enhanced safety features, better riding surface, better road geometry, better traffic management and noticeable signage,'' a spokesperson of REL said.

The Salem-Ulenderpaet (NH68) project, having a length of 136 km, is to be constructed at an expenditure of Rs 941 crore. It is the major corridor that connects Coimbatore/Kerala to Chennai and eastern parts of Tamil Nadu. This corridor also connects NH7 from Bangalore side to Pondicherry and other eastern parts of Tamil Nadu.

The project includes construction of 4-lane dual carriageway for the complete length, bypasses to 5 towns and construction of 2-lane service roads in urban areas. It will have Toll Plazas at three locations.

The 80-km-long Trichy-Karur project (NH67) has its construction cost pegged at Rs 516 crores, and includes four-laning of two major bypasses and construction of two-lane highway. It will have Toll Plaza at two locations.

The 88-km Trichy-Dindigu project (NH 45)is to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 576 crores. It includes construction of 4-lane dual carriageway for the complete length and construction of 2-lane service roads in urban areas.
http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=47758

bajk

July 20th, 2007, 07:12 AM

The BHEL Corporation has secured a prestigious order valued at Rs.1,829 crore from Aravali Power Company for commissioning 3 x 500 MW units at Aravali Super Thermal Power Project at Jhajjar in Haryana State, against International Competitive Bidding.

The Aravali STPP is a joint venture between National Thermal Power Corporation, Haryana State Electricity Board, and Indraprastha Power Generation Company.

A press release issued here on Thursday by the BHEL, Tiruchi unit, said that the scope of work in the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the steam generators along with associated auxiliaries and civil works.

The Tiruchi unit would supply auxiliaries such as electrostatic precipitators, fans and air pre-heaters and the Ranipet unit would supply mills while the Bhopal unit would supply motors. The Bangalore unit would supply state-of-the-art control equipment. The northern region would undertake erection and commissioning of the equipment.

The release said that synchronisation and coal firing for unit I would be achieved in 36 months from the zero date with a time gap of three months between the successive units.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/20/stories/2007072058770300.htm

muruspas

July 23rd, 2007, 02:43 AM

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20070711044418&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+-+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0&

TIRUCHY: With more international airlines like Oman Airways, Air Arabia and Malaysian Airlines evincing a keen interest, Tiruchy airport is on its path to becoming a major international airport after Chennai.

But the airport is also approaching saturation point as infrastructure development has not kept pace with the growth in passenger traffic and aircraft movement.

When aircraft movement increased by 28.3 percent (2,148 aircraft in April 2005-March 2006 to 3,143 aircraft from April 2006-March 2007), passenger traffic increased only by 13.4 percent (from 29,556 in April 2005-March 2006 to 2,14,944 in April 2006-March 2007).

According to Tiruchy Airport Director S Sreekumar, a state-of-the-art new terminal would be ready by June 2008.The Rs 75 crore ‘steel and glass’ structure will have a total floor area of 11,800 sq.ft, three aero-bridges , fully computerised baggage conveyor belt, three elevators. It will have capacity to handle 500 passengers in an hour.

An apron expansion project will also be executed at a cost of Rs 16.63 crore. Once the expansion is completed, seven big aircraft like Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 could be parked as against the present capacity of three. The runway was recently extended from 6,100 feet to 8,000 feet at an outlay of Rs 26 crore.

Meanwhile, the AAI has requested the Tamil Nadu government to allot about 1,000 acres of land for the next phase of expansion.

Air Arabia had already conducted a feasibility study while Malaysian Airlines would be starting services from next year.

maran

July 23rd, 2007, 07:41 AM

bajk

July 23rd, 2007, 10:00 AM

http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/07/23/news03.asp

It seems Mihin Lanka patronage has been overwhelming, and has been hearing from those people travelled with Mihin Lanka to&fro Trichy, that Mihin Lanka may plan for additional services to Trichy, besides current daily operation.

Hence, think once start services to Singapore&Kuala Lumpur, may expect additional services be implemented from Trichy as well.

Anyway, it seems that Mihin Lanka may outperform both Sri Lankan airlines and Air India Express that are currently being operated at Trichy. Well, perhaps has fantastic marketing guys at Mihin Lanka, who understand the culture, mentality and demand of Indians in India.

It is good to hear that Trichy-colombo is getting good response, but on the contrarty here is a report saying Mihin is operating of its 50% capacity only.Based on the schedule in Mihin website, the Trivandrum-Colombo is cut down to 3 times a week until August. This makes wonder if Mihin is really getting good response.

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070722/News/nws10.html

kg4129

July 23rd, 2007, 10:42 AM

It is good to hear that Trichy-colombo is getting good response, but on the contrarty here is a report saying Mihin is operating of its 50% capacity only.Based on the schedule in Mihin website, the Trivandrum-Colombo is cut down to 3 times a week until August. This makes wonder if Mihin is really getting good response.

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070722/News/nws10.html

Mihin Lanka from Chennai, Kozhikode
Another report mentioning introduction of new services...

Mihin Lanka Private Limited, Sri Lanka's budget airline, plans to operate its services from Chennai and Kozhikode in the next three months.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=290455

maran

July 23rd, 2007, 10:49 AM

It is good to hear that Trichy-colombo is getting good response, but on the contrarty here is a report saying Mihin is operating of its 50% capacity only.Based on the schedule in Mihin website, the Trivandrum-Colombo is cut down to 3 times a week until August. This makes wonder if Mihin is really getting good response.

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070722/News/nws10.html

Though, getting contradictory reports, some of those guys travelled with Mihin airlines to&fro Trichy, mentioned that the flight that they have travelled with was close to full.

Maybe, the demand are more for Trichy than Trivandrum, since, the latter operate more flights to gulf contries, wherelse, Trichy has limited flights currently. Thus, obviously, a sign of demand for more international flight operations from Trichy at the soonest possible. Thirsty.:cheers:

Subra

July 23rd, 2007, 10:36 PM

http://www.business-standard.com/compindustry/storypage.php?tab=r&autono=292085&subLeft=1&leftnm=1

MRF Tyres Ltd is to establish a manufacturing facility in Perambalur district at an investment of Rs 900 crore. The factory will come up on about 300 acres near Naranamangalam village, about 80 km from Trichy.

Anil Mesharam, district collector of Perambalur, told the media that the Tamil Nadu government would extend all assistance for setting up the factory.

The plant would provide employment opportunities to over 5,000 people in the industrially backward district of Perambalur.

The company would execute the project in a phased manner. It would manufacture all varieties of tyres – two-wheelers and four-wheelers – at this unit.

muruspas

July 24th, 2007, 03:52 AM

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/24/stories/2007072460530300.htm

University to get new status

Staff Reporter

TIRUCHI: Bharathidasan University is well on its way to becoming a Central varsity.

The State Government had agreed in principle to pave way for the university’s transition following a proposal made by the Union Human Resource Ministry with the larger objective of starting 30 central universities in the country for accelerating high-end researches.

The choice of Bharathidasan University in Tamil Nadu was made considering the quantum of research activities there. There is no hitch in affiliated colleges remaining with the university in the event of its becoming a central varsity, the Vice-Chancellor, M. Ponnavaiko, told presspersons on Monday.

To ensure employability of students, the University would go about integrating IT into the core curriculum of degree programmes of affiliated colleges from the next semester. The benefits accruing from employment-oriented software packages is more in studying it as a core discipline than as value-added programmes. The learning of the packages would either be made as an addition to the existing curriculum or as a replacement for one of the papers from the next semester onwards, said the Vice-Chancellor, adding that the students would have the option of choosing the electives in application areas of IT. All the colleges were equipped with the required infrastructure to accord a thrust to the university’s endeavour, he said.

The university would introduce B.Sc Animation from the next academic year. Training in animation software packages has been taking place outside the university system. But the concepts are created by artists and animation software packages are created based on that by trained professionals. The B.Sc. programme would equip the students to conceptualise the ideas themselves and create the software.

The university would associate itself with the animation industry to offer the programme. In doing so, the university would become the first in Tamil Nadu to offer the programme.

natwest

July 24th, 2007, 07:54 AM

http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/07/23/news03.asp

It seems Mihin Lanka patronage has been overwhelming, and has been hearing from those people travelled with Mihin Lanka to&fro Trichy, that Mihin Lanka may plan for additional services to Trichy, besides current daily operation.

Hence, think once start services to Singapore&Kuala Lumpur, may expect additional services be implemented from Trichy as well.

Anyway, it seems that Mihin Lanka may outperform both Sri Lankan airlines and Air India Express that are currently being operated at Trichy. Well, perhaps has fantastic marketing guys at Mihin Lanka, who understand the culture, mentality and demand of Indians in India.

fyi

http://www.silkair.com/mbe/en_UK/content/corporate/newsflash/NF1001_23072007.jsp

bajk

July 24th, 2007, 07:58 AM

With madurai, salem, trichy all IT parks outside main areas, this move will bring necessary infrastructure onto the IT parks and hence all around growth in that area.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/07/19/stories/2007071951832100.htm

Looks like navalpattu has been declared SEZ

http://www.sezindia.nic.in/HTMLS/Formal-approvals-granted-under-SEZ-Act-as-on-10-July-2007.pdf

sl no: 308

The Collector, Ashish Vachhani, said that the development of SMEs represented decentralisation of growth centres. Tiruchi was the capital of power equipment manufacturing and the city would also get an IT Park soon. With proper credit linkage and support, the small clusters of knitwear units in Puthanatham and kora mat units in Musiri could grow further.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/15/stories/2007071558750300.htm

The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) is all set to commence its work on establishing the proposed IT park at Navalpattu in Tiruchi district shortly

For the establishment of one million square foot built up space in the sprawling 135 acre site at Navalpattu the ELCOT is in the process of readying architectural design, said its Managing Director Uma Shankar. While the smaller companies would operate from the built-up area, the remaining land would be apportioned to bigger companies that seek to develop their own campuses. In the subsequent phase, the IT Park area would be expanded to the additional 100 acres that the ELCOT has sought in the vicinity of the existing site.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/23/stories/2007072358240300.htm

bajk

July 24th, 2007, 08:10 AM

I thought AIE was going to start from Trichy soon. Why chennai?

Here is another news on AIE starting new service to Abu Dhabi and increasing frequency to Dubai.
We have been hearing this for the past few weeks but dont seem to take off. I dont understand why Govt is not giving approval for AIE to start new and additional services while Mihin got it.

http://www.dinamalar.com/2007july24/district/trichy.asp

maran

July 24th, 2007, 08:15 AM

fyi

http://www.silkair.com/mbe/en_UK/content/corporate/newsflash/NF1001_23072007.jsp

FYI, Silk Air original plan was to connect Trichy initially, but however, decided for Coimbatore instead, but at the same time, letting it's subsidiary low cost carrier Tiger Airways to operate to Trichy, after some market research, with which, found to have more lower and lower middle income group from this region, who mostly work as skill and unskilled labourers in Singapore and nearby West Malaysia.

maran

July 24th, 2007, 11:35 AM

Here is another news on AIE starting new service to Abu Dhabi and increasing frequency to Dubai.
We have been hearing this for the past few weeks but dont seem to take off. I dont understand why Govt is not giving approval for AIE to start new and additional services while Mihin got it.

http://www.dinamalar.com/2007july24/district/trichy.asp

Heard that due to lack of staffs/personnel at Trichy airport currently, DGCA is unable to grant any permission to operate additional services, from the various air operators request at this moment, due to security concern.

Nevertheless, Trichy airport management is currently in the process of getting more manpower, for their respective departmental operations at Trichy airport, getting ready by September 2007, in line of apron expansion completion by then, for the various air operators' plan operation.

Perhaps, may expect AIE operations be expanded with daily services to Dubai and Singapore,as well as, inaugural flight to Abu Dhabi thereafter. Not sure to Kuala Lumpur.

In addition, Air Arabia and Oman airways has also plan to start its services around that time as well.

Well, this may be the start of Trichy airport getting more flight activities, and eventually, leading to more domestic and international flight operations, from both existing and new air operators, upon completion of new Terminal building, making Trichy airport an all important gateway to the central and south destinations, and at the same time, attracting both local and foreign investors to Trichy region, in developing towards as a metropolitan cum industrialised Trichy city. CHEERS:banana:

bajk

July 24th, 2007, 05:43 PM

We are expanding our operations in two locations. First is in Trichy, a satellite town near Chennai, and secondly we are looking at expanding our operations in Manilla. These are the two organic initiatives that we have undertaken this year. As for our acquisitions plans, we have few deals on the table, which we will be evaluating. We want to fully utilise this Rs 80 crore in addition to internal accruals for acquisitions.

http://www.indiaearnings.com/sub_india/compnews.php?autono=281026

Trichy centre to start in the next fortnight.

http://indiaearnings.moneycontrol.com/sub_india/compnews.php?autono=293993

bajk

July 24th, 2007, 06:02 PM

Heard that due to lack of staffs/personnel at Trichy airport currently, DGCA is unable to grant any permission to operate additional services, from the various air operators request at this moment, due to security concern.

