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Are they making it as a Multiplex?

Are they making it as a Multiplex?

Yes Prasad Some local reports say so.

TNN, Apr 16, 2010, 10.57pm IST

HUBLI: Heavy rain lashed Hubli for more than an hour on Friday, bringing the much-needed respite to the residents, who were witnessing one of the hottest summers for some weeks now (the temperature in Hubli-Dharwad had touched 39-40 degrees in the last week).

People here were expecting the rain since two days as there were enough signs of the clouds `opening up any time'. With Rain God relenting on Friday, downpour coupled with strong winds lashed the commercial capital between 3 pm and 4 pm. The drizzling continued till late evening.

Meanwhile, the unpreparedness of HDMC also came to the fore as gutters in several low-lying areas, especially those in Old Hubli area, overflew. Dharwad also received showers on Friday. However, there were no reports of either trees/ electric poles being uprooted or damage to properties in the twin cities


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Heavy-rain-lashes-Hubli/articleshow/5822526.cms)

Good to hear that I felt like posting this news item :)

Bangalore, April 16

Quest Global has been ranked the world's No.1 among 122 engineering service organisations by The Black Book of Outsourcing 2009, the company said in a release here. Quest's customers – who have stayed with it in the past year – top-ranked it on criteria such as trust, breadth of offerings, client types, delivery excellence, customisation, reliability, brand image/ communication, vendor viability and support. The diversified services vendor was measured for operational excellence, design, mechanical, manufacturing, engineering and plant automation and enterprise asset management services. Mr Doug Brown, co-author of The Black Book of Outsourcing, said the Bangalore ESO “was overwhelmingly praised by customers in the most important attributes clients look for in an outsourcing partner.” — Our Bureau

The Hindu (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/04/17/stories/2010041751091900.htm)

India's first Aerospace SEZ ownedby Quest Global is located in Belgaum over 300 acres of land.

Staff Correspondent

Water to be drawn from Malaprabha reservoir, says Deputy Commissioner

Water tanks in 17 villages in Hubli and Kundgol taluks to be filled

Drinking water situation monitored on a daily basis

DHARWAD: The Dharwad district administration has submitted a Rs. 17-crore proposal to the State Government to fill tanks by drawing water from the Malaprabha reservoir, Deputy Commissioner Darpan Jain has said.

Speaking to presspersons here on Friday, Mr. Jain said that the proposal included drawing water to tanks in 17 villages from Hubli and Kundgol taluks of Dharwad district. Since borewells were not always the solution for drinking water problems and tanks were disappearing owing to encroachments and lack of adequate rainfall, the proposal had been made, he said.

It was sent to the State Government over two months ago and was awaiting sanction, he said.

‘No shortage'

The drinking water situation was being monitored on a daily basis, Mr. Jain said and added that there was no severe shortage of water in the villages. Although there was adequate water supply, problems with distribution remained, he admitted.

He said that officials had been directed to attend to drinking water problems immediately.

Fodder

Mr. Jain also said that there was no shortage of fodder in the district.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/18/stories/2010041852030300.htm)

Belgaum to have ITBP centre soon

Staff Correspondent

Belgaum: Additional Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Anirudh Uppal laid the foundation stone for a full-fledged training centre of the ITBP in Belgaum on Saturday.

The centre will train a battalion of 1,200 personnel. Inspector General of Police (Northern Range) N. Shivakumar, Additional Superintendent of Police Pangam and senior officials of the ITBP were present.

Mr. Uppal told presspersons that the State Government had provided 250 acres of land free to establish the centre.

A sum of Rs. 200 crore would be spent on the centre. Work on it would start in six months after completion of a digital survey of the site, he said. The work would be taken up by the Central Public Works Department, he said.

He said that the centre would create employment opportunities to local people and even motivate them to join the paramilitary forces of the country.

Pramod Asthana, IGP of ITBP, who will head the centre, said that the selection of Belgaum was in consideration of its historical background.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/18/stories/2010041863250400.htm)

Belgaum - Cradle of Infantry.

Indian Air force Air Base- Maratha Light Infantry-Commando Training Center-Naval Base(MIG 29) now ITBP

Belgaum- Land of Kittur Rani Chennama The Warrior.

3:58 PM Posted by ukmad

ITBP Additional Director General of Police Anirudh Uppal performed the bhoomi puja and laid the foundation-stone for the construction for ITBP Battalion Headquarter and Training Center at Halabhavi, about 20 km from Belgaum.

The centre will train a battalion of 1,200 personnel. Inspector General of Police (Northern Range). State Government had provided 250 acres of land free to establish the centre.

The functioning of the battalion and the training center will begin in another six months in temporary structures. The Central Public Works Department will undertake construction of permanent structures at a cost of Rs 48 crore.
1,200 ITBP personnel will be stationed at the proposed center and the training programmes include - professional training in anti-insurgency and commando techniques.The para-military force is meant for duty on the Indo-China border and after a certain period, the personnel on border duty will be deputed to the proposed headquarters and the training center for relaxing and refreshing the training they underwent earlier, a permanent battalion will also be stationed here.

The proposed center will encourage the youth from Karnataka to even join ITBP. There will also be recruitment drive at the center.



AllaboutBelgaum.com (http://belgaumblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/halabhavi-near-belgaum-to-have-itbp.html)




Belgaum City is known as the "Cradle of Infantry"

Air force base Sambra

Naval MIG 29 base

Maratha light Infantry HQ

Belgaum military -one of five schools in India

Indian Army commando training center

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

Can someone please take some pics

The below marked two buildings look completed

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What is the height of these buildings?

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Tallest Building in Belgaum is Laxmi towers,Shiv Basveshwara Nagar?? :?

Some new buildings have come up in the KLE campus?

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The one in Yellow is VITS Hotel,what is the other one which is marked?

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A good news for all Belgaumites INOX is getting ready at the Chandan cinema complex.

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Publication : Business Standard



Business Standard 2009, Bangalore, India, February 17, 2009 - Aerospace Processing India (API) today announced the opening of its processing facility in Belgaum (Karnataka, India), to cater to the needs of the aerospace manufacturing industry. Located in the QuEST Global Precision Engineering SEZ, API is uniquely positioned to provide metal finishing treatment services for both the Indian export and domestic markets.

Magellan Aerospace Limited and QuEST Global established API as an independent operating company to provide approved aerospace treatments that are not readily available in India. The fully integrated, scalable facility has been operational from Jan 2009.

API has invested in capabilities, which would enable fulfilling the demand for sourcing fully finished parts from India. In the initial phase, the facility would be focused on processes for aluminum, titanium and stainless steel components for aero-structure and aero-engine components.

Konrad Hahnelt, Vice President of Magellan Aerospace Limited, and Aravind Melligeri, Chairman & Co-Founder of QuEST Global, have credited “close cooperation between teams from the co-ownership companies, excellent support from the future customer base and a clear focus on the importance of establishing finishing capabilities” for the successful creation and opening of API in India.

The plant boasts of state-of-the art capabilities such as fully automated anodizing line, fully automated Etching line, Semi-automatic Titanium Etching line, Primer & Painting line, advanced Fluorescent Particle Inspection (FPI) line, Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) line, advanced 7-axis robotic shot peening and passivation/alodine/alochrome processes. The API facility also has a dedicated reverse osmosis plant, zero discharge effluent treatment plant and a dedicated state-of-the art chemical laboratory to meet statutory testing requirements in-house.

API has received particular support and encouragement from Airbus and Boeing in establishing operations to meet rigorous aerospace specifications and is working with each customer to achieve full operational approvals.

“API provides a much needed, standalone third party metal finishing treatment, services in India. Airbus is proud to have supported API and to have helped enhance the local aerospace industry,” said Dr. Srinivasan Dwarakanath, Airbus Director International Cooperation.


BS (http://www.api-in.com/API_opens_its_metal_finishing_facility_in_India.html)


Old news

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Belgaum: Special alumina production from Belgaum will be ramped up to 316 ktpa from 138 ktpa. To reduce cost of production substantially, a 18 MW co-gen power plant and a railway siding facility will also be taken up as a part of the project.

25 Jan 2010 Hindalco Press Release (http://www.hindalco.com/media/press_releases/201001jan/hindalco_Q3FY10_results.htm)

Belgaum

The Belgaum unit of Hindalco, located in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, houses an alumina plant, a world-class research centre for alumina, and a carbon paste and block plant.

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The alumina plant started operating in 1969 with an initial capacity of 75,000 tpa of alumina hydrate. It currently produces around 380,000 tpa. Since the 1990s the plant has become predominantly an export-oriented unit of metallurgical alumina, while producing several grades of special aluminas and hydrates for non-metallurgical applications, like refractories, ceramics, polishing, fire retardant plastics, alum, zeolite, etc.

Over the years, the plant has expanded its capacity of speciality products to around 138,000 tpa, with approximately 120 different grades, serving more than 600 customers across 35 countries. In addition to providing technical support to the alumina plants of the Aditya Birla Group on the Bayer process and special products, the research centre has been carrying out projects for international clients.

The Belgaum unit has earned recognition in the form of national awards in the areas of energy conservation, R&D excellence, environment, and safety. It also has the Star Trading House status.
The 1182-acre plant has a large colony for its 752-strong workforce, with a well-equipped occupational health centre, club / community centre for sports and recreational activities, and an upper primary school. The unit has adopted seven nearby villages and the CSR initiatives cover different areas like education, women’s empowerment, sustainable livelihood, health and infrastructural development.

Hindalco website (http://www.hindalco.com/operations/belgaum.htm)

JNMC Musical fountain open to public on Sat and Sun

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Allaboutbelgaum.com (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/lifestyle/travel/jnmc-musical-fountain-open-on-sat-and-sun/)

Many residential Parks/gardens of Belgaum city wear a beautiful look thanks to the CM -Yeddurappa who granted 7 corporations 100 crore last year.

Below are the pics of few parks -Obtained from BCC website

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Yeddurappa rocks

allaboutbelgaum.com (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/infrastructure/gardens-look-beautiful-now/)

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Posted on26 April 2010.

Reliance Retail Limited (RRL) will launch its flagship apparel, luggage and accessories store, Reliance Trends, in Belgaum at Nucleus Mall on the first floor.

CC allaboutbelgaum.com (http://allaboutbelgaum.com/business/economy/retail-economy/reliance-trends-setting-the-trend-at-nucleus-mall/)

few more

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May 2010

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What is the current status?

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Suvarna Soudha will be ready by December

Posted on28 April 2010.

Public Works Department Minister C M Udasi said construction of Suvarna Soudha in Belgaum will be completed by December this year.

The winter session of the State Legislature will be held at Suvarna Soudha in January 2011, Udasi added.

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some pics from nrupatunga betta,hubli
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^^ Manoj resize your images to 15 inch monitor,Since the pics have come out a bit blurred I have posted them as a 15 inch sized

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Thankyou Manoj.for the pics......Looks cool.....Hubli is nice flourishing city :)

Try covering kasugal and gokul roads

I phase work on "Suvarna Soudha " by Dec: Minister

Bangalore, Apr 27 : Karnataka Public Works Department Minister C M Udasi today said the first phase of construction of the state Assembly at Belgaum would be completed in December.

Mr Udasi told reporters here the winter Session of the Assembly would be held in the new buidling in January 2011.

He said the State Government had spent Rs 100 crore for the construction of the Suvarna Soudha and would spend another Rs 130 crore for the completion of the building at Belgaum which was being promoted as a second capital city of the State.

The session would be held for the conduct of business of the Upper and Lower Houses at Belgaum, he said.

--UNI (http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-97535.html)

The Cabinet approved the upgrading of National Highway 4 between Hubli and Dharwad (20 km) at a cost of nearly Rs. 150 crore. The Union Government has granted Rs. 50 crore for this and has promised that another Rs. 50 crore will be provided. Tenders will be called shortly. (http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/30/stories/2010043057420100.htm)

Approval given for second phase of work on tank

Staff Correspondent

Gardens, and canals to divert sewage to be built

DHARWAD: MLA and Chairman of the Karnataka State Border Area Development Authority Chandrakanth Bellad has said that administrative approval for the third and fourth phase of development works on Kelageri Tank had been given and work worth Rs. 1.76 crore would be entrusted to the Minor Irrigation Department.

He was speaking to presspersons after inspecting the work at Kelageri Tank here on Saturday.

‘Tourist spot'

Mr. Bellad said that during these two phases, steps would be taken to convert the tank into a tourist spot. A new tank bund would be created on the eastern side with a pathway for people to walk. The work also included the construction of a canal to divert sewage from entering the tank and proper illumination of the tank bund.

Small gardens would be raised at three points in the tank, he said. Arrangements would be made to provide drinking water to cattle raised by the residents of Kelageri, Mr. Bellad added.

With the tank completing 100 years of its construction, the installation of a statue of Sir M. Visvesvaraya had been planned on the tank premises, he said. Mr. Bellad said that Rs. 1.4 crore had been spent during the first phase of the development work. Hubli-Dharwad Deputy Mayor Bharati Patil, Chairman of Hubli-Dharwad Urban Development Authority Datta Dorle and councillor Shivu Hirekerur were present.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/02/stories/2010050253120300.htm)

TNN, May 1, 2010, 09.09pm IST

HUBLI: If authorities have their way, then the much-anticipated four laning of Hubli-Dharwad Road may be a reality in three years' time. The state cabinet has approved a proposal on widening the 20-km road at a cost of Rs 155.40 crore.

The project comprises service roads, underpasses, footpaths and road-dividers. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 100 crore for the project, which was envisaged in the wake of increased traffic on the road connecting the twin cities.


Times (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City/Hubli/Hubli-Dharwad-Road-may-be-4-lane-one-in-three-years/articleshow/5880927.cms)

Confusing traffic signal at Gogte circle

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If one comes over from the Over bridge towards State Bank of India one can see TWO traffic signals (see image) A & B.
Many people get caught by cops on this Gogte circle Signal
Anyways which is your Signal to follow A or B if you come over from Over bridge.

allaboutbelgaum.com

RPD corner road widening process begins---------

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Great going Belgaum :banana:

Looks like kalegiri lake in Dharwad has seen some facelift in the form of concrete interlocks for the pathway.............

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Hubli city Unkal lake garden

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Lakeview HONDA showroom

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Suvarna Soudha will be ready by December



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^^ Manoj resize your images to 15 inch monitor,Since the pics have come out a bit blurred I have posted them as a 15 inch sized

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Thankyou Manoj.for the pics......Looks cool.....Hubli is nice flourishing city :)

Try covering kasugal and gokul roads




hi manoj,

r u having info regarding the cricket stadium coming up in hubli?

also on the 2 new malls
1. urban oasis?
2. the one on coen road?

any idea which stores are planning to set up?

westside and golds gym have booked thier spaces in the MAX mall coming up in keshwapur. work has already begun.

also on the 2 new malls
1. urban oasis?
2. the one on coen road?

any idea which stores are planning to set up?

1)Urban oasis - work is very slow

2) where exactly is Coen road??

yeah.. urban oasis work is slow.. inox has planned 4 screens in that mall.. and the second mall is bieng built near apsara theatre ( near womens colege) .. it has a multiplx too.. but not confirmed who's gettng it

yeah.. urban oasis work is slow.. inox has planned 4 screens in that mall.. and the second mall is bieng built near apsara theatre ( near womens colege) .. it has a multiplx too.. but not confirmed who's gettng it

I never knew that Inox was planning in Hubli,thanks a lot Vivek for the Information.Please keep us updated on the development works happening in Hubli-Dharwad.

Vivek heard that they are demolishing old bus stand??? :?

hi manoj,

r u having info regarding the cricket stadium coming up in hubli?

hi vivek...in d first pic u can see d ground with some nice green cover.....stil work is goin on...n a very long way to go for international matches...ranaji they may start within 2 years....n also there is a problem a railway track runs exactly behind d ground...so building large stands is doubtful,but KSCA has to take more interest n hav to pump more n more money n hav to work at a much faster pace...one more thing i would like to tel u..u might hav heard of international cric ground in dharwad which was said to be d 2nd biggest ground in Asia..it was built in KUD campus..al ppl involved in it ate up d money n it is abandoned now......:ohno:

I never knew that Inox was planning in Hubli,thanks a lot Vivek for the Information.Please keep us updated on the development works happening in Hubli-Dharwad.

Vivek heard that they are demolishing old bus stand??? :?

hello akash if u remember u had only once posted an article regarding this,ya d work is goin at a very slow pace...i doubt about other multiplex near womens col.... :bash:

hello akash if u remember u had only once posted an article regarding this,ya d work is goin at a very slow pace...i doubt about other multiplex near womens col.... :bash:

Thanks Manoj for the updates............I am not understanding why Govt is not treating Hubli-Dharwad on par with other cities of the state?? Belgaum is posing a stiff challenge to Hubli-Dharwad cities.Both the cities have tremendous potential but still untapped.

Are there any roads being widened at present would like to know what HDMC did with CM's grant.

Thanks Manoj for the updates............I am not understanding why Govt is not treating Hubli-Dharwad on par with other cities of the state?? Belgaum is posing a stiff challenge to Hubli-Dharwad cities.Both the cities have tremendous potential but still untapped.

Are there any roads being widened at present would like to know what HDMC did with CM's grant.the HDMC has fruitfully used d grants...ya in dharwad two roads hav been concertized.. ..n many parks n lakes r being renovated...:)

the HDMC has fruitfully used d grants...ya in dharwad two roads hav been concertized.. ..n many parks n lakes r being renovated...:)

What about old central bus stand in hubli and dharwad???

Some more pictures of Hubli city from Nrupatunga Betta.

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Unkal Lake view from Nrupathunga betta
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Don't know about old central bustand renovation. I have slow lnternet connection. So U resize and post my images. Thanks

ya i cant see any hope of an internantional stadium coming up at dharwad...but i had been to the KSCA stadium thats coming up at hubli. they say they have planned it to international standars with a capacity of around 50000 people... they have also acquired quiet a good amount of land in and around that area.. KPL matches may also be played ths year.. they are taking immense care of the lawns that are grown and looks like it can reach to international standards... just hope so;)

guys looks like hubli dharwad police is gearing up to use technolgy.. they have started installing cameras at key junctions in hubli..

Vivek kindly post some pics of the outfield.Also take some pics of Hubli roads and buildings

hey how do i upload pics?

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CAMERAS INSTALLED AT RANI CHENNAMA CIRCLE IN HUBLI

^^ Great news,Vivek thaks a lot for sharing :cheers:

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A MALL NEAR COEN ROAD.. NAME NOT DISCLOSED YET

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URBAN OASIS MALL ON GOKUL ROAD. HOTEL+MULTIPLEX+MALL

The Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) will enter into Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, LexisNexis company and Karnataka Institute of Law and Parliamentary Reform (KILPAR), to impart legal education of international standard at the KSLU.


Academic e-library

LexisNexis is a multi-national company which publishes international law books. It will provide its academic e-library to the KSLU at 67 per cent discount.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/69624/kslu-ink-pact-national-law.html)

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A MALL NEAR COEN ROAD.. NAME NOT DISCLOSED YET

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URBAN OASIS MALL ON GOKUL ROAD. HOTEL+MULTIPLEX+MALL

GREAT UPDATES VIVEK...Thanks a lot......So three MALLS U/C IN HUBLI ALONE.
Any Malls planned in DHARWAD??:)

hi akash..oswal towers is coming up at dharwad..its almost ready..just hav to give finishing touch..they hav put huge banners for advertising at many places in H-D...

Hi manoj,I crossed Dharwad today on way to Belgaum......Its just awesome..still so green,peaceful and neat.

I noticed one thing that roads have got lot better,infact they are good now.:banana:
Places which turns me off in dharwad are the few villages that have got merged.....:ohno: Can they rehabilitate them somewhere else??

hi akash..oswal towers is coming up at dharwad..its almost ready..just hav to give finishing touch..they hav put huge banners for advertising at many places in H-D...

Manoj I just managed to take pics of jubilee circle in dharwar
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Took it on way to belgaum
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Pvt exploration company strikes gold in Dharwad
Srinidhi R, Dharwad, May 25, DHNS:

Ore with high concentration found in 300 acres of land in Mangalagatti

The nondescript village of Mangalgatti in Dharwad taluk is attracting attention with reports of gold ore being found spreading on Tuesday. Bangalore-based Deccan Exploration Service Private Limited has been working on the project since 2003 and had taken up survey work. The exploration unit officials have now found gold ore here. As the news spread across the village, it made the villagers curious.

Sources told Deccan Herald that ore exploration officials have sought permission of the Union Government to take up gold mining in this area. The Mangalgatti village has two hills covering nearly 400 acres of land. The survey report reveals that gold ore of high concentration has been found in nearly 300 acres of land.

With the news spreading, real estate agents are on their toes to purchase the land here shelling out crores of rupees. Survey officials Dr Vasudev, Dr Malapur, Dr Harish and team members had conducted soil sampling tests in nearly 400 places.

A detailed report in this regard has also been submitted to the State Government, but the permission to take up advance research is yet to be granted by the government. Various private mining company officials have started visiting the village with an intention to carrying out mining activity. Earlier, Deccan Exploration Service Private Limited had found gold ore in Gajinoor in Haveri district and in Kolar.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, Director of the company, Vasudev confirmed that the survey reports indicate presence of gold ore in the Mangalgatti village. “A report has been submitted to the State and Central governments seeking permission to allow mining in this area,” he added.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/71563/pvt-exploration-company-strikes-gold.html)
aFTER kOLAR gOLD fIELDS NOW ITS DHARWAD GOLD FIELDS ???

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Its amazing.......coming up majestically on a hill..........:cheers:

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Belgaum is rightly called the "CROWN OF NORTH KARNATAKA"

BELGAUM CITY AERIALS-All shots taken by me and Uday(allaboutbelgaum.com)

Pics taken from STAR TOWER,RPD cross(Residential cum Commercial area)

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That tower is Belgaum's landmark
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Only Mid rises 5-6 storey apartments(there are lots of them in belgaum) are visible while the entire city sits below the green cover.......
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You can see in this pic the Landmark of Belgaum city-Tower....see How far it is :nuts:
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Looking towards cantonment-----The whole cantonment is sitting under green cover
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Towards KLES-quite a number of mid rises are present in Nehru Nagar-5-6-7 storeys...will try to cover sometime later
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Towards Nehru Nagar

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Core city

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Sitting nicely under green cover-Lake lies behind

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Residential area
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Green cover
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Pic taken from Foot Bridge,college road
Towards Kirloskar circle
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Towards City
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Towards hanuman nagar....................Hanuman nagar gGolf club is sitting behind the green cover :happy:

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Road from Railway station---------recently concreted....CM's 100 crore grant

Manoj I took few pics of the newly laid concrete road from Dharwad railway station.............
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A 6 or 7 storey apartment sitting on a small hill
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Manoj nice to see Dharwad station getting granite stoned platforms :banana:

Inox Chandan is ready for launch

Posted on03 June 2010

After revolutionizing the way people see movies, INOX Leisure Ltd. will take the INOX experience to Belgaum. INOX Chandan will be open to patrons from Friday, 4th June 2010 onwards and will have 3 screens and 897 seats.

Now to what would be the pricing.

Sources have told this blog that pricing would be reasonable and it wold be Rs.60, 80 & 90. This pricing could be there for the beginning atleast.

Inox Chandan

Big Cinemas is charging Rs.60 for morning shows and Rs.60, 90 & 120 for other shows. So the above pricing could be kept on.
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Main advantage for Inox Chandan would be the ample parking space as compared to Big cinemas.

Luxury is the corner stone of all INOX multiplexes, plush seats with ample leg space, lush carpeting in the auditoriums, a spacious lobby; all backed by world class hospitality will make it a never seen before movie experience.
Allaboutbelgaum.com

QuEST, Indo Schottle sign MoU
Bangalore, June 3, dhns:

Global aerospace engineering and manufacturing major, QuEST Global on Thursday signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Indo Schottle to set up a new dedicated facility in the QuEST Global SEZ , Belgaum to manufacture and export engine parts and hydraulic components.


Indo Schottle, primarily an automotive major, will be investing Rs 20 crore initially in Quest Global SEZ to mark its entry into the aerospace manufacturing sector. Aravind Melligeri, chairman and co-founder, QuEST Global, said, “By signing of this MoU, we will build an ecosystem of qualified suppliers to meet supply chain needs for the global aerospace OEM's and Tier-1's.”
DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/73269/quest-indo-schottle-sign-mou.html)

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I guess the white building is the tallest in Belgaum.

Pic taken from Foot Bridge,college road
Towards Kirloskar circle
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Towards City
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Nice to see a foot bridge. These bridges should be installed across all heavy traffic roads.
Foot bridges in Mumbai are being built with glass casings to protect the bridge users from the elements and are called skywalks.:)
I have also seen some footbridges in Delhi which have escalators installed !!

Belgaum to have steel factory by 2013
TNN, May 31, 2010, 10.26pm IST

BELGAUM: Vishwanath Sugars Limited, owned by horticulture minister Umesh Katti, will set up a steel plant with a capacity of 10 lakh tonnes, adjacent to the sugar factory at Bellad Bagewadi of Hukkeri taluk in Belgaum district.

The state high power committee, chaired by CM B S Yeddyurappa has already approved the project and an MoU between state government and factory management will be made on Thursday, during the Global Investors Meet.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday evening, Katti said the plant will functional from March 2013. The total cost of the project is Rs 1,500 crore, which will provide direct employment to nearly 3,000 people and help around 50,000 families directly and indirectly.

Katti also said the government had sanctioned 315 acres land for the project at Bellad Bagewadi and the land acquisition process was under progress. Vishwanath Sugars Ltd., will power the steel plant by 40 MW of power it is already co-generating, while its water requirements of the plant will be met by Dhupadal back water project. Iron ore for the project will be availed from Bellary region, for which an application has been filed for land procurement for mining, said Katti. The construction of the plant will commence in two months once the documentary procedures are completed, he added.

The project will be done in two phases -- Vishwanath Sugars Ltd., will invest Rs 200 crore in the project, and Rs 200 crore collected as share capital and Rs 300 crore taken as bank loan. The shares were opened to the market recently, he said.

Responding to the pollution-related questions, Katti said: "We will take all appropriate measures to tackle it through advanced technology."