Nevertheless, Trichy airport management is currently in the process of getting more manpower, for their respective departmental operations at Trichy airport, getting ready by September 2007, in line of apron expansion completion by then, for the various air operators' plan operation.

Perhaps, may expect AIE operations be expanded with daily services to Dubai and Singapore,as well as, inaugural flight to Abu Dhabi thereafter. Not sure to Kuala Lumpur.

In addition, Air Arabia and Oman airways has also plan to start its services around that time as well.

Well, this may be the start of Trichy airport getting more flight activities, and eventually, leading to more domestic and international flight operations, from both existing and new air operators, upon completion of new Terminal building, making Trichy airport an all important gateway to the central and south destinations, and at the same time, attracting both local and foreign investors to Trichy region, in developing towards as a metropolitan cum industrialised Trichy city. CHEERS:banana:

Lately, there has been many complaints against the staff at Trichy airport.
AAI should take initiative to increase the number of staff else this would have a large impact on the growth of Trichy airport

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epapertamilmurasu/showxml.aspx?id=83524&code=18593

mugilakil

July 25th, 2007, 01:31 AM

[QUOTE=bajk;14348095]The Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Energy Ltd (REL) today clinched a Rs 2320-crore deal for the construction of three National Highways in Tamil Nadu on Build-Operate-Transfer basis, signalling its intention to enter road construction business in a big way.

The deal, involving four-laning of three national highways totaling 400 kms on NH-7 in the southern state, was signed after REL made a successful bid for the projects.

The company signed Concession Agreements with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the projects under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase III-A.

With these projects, Reliance ADA group has not only emerged as the largest BOT concessionaire for the NHAI but also strengthened its position as a serious player in road infrastructure business in the country.

For executing the projects, REL has promoted three special purpose vehicles (SPVs) -- SU Tollways Pvt Limited, TU Tollways Pvt Limited and TK Tollways Pvt Limited.

The concession agreements for 25-year and 30-year period projects were signed by Mr Sudhir R Hoshing, Vice President, Road projects, Reliance Energy, and Mr Rajesh Poonia, GM, NHAI.

NHAI Chairman Pradeep Kumar and Chief General Manager, Mr Vasan, were also present.

The projects awarded include high-traffic density corridor from Salem to Ulundurpet, Trichy to Dindigul and Trichy to Karur. The latter two projects are in continity with the already awarded REL projects -- Dindigul to Samyanallore and Namakkal to Karur -- in Tamil Nadu.

The projects would entail an investment worth Rs 2,320 crores, including grant component of Rs.758 crores on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis under the direct tolling method scheduled for completion by 2010.

The new additions would take the REL road portfolio to five projects having a total length of 400 kms worth Rs. 3,100 crores in just two years.

Once operational, the new scientifically designed highways will ease traffic congestion, drastically cut travel time, ensure a safer and comfortable movement of traffic and incur less fuel costs.

REL envisages improving more than 400 km of arterial routes of National Highways network to international standards through these projects.

''Our prime focus is on developing international standard roads with facilities for uninterrupted flow of traffic with enhanced safety features, better riding surface, better road geometry, better traffic management and noticeable signage,'' a spokesperson of REL said.

The Salem-Ulenderpaet (NH68) project, having a length of 136 km, is to be constructed at an expenditure of Rs 941 crore. It is the major corridor that connects Coimbatore/Kerala to Chennai and eastern parts of Tamil Nadu. This corridor also connects NH7 from Bangalore side to Pondicherry and other eastern parts of Tamil Nadu.

The project includes construction of 4-lane dual carriageway for the complete length, bypasses to 5 towns and construction of 2-lane service roads in urban areas. It will have Toll Plazas at three locations. ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT ARE ALL THE 5 TOWNS HAVING BYEPASS IN SALEM ULUNDUPET PROJECT

mugilakil

July 25th, 2007, 01:33 AM

ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT ARE ALL THE 5 TOWNS HAVING BYEPASS IN SALEM ULUNDURPET PROJECT

gvijayan

July 25th, 2007, 05:16 AM

ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT ARE ALL THE 5 TOWNS HAVING BYEPASS IN SALEM ULUNDURPET PROJECT

My guess is - Valappady, Attur, Kallakurichi, Thiyagadurgam, Chinna Salem.

mugilakil

July 25th, 2007, 07:05 AM

what happened to salem and ulundurpet is it included or not

maran

July 25th, 2007, 11:54 AM

Lately, there has been many complaints against the staff at Trichy airport.
AAI should take initiative to increase the number of staff else this would have a large impact on the growth of Trichy airport

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epapertamilmurasu/showxml.aspx?id=83524&code=18593

Well, if Trichy airport were to face staff shortage at present moment, wonder how Coimbatore could handle in the forthcoming Silk Air schedule, since, staff shortage is an acute problem being faced by AAI now, due to sudden surge in passenger traffic demand throughout whole of India.:ohno:

bajk

July 25th, 2007, 06:16 PM

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs 431 crore contract from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for setting up a co-generation power plant at its Gujarat Refinery Complex.

Under the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract the power equipment major would set up a 2xFrame-6 Gas Turbine-based co-generation power plant for IOC, BHEL said in a statement.

The power equipment maker's scope of work in the project involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of two Frame-6 Gas Turbine Generators and two Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) of 100 tons per hour capacity, it said.

The company would commission the first unit in 23 months and the second in one month thereafter.

While the Gas Turbine Generators will be manufactured at BHEL's Hyderabad plant, the HRSGs and control systems will be manufactured at the company's Trichy plant and electronics division, Bangalore, respectively.

BHEL is already executing a similar turnkey contract for IOC for setting up a Frame-5 Gas Turbine-based co-generation power plant at its Haldia Refinery Complex.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Indl_Goods__Svs/Engineering/BHEL_bags_Rs_431_cr_contract_from_IOC/articleshow/2232687.cms

bajk

July 25th, 2007, 06:35 PM

Well, if Trichy airport were to face staff shortage at present moment, wonder how Coimbatore could handle in the forthcoming Silk Air schedule, since, staff shortage is an acute problem being faced by AAI now, due to sudden surge in passenger traffic demand throughout whole of India.:ohno:

The problem seems to be with Trichy airport as coimbatore airport handles double the number of passengers. Trichy airport didnt anticipate 50-60% growth in passengers after the completion of runway expansion and introduction of new services.

bajk

July 25th, 2007, 07:46 PM

Chennai's loss, Trichy's Gain

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Tamil Nadu - Tiruchi

New portfolio for Minister raises hope

S.Ganesan

TIRUCHI: With the Union Minister A. Raja taking over Information Technology and Communication portfolio, expectations have been raised among industry circles here.

Industry representatives hope Mr. Raja, who represents Perambalur constituency, would spur the much-awaited development of Tier II cities, especially Tiruchi. Mr. Raja had evinced interest in the development of Tiruchi Airport and proposed the upgrading of K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College in Tiruchi. Owing to his efforts a couple of industries, including a unit of MRF Tyres, are coming up at Perambalur. Hopefully, the anticipated IT-sector boom in Tiruchi would take place under his tenure, say industry representatives

http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/16/stories/2007051603560200.htm

Unfortunately, it seems Mr Raja is on his way out as IT minister. Bad luck for Trichy.

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID={747DB8CD-1400-4082-8599-F95AB27CD13A}&CATEGORYNAME=NATL

maran

July 26th, 2007, 08:36 AM

The problem seems to be with Trichy airport as coimbatore airport handles double the number of passengers. Trichy airport didnt anticipate 50-60% growth in passengers after the completion of runway expansion and introduction of new services.

Please note, Trichy airport currently handles about 80% of International passengers, than compared with Coimbatore. Thus, obviuosly, the security arrangements needed are more stringent than domestic, and hence, require specialised train staffs/personel to handle such task. :gunz:

maran

July 26th, 2007, 10:44 AM

:speech: Unfortunately, it seems Mr Raja is on his way out as IT minister. Bad luck for Trichy.

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID={747DB8CD-1400-4082-8599-F95AB27CD13A}&CATEGORYNAME=NATL

No worries mate, though Mr.Raja may be out of the portfolio, it seems that the present Tamil Nadu government has started to realise, to develop major cities outside Chennai. Hence, may spring a surprise announcement, particularly, on Trichy. Just be patient.:angel:

sivatrichy

July 26th, 2007, 02:36 PM

:ohno: allsec technologies have planned to start a 200 seater bpo center in trichy... the exact place was not announced....

[url]http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Company/Earnings/Allsec_technologies_Q1_net_dips_32_pc/articleshow/2230246.cms

Arul Murugan

July 28th, 2007, 01:28 AM

Railway booking counters now turn transparent

Syed Muthahar Saqaf

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This facility will enable the people verify the ticket details even while it is being processed

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PHOTO: R.M. RAJARATHINAM

ALL CLEAR: The electronic fare repeater display system installed in Tiruchi Railway Junction. — .

TIRUCHI: The Southern Railway has recently introduced yet another facility – Electronic Fare Repeater Display System – at the reserved and unreserved ticket booking counters in Tiruchi Junction.

Under the new system, the people can see for themselves the entries being made by the ticketing clerks such as train number, date of journey, boarding and alighting stations, current status of the ticket and fare on the display board. If there is any mistake, the passenger can alert the clerk before the ticket is printed.

This facility will enable the people verify the ticket details even while it is being processed.

Till now, people notice mistakes only after the ticket is issued by the clerk. For correcting the mistakes, the ticket has to be re-processed.

The facility has been introduced in five computerised passenger reservation system counters and an equal number of unreserved ticketing system counters at Tiruchi Junction.

This facility will be introduced shortly in the reservation counters at 17 other stations – Tiruchi Fort, Tiruverumbur, Srirangam, Ariyalur, Vriddhachalam, Villuppuram, Puducherry, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore Cantonment, Salem Town, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Tirupathiripuliyur and Chidambaram in a phased manner.

The boards will be installed in the unreserved ticket issuing counters in Villuppuram, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai stations too, the sources said adding that Rs. 5 lakh would be spent for setting up the facility.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/28/23hdline.htm

After Chennai Central, Trichy goes for this facility.

kg4129

July 28th, 2007, 06:26 AM

Chennai, July 27 ‘Puliyancholai at the foot of Kolli Hills – the lush green forests, gushing streams and cascading waterfalls, so spectacular’. Something from a tourism brochure? Wrong. This is from a Tamil Nadu government brochure asking IT companies to set up units in the State.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/07/28/stories/2007072850481000.htm

kg4129

July 28th, 2007, 06:47 AM

The following link lists the companies that have obtained license for setting up FM radio stations in India.

http://www.becil.net/pdf%20docs/CityFinal.pdf

Following has list of cities and the number of licences being offered

http://www.mib.nic.in/informationb/P...I-13072005.htm

bajk

July 30th, 2007, 09:51 AM

I was in Trichy for the weekend and was able to take some pictures of the Trichy Airport. The airport is much improved now, though it badly needs new terminal.For instance in depature hall, only 50 passengers can sit while others have to wait outside the depature terminal. The arrival really needs a big space and wondering how 100s of passengers are handled at a given time.

The construction work was going on Sunday too.

New Terminal Construction
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/947535551_d9753cfbf1.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1183/1201496252_941cf7534a.jpg

Apron Work
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/948360116_4dbb7f6363.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/947471495_1964017936.jpg

Arrival Terminals
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1033/948360124_cc8c806fe1.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1407/948360152_762544131c.jpg

Depature Terminals
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1044/948411352_de9fdaae60.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1276/948411392_fa319bcb1e.jpg

Kingfisher Airline arriving from Bangalore
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1328/948411374_f0ff8b72ce.jpg

IA Flight from Kuwait
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/948411304_742927cbd3.jpg

kg4129

July 30th, 2007, 10:34 AM

Good to see some good Picture on trichy improvements...
Thx mr. Bajk

maran

July 30th, 2007, 11:07 AM

Superb Bajk, reminds me of my last travel to&fro Trichy - Dubai in May 2007, though, not much difference in appearance, perhaps, the new terminal, which is under construction, looks more constructed with new steel features on the top. Hopefully, Trichy airport's infrastructure would soon be completed, and ready for more International and Domestic operations soon.