Katti said the project will play a key role in catering to the steel demand of the country, as the present requirement for steel in the country is 130-150 lakh tonnes.

Chairman of the project Nikhil Katti was present.
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Hubli/Belgaum-to-have-steel-factory-by-2013-/articleshow/5992209.cms)

Dharwad AIR tower
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Kaligiri lake is looking fantastic

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Dharwad cactus enters Guinness Book as world's tallest

Saturday, 05 June 2010, 11:29 IST

Dharwad: A cactus plant, grown near SDM College of Dental Sciences near Sattur has entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest plant. Cereus peruvianus in botanical terminology, the plant has a height of 78.8 feet.

The plant was planted on August 15, 2002 and it belongs to Cactaceae family. It has white flowers in funnel shape which is 20 cm long. But it does not have any leaves. From March to October is the flowering season.

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Before it, the world record was in the name of another cactus in Narayanpur of Dharwad. It was 72 feet high when it entered into the records book in 2004.

According to prof Parimala of the department of Botany at JSS College, the plant has its origin in South America,and in India,it is planted in hedges and is rarely cultivated. The flowers bloom during night and closes in the morning. Therefore, it is also called nightblooming Cereus. It also has a red colored fruit called Peruvian.

By siliconindia news bureau (http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Dharwad_cactus_enters_Guinness_Book_as_worlds_tallest-nid-68551.html)

Dharwad, Kambarganvi stations open to services

TNN, Jun 5, 2010, 10.39pm IST

HUBLI: The work between Dharwad and Kambarganvi railway stations has been completed and was open to train services and passengers on Saturday.

Railways officials said the 26.68-km-long stretch is open for traffic after the Commissioner of Railway Safety inspected the line recently before giving a green signal for train operations on the upgraded track.

Dharwad-Kambarganvi is a part of Hubli-Vasco Da Gama section. The doubling works was sanctioned in 2006-07 to ease traffic on the stretch. The work included two new stations, 56 minor bridges, one major bridge.

Works that are being done between the Mugad-Kambarganvi lines are in progress and is likely to be completed by December-end.
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Dharwad-Kambarganvi-stations-open-to-services/articleshow/6015813.cms)

NH4 Near Dharwad
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Renuka Infra to invest Rs 12,000 cr
Bangalore, June 3,dhns:

Shree Renuka Infra Projects Limited will invest Rs 12,000 crore –– Rs 6,000 crore for a 1,000 MW power plant in Belgaum and Rs 6,000 crore into its 200 MT steel plant in Vijayanagara.

Executive Chairperson Vidya Murkumbi said the Government has already allotted 13,050 acre of land for the steel plant and 650 acre in Belgaum out of 2,000 acre requested.
While the steel plant is expected to be commissioned in the next three and a half years, she said the power plant would be commissioned in four years time. Further, the steel plant would be expanded to a capacity of 600 MTPA over time.

She said the investment is currently funded through internal accruals and the company will go in for an IPO soon. The firm would generate about 200 MW of captive power, of which about 100 MW would be sold to the power grid.

She further said group firm Renuka Sugars has bought a sugar firm for Rs 500 crore and is in the process of renegotiation to buy another one. Previous valuation of the deal under negotiation was at Rs 15,000 crore, she said.
DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/73267/renuka-infra-invest-rs-12000.html)

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world's largest Kitchen -Akashay patra,Hubli

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NRN @Akshay patra
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Road not swept early morning.....

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Sangolli Rayanna statue....
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Road not swept early morning.....

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Sangolli Rayanna statue....
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No matter what, Hubli has seen tremendous change over the years.
:cheers:

Wow these road resembles roads in californian valley in america.
Love you Dharwad

welcome to SSCI yaseen sharif,hope to see your participation :cheers:

Thank You Akash
I am a native of Bellary,nice to see your posts regarding Hubli-Dharwad,Belgaum.These cities are no doubt one of the best in the india.I've been to Belgaum,Hubli-Dharwad on the way Bellary from Mumbai.The people here are very helpful in nature and belgaum has so happening climate i haven't seen anywhere in Karnataka and the railway station of Hubli looks better that of Bangalore.I Would like to post mails regarding Bellary and other cities in North Karnataka.How can i post those

Sharif Yaseen, we have to start a new thread on emerging steel city Bellary/Ballari. You may do this by clicking on New Thread in Karnataka forum main page. Do you know the status of JSW House?

Ok i will make a new thread regarding bellary and the proposed JSW house is scheduled to built in toranagallu which is 32 Km's from Bellary.

Ok i will make a new thread regarding bellary and the proposed JSW house is scheduled to built in toranagallu which is 32 Km's from Bellary.

Sharif I have already opened a new thread for Bellary projects-click here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1150113) and there exists a thread for JSW house-check here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1124415).
You only need to post the news articles in the respective threads.
cheers :cheers:
Coming to other cities and towns kindly post their news articles here-click here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=491877&page=62)

Mysore ring road-Completed 6 laning underway* -JNNURM funded
Bellary ring road - Completed 4 laned and 2 laned
Gulbarga ring road- Completed 4 laned
Hubli-Dharwad- ring road not possible*
Davangere- ring road completed I guess
Hassan ring road completed
Belgaum ring road-Master plan ready
Mangalore ring road- Plan ready??
shimoga ring road -U/C
Bijapur ring road-completed-few stretches not touched

Why "Hubli-Dharwad- ring road not possible*"?

Cann't have twin ring roads - one around Hubballi and another around Dharawada?

Why "Hubli-Dharwad- ring road not possible*"?

Cann't have twin ring roads - one around Hubballi and another around Dharawada?
Hubli-Dharwad cities have almost merged and lot of obstructions come in way if one tries to ring the two cities independently,lot of properties have to be acquired and even Airport hinders a ring around Hubli city.

The other alternatives are shown below....

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The major roads around Dharwad must be linked as shown in red lines and blue lines for Hubli,by doing so One can avoid heavy iron ore laden trucks entering the city,from bellary side.
The one shown in red is a Bypass....GOK has pledged 150 crores to 4 lane the interior Hubli-Dharwad PB road passing through Navalur.

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Hubli-Dharwad has seen tremendous changes in the last two years,Thanks to BJP.Hubli-Dharwad has 42 villages in its corporation hope the city authorities shift them out,they spoil the city looks and add to the slum population.

^^ Why to shift 42 villages? Cann't they be urbanized? I mean those villages should be redeveloped with urban facilities as there is no more agricultural related activities are going on in these villages.

^^ Why to shift 42 villages? Cann't they be urbanized? I mean those villages should be redeveloped with urban facilities as there is no more agricultural related activities are going on in these villages.

Yes Krishnamoorthy,on the contrary Urbanization in India means more filth,they have been notified as slums-the distance between Hubli-Dharwad is about 23 KM,with about 42 villages one can find spacious layouts co existing with these Villages,instead HDMC must pay them due compensation and allot them developed plots in the same area.I have heard that Villagers themselves are selling away land with the shooting up of land prices.:)

^^ Good for villagers, I mean, new city dwellers.

Inox multiplex comes to Belgaum (http://www.indiaretailing.com/news.aspx?topic=1&Id=4802)

Inox multiplex comes to Belgaum

12 Jun 2010

Inox has opened a multiplex in Belgaum, Karnataka. Located at Head Post Office Road, Inox Belgaum has three screens with a total of 901 seats.

Alok Tandon, CEO, Inox Leisure Ltd, said, “With our convenient location, easy accessibility, state-of-the-art facilities and high-end technology, we aim to revolutionise the movie-viewing experience in Belgaum.”

On the expansion plans for Karnataka, Tandon said, “The state is high on our property. We already have three operational properties in Bangalore, while another one is on the anvil. We are also coming up with a property in Hubli.”

Inox currently operates 35 multiplexes and 132 screens in 24 cities across India.
Indiaretailing (http://www.indiaretailing.com/news.aspx?topic=1&Id=4802)
wow Belgaum has Big Cinemas and Inox :banana:

Akash,
As krishnamurthy suggested why can't we have ring road for Hubli and Ring road for Dharwad instead of one ring road ( from shape it will not be ring it will Ellips).

Ring road would decongest central district

Akash,
As krishnamurthy suggested why can't we have ring road for Hubli and Ring road for Dharwad instead of one ring road ( from shape it will not be ring it will Ellips).

Ring road would decongest central district

Hubli-Dharwad cities have almost merged and lot of obstructions come in way if one tries to ring the two cities independently,lot of properties have to be acquired and even Airport hinders a ring around Hubli city.

The other alternatives are shown below....

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9105/ubl2.png

The major roads around Dharwad must be linked as shown in red lines and blue lines for Hubli,by doing so One can avoid heavy iron ore laden trucks entering the city,from bellary side.
The one shown in red is a Bypass....GOK has pledged 150 crores to 4 lane the interior Hubli-Dharwad PB road passing through Navalur.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4391/ubl.png

Hubli-Dharwad has seen tremendous changes in the last two years,Thanks to BJP.Hubli-Dharwad has 42 villages in its corporation hope the city authorities shift them out,they spoil the city looks and add to the slum population.

:)

Inox has started screening in BELGAUM :)
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BIG Cinemas,INOX and next Satyam great going belgaum :)

According to a reliable source- 30 storied building is planned in BELGAUM.:)

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The “One city Homes” is a unique project for the city of Belgaum and as it is very centrally located near Railway Station and Shahpur markets, this could be better place to have a home.

A beautiful garden play area for children, jogging track, club house, Cable TV, round the clock security with CCTV, intercom facility, generator backup, central solar water heating, street lights, 3 passenger Lifts etc will be provided.

CC allaboutbelgaum

Akash, What is that "next satyam"?

Akash, What is that "next satyam"?

Nucleus mall is planning another mall next to big bazaar at RPD cross,they have huge land there and have barricaded that place,may be once it comes up the multiplex would be operated by satyam :banana: Any updates on the yash plaza which is U/C

Distance between Hubli and Belgaum via Dharwad is 94km

Hubli-Dharwad cities have almost merged and lot of obstructions come in way if one tries to ring the two cities independently,lot of properties have to be acquired and even Airport hinders a ring around Hubli city.

The other alternatives are shown below....

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9105/ubl2.png

The major roads around Dharwad must be linked as shown in red lines and blue lines for Hubli,by doing so One can avoid heavy iron ore laden trucks entering the city,from bellary side.
The one shown in red is a Bypass....GOK has pledged 150 crores to 4 lane the interior Hubli-Dharwad PB road passing through Navalur.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4391/ubl.png

Hubli-Dharwad has seen tremendous changes in the last two years,Thanks to BJP.Hubli-Dharwad has 42 villages in its corporation hope the city authorities shift them out,they spoil the city looks and add to the slum population.

Ring roads as shown in first pic is not required. The bypass road serves as half ring road already... We need to ring the rest half.

Second image bypass road red line is incomplete in south.

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Some mysterious lake there :) Big blue attached to dharwad right in google maps. I saw satellite, no water only plain agriculture farms it looks, likely a dry lake. :cheers:

So all we can do is hubli half ring as shown in red...

Hubli-Dharwad cities have almost merged and lot of obstructions come in way if one tries to ring the two cities independently,lot of properties have to be acquired and even Airport hinders a ring around Hubli city.

The other alternatives are shown below....

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9105/ubl2.png

The major roads around Dharwad must be linked as shown in red lines and blue lines for Hubli,by doing so One can avoid heavy iron ore laden trucks entering the city,from bellary side.
The one shown in red is a Bypass....GOK has pledged 150 crores to 4 lane the interior Hubli-Dharwad PB road passing through Navalur.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4391/ubl.png

Hubli-Dharwad has seen tremendous changes in the last two years,Thanks to BJP.Hubli-Dharwad has 42 villages in its corporation hope the city authorities shift them out,they spoil the city looks and add to the slum population.

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/43/33533472.jpg
Some mysterious lake there :) Big blue attached to dharwad right in google maps. I saw satellite, no water only plain agriculture farms it looks, likely a dry lake. :cheers:

So all we can do is hubli half ring as shown in red...
I have already shown that half ring in my previous post

Hubli rains!!Hubli rains!!Hubli rains!!Hubli rains!!Hubli rains!!Hubli rains!!Hubli rains!!
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:
Kasugal road-----
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Keshwapur circle-towards
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MASTH Mali banth reeeeeeeeeee paa.....Namm shhudh Hubli basha nyag bariyakathen ri matha.....:banana:

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How about making Dharwad a special cultural zone?

Gururaj Jamkhandi, TNN, Jun 25, 2010, 09.38pm IST

DHARWAD: Dharwad, known as education hub, will also be developed as special cultural zone if deputy commissioner Darpan Jain has his way. If his ambitious plan comes through, Dharwad could be the first in the country to have the tag of special cultural zone.

The City of Seven Hills has all the qualifications for being developed as a special cultural zone. Apart of artists and writers of all hues, the city has audience with taste for cultural activities and salubrious climate to keep the activities alive throughout the year.

HUB OF ACTIVITIES

There are cultural centres in a radius of just 5-7 km that make the case for developing the city into a cultural zone strong. Mallikarjun Mansur Kala Bhavan and Karnataka Vidya Vardhaka Sangha in the heart of the city, Rangayana unit and Suvarna Cultural Complex, Government Art Gallery, Alur Venkatrao auditorium, and state-of-the-art Srujana auditorium are all in a walkable distance from each other.

There is Bendre Bhavan in Sadhanakeri and several auditoria in Karnatak University and University of Agricultural Sciences. All these venues are bustling with one or the other activity throughout the year.

In addition, private institutions like SDM College of Dental Sciences, SDM College of Engineering and Technology and SDM College of Medical Sciences have centrally air-conditioned auditoria. Veerendra Heggade Kala Kshetra near SDM College of Medical Sciences has added to the glory of Dharwad as cultural hub.

CULTURAL ICONS

Dharwad has no dearth of musicians, dancers, actors, playwrights, poets and novelists. There are several groups which have kept the cultural activities going on continuously all through the year.

Realizing the potential, Jain has sent a proposal to the government to empower all these venues with suitable logistics and other facilities to carry on with cultural activities. His proposal includes provision for making available all necessary materials like costume, instruments, settings, lighting equipment and books in the respective venues.

Jain said additional land, if required for the purpose, could be provided. He has had several rounds of consultation with those in the cultural arena.

What is now needed is pushing the case of Dharwad for being developed as special cultural zone. The elected representatives from the region have an important role to play in this __ they need to impress upon the powers that be the need for creating a special cultural zone and getting necessary funds for the same.


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/How-about-making-Dharwad-a-special-cultural-zone/articleshow/6092223.cms)
Hats off to people like Gangu bhai hangal,Bimshen Joshi,Nandan Nilkeni,Suresh Kalmadi etc etc...

Vishwa Kannada Sammelan in February 2011

The second Vishwa Kannada Sammelan will be more than a show of culture and has been planned to be held for 3 days in Belgaum in February 2011. This year’s Sammelan was postponed due to floods.

Government has earmarked Rs. 10 crore in budget; it has promised to release Rs. 20 crore more.

The sammelan will be a meeting place for successful non-resident Kannadigas in various parts of the world. There is a plan to honour the people of Karnataka origin who have made it big outside the State and abroad, B.R. Jayaramaraje Urs Secretary, Kannada and Culture said in Mysore.

Apart from sessions on literature and heritage, issues connected to the status of Kannada and development of the State would figure in the meet.
Allaboutbelgaum.com

Pump more funds for Belgaum,pamper it a lot and make it the best.Belgaum is a beautiful city and make it a second city of the state.:banana:

^^ Why second? Why not first?

Somebody said that if you aspire for first atleast you will get second.

Bangalore is way way way way ahead :) So I meant Belgaum must be first among the tier two cities of the state.:banana:
With its sobriquet- "Cradle of Infantry"-It reserves a special place on the national map.
Now with Suvarna soudha and many SEZ's-Aero,Food,Fertilizers,Gas plant-GAIL,Tiles,Auto etc etc it leads among the other tier two cities of the state,lets not forget its second after Bangalore when it comes to revenue generation(exchequer state).That naturally makes it second after Bangalore.
Also when it comes to city built up area its second to Bangalore-Having the second highest city road length of 1500 KM
Belgaum City
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Mysore is ahead of Mangalore and Hubli-Dharwad when it comes to City Road lengths.

Hi-tech system to check crime in Hubli

Basavaraj F Kattimani, TNN, Jun 24, 2010, 10.40pm IST

HUBLI: Thieves and robbers will have to think twice before entering into some areas coming under Gokul police station limits here, for the police have installed Crime Alert Systems (CASs), a first-of-its-kind device in the state, to prevent crime and arrest criminals.

Hubli-Dharwad Police Commissionarate has installed CASs on the terrace of two houses in Surabhinagar on an experimental basis, and the same would help check crimes in the surrounding areas, including Trinity Layout and Arun Colony.

The department has selected 50 locals to alert the police through the system, which carries a specific number, if the crime is committed in their areas. They have also been given certain code numbers. Their numbers were registered in the system besides being given to the residents in their locality. If case of crime, people can alert one of those 50 persons, who, in turn, sends a message to the system's cellphone.

Upon receiving the message, the system sounds a siren and alerts the sub-inspector, control room, inspector and beat constables so they can rush to the spot.

Speaking to `The Times of India', Ravindra S Shirur, police inspector of Gokul police station, said: "We have adopted this innovative system to prevent crime. Thieves will not dare to strike houses in areas having this system."

The inspector added that they chose Surabhinagar for the trials following a rise in the number of complaints with regard to thefts and the movement of suspicious people. "If the system helps check crime, the department would install the same in all areas of the twin cities which are prone to crime," he said.

S M Hiremath, a resident of Surabhinagar, said they can now heave a sigh of relief.
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Hi-tech-system-to-check-crime-in-Hubli/articleshow/6087876.cms)

Here are a few snaps of the commercial building existing and u/c on the busy Khanapur road-which is all set to become a major commercial-Residential hub in Belgaum-with Big Bazaar,Nucleus Mall 2 U/C,Ajanta Cafe,CCD,Restaurants,Banks,commercial stores etc etc

Khanapur road near the Swimming pool-some commercial structure U/C

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Some commercial structure U/C

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Khanapur road will be widened,then this road will look awesome.....

This road is full of Banks Banks and Banks :hammer:

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Belgaum Yash Plaza

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Updates:

The skeletal structure is up only interiors and cladding works left,I could not take a pic of it.But I have heard that dude to financial crunch the project is right now limping,hope to see it materialise soon.

Mantri Realty in Belgaum

Mantri Realty Ltd, a Sunil Mantri Enterprise, Mantri Realty said, "these projects consist of innovative ideas and quality construction. All these projects have been designed by international architects and we want to price it as a premium category and give amenities which make luxurious living a basic minimum standard."
The company has also been promoting projects in Belgaum, one of largest cities in Karnataka.
The company has already acquired two prime properties in Belgaum. One property is of around 300 acres for a residential township, where around 5,000 houses would be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore.
The second property is around 200 acres at the outskirts of Belgaum costing Rs. 200 crore.
The overall investment in the City of Belgaum by Mantri Realty would be to the tune of Rs 700 crore.
Source: Yahoo.com

I saw a Mantri residential tower which was soaring well above 7 floors near Veer soudha area in Belgaum,local residents please take a pic of that and post it here.
Also enlighten us on the other projects taken up by Mantri in Belgaum.
Thanks In advance. :)

^^ Belgaum district revenue is next only to Bengaluru Urban district. Belgaum district area is much bigger than Dakshina Kannada and Udupi put together and also population. But I do not know whether city revenue wise Belgaum is second.

And per capita income wise Kodagu is second and Ballari is leading entire NK. Per capita figures indicate that coastal region are next only to Bengaluru region and then comes Malenadu region.

District wise per capita income in karnataka

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Table - 8 : Sectoral Composition of Net District Domestic Prodcut of Karnataka at Constant (1999-00) Prices 2007-2008 stat

Karnataka avg. per capita income - 26536 Rs

Only 6 Districts are above this income

Bang - 68998
Kodugu - 36590
DK - 36572
Bang Rural -33708
Udipi - 29029
Dharwad - 27527

Surprising even Mysore and Bellary are below Karnataka avg income

Since Dharwad per capita income is more and population is also more than Belgaum city I just guess that Hubli-Dharwad city revenue is more.

Belgaum Pano from Ramdev Galli

However the shot towards BIMS would have been much better with some significant Mid rises

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Hanumanth Nagar Double road

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Namma Landmark Tower

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Fish Market

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^^ Belgaum district revenue is next only to Bengaluru Urban district. Belgaum district area is much bigger than Dakshina Kannada and Udupi put together and also population. But I do not know whether city revenue wise Belgaum is second.

And per capita income wise Kodagu is second and Uttara Kannada is leading entire NK. Per capita figures indicate that coastal region are next only to Bengaluru region and then comes Malenadu region.



Since Dharwad per capita income is more and population is also more than Belgaum city I just guess that Hubli-Dharwad city revenue is more.

Rightly said Krishnamoorthy....
The population of Belgaum is almost equal to Mangalore and since M;lore has higher per capita income definitely revenue from M;lore will be more.
Another thing to be considered is the number of heavy industries a city has, since these generate revenue for the state. Mangalore is ahead in this respect. Also road tax, Mangalore RTO (KA19) is the largest revenue generator in Karnataka! An indication is that Mangalore has one of the highest density of cars in India. Mangalore port also generates revenue for the state.
Revenue of this scale cannot be expected from any other city in Karnataka except Bangalore.

HUBLI: Residents of Timmasagar Temple Main Road, led by physician M.C. Sindhur, who got the road insured, are now in the process of insuring the energy efficient streetlights installed in their area.

The residents have approached the Hubli Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) seeking a no-objection certificate (NOC) to insure the streetlights, recently installed by the corporation.

It may be recalled that after the recent visit by Urban Development Minister S. Suresh Kumar to the “country's first municipal road to be insured” located in ward number 45 of Hubli-Dharwad, the HDMC officials took steps to install 12 energy efficient streetlights (each worth Rs. 7,500).

The residents will remit the premium amount to insure the streetlights. Once the streetlights are insured, the insurance company will cover damage owing to explosion, malicious damage, impact damage and natural calamities.

The insurance policy for the road, insured in 2007, has been renewed twice.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/01/stories/2010070160250200.htm)

Now....Karnataka Government should declare Belgaum as Second Capital immediately.....

Source[/URL]http://www.deccanherald.com/content/79799/belgaum-gulbarga-part-karnataka-centre.html

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:banana: Belgaum is highest revenue generator district for karnataka after blore. With "golden quadrilateral" completing in 2 months time it will develop further only to envy maharashtra more :cheers:

Belgaum bus stand road

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RFP for development of modern bus station of Belgaum

NWKRTC has invited Request for Proposals for the Development of Modern Bus Station and commercial complex on NWKRTC site at Belgaum on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Basis. The Bids for the same will be opened on 02.09.2010. The estimated Project Cost Rs. 25.70 crores and will be built on Lease-cum-Development Format Design-Build-Operate-Transfer (DBOT) basis.

The project site (CBT and divisional Workshop) measures around 5.76 acres.

The entire project will be executed in two stages and on two sites Site one- CBT measuring 3.76 acres and 2 acres of the divisional workshop.

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Proposed structure of the new the new Bus station

The new bus stand will have 41 bus bays, bus circulation and parking areas, auto-rickshaw lane, taxi parking lane, basement parking for private vehicles, passenger entry/ exit, Terminal building consisting of passenger circulation and waiting areas, ticket/ reservation counters, cloak room, first-aid room, waiting rooms, passenger amenities like drinking water, toilets, yatri nivas etc., restaurant, shops, kiosks and administrative offices, crew restrooms, parcel office and other facilities

The existing Belgaum Central Bus Station of NWKRTC is located in the heart of Belgaum city on an area of 3.08 acres. The adjacent NWKRTC Divisional Workshop is located on 4.68 acres and is proposed to be shifted to a new location on the outskirts of the town.

Currently the stand has 10 Platforms with 22 bus bays and operates 1158 bus trips a day. However, they are insufficient due to increasing bus traffic and passenger growth. The bus movement area has rigid pavement and the terminal departure bays are covered with truss structure roof.

With the growing population the proposed traffic is as follows:

30 bus bays and passenger amenities for around 1,500 passengers presently

• 41 bus bays and passenger amenities for around 2,000 passengers by 2015 and

• 74 bus bays and passenger amenities for around 3,700 passengers by 2031

The proposed Bus Station on Project Site-I is designed to meet peak requirements till 2015, after which NWKRTC may plan to construct Phase-2 of the bus station to accommodate 74 bus bays, which will meet peak requirements till 2031.

Development of Phase-1 of the new modern bus station is proposed to be developed on Project Site-I of around 3.76 acres as part of this Project.

The new station will have

• 41 bus bays to meet peak requirements till 2015

• Passenger amenities like waiting areas, toilets, bathrooms etc

• Waiting rooms for men and women

• Entrance lobby with reservation counters, ATM and security kiosks

• Restaurant & shops

• First Aid room and pharmacy

• Cloak room and parcel office

• NWKRTC administrative office & crew rest rooms

• Yatri nivas, Basement vehicle parking for cars and 2-wheelers, Auto-rickshaw and taxi lanes & User friendly for physically challenged persons.

Retail development comprising of retail stores and food courts/restaurants will be on Project Site-II of around 2.00 acres.

AllaboutBelgaum.com

There is also a similar proposal for Hubli bus stand

RPF for development of Modern Bus station for Hubli city


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It is estimated that the Project at Hubli would require an investment of around Rs.33.20 crores including up-front Land Premium, land development and construction costs of Bus Station and commercial development, cost for obtaining approvals for commercial development, interest during construction, financing charges, price contingencies, pre-operative expenses of the Project.

The following are the salient features of the conceptual design of the proposed Bus
Station, which is enclosed in Annexure 4 of this PIM:
• 38 bus bays to meet peak requirements till 2024
• Passenger amenities like waiting areas, toilets, bathrooms etc
• Waiting rooms for men and women
• Entrance lobby with reservation counters, ATM and security kiosks
• Restaurant & shops
• First Aid room and pharmacy
• Cloak room and parcel office
• NWKRTC Station office & crew rest rooms
• Yatri nivas
• Basement vehicle parking for cars and 2-wheelers
• Auto-rickshaw lanes
• User friendly for physically challenged persons

Source- eproc

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Hubli/Rs-2-cr-grant-to-develop-industries-in-Belgaum/articleshow/6155826.cms

BELGAUM: Major and medium industries minister Murughesh Nirani has announced Rs 2-crore grant for the development of industries.