In the meanwhile, checked with Silk Air office in Singapore, and mentioned that there proposed plan operations to Coimbatore from October, was due to non availability of traffic rights, being granted by the Indian authorities, to Trichy.

Nevertheless, Silk Air is hoping for a change of minds from the Indian authorities, and to allow Silk Air to operate to Trichy instead.

Well, I think, current Trichy airport infrastructure is unable to cater to the high demand from the various air operators, who are currently on que.

bajk

July 30th, 2007, 08:01 PM

maran

July 31st, 2007, 07:57 AM

NLC will be executing the Lignite Power project in Perambalur coming up at 30,000 Acres at cost of whooping Rs 10,000 Crs. The project will generate 1500 MW of power.

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthiepaper/2972007/FE_2907_MN__27_Try.jpg

Great. Hopefully, it will not be another controversy just like the Tata venture is going through their proposed titanium project at Tirunelveli.:cheers:

MA Eswaran

July 31st, 2007, 08:09 AM

NLC will be executing the Lignite Power project in Perambalur coming up at 30,000 Acres at cost of whooping Rs 10,000 Crs. The project will generate 1500 MW of power.

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthiepaper/2972007/FE_2907_MN__27_Try.jpg

This, I am hearing for the past 10 years. Hope this time it comes up

bajk

July 31st, 2007, 08:19 AM

Great. Hopefully, it will not be another controversy just like the Tata venture is going through their proposed titanium project at Tirunelveli.:cheers:

I guess the ground work has already started. As for the titanium project at Tirunelveli, they want govt to execute the project rather than giving to tata.

bajk

July 31st, 2007, 08:19 AM

This, I am hearing for the past 10 years. Hope this time it comes up

Right, but things have started moving forward now.

ImsaiArasan

July 31st, 2007, 10:22 AM

NLC will be executing the Lignite Power project in Perambalur coming up at 30,000 Acres at cost of whooping Rs 10,000 Crs. The project will generate 1500 MW of power.

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthiepaper/2972007/FE_2907_MN__27_Try.jpg

Those who are opposing this project, please wait in office room. :)

kg4129

August 1st, 2007, 06:54 AM

The launch of a new fleet of aircraft in New Delhi Saturday will mark a new phase in the booming aviation sector in India, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said.

Though the scheduled launch at the hands of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would comprise only five aircraft, it would mean inauguration of the new phase consisting of 111 aircraft over the next three years, Patel told reporters here Friday.

The merger of Air India and Indian (Airlines) - which is almost through with only a few technicalities remaining - into National Aviation Company with the brand name of Air India is in keeping with the new take off though it was long overdue.

Patel termed the scheduled inauguration of a non-stop Mumbai-New York Air India flight Aug 1 a new feather in the cap of the Indian aviation industry that is rapidly expanding to cover second and third tier cities.

Counting the airports in Amritsar, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Trichy, Guwahati and Nagpur as frontrunners among the non-metro Indian airports that have begun doing well, Patel said the country had a potential for a thousand airports.
The minister also referred to the upcoming plan to launch regional airlines in the country and the move to draft dedicated aircraft into postal services to further bolster their speed.

Patel informed the reporters that the leading aviation training institute CAE of Canada, which developed the aviation academy in Rae Bareli, had been assigned the task of setting up the proposed aviation academy in Gondia - the minister's home town in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region.

http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20070727/23643.htm

maran

August 1st, 2007, 10:53 AM

kvijayasundaram

August 1st, 2007, 10:22 PM

Dalmia's New greenfield plant in Ariyalur
http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080254641800.htm

Even as cement companies are having a field day in the wake of a strong demand on the back of a buoyant economy, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) has decided to embark on a slew of greenfield initiatives to expand its capacity to 15 million tonnes by 2010.

The company will set up a two million-tonne capacity plant at Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu. It is also on the look out for a suitable location to set up a 2-2.5 million tonne capacity unit in Karnataka.

In an interaction with The Hindu, T. Venkatesan, Chief Executive Officer (Cement) of Dalmia Cement, said Orissa Cement, a subsidiary of the company, would also be doubling its capacity from the current 2.5 million tonnes. Dalmia, h e said, had already commenced work on a two million-tonne greenfield project in Cuddapah in Andhra Pradesh.

This project would go on stream by 2008 and the Tamil Nadu (Ariyalur) project in early 2009.

Mr. Venkatesan said production at the Dalmiapuram plant of the company could be scaled up to four million tonnes from the existing 3.5 million tonnes by next year with little modification and not much investment.

maran

August 2nd, 2007, 12:09 PM

Dalmia's New greenfield plant in Ariyalur
http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080254641800.htm

While, lately observing news of many proposed industrial developments, are we going to witness Trichy, an industrial hub of Heavy&light Industries, of Tamil Nadu State?

Will the proposed IT park developments in TRICHY, be able to pick up, and be a hub of Tamil Nadu state as well?:poke:

bajk

August 2nd, 2007, 03:05 PM

It looks like Trichy airport is really doing well.

Passenger : 33536(07) 19546(06) 71.6(%change)
Aircraft : 444 258 72.1
Frieght : 119 75 58.7

kg4129

August 2nd, 2007, 03:39 PM

Have a look of Passenger growth

http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex3.pdf
http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex2.pdf
http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex4.pdf
http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7_trafficnews.jsp

[SIZE="5"]Traffic Statistics (INT'L)

------------------ For the Month -----------------For the Period April-May
AIRPORT MAY2007 MAY2006 %Change ----2007-2008 2006-2007 Change
1 CHENNAI 275341 237111 16.1 532857 458553 16.2- Growth rate
2 BANGALORE 129102 96811 33.4 250958 182760 37.3
3 KOLKATA 78619 62196 26.4 153589 124151 23.7
4 HYDERABAD 119837 96355 24.4 225452 180477 24.9
5 AHMEDABAD 43583 31176 39.8 81720 62818 30.1
6 GOA 6906 5498 25.6 50846 49074 3.6
7 TRIVANDRUM 118597 100098 18.5 228625 194245 17.7
8 CALICUT 104505 75496 38.4 192837 148560 29.8
9 GUWAHATI 326 233 39.9 636 362 75.7
10 JAIPUR 13872 7976 73.9 28793 13373 115.3
11 SRINAGAR 0 0 - 0 0 -
12 NAGPUR 6430 6519 -1.4 12212 12273 -0.5
13 AMRITSAR 36903 28445 29.7 84259 65488 28.7
934021 747914 24.9 1842784 1492134 23.5
14 MUMBAI (MIAL) 666516 621164 7.3 1279699 1171568 9.2
15 DELHI (DIAL) 528622 468002 13.0 1095673 952264 15.1
16 COCHIN (CIAL) 148675 123408 20.5 284941 232069 22.8
1343813 1212574 10.8 2660313 2355901 12.9
17 PUNE 2714 4772 -43.1 6807 9022 -24.6
18 COIMBATORE 1322 1409 -6.2 2450 2756 -11.119 - Growth rate
19 LUCKNOW 11350 9097 24.8 20169 17397 15.9
20 MANGALORE 12722 0 - 25216 0 -
21 VARANASI 1428 167 755.1 3639 1012 259.6
22 PATNA 0 0 - 0 0 -
23 TRICHURAPALLI 23322 14754 [SIZE="4"]58.1 44409 28760 54.4 - Growth rate
24 GAYA 730 958 -23.8 2245 2555 -12.1
53588 31157 72.0 104935 61502 70.6
0 0 - 0 39 -100.0
OTHER AIRPORTS 222 1673 -86.7 222 1673 -86.7
GRAND TOTAL-(13+3+8+22+OTH) 2331644 1993318 17.0 4608254 3911249 17.8

http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex3.pdf

http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex2.pdf

[B]Traffic Statistics (INT'L+DOM)

AIRPORT
1 CHENNAI 943395 744805[SIZE="4"] 26.7 1818430 1431134 27.1 -Growth Rate
2 BANGALORE 868316 606276 43.2 1676854 1190767 40.8
3 KOLKATA 654424 505016 29.6 1247394 962709 29.6
4 HYDERABAD 595789 463243 28.6 1149367 871559 31.9
5 AHMEDABAD 283008 219447 29.0 530960 412806 28.6
6 GOA 182187 150501 21.1 402545 337909 19.1
7 TRIVANDRUM 187911 149046 26.1 359040 283271 26.7
8 CALICUT 131139 100010 31.1 242697 193885 25.2
9 GUWAHATI 120938 83946 44.1 239843 159943 50.0
10 JAIPUR 93589 44570 110.0 195116 90181 116.4
11 SRINAGAR 83109 77050 7.9 150805 136845 10.2
12 NAGPUR 81148 56469 43.7 148506 104831 41.7
13 AMRITSAR 45149 37895 19.1 103141 83992 22.8
4270102 3238274 31.9 8264698 6259832 32.0
14 MUMBAI (MIAL) 2222423 1935147 14.8 4284589 3694163 16.0
15 DELHI (DIAL) 1951624 1616205 20.8 3874081 3188926 21.5
16 COCHIN (CIAL) 277526 222541 24.7 530700 411616 28.9
4451573 3773893 18.0 8689370 7294705 19.1
17 PUNE 151172 128039 18.1 290499 246864 17.7
18 COIMBATORE 97823 81791 19.6 185250 148287 24.9 -Growth rate
19 LUCKNOW 56794 47680 19.1 109404 90568 20.8
20 MANGALORE 64796 40474 60.1 124707 79749 56.4
21 VARANASI 27710 15639 77.2 60252 36310 65.9
22 PATNA 35770 22102 61.8 71793 42386 69.4
23 TRICHURAPALLI 33536 19546 71.6 62206 37399 66.3 -Growth rate
24 GAYA 730 958 -23.8 2245 2555 -12.1
468331 356229 31.5 906356 684118 32.5
25 PORTBLAIR 58636 33988 72.5 108706 61281 77.4
26 JAMMU 50821 33395 52.2 108723 66859 62.6
27 VADODARA 44502 31820 39.9 82712 63383 30.5
28 INDORE 43565 29748 46.4 77605 58544 32.6
29 BHUBANESWAR 59011 21307 177.0 111764 41414 169.9
30 AGARTALA 41902 28779 45.6 75402 51960 45.1
31 VISAKHAPATNAM 44155 25588 72.6 82290 49706 65.6
32 MADURAI 36229 21951 65.0 67309 40528 66.1 -Growth rate
33 BAGDOGRA 40245 27626 45.7 71167 51445 38.3
34 RAIPUR 39056 15375 154.0 73900 29264 152.5
35 UDAIPUR 12570 12448 1.0 32461 29728 9.2
36 IMPHAL 28896 14949 93.3 55267 27427 101.5
37 AURANGABAD 14762 11788 25.2 29491 25076 17.6
38 BHOPAL 15878 14375 10.5 31541 27373 15.2
39 RAJKOT 13608 15522 -12.3 27102 28746 -5.7
40 CHANDIGARH 16139 13168 22.6 30680 26135 17.4
41 TIRUPATI 15565 9340 66.6 29650 18338 61.7
42 RANCHI 20745 10426 99.0 40364 20444 97.4
43 LEH 13557 12433 9.0 24796 23061 7.5
44 JUHU 10993 11662 -5.7 22653 21987 3.0
45 DIBRUGARH 10047 11168 -10.0 20848 21614 -3.5
46 SILCHAR 13722 8021 71.1 27682 15391 79.9
644604 414877 55.4 1232113 799704 54.1
OTHER AIRPORTS 104263 63362 64.6 204201 134878 51.4
GRAND TOTAL-(13+3+8+22+OTH) 9938873 7846635 26.7 19296738 15173237 27.2
TOTAL
22 DOMESTIC AIRPORTS
TOTAL
13 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
TOTAL
3JV INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
8 CUSTOM AIRPORTS
TOTAL
ANNEXURE-IIIC
TRAFFIC STATISTICS - PASSENGERS (INT'L+DOM.)
SL. NO.
PASSENGERS(IN NOS.)
For the month For the period April-May
2007-08 2006-07

kg4129

August 3rd, 2007, 07:31 AM

[QUOTE=kg4129;14585085]Have a look of Passenger growth

http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex3.pdf
http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex2.pdf
http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex4.pdf
http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7_trafficnews.jsp