He was speaking at an awards function organized by Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) in Udyambag here on Saturday evening.

The grant will be utilized to improve link roads, water supply channels and drainage system in Udyambag and Macche industrial areas.

The minister said steps will be taken to widen the road stretching from Tilakwadi III Gate to Macche, where many industries are located. The road, being narrow, is prone to accidents, he added.

Nirani said basic facilities like land, water and electricity will be provided to those who set up industries in the state.

Sri Dilip Damale Memorial Trust Award and Sri Basappa Balappa Kagganagi Memorial Fund Award were conferred on Best Industry (Projetron Engineering Corporation), and Best Trader (Aga & Ajgaonkar Company), respectively.

MLAs Abhay Patil, Sanjay Patil, BCCI chairman Shreenath Deshpande, secretary Basavaraj Javali, several traders and industrialists were present.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article513322.ece

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Jagadish Shettar inaugurated the fifth branch of the Hubli-DharwadOne service counter at Akshaya Park on Gokul Road here on Sunday.
The centre set up by Hubli-Dharwad Nagarika Seva Kendra will accept payments for electricity, telephone and water bills and the city corporation taxes at one place.
Mr. Shettar said four similar counters were functioning at Indira Glass House, Keshwapur, Navanagar and Kalabhavan in Dharwad. These centres had helped people save time, he said.
Member of Parliament Pralhad Joshi, Hubli-Dharwad Mayor Venkatesh Mestri, Corporation commissioner K.V. Trilokachandra, Deputy Commissioner Darpan Jain, Hubli-Dharwad One officer Rachaiah Hiremath, and Corporator Raghavendra Ramadurga were present.

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Income tax collection in cities:
Let me put data here:

1. Mumbai 27,673
2. Delhi 12,011
3. Bangalore 8,794
4. Chennai 5,282
5. Hyderabad 4,869
6. Pune 4,831
7. Calcutta 3,180
8. Ahmadabad 2,639

22 Hubli 937

Hubli(Rank 22) is only other city in Karnataka to feature in list of 47 cities..


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/07/13/stories/2010071353900600.htm
Bareilly, Durgapur, Hubli, Jalpaiguri (the centre of West Bengal's tea industry), Nashik, Panchkula (a suburb of Chandigarh), Shillong, Thane and Tiruchi top the list of “overlooked” towns.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article518287.ece

Work in full swing: The Mahatma Gandhi Park in Hubli is expected to become a major tourist attraction in the north Karnataka region.

Work in full swing: The Mahatma Gandhi Park in Hubli is expected to become a major tourist attraction in the north Karnataka region.
The dream of having a lively park with modern entertainment facilities will soon become a reality here.
Once renovated, the Mahatma Gandhi Park, which will house the Indira Glass House, is expected not just to be a novelty in this growing commercial and educational city, but to also become a major tourist attraction in the north Karnataka region.
Attractive landscape, lush greenery, places to relax, food courts, gaming and entertainment centres — there will be something for everyone here.
The park is being renovated at a cost of Rs. 3 crore, out of the Rs. 100-crore special grants provided by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for the Hubli-Dharwad City Corporation. Work is expected to be completed in three months.
Chandrashekhar, Deputy Director of Dharwad Zilla Nirmithi Kendra that has been entrusted with the park construction work, told The Hindu that apart from being rich in vegetation, it would have entertainment facilities such as a toy train, musical fountain, an open theatre, 1.5-km pathway and a 100-m skating ring.
Sculptures depicting wildlife and traditional lifestyle of villages would be an added attraction.
The park has been designed with a different concept and special equipment, light and sound system have been provided for it

Today, TheHindu is proud to launch its edition from Hubli so that it is able to serve the people of Karnataka and neighbouring parts of Maharashtra and Goa better. This is our 131-year old newspaper's 14th printing centre.
The new edition, printed and published in Hubli, will cater to the Central districts of Karnataka, parts of north Karnataka, Uttar Kannada, Pune, and Goa. With a view to reaching these districts and centres earlier than we have been doing, TheHindu decided to print out of Hubli and also step up the coverage of the region. Appropriate changes will be made in the regional pages to provide a new regional focus within our newspaper's cherished national perspective.
The 13 other centres from which TheHindu is printed and published are: Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Madurai, Delhi, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangalore, Tiruchirapalli, and Kolkata.
Let me on this occasion convey best wishes to our readers, old and new. We greatly value the trust you repose in India's national newspaper.
N.Ram
Editor-in-Chief,
The Hindu

any pics of VTU & Vidhana soudha

any pics of VTU & Vidhana soudha

Belgaum cityscapes (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1035683)


Hubli-Dharwad cityscapes (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1044787)

I have posted a lot of VTU pics in belgaum cityscapes thread.

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QuEST Global Manufacturing Becomes the 1st Indian Private Sector Player to Work Directly with Airbus for the Manufacture of Aerostructure Parts

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 -- (Business Wire India)
The global aerospace engineering & manufacturing major, QuEST Global announced today that it has become the first Indian private sector player to manufacture parts directly to Airbus under the long term agreement.

This distinction comes after a stringent selection process by distinguished Airbus and EADS sourcing and manufacturing organizations. This is a first step into manufacturing relationship with Airbus on existing program with a view to expand engagement to many other sourcing opportunities to leverage QuEST Global’s capabilities.

QuEST Global has been recognized as a quality supplier to the aerospace industry through the AS 9100 certification received for both engineering services and manufacturing practices. QuEST Global has set up an integrated manufacturing facility ranging from Machining, sheet metal processing, assembly and special processing (thro joint venture with Magellan Aerospace). The facility is approved by Airbus apart from other certifications like NADCAP.

QuEST Global becomes the only private sector company in India to sign Engineering Services and Manufacturing agreements. Under these agreements, QuEST Global will support various current programs in Manufacturing as well as current and upcoming programs in Design. QuEST Global has also set up an aerospace supply chain eco-system in its Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which is spread over 262 acres in Belgaum, North Karnataka, India. This will be highly beneficial to Airbus from a point of view of being able to source fully finished aerospace components and sub assemblies from India apart from delivering offset obligations.

“This win highlights the strength and strategic importance of QuEST Global’s manufacturing and SEZ capabilities. We are honored by the confidence that Airbus has shown in QuEST Global and we are eager and well prepared to take on this engagement. QuEST Global’s Engineering along with Manufacturing from our Belgaum SEZ will provide the ideal ‘end to end solution’ to Airbus.” said Aravind Melligeri, Chairman & Co-founder, QuEST Global.

Business Wire India (http://www.businesswireindia.com/PressRelease.asp?b2mid=23283)

Nrupatungabetta now a picnic hot spot

Umesh Avvannavar, TNN, Jul 21, 2010, 10.03pm IST

HUBLI: The Nrupatungabetta Ecological Education Park near Unkal in Hubli has come as boon for the people of the city, as they can spend their quality time with their families during the weekend and on holidays.

Within a span of few months, Nrupatungabetta has turned into a favourite picnic spot for the people of twin cities of Hubli-Dharwad. This is the result of the perseverance of the people of the twin cities, who kept demanding the authorities to develop Nrupatungabetta into picnic spot.

At last, the district administration, HDMC and other authorities concerned initiated works and developed at a cost of nearly Rs 1.20 crore, including all recreational facilities, last year.

Of the total 64 acres of the forest department's property, the picnic area was developed over 6.5 acres, while 1.5 acre was used to host a garden. This posh spot, which was thrown open to public last August, is now seeing a large number of visitors daily.

Facilities:

* Six-seater Nruptungabetta's public vehicle is available for senior citizens, who find it difficult to walk, a half-kilometre from the main gate.

* For visitors, there are three gazebos (Vishranti Dhaam), children park, water fountain, pathway, landscaping, arch, deer park. Visitors can also find solace by visiting the temples and darga set up on the premises of the Nrupatungabetta.

* The entire park is illuminated with solar lighting facility that makes this park environment friendly.

* Visitors can have a panoramic view of KSCA cricket stadium in Rajangar, BVB College, Naveen Hotel, KIMS campus, Gangubai Hangal Gurukul, Hubli APMC, Unkal Lake and other important landmarks of the city from hillock point in the park.

* To entertain visitors, the Kannada and Culture department organizes musical concerts every Sunday.

Speaking to `The Times of India,' Nirimithi Kendra's project engineer, Venkatesh Shettar said: "The government has spent Rs 1.20 crore for the beautification of this park and has received an overwhelming response from the people.

Sharing their views, some visitors, including Shakeel, a student of PC Jabin College, Nadeem a resident of Hubli, said: "The park is well-maintained, neat and tidy. We visit the park frequently."

To add more value to the park's greenery, PC Jabin College planted 150 saplings recently. The park has security cover all around, with a hefty fine for whoever is found smoking. The park is open from 9 am to 8.30 pm with a minimum fee of Rs 10 as entry charge, which is used for maintenance of the park, said sources.
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Nrupatungabetta-now-a-picnic-hot-spot/articleshow/6197855.cms)

Hanuman Nagar Circle now boasts of mini-garden

Staff Correspondent


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Embellished:The Hanuman Nagar Circle in Belgaum city has been given a facelift at a cost

Belgaum: The Hanuman Nagar Circle in Belgaum city has got a facelift. It now boasts of ornamental plants, grass carpet, benches and coloured lights.

The circle, situated in a locality with residences of mostly government officials, pensioners and political leaders, was recently given a facelift at a cost of Rs. 12 lakh.

There is also a cascade in the circle, a first in a circle in the city.

The project was conceptualised, planned, designed and executed by Commissioner of the Belgaum City Corporation S.G. Patil, social activist Ashok Chandargi and artist R.K. Godwani. Mr. Patil's experience during his association with the Upper Krishna Project, under which a beautiful garden was developed at Alamatti, came handy in converting this concrete circle into a beautiful “mini-garden”.

A gardener has also been employed to maintain the circle. The embellished circle is already attracting people of all ages.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/23/stories/2010072350580200.htm)

Emu farming picks up in villages near Hubli
Vincent D'Souza, TNN, Jul 22, 2010, 09.45pm IST

HUBLI: Hubli, the Commercial Capital of Karnataka, is turning out to be one of the major destinations for emu farming in India, with agriculturists and cattle-rearers finding a new source of income in breeding the large Australian birds.

At least half-a-dozen emu farms have come up at Sulla, Unkal, Tadas and places around Kalghatgi Road on the outskirts of the city in the last two years. Vinni J, who set up the first farm in Sulla village, about 10 km from here, is motivating others to take up the same. Vinni said farmers are going to the extent of selling their cows and buffaloes to take up emu farming.

Vinni, who owns an emu farm in Hyderabad too, attributes the region's weather conditions and less maintenance cost involved in emu breeding for farmers' showing interest in rearing the bird. He says half-an-acre land is sufficient to raise 30 pairs of emus, from which one can reap a profit of not less than Rs 12 lakh a year.

The birds, which start laying eggs after 18 months of its hatching, continue to do so till they turn 40 years. On an average, it lays 30 eggs per year, between September and March. NABARD and other banks provide loans for those taking up emu farming.

Vinni's Indo Aussi Emu Farm hatches the chicks with the help of an incubator and sells a pair of breeding birds for a cost of Rs 60,000. The buyers can also sell the birds back to the firm after making the most of its eggs. Vinni exports at least five tonnes of emu meat and eggs to Iraq, Malaysia, Singapore and other Asian countries. While a kg of emu meat costs up to Rs 500, an egg (weighing about 700 gm) is valued up to Rs 2,500. Vinni is planning to set up the first emu meat-processing unit of the state at his two-acre farm.

Apart from the meat and eggs, the oil extracted from the birds has great healing properties for arthritis, joint pains, blood pressure and skin problems. The emu oil also has a huge export market.

Meanwhile, Vinni has converted his plot into a land of treasure. Apart from raising 60 pairs of emus there, he is also farming 500 turkies, 200 ducks and over a dozen goat of Jamunapari and Shirohi breeds. Vinni is planning to expand the farm by adding another 1,000 pairs of emus.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Emu-farming-picks-up-in-villages-near-Hubli/articleshow/6202327.cms)

wow, **** engineering,EMU farming rocks....:banana2:Anybody with me on this??

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MINISTER ASHOK OPENS NAIDU NAGAR BUS STAND

Mysore, July 24 (KK&KMC)-The new KSRTC bus-stand at R.S. Naidu Nagar, city's first IMTC, was inaugurated this morning by Transport Minister R. Ashok.

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Addressing the gathering, Ashok said that with the installation of Intelligent Transport System funded by the World Bank (a Rs. 21 crore project to install Global Positioning System on all KSRTC buses), Mysore will become numero uno model transport city in the country.

"It is a pride for Mysoreans that maximum number of JNNURM projects have been successfully implemented in the city within the stipulated time-frame," Ashok said.

"The Government transport agencies of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat are studying the KSRTC model to implement the same in their States," Ashok claimed.

Stating that he had urged the Union Transport Minister Jaipal Reddy to upgrade the transport system in the rest of the cities in the State, he said that the Union Minister had agreed to the proposal.

Ashok also announced about setting up a training centre for KSRTC employees in Hassan district.

MLA S.A. Ramdas, speaking as a chief guest, urged the Minister to make Mysore a smoke-free city by making Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) compulsory for KSRTC buses like in Delhi.

Mayor Sandesh Swamy urged the commuters to maintain cleanliness and hygiene in bus stand.

MP H. Viswanath assured that he would pressurise the Centre to grant an additional Rs. 30 crore sought by KSRTC MD Gaurav Gupta for completing the JNNURM works in city.

MLA Tanveer Sait urged to make public transport affordable and comfortable.

KHB Chairman G.T. Devegowda, MLA M. Sathyanarayana, KEA Chairman B.P. Manjunath, Deputy Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath, Corporator Farida Begum, MLCs Thontadarya, Chikkamadu and Siddaraju and others were present.

Photo-frenzy netas elbow out media cameramen !

Mysore, July 24 (HN&KMC)- BJP netas from all strata of the district, in their eagerness to get clicked with the Minister and other senior leaders of their party, vied with each other to be photographed by the media, creating a melee at the venue of the inauguration of the newly constructed bus stand at R.S. Naidu Nagar this morning. The leaders, in their eagerness to be alongside the Minister during the inauguration, had left no room for the press photographers. Finally, thanks to a sensible few in the mob, the media cameramen were called in and allowed to take pictures.

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Belgaum means business

Politicians are working up a lather over whether or not Karnataka’s Belgaum should be merged with Maharashtra owing to its substantial Marathi population. But Varuna Verma finds the city indifferent to the controversy

The police lathicharge that happened in Belgaum two weeks ago took Uday Kinjawadekar by complete surprise. There was nothing new about the cops’ use of force. It was just that Kinjawadekar, whose cloth shop is located one street away from Rani Chennamma Circle — where Belgaum’s political action happens — didn’t get a whiff of trouble. “Life went on as usual. I learnt about the lathicharge from television reports,” says Kinjawadekar, who also writes a news blog on Belgaum.

It’s ho-hum time in this North Karnataka town, where language and border have been cropping up as hot-button issues every now and then for the last four decades or so. Once again, Maharashtra politicians have been claiming rights to the region because of its majority Marathi-speaking population. Out of Belgaum’s present population of 9.57 lakh, 3.6 lakh are Marathi-speaking and three lakh are Kannada speaking. But Kinjawadekar feels that the border row is now only a political game. “A few people collect at Rani Chennamma Circle and make some noise. The rest of Belgaum goes about its business,” he says.

The border issue has clearly become a non-issue for the city’s residents. “The border problem blows up once in every five years. It’s like being visited by the flu,” says Nitin Khot, a former economist at the London School of Economics, who is now settled in the city.

In 2008, before the Karnataka assembly polls, the Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies conducted a study on what the people of Belgaum felt about the border row. Only 41 per cent respondents had any knowledge about demands for merging Karnataka’s Marathi-speaking areas with Maharashtra — an indication that the linguistic divide had taken a backseat in the area.

“Three generations of Belgaum residents have wasted their time fighting a language-led war. Now, no one is interested in it,” says Rajiv Toppanov, president of a local political outfit, the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV).

The talking point in Belgaum, instead, is its economic and infrastructure growth. The city is an old industrial hub — it has over 200 foundries, hydraulic and crankshaft units. It is within striking distance of three major export outlets — Bangalore, Mumbai and Goa. And, with three universities, seven engineering colleges, two medical colleges and 110 industrial training institutions, it’s an education destination. “Belgaum has industrial, educational and strategic advantages which it is now cashing in on,” believes Toppanov.

Belgaum looks like a town in transition. A drive through the city is like sitting through a three-dimensional history lesson. The cantonment in Belgaum — which is home to several defence divisions — is dotted with sprawling, old British bungalows, with red tiled roofs, long drive-ways and gardens. Cross the Camp, as it is locally known, and the time zone suddenly changes. You enter a bustling Indian metropolis — with highrise residential apartments, a glass-facade luxury business hotel, a multi-specialty hospital, a mall and a multiplex.

Ingrid Yadav lives at Lakshmi Tek, a new residential colony being built adjoining the cantonment. Multistorey residential apartments are being frantically constructed on both sides of her cozy, yellow bungalow. Across the road, construction of a school is near completion.

Lakshmi Tek may be the new, happening address in town, but for Yadav it is still synonymous with open fields where she plucked wild flowers as a child. “In the last six years, the fields have vanished and houses have sprung up,” says Yadav, 54, who lives a retired life in her hometown.

There have been other developments as well. The Kapil theatre — where Yadav watched Rock Hudson films as a young girl — is now Nucleus Mall. Big Cinemas is starting a multiplex in it. A local construction company, Belavista, is building Belgaum’s first gated residential complex of row houses.

The information technology industry is also finding a foothold in Belgaum. When R.K. Patil sold his Bangalore-based IT start-up, Smart Yantra, in 2002, he wanted to try something new — not on the technology front but location-wise. “I wanted to work out of a Tier II town,” says Patil, who founded Vayavya Labs —which works in cutting-edge embedded systems technology — in Belgaum in 2004. The company won the Tata NEN Award for one of the hottest new start-ups two years ago. In the last five years, 15 IT companies have set up shop in the city.

Patil believes that Belgaum offers the ecosystem required for a global industry like IT to take off. “The city has a cosmopolitan culture, thanks to a large army presence and a high number of educational institutions. Also, there is a huge professional talent pool,” he explains.

Last year, Patil started an initiative — called ITBelgaum — to help the IT industry take root in the city. “We conduct seminars at local engineering colleges to inform students that IT exists in Belgaum and they don’t have to rush to Bangalore to find jobs,” says Patil. The forum is also asking the local manufacturing industry to use Belgaum-based software firms to cater to their IT needs.

In another part of the city, at the Servo Controls Aerospace office in Udyambag — Belgaum’s industrial area — prototypes of an aircraft wheel, actuators and valves line the conference room table. The company — which started out of a garage in Belgaum in 2002 — made the wheel for HAL’s Saras aircraft, sensors for the Chandrayaan moon mission and supplies valves for Airbus’s A-380 aircraft.

Servo Controls, which has a staff of 180 people, works like any global multinational, claims director Dinesh Dhadoti. “We have flexi-times and a hierarchy-free work environment,” he says.

Aerospace, clearly, looks set to take flight in the city. Aerospace engineering firm Quest Global Inc has built a 262-acre aerospace special economic zone (SEZ) on the outskirts of Belgaum. “The SEZ is expected to create 7,000 jobs,” says Basavaraj Sugandhi, manager, administration, Quest. The company already runs two units — with 200 employees — out of the SEZ.

As Belgaum grows, planned infrastructure development is becoming a focus area. Last month, KRV’s Toppanov set up a forum — called Belgaum Next — where any local can become a member and give suggestions on building a better Belgaum. “We are holding a conference next month, where we will discuss issues such as water, power, transport, sanitation and building smart communities,” says Toppanov, adding that the forum has 1,000 members.

Belgaum’s old communities are clearly making space for a new way of life. The 100-year-old MK Swamy Bakery — the oldest in town — is testimony to this. The old-world bakery building — with its red-tiled roof and heavy wooden doors — looks straight out of a book on British history.

But the bakery is a modern-day confectionary connoisseur’s delight — stocking everything from tetra pack milk, brown bread to mozzarella cheese. “In the last 10 years, we have gone from selling 19 items to 216 items,” says Satyan Swamy, the third-generation owner of the bakery.

Like his bread, Belgaum is rising. But not in the way some politicians want it to. The rise is up the ladder of success.

The Telegraph (http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100725/jsp/7days/story_12723285.jsp)

Belgaum Karnataka's second capital derives a lot from its bigg brother Bengaluru,especially in Aerospace.....

Rock on Belgaum :banana:

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Belgaum will have ATS training centre

The Defence ministry is looking out for land near Belgaum to set up a Anti Terror Squad training centre. The Tahshildars have been given letters for the same and they have been told to identify land in Khanapur & Savadati talukas.

Sources say that Jamboti and Savadatti are the two shortlisted location wherein Jamboti could be selected.
Still the entire process is on paper and what kind of training will be provided is yet to be decided.


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There is request for inclusion Gulbarga and Bellary under UIG of JNNURM.

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Mysore already in?? Seems yes:
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Aug 2, 2010, 09.41pm IST
DHARWAD: Mahindra and Mahindra and few other industries have expressed their willingness to establish their units at Dharwad. Minister for large and medium industries, Murugesh Nirani, said a JCB unit with an investment of Rs 500 crore will be set up at Dharwad.

Nirani told The Times of India on Monday that Baba Kalyani group will shift its proposed unit from Bangalore to Dharwad. Also, Hero Honda, which proposed to produce one lakh vehicles every year at Dharwad has now decided to manufacture two lakh vehicles per year, the minister disclosed.

Speaking on the government's future plans, the industries minister said it will introduce a new scheme __ `Udgyoga, Uddime' (employment, industry) __ to reduce unemployment among rural youths. Separate offices will be established at Gulbarga, Belgaum, Mysore and Bangalore divisions to implement the scheme effectively. The Centre will join the state government in sponsoring this scheme.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Industries-to-set-up-units-at-Dharwad/articleshow/6249024.cms

Sum of 10 crores for structure on APMC premises

TNN, Aug 2, 2010, 09.41pm IST

HUBLI: Industries minister Murugesh Nirani has assured a sum of Rs 10 crores towards the establishment of a permanent exhibition structure on APMC premises. The centre will be built on the lines of Delhi's Pragati Maidan.

Nirani was speaking at the inauguration of the Founders Day of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Sunday.

Nirani said the department will conduct various programmes help youth start up their own businesses.
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Sum-of-10-crores-for-structure-on-APMC-premises/articleshow/6249026.cms)

More Dharwad villages will be powered by solar

TNN, Aug 3, 2010, 10.01pm IST

DHARWAD: Dharwad zilla panchayat is contemplating to include more villages under the solar power scheme. Guddad-Hulikatti village in Kalghatgi taluk has been adopted by ZP in the first phase for implementing the scheme.

ZP CEO C Shikha, speaking at the inaugural session of workshop on `Institutional finance for solar energy products' organized by Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB) here, said measures had been taken to install solar street lights in the entire village at a cost of Rs 4 lakh.

She said nearly 1.33 lakh rural households in the district are paying Rs 4 crore towards electricity bill every month and the use of solar power would reduce this burden to a great extent. Materials required for installing solar power units are being distributed to the rural people under solar loan scheme, she added.

The ZP will join hands with Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) in creating awareness among the people about the advantages of solar energy, she said.

Presiding over the inaugural programme, KVGB chairman K P Muralidharan said the bank has a long-term plan to convert all villages as "100% solar villages". At present, the bank has selected 80 villages, and till date, nearly 14 villages have been declared as solar villages, he added.

The central government had selected KVGB as a member of the committee for implementation and propagation of solar power.

Inaugurating the workshop, vice-chancellor of University of Agricultural Sciences (Dharwad), R R Hanchinaal, called upon the people to use solar energy.
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/More-Dharwad-villages-will-be-powered-by-solar/articleshow/6253422.cms)

Adam Realty partners bring World class flats and bungalows to Belgaum


With the global economy booming and the luxury becoming necessities, the real estate market has seen a boom in major cities of the world and India as well.

After a slow down in the US and also a saturation in the metros, the developers from these places began eying the tier II and tier III cities.

One among them is Adam Realty partners, a Mumbai based developer which was envisaged by Raj Bhandari who has a 26 year veteran in real estate in USA and India.

Th Adam team brings extensive experience in real estate development, master planning, construction, project management including with some of the leading companies in USA, Europe and India.

The Adam team is building a gated community at Nanawadi on 12 acres. The community will have nearly 200 bungalows, sky villas and apartments. This will also consist of a 12000 sqft. Club house with swimming pool, 4000 sqft. Gymnasium, game rooms, business center, guests rooms and more.

This community will have some world class amenities the Firsts in Belgaum city. Acres of landscaped land with walking paths and play grounds and lush greenery in the surroundings.

BellaVista which in Spanish means “beautiful sight”. The current project site at Nanawadi, which is near to the city and yet clean & green is a correct representation of BellaVista.
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All the homes are Vastu complaint and will have some never before seen features like island kitchen, 24×7 full power backup and security.

The Belgaum Project is carried on with association with Vega and B.K.Joshi is the architect.

Casa Bella – a Beautiful independent bungalow with a option of 3 & 4 bedroom layout from 2655 to 2836 sqft area.
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Casa Grande – a Large bungalows with custom design with 4000 sqft and above area.
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Sky Villa – This is first in Belgaum with One villa per floor with private elevators and entrance and one can have beautiful views from all sides.


Sky Villa Duo – This will have twin tower with one villa per floor for upto 3 bed rooms with private elevators and entrance to each villa.
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Venetia- are duplex row houses with about 1800 sqft, a cosmopolitan style house.
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Bella Torre- Apartments with 2/3 BHK but No common wall between apartment and large open views.