Traffic Statistics (INT'L)

------------------ For the Month -----------------For the Period April-May
AIRPORT MAY2007 MAY2006 %Change ----2007-2008 2006-2007 Change
1 CHENNAI 275341 237111 16.1 532857 458553 16.2- Growth rate
2 BANGALORE 129102 96811 33.4 250958 182760 37.3
3 KOLKATA 78619 62196 26.4 153589 124151 23.7
4 HYDERABAD 119837 96355 24.4 225452 180477 24.9
5 AHMEDABAD 43583 31176 39.8 81720 62818 30.1
6 GOA 6906 5498 25.6 50846 49074 3.6
7 TRIVANDRUM 118597 100098 18.5 228625 194245 17.7
8 CALICUT 104505 75496 38.4 192837 148560 29.8
9 GUWAHATI 326 233 39.9 636 362 75.7
10 JAIPUR 13872 7976 73.9 28793 13373 115.3
11 SRINAGAR 0 0 - 0 0 -
12 NAGPUR 6430 6519 -1.4 12212 12273 -0.5
13 AMRITSAR 36903 28445 29.7 84259 65488 28.7
934021 747914 24.9 1842784 1492134 23.5
14 MUMBAI (MIAL) 666516 621164 7.3 1279699 1171568 9.2
15 DELHI (DIAL) 528622 468002 13.0 1095673 952264 15.1
16 COCHIN (CIAL) 148675 123408 20.5 284941 232069 22.8
1343813 1212574 10.8 2660313 2355901 12.9
17 PUNE 2714 4772 -43.1 6807 9022 -24.6
18 COIMBATORE 1322 1409 -6.2 2450 2756 -11.119 - Growth rate
19 LUCKNOW 11350 9097 24.8 20169 17397 15.9
20 MANGALORE 12722 0 - 25216 0 -
21 VARANASI 1428 167 755.1 3639 1012 259.6
22 PATNA 0 0 - 0 0 -
23 TRICHURAPALLI 23322 14754 [SIZE="4"]58.1 44409 28760 54.4 - Growth rate
24 GAYA 730 958 -23.8 2245 2555 -12.1
53588 31157 72.0 104935 61502 70.6
0 0 - 0 39 -100.0
OTHER AIRPORTS 222 1673 -86.7 222 1673 -86.7
GRAND TOTAL-(13+3+8+22+OTH) 2331644 1993318 17.0 4608254 3911249 17.8

http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex3.pdf

http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/may2k7annex2.pdf

[B]Traffic Statistics (INT'L+DOM)

AIRPORT
1 CHENNAI 943395 744805[SIZE="4"] 26.7 1818430 1431134 27.1 -Growth Rate
2 BANGALORE 868316 606276 43.2 1676854 1190767 40.8
3 KOLKATA 654424 505016 29.6 1247394 962709 29.6
4 HYDERABAD 595789 463243 28.6 1149367 871559 31.9
5 AHMEDABAD 283008 219447 29.0 530960 412806 28.6
6 GOA 182187 150501 21.1 402545 337909 19.1
7 TRIVANDRUM 187911 149046 26.1 359040 283271 26.7
8 CALICUT 131139 100010 31.1 242697 193885 25.2
9 GUWAHATI 120938 83946 44.1 239843 159943 50.0
10 JAIPUR 93589 44570 110.0 195116 90181 116.4
11 SRINAGAR 83109 77050 7.9 150805 136845 10.2
12 NAGPUR 81148 56469 43.7 148506 104831 41.7
13 AMRITSAR 45149 37895 19.1 103141 83992 22.8
4270102 3238274 31.9 8264698 6259832 32.0
14 MUMBAI (MIAL) 2222423 1935147 14.8 4284589 3694163 16.0
15 DELHI (DIAL) 1951624 1616205 20.8 3874081 3188926 21.5
16 COCHIN (CIAL) 277526 222541 24.7 530700 411616 28.9
4451573 3773893 18.0 8689370 7294705 19.1
17 PUNE 151172 128039 18.1 290499 246864 17.7
18 COIMBATORE 97823 81791 19.6 185250 148287 24.9 -Growth rate
19 LUCKNOW 56794 47680 19.1 109404 90568 20.8
20 MANGALORE 64796 40474 60.1 124707 79749 56.4
21 VARANASI 27710 15639 77.2 60252 36310 65.9
22 PATNA 35770 22102 61.8 71793 42386 69.4
23 TRICHURAPALLI 33536 19546 71.6 62206 37399 66.3 -Growth rate
24 GAYA 730 958 -23.8 2245 2555 -12.1
468331 356229 31.5 906356 684118 32.5
25 PORTBLAIR 58636 33988 72.5 108706 61281 77.4
26 JAMMU 50821 33395 52.2 108723 66859 62.6
27 VADODARA 44502 31820 39.9 82712 63383 30.5
28 INDORE 43565 29748 46.4 77605 58544 32.6
29 BHUBANESWAR 59011 21307 177.0 111764 41414 169.9
30 AGARTALA 41902 28779 45.6 75402 51960 45.1
31 VISAKHAPATNAM 44155 25588 72.6 82290 49706 65.6
32 MADURAI 36229 21951 65.0 67309 40528 66.1 -Growth rate
33 BAGDOGRA 40245 27626 45.7 71167 51445 38.3
34 RAIPUR 39056 15375 154.0 73900 29264 152.5
35 UDAIPUR 12570 12448 1.0 32461 29728 9.2
36 IMPHAL 28896 14949 93.3 55267 27427 101.5
37 AURANGABAD 14762 11788 25.2 29491 25076 17.6
38 BHOPAL 15878 14375 10.5 31541 27373 15.2
39 RAJKOT 13608 15522 -12.3 27102 28746 -5.7
40 CHANDIGARH 16139 13168 22.6 30680 26135 17.4
41 TIRUPATI 15565 9340 66.6 29650 18338 61.7
42 RANCHI 20745 10426 99.0 40364 20444 97.4
43 LEH 13557 12433 9.0 24796 23061 7.5
44 JUHU 10993 11662 -5.7 22653 21987 3.0
45 DIBRUGARH 10047 11168 -10.0 20848 21614 -3.5
46 SILCHAR 13722 8021 71.1 27682 15391 79.9
644604 414877 55.4 1232113 799704 54.1
OTHER AIRPORTS 104263 63362 64.6 204201 134878 51.4
GRAND TOTAL-(13+3+8+22+OTH) 9938873 7846635 26.7 19296738 15173237 27.2

Intesting to see Trichy airport Passengers movement stants in 12 th position in India.(International Passenger)
City May 2007 May 2006 % change
1. Mumbai -666516 (621164) 7.3
2. Delhi -528622 (468002) 13.0
3.Chennai -275341 (237111) 16.1
4.Cochin -148675 (123408) 20.5
5.Bangalore -129102 (96811) 33.4
6.Hyderabad -119837 (96355) 24.4
7.Trivandrum -118597 (100098) 18.5
8.Calicut -104505 (75496) 38.4
9.Kolkata -78619 (62196) 16.1
10.Ahmedabad -43583 (31176) 39.8
11.Amristar -36903 (28445) 29.7
12Trichurapalli -23322 (14754) 58.1

So, in coming days we can expect lot more Passenger growth in the vibrant city.. Mihin Lanak expansion (From July 2007) and Air India Express daily services extension to Dubai (From July 2007)..and lot more in coming days...

maran

August 3rd, 2007, 09:22 AM

Well, with this Trichy airport growth, as well as, planned expansion programme, may pave the way in bringing about much needed local and foreign investments, for the overall growth of Trichy city and it's surrounding districts, giving an improved lifestyle with better living standard.

A Big Thanks to AAI and the Central&state governments,for all their initiatives and effort in making this Trichy airport of all possibilities beyond politics, since, Trichy airport, if I could remember, was lying near dormant until Rengasamy Kumaramangalam started pushing it, during his tenure, to turn Trichy airport into a vibrant and highly active airport, next to Chennai.

kg4129

August 3rd, 2007, 09:30 AM

maran

August 3rd, 2007, 10:26 AM

Srilankan airlines is cancelling one of its flights to Trichy on Sundays...

http://www.dinamalar.com/2007aug03/district/trichy.asp

Anyway, Hope soon we'll get lot more int'l carreers after completion of Abron works...

Think, could be due to non-ops of night flights by Sri Lankan airlines for the time being, as well as, Mihin Lanka's operation at about the same time as Sri Lanka airlines to Trichy, thus, making passenger traffic volume far too less to operate.

Nevertheless, once commence night operation, may expect Sri Lankan airlines to reinstate sunday scheduled service back, as well as, increased services by twice daily. :okay:

bajk

August 3rd, 2007, 10:28 AM

maran

August 3rd, 2007, 10:47 AM

It is Rangarajan Kumaramangalam. As you correctly said, it was he who kick started developments in trichy in 1998, but things didnt move forward after his sudden death until 2004 when Mr.Raja is said to have played important role in getting Trichy in the 35 non-metro airports.

Thanks Bajk for your correction, since, long remembered Rengarajan Kumaramangalam.

Well, anyway is the current Trichy MP, sorry don't remember the name, is actively involved in the overall developments of Trichy city?:nuts:

bajk

August 3rd, 2007, 11:07 AM

Thanks Bajk for your correction, since, long remembered Rengarajan Kumaramangalam.

Well, anyway is the current Trichy MP, sorry don't remember the name, is actively involved in the overall developments of Trichy city?:nuts:

Nope,Mr L.Ganesan is busy with his own party issues(a rebel MDMK) and you wont believe he visited Trichy after 3 years after the election and as usual started giving all false promises.
Trichy lacks political leadership and thats one of the reason why developments in Trichy are too slow.Hope Mr Raja can do some thing for Trichy.

sivatrichy

August 4th, 2007, 05:50 AM

can any one specify the current population of all the six corporations.................:ohno:

did salem has more no of population than madurai and trichy:nuts:

hi bajk plz clear my doubt.........

kg4129

August 4th, 2007, 06:37 AM

can any one specify the current population of all the six corporations.................:ohno:

did salem has more no of population than madurai and trichy:nuts:

hi bajk plz clear my doubt.........

Shall we wait till 2011?..
Since it is not advisible to heated up the issue.. already in some other thread ..has happend..

Leave it as it is..

kg4129

August 4th, 2007, 10:38 AM

All the national Highways are under expansion (4 Lane).

1. Trichy -Tanjore road
2. Trichy- Pudukottai road
3. Trichy- Chennai Road
4. Trichy -Madurai Road
5. Trichy- Dindukal road (PPP model- Relience)
6. Trichy- Karur road ( PPP model- Relience)
7. Trichy -Chidambaram road (two lane)

http://www.dinamalar.com/2007aug04/district/trichy.asp

http://www.dinamani.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=DND20070803234552&Title=Districts+Page&lTitle=U%F4YhPeLs&Topic=0&dName=%A7%DAf%A3&Dist=-15

http://www.dailythanthi.com/article.asp?NewsID=353641&disdate=8/4/2007&advt=2

THANJAVUR: About 3,230 km of National Highways are being converted into four-lane highways in Tamil Nadu, said Union Minister for Surface Transport T. R. Baalu here on Friday.

The Minister, who inspected the works at Pudukudi and Vallam on Tiruchi-Thanjavur Highway, said that the works were taken up at a cost of Rs. 16,000 crore.

The works have generated employment for 45 persons for every km. Five persons will get permanent employment for every km on completion of the works.

Afforestation

Afforestation is an inbuilt component of the highways. For every rupee spent by the Government on National Highways there is a return of Rs 7. The National Highways will link the Golden Quadrangle.

With respect to Thanjavur-Nagapattinam four-lane works, the Minister said that the project report was ready and work would start soon. Similar was the case with Thanjavur-Manamadurai Road.

Bypasses are being laid in 12 places between Thanjavur and Nagapattinam such as Manjakollai, Sikkal, Azhiyur, Kilvelur, Kurukathi, Adiyakkamangalam, Ammaiyappan, Koradachery, Needamangalam, Ammapettai, Saliyamangalam and Poondi. With respect to Sethusamduram Ship Channel Project, the Minister said that dredging was going on for 18 million cubic metres. Another 60 million cubic metres had to be dredged.

Union Minister of State for Finance S. S. Palani Manickam, Minister for Commercial Taxes N. M. Ubayathullah and Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, J. S. Maini, accompanied him.

Karur

Road sector projects would be undertaken with a humane touch, Mr. Baalu said here on Thursday. He inspected ongoing highway development works between Namakkal and Dindigul via Karur on the NH 7.