The construction has commenced and Mr.Glen Bond is on the site as the Chief quality engineer who has 37 years of experience in home building and has all USA based licenses in all areas of home constructing.

All the construction is being carried out bu making use of international tools and construction methods for better durability. Bella Vista will also have its own sewage treatment plant.

Mr.Raj Bhandari, MD of Adam developers who has had connections with Belgaum since long due to his family business, who started the first India related fund in USA started Adam developers in 2007 with a great team.
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Raj told this blog,” Belgaum has a great potential to grow and he has come here only after sighting it and Belgaum still does not yet have a world class gated community.” He also shared his view that “ Belgaum is one such place with so much talent that if properly planned and one big company sets shop here, others will follow suit.” “People should try and come to the forefront and not only depend on the government to do all the things. People should take a lead and do things on their own. What was Bangalore earlier, it had no international flights but now it has its own international airport. Once a few big companies start shop the growth will be exponential, but for all this to happen we should have a plan in mind.”

Belgaum office: Padam Poonam, near 3rd gate Khanapur Road, Tilakwadi Belgaum.

Phone: 4216710

USA phone +713 839 1026
Parag Saraiya + 91 95388 83626

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Mysore, Belgaum on Kingfisher flight path



B S Arun, NEW DELHI, Aug 9, DHNS:

The newly built airport in Mysore, along with Belgaum, will after all have flights landing and taking off from their runways. Kingfisher Red will operate to these destinations shortly, airline boss Vijay Mallya said here on Monday.

Mallya told Deccan Herald that his carrier has finalised plans to fly Bangalore-Mysore-Chennai and Bangalore-Belgaum-Mumbai. “We have applied for necessary clearances and expect the green signal from the authorities anytime now,” he said.
He agreed that the concessions announced by the state government would indeed be key factors for his airline to launch services for these destinations.

The Rajya Sabha member said his executives were in discussion with the State Government. The beer and airline baron said Kingfisher would deploy the 55-seat ATR on these routes.

At the time of the opening of the Rs 82-crore Mysore airport in May this year, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had announced a subsidy of Rs 25 crore to facilitate flight operations. On the concessions, Mallya did not say in what form the subsidy would be made available to his airline by the government—whether by way of 50 per cent reduction in sales tax or in some other form.

Kingfisher is the first airline to evince interest and make concrete plans to launch operations in Mysore and Belgaum. Other airline services have backed off citing poor passenger load for these two towns.

Kingfisher Red, which was earlier flying to Belgaum from Bangalore, suspended its operations over a year ago. Mallya disclosed that along with these two cities his airline would launch operations between Bangalore and Pondicherry.

For the first time after its launch, Kingifsher Airlines posted an operating profit of Rs 127 crore in the first quarter of 2010-11.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/87465/mysore-belgaum-kingfisher-flight-path.html)

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Staff Correspondent

B.V. Bhoomaraddi college signs MoU with the company

HUBLI: B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bosch Rexoth India Limited to set up Centre of Competence in Automation Technologies on its campus here on August 6.

Ashok Shettar, Principal of the B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, and Martin Volsanger, Managing Director, Bosch Rexoth India Limited, signed the memorandum of understanding in Bangalore.

A press release by Mr Shettar said that the centre would be set up at a cost of Rs. 4.8 crore of which Bosch would contribute Rs. 3.6 crore.

Education

The centre would help impart world class education in engineering to students from north Karnataka.

He said synergistic alliance with Bosch Rexroth India Limited would help in greater industry-institute interaction. The centre would facilitate access to the latest technologies being used for automation. Students would get exposed to technologies such as like mechatronics, industrial electronics, hydraulic and pneumatic controls, industrial robotics, sensor technologies, CNC technologies, and communication standards.

It would also offer opportunities for training industrial personnel and engineers in latest technologies, he said.

Source (http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/11/stories/2010081150730200.htm)

New International Business Management and Research college building is coming in Akshay colony , Vidyanagar, Hubli
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New Engineering college K.L.E. Institute of Technology,Opposite Airport, Gokul Road, Hubli
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Amazing architecture there,thanks a lot Goudar.Hope to see more pics :D

TNN, Aug 16, 2010, 10.45pm IST

DHARWAD: Thirty seven villages in Dharwad and Kundgol taluk of Dharwad district will have multi-village drinking water supply scheme implemented at a cost of Rs 540 crore. Jal Nirmal Yojana unit has prepared an action plan to solve the drinking water problem in these villages spread over 20 gram panchayats.

Minister for rural development and panchjayat raj Jagadeesh Shettar, who is also the minister in-charge of Dharwad district revealed this at the quarterly meeting to review the progress of Karnataka Development Programme here on Monday.

He said 14 villages in Dharwad taluk and 13 in Kundgol taluk will have the scheme implemented. The minister instructed the officials to supply water through tanker to these villages till the scheme is implemented.

MLAs Seema Masuti (Dharwad), S I Chikkanagoudar(Kundgol) and Shankar Patil Munenakoppa (Navalagund) explained the plight of villagers in their constituencies and urged the minister to take steps to solve the problem.

When the officials of agriculture and horticulture departments drew the attention of the minister to the plea by farmers that the date for paying premium for crop insurance should be extended, Shettar said he would take up the matter with Centre.

He asked the officials of social welfare department to send proposal for construction of new hostels in the district, in view of increasing demand for accommodation by students. There are nine hostels for post-matric students and 16 for pre-matric students in the district.

MLA Veerabhadra Halaharavi said, dengue, chikungunya are on the rise in the district. DHO informed that till date 80 people are affected with dengue, while 70 people are affected with chikungunya. The district hospital has maintained the buffer stock of drugs available to treat the diseases. No casualty has been reported, he added.

Rural development and panchayat raj principal secretary P Ravikumar, deputy commissioner Darpan Jain, ZPCEO C Shikha, MLAs Seema Masuti, Veerabhadra Halaharavi, S I Chikkangoudar, Shankar Patil Munenkopp, MLCs Srinivas Mane, Mohan Limbikai and Vijay Sankeshwar present.


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Multi-village-drinking-water-scheme-mooted/articleshow/6321415.cms)

Cotton country club proposed new building, opposite airport, Gokul road, Hubli
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* Campus located at Navanagar, Hubli, Karnataka, INDIA - 580025
* Established in the year 2009 by the Government of Karnataka
* More than 85 law colleges affiliated to this university
* The KSLU campus is coming up on a sprawling 55 acres of beautiful landscape at Navanagar in Hubli
The Master plan has been drawn up and the architectural design for the buildings is in progress. A building belonging to the PWD, which forms part of the campus, is being used as a facility for ‘startup’ activities in the current academic year. The buildings, to be constructed, include the Administrative Block, Law School, Institute for Legal Training, Consultancy and Services (ILTCS), Library, Auditorium, Boys Hostel, Girls Hostel, Guest House, Quarters, Common Catering Facility, Club, Indoor Stadium, Outdoor Stadium, Support Structure, et al.

Awesome updates Goudar,please keep us updated with such stuffs.Hubli is surely rocking.

Feeling Nostalgic-I am missing Belgaum a lot-I love Belgaum

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Land to be returned to farmers after completing the work

The line will supply LPG for cooking and fertilizer units

HUBLI: GAIL (India) Ltd. will soon begin laying a 747-km gas pipeline between Bangalore and Dabhol (Maharashtra).

Speaking at the GAIL founder's day celebrations here on Monday, V.H. Kalmath, special tahsildar for the project, said the process of land acquisition for the project had commenced and the project was expected to be completed in two years.

The pipeline would pass through nine districts of Karnataka, including Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Bellary, Davangere, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Bangalore and Ramanagaram. GAIL would use the steel pipes which would be laid five-foot below the surface.

The lands acquired for the purpose would be returned to farmers once the pipeline laying work concluded. In Karnataka, the pipeline laying work had begun at Chikkodi taluk in Belgaum district.

The project would help solve the fuel problem and supply of gas that was used for cooking and manufacturing fertilizer, he said and appealed to farmers to cooperate with GAIL in this regard.

P.S. Parvati, Senior Assistant Director, State Information Centre, Hubli, was present.
The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/18/stories/2010081854670400.htm)

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You can see those heavy monsters ruling the roads especially during the night,carrying fine ore dust,choking the city atmosphere and creating traffic havoc :nuts:

Hubli definitely needs a ring road.Hosur is on the city outskirts.

Girish Pattanashetti

16,000-sq.-ft space allotted to STPI for expansion; Hescom plans Data Entry Centre


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The hub:The IT Park in Hubli was inaugurated in September 2002 by the then Union Minister for Information Technology Pramod Mahajan.

HUBLI: Persistent efforts to attract information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITES) companies to the Information Technology (IT) Park in Hubli, which became functional in 2002, seem to be showing results with more companies evincing interest in starting their operations here.

The IT Park in Hubli was inaugurated by the then Union Minister for Information Technology Pramod Mahajan on September 19, 2002 amid much hype. However, the park was a showpiece for a few years with major companies remaining reluctant to start their operations here.

Initial years

In the first four years, only Tata Teleservices and RMS Technologies set up their units at the park apart from the branch of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), and 1.6 lakh sq.-ft space remained unutilised. The only silver lining at that time was that the STPI branch had received good returns and was expanding its operations to other cities in north Karnataka.

In its attempt to attract investors, the State Government organised “Destination Hubli” in Bangalore in 2004 to showcase the city as an IT destination. This was followed by IT Investors' Meet in 2006 here, during which the Government announced reduced rent at the park to attract more companies.

Results

“Ever since the IT Investors' Meet was held, we tried to keep in touch with the companies that had evinced in starting their operations here. In the subsequent years our follow up yielded results,” H. Devanand, Manager of Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (KEONICS) at Hubli and in-charge of the park, told The Hindu.

Now, of the total 1.72 lakh-sq.-ft space available in the four-storey park, only 82,000 sq. ft is vacant.

Expansion

An area of 16,000 sq. ft was recently allotted to the STPI for expansion of its existing set up at the park.

Meanwhile, Hubli Electricity Supply Company (Hescom) has proposed to take around 30,000-sq.-ft area on rent for its proposed Data Entry Centre and a private firm has evinced interest in taking 20,000 sq. ft on rent in the park.

“Of the 16,000-sq.-ft space allotted to the STPI, 6,000 sq. ft will be utilised immediately. The rest will be utilised in a phased manner,” Mr. Devanand said.

Another significant issue is that after remaining inactive for four-and-a-half years, the International Institute of Information Technology Hubli-Dharwad (IIIT-HD) became functional in 2008 with the launch of two finishing school programmes by IIIT-Bangalore. Now, IIIT-HD is successfully running the programmes and is also conducting other IT-related activities.
The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/21/stories/2010082150290200.htm)

BELGAUM: Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said the government will soon constitute Skill Development Commission to train the unemployed.

Speaking after laying a foundation stone to Women's Industrial Training Institute ( ITI) here on Wednesday, he said the government is mulling over providing training and employment along with education.

In the last two years, the government has provided employment to over 1.50 lakh unemployed people by establishing 17 industrial complexes. Facility to provide technical training to over two lakh people has also been made. Stress is also being given on giving technical and professional courses, the CM said.

Labour minister B N Bacche Gowda said the government will establish 54 more ITIs, for which Rs 9 crore funds have been released. Ministers C M Udasi, Basavaraj Bommai, Laxman Savadi, Umesh Katti, Balachandra Jarkiholi, MP Suresh Angadi were present.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Skill-Development-Commission-to-come-up/articleshow/6441746.cms

Bangalore, Aug 27, DHNS:
The Commonwealth Exhibition Train will be in Karnataka for five days from August 29 to September 5 for exhibition purpose.


The Commonwealth Express will be stationed in Mysore, Bangalore and Hubli for public view during these five days.

The Express will arrive in Ashokapuram (Mysore) at 4 pm on Aug 29 and stay for three days. It will leave for Bangalore at 1 pm on September 2 and arrive in Bangalore at 5 pm. The Express will be stationed for two days.

It will leave Bangalore Cantonment station at 11 pm on September 3 and arrive in Hubli at 4 pm on Sept 4. It will be stationed for one day in Hubli. It will leave for Vasco at 1 am on Sept 6 and arrive in Vasco-da-gama (Goa) at 8 am on September 6.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/92018/cwg-train-state-tomorrow.html

BELGAUM: Information Technology department secretary M N Vidyashankar said KarnatakaOne, a project to provide various services to citizens under one roof, has begun operations in nine cities of the state.

Speaking at the inaugural of the project here on Wednesday, he said the project has been initiated in Bangalore, Shimoga, Mysore, Gulbarga, Tumkur, Mangalore, Bellary, Davanagere, and Hubli-Dharwad. The department has plans to take the project to gram panchayat levels too, he added.

Services like paying electricity, water, telephone and cellphone bills, property tax, LIC premium, issuing birth and death certificates, railway ticket reservation, KSRTC and private bus booking, renewal of monthly bus pass, registration for new passport, LPG booking, movie ticket booking and other services are done at KarnatakaOne centres, he said, and added that people can make payments using cash, cheque, demand draft, credit or debit cards.

In Belgaum, four centres have been opened: opposite ESI Hospital in Ashok Nagar, old corporation office building at Risaldar Galli, BUDA shopping complex at TV centre, and Goaves. People can now only pay electricity and cellphone bills between 8am to 8pm. Other services will soon be offered.