Mr. Baalu said that his Ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) were taking all steps to avoid displacement of people and destruction of property while expanding highways and construction of bridges, works of which were under way under the buil-operate-transfer scheme.H e said that wherever people or property were affected, adequate and just compensation was being provided to the affected.

Public at Thavuttupalayam gave petitions to him when he inspected the works there. They said that around 22 families, who had been residing on the banks of Cauvery for several decades, were now left roofless as their dwellings had been removed to make way for an approach road to the bridge. The Minister said whatever possible would be done.

Later, the Minister drove down to Semmadai where he was briefed on the Karur- Dindigul four laning works. He also inspected the construction of a new bridge across Kodagamaru near Malaikovilur before entering Dindigul district.

The NHAI Chaiman J. S. Maini, Member (Technical), Nirmaljeet Singh, Collector T. N. Venkatesh, Karur M.P. K. C. Palanisamy, M.L.As T. Kamaraj and M. A. Khaleelur Rahman, NHAI CGM Ashok Wasson, Project Director M. Thangamani, DMK District Secretary Vasuki Murugesan, District Panchayat Chairperson Poovai Ramesh Babu and other officials accompanied the Minister.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/04/stories/2007080451760300.htm

kg4129

August 4th, 2007, 10:44 AM

maran

August 4th, 2007, 11:07 AM

All the national Highways are under expansion (4 Lane).

1. Trichy -tanjore road
2. Trichy-Pudukottai road
3. Trichy- Chennai Road
4.Trichy - madurai Road
5. Trichy- Dindukal road (PPP model- Relience)
6. Trichy- Karur road ( PPP model- Relience)
7. Trichy -Chidambaram road (two lane)

http://www.dinamalar.com/2007aug04

http://www.dinamani.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=DND20070803234552&Title=Districts+Page&lTitle=U%F4YhPeLs&Topic=0&dName=%A7%DAf%A3&Dist=-15

http://www.dailythanthi.com/article.asp?NewsID=353641&disdate=8/4/2007&advt=2

THANJAVUR: About 3,230 km of National Highways are being converted into four-lane highways in Tamil Nadu, said Union Minister for Surface Transport T. R. Baalu here on Friday.

The Minister, who inspected the works at Pudukudi and Vallam on Tiruchi-Thanjavur Highway, said that the works were taken up at a cost of Rs. 16,000 crore.

The works have generated employment for 45 persons for every km. Five persons will get permanent employment for every km on completion of the works.

Afforestation

Afforestation is an inbuilt component of the highways. For every rupee spent by the Government on National Highways there is a return of Rs 7. The National Highways will link the Golden Quadrangle.

With respect to Thanjavur-Nagapattinam four-lane works, the Minister said that the project report was ready and work would start soon. Similar was the case with Thanjavur-Manamadurai Road.

Bypasses are being laid in 12 places between Thanjavur and Nagapattinam such as Manjakollai, Sikkal, Azhiyur, Kilvelur, Kurukathi, Adiyakkamangalam, Ammaiyappan, Koradachery, Needamangalam, Ammapettai, Saliyamangalam and Poondi. With respect to Sethusamduram Ship Channel Project, the Minister said that dredging was going on for 18 million cubic metres. Another 60 million cubic metres had to be dredged.

Union Minister of State for Finance S. S. Palani Manickam, Minister for Commercial Taxes N. M. Ubayathullah and Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, J. S. Maini, accompanied him.

Karur

Road sector projects would be undertaken with a humane touch, Mr. Baalu said here on Thursday. He inspected ongoing highway development works between Namakkal and Dindigul via Karur on the NH 7.

Mr. Baalu said that his Ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) were taking all steps to avoid displacement of people and destruction of property while expanding highways and construction of bridges, works of which were under way under the buil-operate-transfer scheme.H e said that wherever people or property were affected, adequate and just compensation was being provided to the affected.

Public at Thavuttupalayam gave petitions to him when he inspected the works there. They said that around 22 families, who had been residing on the banks of Cauvery for several decades, were now left roofless as their dwellings had been removed to make way for an approach road to the bridge. The Minister said whatever possible would be done.

Later, the Minister drove down to Semmadai where he was briefed on the Karur- Dindigul four laning works. He also inspected the construction of a new bridge across Kodagamaru near Malaikovilur before entering Dindigul district.

The NHAI Chaiman J. S. Maini, Member (Technical), Nirmaljeet Singh, Collector T. N. Venkatesh, Karur M.P. K. C. Palanisamy, M.L.As T. Kamaraj and M. A. Khaleelur Rahman, NHAI CGM Ashok Wasson, Project Director M. Thangamani, DMK District Secretary Vasuki Murugesan, District Panchayat Chairperson Poovai Ramesh Babu and other officials accompanied the Minister.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/04/stories/2007080451760300.htm

Well, is Trichy be witnessing as mother of all highways? Being linked in Tamil Nadu state and or, India as well? If that's the case, certainly, Trichy will be bustling with great economical activities then. :applause:

gvijayan

August 4th, 2007, 11:32 AM

:lol: Interesting to see Semi Ring road B/w Thuvagudi -Mathur- Panjapur / Panjapore- Chozha Nagar- Jeeya puram (Connecting Tanjore road- Puthukottai road- Madurai Road- Dindukal road & karur Road)

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epaperdinakaran/firstpage.aspx?editioncode=26#

Whenever you provide a link, please ensure if the link really leads to the article that you are intending to refer to.

Follow the below steps when you try to give a link to an e-paper article from Dinakaran or Daily Thanthi.

* Open the news link from the e-paper web-page.
* Right-click and Select the 'Create Shortcut' option.
* It will say 'Shortcut will be placed on your desktop.
* Click OK.
* Now go to your desktop, and you will see a new shortcut file.
* Open it in a browser (like Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, or whatever you have)
* Copy the link that you will now see in the address bar.
* Give that as a reference link to your posting.

The link that you have given will only take people to the home page of Dinakaran e-paper.

kg4129

August 4th, 2007, 11:48 AM

Whenever you provide a link, please ensure if the link really leads to the article that you are intending to refer to.

Follow the below steps when you try to give a link to an e-paper article from Dinakaran or Daily Thanthi.

* Open the news link from the e-paper web-page.
* Right-click and Select the 'Create Shortcut' option.
* It will say 'Shortcut will be placed on your desktop.
* Click OK.
* Now go to your desktop, and you will see a new shortcut file.
* Open it in a browser (like Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, or whatever you have)
* Copy the link that you will now see in the address bar.
* Give that as a reference link to your posting.

The link that you have given will only take people to the home page of Dinakaran e-paper.

Thx Mr. vijayan for your valuable information ..

Here is the correct link

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epaperdinakaran/showxml.aspx?id=161826&code=17808

madhan

August 4th, 2007, 04:36 PM

Whenever you provide a link, please ensure if the link really leads to the article that you are intending to refer to.

Follow the below steps when you try to give a link to an e-paper article from Dinakaran or Daily Thanthi.

* Open the news link from the e-paper web-page.
* Right-click and Select the 'Create Shortcut' option.
* It will say 'Shortcut will be placed on your desktop.
* Click OK.
* Now go to your desktop, and you will see a new shortcut file.
* Open it in a browser (like Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, or whatever you have)
* Copy the link that you will now see in the address bar.
* Give that as a reference link to your posting.

The link that you have given will only take people to the home page of Dinakaran e-paper.

A simpler way would be :
* Open the news link from the e-paper web-page.
* Right-click and select the "Properties"
* Properties page will appear and you will have the Address (URL). Copy and paste it as reference..

kg4129

August 5th, 2007, 07:30 AM

900 acre for DEL in trichy ???????????

K.N.Nehru Speech

http://www.dailythanthi.com/article.asp?NewsID=353997&disdate=8/5/2007&advt=2

gvijayan

August 5th, 2007, 08:23 AM

900 acre for DEL in trichy ???????????

K.N.Rehru Speech

http://www.dailythanthi.com/article.asp?NewsID=353997&disdate=8/5/2007&advt=2

DEL or DELL???

maran

August 5th, 2007, 08:44 AM

DEL or DELL???

It rather seems to be DELL from US computer hardware manufacturer. Think, we have to wait until further concrete notice on these DELL development at Trichy.

Nevertheless, this is a good signal for many other major potential investors around the globe, to venture into this strategic Trichy location, which is slowly but surely, on it's way to be a cosmopolitant city in the very near future. :bowtie:

Subra

August 5th, 2007, 02:32 PM

It rather seems to be DELL from US computer hardware manufacturer. Think, we have to wait until further concrete notice on these DELL development at Trichy.

Nevertheless, this is a good signal for many other major potential investors around the globe, to venture into this strategic Trichy location, which is slowly but surely, on it's way to be a cosmopolitant city in the very near future. :bowtie:

Very interesting! MRF proposal also came out in a speech given by Raja. There were no specific headline. Looks like this is a manufacturing plant proposal as they are talking about indirect jobs.

sivatrichy

August 6th, 2007, 07:21 AM

The Lecture Hall Complex on the premises of the National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi, constructed recently at a cost of Rs.3 crore has provided the institution the distinction of being the first amongst NITs in the country to have all the under-graduate classes under a single building.

The massive building with 30 state-of-the-art classrooms, each with a seating capacity for 90 students, and four large lecture halls, each with a seating capacity of 150 to 200 students, has turned out to be of immense utility to the students.

The ambience is enhanced by a large space meant for a lawn that the classrooms encompass.:cheers:

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/06/stories/2007080659870600.htm

bajk

August 6th, 2007, 07:29 AM

Seahosre hospital (AMC - Advance Medical Centre) has been one of the best in Trichy for the past decade with all modern equipment installed.But, unfortunately things are not same for the past few years with most of the best doctors moving out of the hospital.Hope,KMC which is one of the best hopsital currently in Trichy can turn around the Searhorse hospital.

The Tiruchirapalli-based closely held Kaveri Medical Centre and Hospital is in advanced stages of acquiring the publicly listed 175-bed super specialty Seahorse Hospitals Limited, also located in Tiruchirapalli.

http://www.domain-b.com/industry/healthcare/20070803_seahorse_hospital.html

bajk

August 6th, 2007, 07:34 AM

maran

August 6th, 2007, 08:45 AM

kg4129

August 6th, 2007, 09:29 AM

I guess the 100 feet road(from Pududottai highway) where the proposed IT park is coming would be part of the semi ring road.

Yaa, they r planning to connect IT park in the Semi ring road..

IF you see the plan both IT park (Navalpattu & Panchapur in Dindugal Road) has been included.

Leo_r

August 6th, 2007, 10:24 AM

maran

August 6th, 2007, 11:16 AM

'Dell'!!! It is a typing error or a journalist heard it wrong. Most likely, it could be the Expansion plans of "BHEL", who tied up with Alsthom for Super Critical Boilers. 900 acres land parcel suits them more than Dell who can make 2 Million PCs in 30 acres land plant.

Personally, had an air of suspicion and confusion over this DELL and BHEL after reading Dailythanthi article. Perhaps, BHEL could be the one mentioned. Hence, would wish someone to clearify and confirm.:nuts:

bajk

August 6th, 2007, 02:29 PM

'Dell'!!! It is a typing error or a journalist heard it wrong. Most likely, it could be the Expansion plans of "BHEL", who tied up with Alsthom for Super Critical Boilers. 900 acres land parcel suits them more than Dell who can make 2 Million PCs in 30 acres land plant.

It should be some sort of error. As DELL sets up only assembly units as most of their components are bought from other manufactures and they dont need this big space for assembly unit.

bajk

August 6th, 2007, 04:18 PM

After SBI and ICICI, Canara bank openend its ATM facility at Trichy Junction.

Mr. Somasundaram, who was here to participate in the inaugural of an ATM at the Railway Junction, said that this was the 36th ATM in the Tiruchi circle. The Railway Station Manager, P. Selvaraj, inaugurated the ATM.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/06/stories/2007080658910300.htm

maran

August 7th, 2007, 08:09 AM

Requesting Trichy to be announced as 2nd capital city of Tamil Nadu state, after Chennai, is being decided after the annual general meetings of TIDITTSIA, held here recently.

Well, wonder whether present Tamil Nadu government would support such motives, by this ambitious TIDITTSIA organisation.:lol:

http://www.dinamalar.com/2007aug06/district/trichy.asp

bajk

August 7th, 2007, 08:29 AM

maran

August 7th, 2007, 08:50 AM

This was proposed by late CM MGR in 1980s, but didnt take off due to politics. So, even now it wont take off due to politics.

Lately, has been observing, almost all current Tamil Nadu political parties, seems to neglect Trichy in general, unlike those earlier times, during Cholan rule right down to colonial rule, and even upto late Chief Minister MGR rule, Trichy has been the limelight and highlight of Tamil Nadu state.

Does anyone could explain why the trend has been changed since.

On the other hand, it has been observed as most current Tamil Nadu political parties, rather seems to concentrate more on Salem and it's surrounding districts, apart from Chennai. Please advice.:ohno:

bajk

August 7th, 2007, 09:52 AM

A SIDCO industrial park would be established shortly at Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattianam district collector S Jawahar has said.

The park coming up at Kilicher village would house 64 industrial plots, he said in a release here yesterday.

The plots will be available in sizes ranging from five cents to 50 cents of land.

Entrepreneurs could apply to Branch Manager, SIDCO, Thanjavur, for allotment of plots, he said. (Agencies)

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7BF44BD99E%2DA5FD%2D47E5%2DB213%2DB125DE59BA9D%7D&CATEGORYNAME=TAMIL+NADU

gvijayan

August 7th, 2007, 10:12 AM

gvijayan

August 7th, 2007, 10:50 AM

Lately, has been observing, almost all current Tamil Nadu political parties, seems to neglect Trichy in general, unlike those earlier times, during Cholan rule right down to colonial rule, and even upto late Chief Minister MGR rule, Trichy has been the limelight and highlight of Tamil Nadu state.

Does anyone could explain why the trend has been changed since.

On the other hand, it has been observed as most current Tamil Nadu political parties, rather seems to concentrate more on Salem and it's surrounding districts, apart from Chennai. Please advice.:ohno:

Did anybody from Salem say, "Tamil Nadu political parties, seems to neglect Salem in general. On the other hand, it has been observed as most current Tamil Nadu political parties, rather seems to concentrate more on Trichy and it's surrounding districts", during the Cholan rule right down to colonial rule, and even upto late Chief Minister MGR rule ????????

I really can't understand the logic of your statements. Please keep in mind that Trichy is not the only place on earth that requires attention. Salem generates more revenue to the government than Trichy, due to the availability of high quality minerals, and also due to the large number of textile and metallurgical industrial units.

Please do not drag Salem or any other city to compare with Trichy. If you don't get something, ask for it. Do not behave like a child and post silly stuff on the board.

maran

August 7th, 2007, 02:11 PM

Did anybody from Salem say, "Tamil Nadu political parties, seems to neglect Salem in general. On the other hand, it has been observed as most current Tamil Nadu political parties, rather seems to concentrate more on Trichy and it's surrounding districts", during the Cholan rule right down to colonial rule, and even upto late Chief Minister MGR rule ????????

I really can't understand the logic of your statements. Please keep in mind that Trichy is not the only place on earth that requires attention. Salem generates more revenue to the government than Trichy, due to the availability of high quality minerals, and also due to the large number of textile and metallurgical industrial units.

Please do not drag Salem or any other city to compare with Trichy. If you don't get something, ask for it. Do not behave like a child and post silly stuff on the board.

Well, all of the above are only a general perspective views from the public. If Salem deserves it, so be it. End of the day, the voters has the power to alter the political climate of Tamil Nadu government. Till then, await to see.:cheers1:

gvijayan

August 7th, 2007, 02:12 PM

Well, the above is only a general perspective views from the public. If Salem deserves it, so be it. End of the day, the voters has the power to alter the political climate of Tamil Nadu government. Till then, await to see.:cheers1:

Let us see. :nuts:

Brand coimbatore

August 7th, 2007, 03:45 PM

It should be some sort of error. As DELL sets up only assembly units as most of their components are bought from other manufactures and they dont need this big space for assembly unit.
It was said that the DELL had plans for cbe only. Im not sure abt the report, it was published in dinamani.

sivatrichy

August 7th, 2007, 03:46 PM

Did anybody from Salem say, "Tamil Nadu political parties, seems to neglect Salem in general. On the other hand, it has been observed as most current Tamil Nadu political parties, rather seems to concentrate more on Trichy and it's surrounding districts", during the Cholan rule right down to colonial rule, and even upto late Chief Minister MGR rule ????????

I really can't understand the logic of your statements. Please keep in mind that Trichy is not the only place on earth that requires attention. Salem generates more revenue to the government than Trichy, due to the availability of high quality minerals, and also due to the large number of textile and metallurgical industrial units.

Please do not drag Salem or any other city to compare with Trichy. If you don't get something, ask for it. Do not behave like a child and post silly stuff on the board.

mr.vijayan plz understand that maran didn't drag salem..... he only says that due to vested political involvement many good plans are transfered from trichy to other city by the TN govt.. . for eg. the AIIMS super speciality hospital was transfered to salem due to some political reasons......

^^

gvijayan

August 7th, 2007, 04:51 PM

mr.vijayan plz understand that maran didn't drag salem..... he only says that due to vested political involvement many good plans are transfered from trichy to other city by the TN govt.. . for eg. the AIIMS super speciality hospital was transfered to salem due to some political reasons......

^^

Well. It should also be noted that Trichy dragged it from Madurai. Originally the project was supposed to have come in Madurai, and due to some vested political involvement it went to Trichy.
BTW, there were no official announcment of the super-speciality hospitals in Madurai or Trichy. Madurai, Trichy and Salem were considered and Salem finally got it.

rajarajang

August 7th, 2007, 05:15 PM

^^ I seriously DO NOT see the logic behind these craps above. :|

gvijayan

August 7th, 2007, 05:17 PM

^^ I seriously DO NOT see the logic behind these craps above.

Do you see a logic in the posts above the one you are refering to???

rajarajang

August 7th, 2007, 05:42 PM

Do you see a logic in the posts above the one you are refering to???

Have a look at my post again. you might notice a "s" next to crap ;)

On a serious note, Do we really need to indulge in "this city dragged that city's projects" sort of discussions? IMHO, its the "ongoing projects, their progress and how it would benefit the people once completed" that matters. And again IMHO, trichy and salem are equally important when it comes to TNs economy just like TN and Karnataka when it comes to Indian economy. I may sound like a hypocrite for you, but do i care?

gvijayan

August 7th, 2007, 06:26 PM

Have a look at my post again. you might notice a "s" next to crap ;)

On a serious note, Do we really need to indulge in "this city dragged that city's projects" sort of discussions? IMHO, its the "ongoing projects, their progress and how it would benefit the people once completed" that matters. And again IMHO, trichy and salem are equally important when it comes to TNs economy just like TN and Karnataka when it comes to Indian economy. I may sound like a hypocrite for you, but do i care?

I was also trying to convey the same to the forumers who started the argument kind of thing.

Friends, Please discuss only the relevant project/development works. Discuss the projects of other cities ONLY on a positive approach, and do not create yet another WAR kind of situation.

kg4129

August 8th, 2007, 06:38 AM

TIRUCHI: Fifty six engineering students have been placed – 39 in L & T Infotech and 17 in iFlex Solutions – as software developers in the on-going campus interview at the Anna University Tiruchi since August 4.

Of the nearly 1,600 students who participated in the interview conducted by L & T Infotech on the first two days, 216 passed in the written test and 68 could succeed in the Group Discussion. Finally 39 candidates were chosen in the HR interview. On Monday and Tuesday, 1,400 students took part in the campus interview conducted by iFlex Solutions. Of them 38 passed the written test and 17 were selected ultimately.

On Wednesday and Thursday meant for participation by all B.Sc (except Botany and Zoology) and BCA candidates who had passed in 2007, the placement exercise would be carried out by the TCS. Arrangements have been made for spot registration, said the Registrar RM. Chandrasekaran.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/08/stories/2007080859510300.htm

Leo_r

August 8th, 2007, 11:08 AM

2.4% and 1.2% conversion sound ridiculous. Anna Univ,Tiruchi need to concentrate on preplacement training and tests.

bajk

August 8th, 2007, 05:10 PM

bajk

August 8th, 2007, 05:15 PM

2.4% and 1.2% conversion sound ridiculous. Anna Univ,Tiruchi need to concentrate on preplacement training and tests.

I guess NIT Trichy has Finishing schools started in that line. It has tie up with various corporates including TCS, Cognozint which will be providing training to the students as the part of their course.

My understanding is Bharathidasan University had such type of setup before Anna University, Trichy was formed.But not sure though.

maran

August 8th, 2007, 06:21 PM

More funds have been allocated for the development of Srirangam in the current financial year.This is really good as more and more foreigners including local people are visiting Srirangam which is a Tourist and Religious place.

Will funds be provided for the development of the Rockfort Temple? Which now sees more foreigners visiting it.

http://tamil.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14506637

Rockfort Temple or Ucchippillaiyar Koil,as well as, Pillaiyarpatti in Karaikudi, has a great following by the Chinese from the Southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia, whom they treat Pillaiyar, as God of Wealth, and it's the foremost powerful God among other Chinese gods.

Well, since, no direct flights availability to Trichy in the past, as well as, lack of Tamil Nadu government initiatives for Pilgrimage and or Tourism sector in general, the Chinese has left with no choice, but to travel to Singapore and Malaysia, to make their prayers in local Pillaiyar Temple instead.

Hence, wish Tamil Nadu government would take necessary steps soon, apart from development of Temple, would also develop other main infrastructures, particularly, hotels of international standard, direct/indirect flights to&fro Trichy, connecting main Asean cities, and other basic amenities, to ensure a pleasant and memorable stay in Trichy.

Believe, apart from Tourism, employment with hundreds and thousands, around Trichy and surrounding districts could be better enhanced, and at the same time, raising the living standard as well.:)

kg4129

August 10th, 2007, 06:42 AM

New Delhi, Aug 9

Flying could soon become the preferred mode of travel for people in small towns and cities throughout the country. To give a boost to regional connectivity, the Government on Thursday unveiled the concept of regional airlines which seeks to boost air connectivity between tier-II and tier-III cities.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/08/10/stories/2007081052320100.htm

sivatrichy

August 10th, 2007, 07:36 PM

encroachments are removed in collector office road today for the expansion of road

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthiepaper/showxml.aspx?id=2277157&code=3538 ^^

kg4129

August 11th, 2007, 06:47 AM

TIRUCHI: Indian Oil Corporation has established a full-fledged quality control laboratory at its terminal in Vazhavandankottai on the outskirts of the city.

Set up at a cost of Rs. 51 lakh, this is the sixth IOC laboratory to be set up in Tamil Nadu. It is equipped to handle batch formation tests for petrol, diesel and kerosene to establish fuel specification.

Till now, fuel samples were sent to the laboratory at Korukkupet in Chennai for testing.

The Tiruchi laboratory is also equipped with master testing equipment for certifying thermometers and hydrometers for use by petrol / diesel pumps.

40 labs

The IOC has set up 40 field laboratories across the country to ensure quality of fuel delivered from storage points. Of this, 18 laboratories are approved by the Director General of Civil Aviation and Director General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance for testing aviation fuel.

The other laboratories are located at Chennai, Narimanam, Sankari, Madurai and Tuticorin. The Indian Oil’s terminal at Vazhavandankottai is fed by the Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai pipeline which carries petrol, diesel and kerosene in sequences.

Inaugurating the laboratory, the Director of National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, M. Chidambaram, said that quality awareness was more now.

The laboratory, he said, would provide an opportunity, especially to chemical and mechanical engineering students of the institute, to get first-hand knowledge of fuel testing.

M. Nageswaran, General Manager, IOC, Southern Region, said that the IOC had moved from quality control to quality assurance. The organisation would strive to maintain quality.

Deepak Pandya, General Manager, IOC, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, senior officials of the organisation and dealers took part.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/11/stories/2007081160760600.htm

bajk

August 11th, 2007, 08:09 AM

In addition to that, 7 inline baggage systems will be installed in five airports namely Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Srinagar and Calicut. The system makes it unnecessary for the passenger to go for pre-check through x-ray machines. They will directly check in and the baggages screened. This involves an expenditure of Rs 50 crore. The second phase will see these systems installed in 8 other airports viz Amritsar, Guwahati, Varanasi, Trivandrum, Vizag, Trichy, Jaipur and Udaipur.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=26448

kg4129

August 11th, 2007, 11:05 AM

A state-of-the-art monitoring system is to be set up in four major cities of Tamil Nadu, including this temple city, to regulate the ever-increasing vehicular traffic.

The system would be implemented within the next few months in the cities of Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai and Coimbatore at a cost of Rs four crore, police said here.

The state government has already given the sanction for the project, under which high resolution monitoring cameras would be installed at important junctions.

Micro-chips would be used to monitor patrol vehicles and satellite global positioning systems would be utilised to control movement of police officials, they said.

The system would have TV monitors linked to cameras.

The traffic police would be able to know the situation in various junctions by monitoring the same and also advice the people on the alternative routes in case of traffic jam on a particular road.

Traffic violators could also be monitored using the cameras and notices would be sent to their homes, they said.

It would also help monitor the movement of anti-social elements.

Police would have the fingerprints of the criminals on their computer along with their photographs and if they were spotted by the cameras, they could be rounded up. (Agencies)

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID={C4D368CF-1627-4BCD-9497-AC86A4174663}&CATEGORYNAME=TAMNA

bajk

August 12th, 2007, 08:41 PM

maran

August 13th, 2007, 07:10 AM

Lately, our state has been getting great attention from railways, but sadly there is none for Trichy which is an important junction in sourther railway.If am correct, last time a new train introduced was in 1999 between Trichy and Howarh.But on the other hand many trains were cancelled due to guage conversion or extended to other cities.This has really impacted the revenue of Trichy.

There has been hue and cry, but as usual no response from the Railways. Here is the latest one.

The Well Wishers of City Development Welfare Organisations has urged the Railway administration to introduce day time fast passenger trains from Tiruchi to Chennai, from Tiruchi to Mysore via Bangalore and from Tiruchi to Tirupathi via Kancheepuram. It also wanted the resumption of the fast passenger train from Tiruchi to Palakkad via Coimbatore in the morning. It appealed to the authorities to create additional three bus bays at the Tiruchi Junction for the benefit of the passengers. They submitted a memorandum containing the above demands to the railway authorities here, a release said.

Trains cancelled or extended

Trichy - Mangalore - Cancelled ( no reason)
Trichy - Palakkad - Cancelled ( no reason)
Trichy - Ahmedabad - cancelled (no reason)
Trichy - Howrah - Reduced to 2 times weekly from 3 times(the other one runs from kanyakumari now)
Trichy - Chennai (cholan exp) - Cancelled
Trichy - Tirupathi - Cancelled
Trichy - Rameswaram(via Manamadurai) - Cancelled
Trichy - Bangalore ( extended to Myladuthurai)
Trichy - Chennai (rockfort exp, extended to Kumbakonam)
Trichy - Coimbatore ( Janshatabdi, extended to Myladuthurai)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/12/stories/2007081258070200.htm

As has been mentioned many times before, the focus of Trichy attention is slowly eroding over the years, due to heavy vested political involvements.:bash:

Well, may God bless Trichy and it's people, perhaps, at least by means of having strong influential new-born creative leader, in the very near future, whom could lead, decide, influence, trust, faith etc, in restoring the glory days of Trichy, and at the same time, leading this gifted strategically located Trichy, as a forefront city among Tier II cities of Tamil Nadu state.:bowtie:

kg4129

August 13th, 2007, 09:02 AM

As has been mentioned many times before, the focus of Trichy attention is slowly eroding over the years, due to heavy vested political involvements.:bash:

Well, may God bless Trichy and it's people, perhaps, at least by means of having strong influential new-born creative leader, in the very near future, whom could lead, decide, influence, trust, faith etc, in restoring the glory days of Trichy, and at the same time, leading this gifted strategically located Trichy, as a forefront city among Tier II cities of Tamil Nadu state.:bowtie:

Long Wait..........Continues.........

http://www.dinamani.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=DND20070812224800&Title=Districts+Page&lTitle=U%F4YhPeLs&Topic=0&dName=%A7%DAf%A3&Dist=-15

bajk

August 13th, 2007, 10:09 AM

Does anyone have knowledge on Ambienz IT Park at Thillai Nagar, Trichy? I assume Ambienz have a BPO center in Woriyur.

bajk

August 13th, 2007, 06:22 PM

It should be some sort of error. As DELL sets up only assembly units as most of their components are bought from other manufactures and they dont need this big space for assembly unit.

It is BHEL expansion.

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epapertamilmurasu/showxml.aspx?id=87729&code=17261

bajk

August 13th, 2007, 06:26 PM

Mr. Stalin said now that the work on IT parks in Coimbatore and Tirunelveli had started, the subsequent focus would be on developing the proposed IT parks in Tiruchi and Madurai. The IT parks would generate employment for 50,000 youths, he noted.

Hope the work starts soon.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/14/stories/2007081451580300.htm

bajk

August 13th, 2007, 06:36 PM

Long Wait..........Continues.........

http://www.dinamani.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=DND20070812224800&Title=Districts+Page&lTitle=U%F4YhPeLs&Topic=0&dName=%A7%DAf%A3&Dist=-15

The wait has to continue...

My understanding is the bus operators are paying money forcing politicians not to start new trains from Trichy. One good example is not speeding up the Pallavan express between Trichy and Chennai. According to the railway officials the train can run in 4 hours but they are forced to run 5 hours due to political pressure to keep the bus operators happy. The bus operators fear that by speeding the train they would loose travellers.

Since state government is also benifited (as they can run more number of buses from Trichy to various places ), they arent taking any initiative for increasing the trains at Trichy.

madurai veeran

August 13th, 2007, 06:36 PM

Does anyone have knowledge on Ambienz IT Park at Thillai Nagar, Trichy? I assume Ambienz have a BPO center in Woriyur.

^^ Im not sure about the above IT park, but there is one IT park being promoted by M/s. Mangalam Estates at Contonment. The IT park will have a total built up area of 1,57,000 sq.ft and NOC was obtained on 27.03.2006.

Here is a rendering of it,

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/395/mangalam978ps3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.elcot.in/it_parks_itbulidings.php?page_id=109

bajk

August 13th, 2007, 06:50 PM

^^ Im not sure about the above IT park, but there is one IT park being promoted by M/s. Mangalam Estates at Contonment. The IT park will have a total built up area of 1,57,000 sq.ft and NOC was obtained on 27.03.2006.

http://www.elcot.in/it_parks_itbulidings.php?page_id=109

I have seen this one earlier.

There are rumours that Siruganoor IT park on Trichy-Chennai highway by a private company is also coming up.

Arul Murugan

August 14th, 2007, 02:24 AM

Lately, our state has been getting great attention from railways, but sadly there is none for Trichy which is an important junction in sourther railway.If am correct, last time a new train introduced was in 1999 between Trichy and Howarh.But on the other hand many trains were cancelled due to guage conversion or extended to other cities.This has really impacted the revenue of Trichy.

There has been hue and cry, but as usual no response from the Railways. Here is the latest one.

The Well Wishers of City Development Welfare Organisations has urged the Railway administration to introduce day time fast passenger trains from Tiruchi to Chennai, from Tiruchi to Mysore via Bangalore and from Tiruchi to Tirupathi via Kancheepuram. It also wanted the resumption of the fast passenger train from Tiruchi to Palakkad via Coimbatore in the morning. It appealed to the authorities to create additional three bus bays at the Tiruchi Junction for the benefit of the passengers. They submitted a memorandum containing the above demands to the railway authorities here, a release said.

Trains cancelled or extended

Trichy - Mangalore - Cancelled ( no reason)
Trichy - Palakkad - Cancelled ( no reason)
Trichy - Ahmedabad - cancelled (no reason)
Trichy - Howrah - Reduced to 2 times weekly from 3 times(the other one runs from kanyakumari now)
Trichy - Chennai (cholan exp) - Cancelled
Trichy - Tirupathi - Cancelled
Trichy - Rameswaram(via Manamadurai) - Cancelled
Trichy - Bangalore ( extended to Myladuthurai)
Trichy - Chennai (rockfort exp, extended to Kumbakonam)
Trichy - Coimbatore ( Janshatabdi, extended to Myladuthurai)

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/12/stories/2007081258070200.htm

Trichy-Palakkad passenger train was not cancelled. It is still running.

There was no regular train from Trichy to Ahmedabad. It might be special train and dropped due to lack of patronage.

Cholan Express was cancelled long back for Gauge conversion from Trichy to Villupuram via Mayavaram. After GC Cholan express will be re-introduced.

Trichy-Rameshwaram pass was cancelled for GC of Trichy-Rameshwaram line, still Karaikuddi-Manamadurai line is pending. After GC we can see pass train from TPJ to RMM.

Trichy-Tirupathi?? It was running from Madurai to Tirupathi then, it was also cancelled for GC of Trichy-Villupuram line.

When Trichy-Coimbatore Jan Shadabdi exp was introduced????? It was Thanjavur-Coimbatore JS, it was extended to Kumbakonam due to less patronage and for new connectivity.

Trichy has lost only Link express. Other trains like Rock Fort, Mysore and Howrah Express are running via Trichy only.

Please come back with proper source before giving information.

kg4129

August 14th, 2007, 09:36 AM

It's intersting to read so many activities are well in progress .. Hope very soon will get reasonable services in trichy Airport too..

http://www.ficci.com/media-room/speeches-presentations/2007/feb/air-con/Session2/vp-aggrawal.pdf

kg4129

August 14th, 2007, 09:48 AM

Alukkas Jewellery is coming in Trichy.. and openning ceremony on 19.08.2007

http://www.dinamalar.com/2007aug14/district/trichy.asp

kg4129

August 15th, 2007, 10:28 AM

"We need 25 IITs in the country" -From Hindu Opinion

Raghuvir Srinivasan

There is no examination that can choose 1 per cent of its applicants. It is impossible to design. You have 2,50,000 applicants and you choose 4,000. That’s too tall a demand.

The present intake of students across all IITs is less than 2 per cent of those who write the entrance examination. There could be students who are at the threshold level who are as bright as the first 2 per cent but fail to secure admission. How do you address this issue?
That is the origin of my statement that we need 25 IITs in the country. Earlier, we had made an assessment that successively in the joint entrance examination — 2,00,000 students were writing it then, now it is 2,50,000 — about 12,000 were very good and then there was a drop.

That means we should have 12,000 seats in IITs; there will be no heartburns. When I’m cutting off, I’ll be slicing off clearly a superior crowd. But out of that 12,000 to pick out 4,000 causes a lot of heartburn because it could be any 4,000. We don’t have a very good way of discriminating among this 12,000 and we take the first 4,000 because that is all the seats we have.

I pointed this out a long time ago and the Minister (HRD) also caught up with it. That’s why the NITs (National Institute of Technology) were created; the idea was to convert NITs into IITs. But you can’t do it overnight and the Minister also realised that.

We suggested that you fund these NITs well and when they reach a level of performance, that is about one-third of an existing IIT, boost them a little more by injecting funds and try and make them into IIT. But they have to get to that minimal level before they can be converted.

Obviously, this problem is not going to be solved overnight….

Certainly not. We have been talking about it for a long time, we have neglected faculty development for a long time. Now we are doing some things. We have always been good only in crisis management. We create a crisis and then manage it. Now we have a crisis and hopefully we will manage it.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/08/15/stories/2007081550770900.htm

kg4129

August 15th, 2007, 10:31 AM

bajk

August 15th, 2007, 02:10 PM

bajk

August 15th, 2007, 09:42 PM

Trichy-Palakkad passenger train was not cancelled. It is still running.

There was no regular train from Trichy to Ahmedabad. It might be special train and dropped due to lack of patronage.

Cholan Express was cancelled long back for Gauge conversion from Trichy to Villupuram via Mayavaram. After GC Cholan express will be re-introduced.

Trichy-Rameshwaram pass was cancelled for GC of Trichy-Rameshwaram line, still Karaikuddi-Manamadurai line is pending. After GC we can see pass train from TPJ to RMM.

Trichy-Tirupathi?? It was running from Madurai to Tirupathi then, it was also cancelled for GC of Trichy-Villupuram line.

When Trichy-Coimbatore Jan Shadabdi exp was introduced????? It was Thanjavur-Coimbatore JS, it was extended to Kumbakonam due to less patronage and for new connectivity.

Trichy has lost only Link express. Other trains like Rock Fort, Mysore and Howrah Express are running via Trichy only.

Please come back with proper source before giving information.

Trichy-Ernakulam is running, but Palakkad and Mangalore trains were cancelled.
The Ahmedabad train was running over a year before it was cancelled.

The CBE JS was intially planned from Trichy, but introduced from Tanjavur.
70-80% people travelling are from Trichy.The response was poor when the train was leaving to CBE in the early morning(Mangalore exp was leaving around the same time from Trichy). But, its getting good response after the train started leaving for Trichy from CBE in the early morning.

My point is Trichy needs more trains as several trains were cancelled or extended due GC. For e.g Rockfort and Pallavan are always full.The railways can restore Rockfort from Trichy and start new train from
tanjavur/Kumbakonam to chennai via trichy

gvijayan

August 16th, 2007, 06:48 AM

Trichy-Ernakulam is running, but Palakkad and Mangalore trains were cancelled.
The Ahmedabad train was running over a year before it was cancelled.

The CBE JS was intially planned from Trichy, but introduced from Tanjavur.
70-80% people travelling are from Trichy.The response was poor when the train was leaving to CBE in the early morning(Mangalore exp was leaving around the same time from Trichy). But, its getting good response after the train started leaving for Trichy from CBE in the early morning.

My point is Trichy needs more trains as several trains were cancelled or extended due GC. For e.g Rockfort and Pallavan are always full.The railways can restore Rockfort from Trichy and start new train from
tanjavur/Kumbakonam to chennai via trichy

Rockfort will be given back to Trichy when the mainline GC gets completed. Also, when you are asking for a new train from KMU via TPJ, you have to think about so many factors like slot availability, path constraints etc. The TPJ-TBM section is not a double line, and hence introduction of a new train is highly difficult as per railway enthusiasts. Keep in mind that rails are not like roads, and you can not equate introduction of trains to the introduction of buses.

kg4129

August 16th, 2007, 07:05 AM

BHEL to embark on Rs.732-cr. expansion programme shortly

Special Correspondent
TIRUCHI: Bharat Heavy Electricals is all set to launch the second phase of the expansion programme of its Tiruchi unit with an investment of Rs.732 crore.

BHEL has entered into a technology transfer agreement with Alstom for super-critical boiler technology for design of 660, 800 and 1000 MW supercritical boilers.
The Tiruchi complex has drawn up ambitious plans to increase the turnover to Rs.10,000 crore by 2011-12. The outstanding-order book of the unit stood at Rs.12,261 crore at the beginning of the current financial year and nearly Rs.2,000 crore worth of orders were received during the course of the year.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/16/stories/2007081653910400.htm

bajk

August 16th, 2007, 07:36 AM

Rockfort will be given back to Trichy when the mainline GC gets completed. Also, when you are asking for a new train from KMU via TPJ, you have to think about so many factors like slot availability, path constraints etc. The TPJ-TBM section is not a double line, and hence introduction of a new train is highly difficult as per railway enthusiasts. Keep in mind that rails are not like roads, and you can not equate introduction of trains to the introduction of buses.

My friend, I do understand that trains will be restored after the mainline GC is completed.But,railways should provide temporary trains until such time to ease the traffic as Trichy is a busy transit point for the travellers.The buses are always crowded inspite of increasing the frequency.I know the pain, as I was a regular traveller between Trichy and Chennai.
When railways can run special trains to other places why cant to Trichy?

bajk

August 16th, 2007, 07:42 AM

Passenger earnings of the Tiruchi division of Southern Railway have gone up to Rs. 35.82 crore during the first four months of the current fiscal against Rs.33.25 crore during the corresponding period last year, showing an eight per cent increase.

The division’s earnings from freight traffic have also shown a marginal increase to touch Rs.32 crore for the first quarter of the financial year against Rs.31.52 crore during the same period last year, R. C. Jat, Divisional Railway Manager, Tiruchi, said here on Wednesday.

The increase in passenger and freight earnings have been achieved despite the closure of several major sections for gauge conversion.

Speaking at the Independence Day celebrations, organised by Southern Railway here, Mr. Jat disclosed that the Railways would spend about Rs.20 crore during the current financial year for upgrading passenger amenities in the division.

The Srirangam, Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam stations would be modernised during the current year with improvements to the concourse, waiting rooms and retiring rooms. Better lighting arrangement and landscaping would also be done.

An air-conditioned lounge for upper class passengers and an air-conditioned dormitory would soon be ready at the Tiruchi junction. Retiring rooms would be renovated and upgraded with star class facilities.

Platforms at Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Puducherry were being re-surfaced with kota stone to enable the use of mechanised cleaning machines.

The Electronic Fare Repeater Display System had been installed at the Passenger Reservation System and Unreserved Ticketing System centres at 16 stations in the division.

Plasma Screen Display systems had been installed at the Tiruchi and Thanjavur junctions to display the arrival and departure of trains. Both these equipment would be installed at all important stations in the division during the year.

Bomb detection squad

A bomb detection squad would be raised soon at the Tiruchi junction with an investment of about Rs.30 lakh. A sniffer dog squad had been sanctioned for the Railway Protection Force in Villupuram and Tiruchi.

Improvements to staff quarters in the division had been planned at a cost of Rs.8 crore during the year.

Old staff quarters in Chidambaram, Cuddalore Port Junction, Kumbakonam, Lalgudi, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Puducherry, Thanjavur, Tiruverambur, Tirvarur, Villupuram and Tiruchi would be reconstructed. Staff amenities would be improved at a cost of Rs.11 crore.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/16/stories/2007081654620500.htm

bajk

August 16th, 2007, 04:12 PM

I heard a private company is setting up the theme park at Kudamuratti. I understand there was a news about the park in Dailythanthi dated Aug 1st under the section Trichy Mangara news . But I didnt see it in the online edition though.

Can anybody confirm this news?

sivatrichy

August 18th, 2007, 07:44 AM

sivatrichy

August 18th, 2007, 07:52 AM

:cheers: e4e plans third centre in India

Business process services and software engineering outsourcing company e4e, which has two centres in India, plans to open a third centre with a 500-seat capacity during the next fiscal (2007-08) in a secondary city.

e4e, which operates in the technical, financial and healthcare domains, has centres in Bangalore, Chennai, US and Scotland. Bulk of the work takes place in Indian centres where close to 3,200 of the company?s staff strength of 4,000 are employed.

?We are intent on expanding our operations in India since the firm is based on a scaleable model. The third centre will be finalised in the third quarter of the next fiscal. We are keen on setting it up close to colleges. We are considering Pondicherry, Trichy and Coimbatore as the possible locations,? e4e Inc COO Murrali Rangarajan told Business Standard.

To begin with, the third centre (of 500), will focus on data analytics and diagnostics. The seating capacity will be scaled up to 1,500 subsequently. "The availability of talent is immense in this part of India and we intend to build on it. Besides, we are growing between 32 per cent and 40 per cent year-on-year fuelling expansion,? he pointed out.

http://www.e4e.com/news/ThirdCentre_India.htm

bajk

August 18th, 2007, 08:58 AM

:)

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthiepaper/showxml.aspx?id=2230562&code=2953

Thanks. I thought it was a separate news.

bajk

August 18th, 2007, 06:16 PM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up a new IIT, an Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER) and an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in the State to give a fillip to the education sector.

In a Demi Official letter to the Prime Minister, a copy of which was released to the press here, he welcomed Dr Singh's announcement to this effect in his Independence Day address and sought his intervention to set up an IIT at Madurai, IISER at Tiruchirapalli and the IIM at Coimbatore.

He said setting up of these institutions would enable the state to achieve its dream of providing quality higher education and vocational training to a large number of aspirants. It would also augment the human resource development and sustain the pace of industrialisation and employment generation.

Stating that science and technology have emerged as major determinants of the wealth and power of a nation, Mr Karunanidhi said the need of the hour was to produce a large number of competent engineers, scientists and managers of international quality, who would take the nation ahead on the economic front.

He said Tamil Nadu had always given great emphasis on education and particularly to technical and professional education and the availability of skilled manpower had enabled the State to attract huge investments in industry and business.

Mr Karunanidhi also welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement to set up colleges in districts with low-level of enrolment, government support for new high quality schools in every block and setting up of appropriate number of industrial training institutes, polytechnics, vocational schools and skill development centres to ensure vocational training for a larger number of youth in the State.

http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=54519

bajk

August 18th, 2007, 07:57 PM

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kg4129

August 19th, 2007, 07:56 AM

30 BPO offices to be opened soon-

http://www.dinakaran.co.in/epapertamilmurasu/showxml.aspx?id=88537&code=16816

kg4129

August 19th, 2007, 08:24 AM

madurai veeran

August 19th, 2007, 06:01 PM

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bajk

August 19th, 2007, 07:58 PM

The State Government has allocated Rs 31.5 crore for taking up flood prevention measures along Kudamurutti and Korayar rivers in Tiruchy, said Local Administration Minister M K Stalin.

Stalin, who was here on Sunday to review the ongoing underground drainage project, told reporters that a proposal for the second phase of the flood prevention project estimated at Rs 47.5 crore was being prepared.

The State Government has also planned to approach National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) seeking financial assistance to the tune of Rs 210 crore for implementing a comprehensive flood prevention project. Stalin said that he would meet the Prime Minister with the proposal.

On the long pending completion of UGD scheme, he expressed confidence that the works would be completed by October end, this year.

He inspected the progress in the UGD works at Vasudevan Street in Thiruvanaikkovil, Srirangam and Vayalur Road.

The works combined drinking water project planned at an outlay of Rs 99 crore would commence in a couple of months, he said. Ministers K N Nehru, N Selvaraj and Collector Ashish Vachhani accompanied Stalin.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20070819230336&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+-+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0

bajk

August 20th, 2007, 06:59 AM

The Tiruchi Corporation’s bid to get the city included in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has received the State Government’s backing.

The Local Administration Minister, M. K. Stalin, said that the Government has requested the Centre to include Tiruchi. “I have placed the request before the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, during my recent meeting with him,” Mr. Stalin said here on Sunday.

Tiruchi did not qualify for the project as it did not have a population of 10 lakh.

The Corporation and the elected representatives have been demanding that the city, with a population of just over 8 lakh, should be included, taking into account the floating population attracted by it throughout the year due to its vantage location.

Besides, the heritage town of Srirangam and temples attracted a large number of devotees through the year, it was pointed out.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/20/stories/2007082052860100.htm

It is good news that state government is backing Trichy to be included in the project. Hope all the representatives from Trichy continue their effort to add Trichy to the project.

bajk

August 20th, 2007, 08:29 AM

The underground drainage work, currently under execution in the city, will be completed by October, the Local Administration Minister, M.K. Stalin, has said.

Mr. Stalin conducted a surprise inspection of the progress of the works here on Sunday and enquired with the officials the reasons for the delay in completing the project and directed the officials to expedite the works.

The project, sanctioned under the National River Conservation Programme at an estimate of Rs.120 crore, is funded jointly by the Central and State governments, apart from the Corporation’s share.

Accompanied by Transport Minister K.N. Nehru, Forest Minister N.Selvaraj and Collector Ashish Vachhani, he inspected the construction of a pumping station at Vasudevan Street in Thiruvanaikovil and the sewer line laying works at Srirangam and Vayalur Road.

The delay in the acquisition of the private land for the pumping station at Vasudevan Street, due to a litigation, has been a stumbling block in the completion of the project.

Mr. Vachhani and the TWAD Board Executive Engineer Shahul Hameed briefed Mr. Stalin on the reasons for the delay and the present status of the construction. The completion of the pumping station will be vital for the commissioning of the project in the Srirangam zone though the underground sewer lines in the city limits is expected to be brought into use within a month.

Speaking to reporters after the inspection, Mr. Stalin said the project could not be completed in time due to a few litigation and the inclusion of some newly added areas. “The court stays have been vacated and the work is in full swing now,” he said.

At Vayalur Road, Mr. Stalin inspected the progress of the work on laying the sewer line and also the construction of a culvert across the Kathirikai Vaical by the Highways Department.

The Vayalur Road, the main access road for several residential colonies on either side of the road, has remained closed for traffic since July 16. The district administration had announced that work would be completed within a month.

TWAD officials said that the work on laying the sewer lines on the road has almost been completed, but for a short stretch of a couple of metres.

However, residents of the area will have to wait for another 15 to 20 days for the road to be reopened for traffic as the Highways Department has taken up construction of the culvert.

The culvert work will be completed within the next few days but could be opened for traffic only after the mandatory curing period.

The Deputy Mayor M.Anbazhagan, the City Engineer S.Raja Mohammed, Executive Engineer R.Chandran and other officials accompanied Mr.Stalin.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/20/stories/2007082056010300.htm

Here comes another timeline, the minister says the work would be completed by October.The schedules have been given for the past couple of years but the work is yet to be completed.Hope atleast this time the work is completed per schedule. This is really impacting the road infrastructure work in the city.