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HUBLI: Expressing his displeasure over the "alleged" failure of the authorities concerned to attract software companies to work from Hubli IT Park, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has asked the Park authorities to provide necessary facilities to companies.

After inspecting the Park, the CM instructed DC Darpan Jain to ascertain the reasons for companies being averse to working from there. The DC has also been asked to submit a detailed report next month.

Yeddyurappa said a high-level meeting of officers, including DC and other elected representatives of the region, will be convened in Banglaore after September 20 to discuss the problems being faced by the Park.

"We have invested about Rs 42 crore for this, but it is not yet occupied completely. We will take all possible steps to attract the investors by giving concession. We are also giving thrust to attract industrialists and other big companies to this region," he added.

District minister Jagadish Shettar, MP Pralhad Joshi, DC Darpan Jain and others were present


The park really needs some IT Parks...:bash:

Twin-cities included in JNNURM programme
TNN, Jul 13, 2009, 10.36pm IST

HUBLI: It's a dream come true for the residents of Hubli-Dharwad as the twin-cities found a place in the UPA government's flagship programme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Union (JNNURM).

The twin-cities had just missed by a whisker to Mysore on the previous occasion. Though it had all requirements to make it to the reforms-linked investment scheme, the Royal City was preferred over Hubli-Dharwad due to its heritage and tourism tag.

Protests and demonstrations had made headlines after the list of cities selected under JNNURM was announced with no mention of the twin-cities. Even there was no dearth for mud-slinging.

MP Prahlad Joshi had held then former chief minister N Dharam Singh responsible for that, saying that he had sent names of more than the required number of cities for inclusion under JNNURM.

Felt let down by the Centre, H D Kumaraswamy government had even made several representations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and urban development minister Jaipal Reddy. Sonia, during a visit to Bangalore, had also promised to include Hubli-Dharwad in JNNURM if the state government sent a proposal.

The campaign, demanding the inclusion of Hubli-Dharwad under JNNURM, received a shot in the arm when some non-resident Indians joined the crusade. Natives of Hubli-Dharwad residing overseas had launched a chain of protests by observing a day-long fast to express their solidarity.

Nagesh Tavarageri, a resident of Cerritos (USA), had initiated an e-movement through a group website through which they sent hundreds of online representations to the President, PM and urban development minister.

District in-charge minister Murugsh Nirani said this will take the twin-cities to newer heights in infrastructure development and in attracting investment. MLC A M Hindasageri and mayor Veeranna Savadi said the twin-cities can now hope for better urban facilities.

What is JNNURM?

It's a central government's initiative aimed at encouraging reforms and fast-track planned development of identified cities. Its objectives include integrated development of infrastructure services, ensuring adequate funds to fulfill deficiencies, planned development of cities, provision of services for the urban poor, redevelopment of old cities and secure effective linkages between assets creation and asset management.

Its components comprise urban renewal, water supply (including desalination and sewerage), solid waste management, storm water drains, urban transport, parking spaces on PPP basis, development of heritage areas, preservation if water bodies among others.

Read more: Twin-cities included in JNNURM programme - Hubli - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Twin-cities-included-in-JNNURM-programme/articleshow/4773708.cms#ixzz0y4Gpi8ru

July 2010 news, donno if it was posted earlier

JNNURM: officials told to prepare revised proposal

Staff Correspondent

Hubli-Dharwad eligible for Rs. 600 crore under the scheme



Raising an issue: Janata Dal (Secular) councillor Hazrat Ali Doddamani making a point to Mayor Viranna Savadi during a meeting of the Hubli Dharwad Municipal Corporation council on Wednesday.

HUBLI: Mayor of Hubli-Dharwad Viranna Savadi on Wednesday directed the officials to prepare a revised proposal of projects to be taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) at the earliest.

The Mayor asked in-charge Commissioner R.N. Shanbhag to prepare the revised proposal after discussions on the issue during the general body meeting of the corporation on Wednesday.

The Mayor said that under the JNNURM, Hubli-Dharwad was eligible for assistance to the tune of nearly Rs. 600 crore and asked the officials to prepare the proposal in accordance with the revised guidelines of the JNNURM.

Earlier, leader of the Opposition Deepak Chinchore, who along with Yasin Haveripet had led a delegation of the HDMC to New Delhi, submitted a report to the council on his meeting with Union Minister Jaipal Reddy. The Minister told the delegation that Hubli-Dharwad was in the priority list among the 28 select cities in various States that are waiting to be included under the JNNURM.

Ultimately the discussion on the issue concluded with the Mayor’s direction to the officials. Although the HDMC had prepared a proposal earlier of various projects to be taken up under JNNURM, the twin cities were left out of the list of the selected cities on technical grounds.
60,000 illegal buildings

Raising the issue of the recent decision of the State Government on regularisation of unauthorised structures and layouts, the former mayor Pandurang Patil said that there were around 60,000 such buildings in the twin cities and the corporation should make use of the opportunity to regularise them. Ashok Jadhav said that there was still confusion on whether all these 60,000 buildings were on agricultural land or non-agricultural lands and first this issue should be looked into. Mr. Chinchore suggested taking a delegation to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is scheduled to visit Hubli on August 10, to get certain issues on the scheme sorted out.

The issue of alleged irregularities in entering into memorandum of understanding with private agencies for development and maintenance of medians led to heated discussion in the council after Janata Dal (Secular) councillor Hazrat Ali Doddamani raised it at the meeting.

Mr. Doddamani alleged that laws had been flouted while entering into such MoUs and as a result the Corporation had lost revenue. He complained that the officials had not given the proper information sought by him and demanded action against them.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/30/stories/2009073053190300.htm
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JnNURM to be extended to 28 more cities
Bangalore, June 15, DHNS:

The Union government will consider including 28 more cities in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy said here on Tuesday.

Speaking at an Infrastructure Meet here, the Minister said these cities, including Hubli in Karnataka, have a population of five lakh-plus as per the 2001 census. As many as 65 cities are currently covered under the JnNURM which was launched in 2005 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to improve the quality of life and infrastructure in the cities.

The Minister said the number of people living in urban areas is expected to go up to 800 million in India in the next 25 years from the present 300 million. He said Bangalore had done extremely well due to the growth of the IT sector but this also was the main reason behind the huge traffic jams that people face every day. There are so many traffic jams in Bangalore because the IT sector has done well, he noted.

Reddy said such traffic congestion was natural whenever development takes place in industries, modern technology or spurt in the number of educational institutions. Bangalore, he added, is not only famous for IT (information technology) but also for traffic jams. So, therefore, Bangalore needs metro rail transport more urgently than other cities. The work on the first reach of the Bangalore metro rail would be completed by the year end, he said.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/75651/jnnurm-extended-28-more-cities.html

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/govt-will-extend-jnnurm-to-28-more-cities-jaipal-reddy/398391/


Plan panel puts off JNNURM extension
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ New Delhi August 24, 2010, 0:28 IST

Urban Development Ministry’s bid to expand the flagship Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has been stalled by the Planning Commission.

The UD Ministry wanted to extend the JNNURM - the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s scheme to upgrade infrastructure in urban India - to 28 more cities. But the Planning Commission has cited “resource constraints” as the reason to stall this expansion.
“Our ministry did not get the approval for introducing the Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) component of the JNNURM in these cities,” Minister of State for UD Saugata Roy told Business Standard.

The Planning Commission’s decision opposing the expansion will mainly hurt the Opposition ruled states.

The list prepared by the UD ministry that was sent for the Planning Commission’s approval contains 28 cities across 12 states, all having a population of 500,000 and above.

Of these 12 states, eight are ruled by the Opposition. These are, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Two Congress-ruled states (Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh) and UPA-ruled Tamil Nadu will not be able to access additional JNNURM funds for more cities.

Top officials in the Urban Development Ministry said that Planning Commission had cited various big-ticket projects in the social and rural sector to set aside the JNNURM expansion plan.

The Planning Commission has directed that the expansion of JNNURM be put off for the next five-year plan rather than during the remaining period of the 11th Plan. “It may be taken up during the 12th Plan period,” said an UD official.

The UD ministry currently has a budget outlay of Rs 31,500 crore for the UIG, Saugata Roy said.

Currently, the JNNURM has projects in 65 cities across the country. It includes all state capitals and seven cities with 4 million population and 28 cities with 1 million population.

The list of cities with 5 lakh and above population that was proposed for JNNURM schemes included Guntur, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Amaravati (president Pratibha Patil’s hometown), Cuttack, Jodhpur, Thiruchirapalli, Moradabad, Gorakhpur Mangalore among others.
Hot news! Aug 24

Hello Akash,

Any details on 30-storied builing in Belgaum ?

Hello Akash,

Any details on 30-storied builing in Belgaum ?

Its still in the discussion stages :)

NH4A 4 laning awarded to GVR Infra RMN Infrastructure

Posted on30 August 2010:

The FOUR laning of the NH4A of Belgaum-Khanpur Section(Km 0.00 to Km 30.00) and 2 Laning with paved sholuders of Khanpur-Karnataka/Goa border.(Km 30.00 to Km 84.120) has been awarded to M/s GVR Infra Projects-RMN Infrastructure Ltd in july 2010 under the NHDP Phase IIIA.

The entire stretch is of 81.89 kms and the project cost is Rs.359 crores. The project is a Public Private Participation on Design, Build , Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) Toll basis.

Time allotted for completion of construction work is 30 months.

GVR is a Hyderabad registered company.

About the Company:

GVR Infra Projects Limited, an ISO 9001:2008 certified company originally incorporated in 2001 as “GVR Construction Private Limited” made rapid strides in the infrastructure space thanks to the civil engineering expertise of Sri. G. Venkateswara Rao, Chairman, GVR Group and the dynamism of the Managing Director Mr. K. Ganga Prasad. With an annual turnover of INR 800 Million in 2004, the company has grown leaps and bounds and has achieved a turnover of INR 2224 Million by 2007. Having attained an annual turnover of INR 4210 Million during the financial year 2007 – 2008, and INR 6280 Million during 2008-2009, GVRIPL is poised for a truly phenomenal growth aiming to reach INR 10000 Million mark by the end of the financial year 2009 – 2010.

Recognizing the growing importance attached to the infrastructure field in India, the GVR Group has carefully nurtured and built a well equipped organization to meet the challenges and surge forward to become a market leader in the field of infrastructure development in India.

M/s. RMN

GVRIPL is at present executing along with M/s. RMN as many as 13 major irrigation projects involving construction of canals, lining of the existing canals, etc in the state of Andhra Pradesh at a total value of INR 8800 Million. Besides, GVRIPL has also bagged major water supply & drainage works in and around Bengaluru,Karnataka at a value of INR 1800 Million to be executed for Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) through joint-venture with M/s. RMN Ltd. a seasoned infrastructure player from Andhra Pradesh.

Allaboutbelgaum.com

NH4A 4 laning awarded to GVR Infra RMN Infrastructure

If I am correct, the same company GVR Infra RMN was selected for the Dharwad-Ramnagar ( a part of Dharwad-Goa road) two-lane toll road, a few months back. Now that this company has two projects in the same region, hopefully both the projects will be executed successfully in the stipulated time period.

It will be a win-win situation for the entire region....

Weir expands in India with valve acquisition

02 September 2010
Pump and valve manufacturer The Weir Group plc has agreed to acquire the valve business of India’s BDK Engineering Industries Ltd.

BDK Engineering, a family owned valve business based in Hubli, Karnataka, India, manufactures valves for the oil and gas, petrochemical and power markets. The business had sales of £20.9 million in the year to 31 March 2010.
“This acquisition further strengthens our emerging market footprint. BDK's range of valves will enhance our global customer offering and its Indian sales network will provide an additional route to market for many of our existing products,” said Weir chief executive Keith Cochrane.

Bharat Khimji, BDK Engineering’s founder, said: “My family has developed BDK over the last 30 years into an internationally recognised valves manufacturer. We are pleased to entrust the next stage in the growth of the business to an engineering group of Weir’s global standing. We are convinced that this is an excellent outcome for customers and employees. My sons and I look forward to continuing to play our roles in ensuring a smooth transition.”

Weir India currently has two main operations in Bangalore serving the Minerals and Power & Industrial markets and employs 350 people. Weir India also provides engineering support to a number of Weir companies globally.

Source (http://www.worldpumps.com/view/12164/weir-expands-in-india-with-valve-acquisition/)

Shweta Bhanot
Posted: Thursday, Sep 02, 2010 at 2333 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, Sep 02, 2010 at 2333 hrs IST

Mumbai: Tata Motors on Monday said the company is expanding capacity at its Dharwad plant in Karnataka to make up for the constraints in the production of its Ace family of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand, the only plant where Ace is produced now. The company, which still holds 50% of the market share in the sub-3.5 tonne segment, has been exposed to tough competition and has suffered due to capacity constraints in the last few months. In 2008-09, Ace had commanded a market share of 60%.

Talking to FE on the sidelines of the annual general meeting (AGM) of Tata Motors, PM Telang, managing director (India operations), said, “It (expansion at Dharwad) is linked to Ace production. We are looking at Dharward for setting up a facility for Ace family.” He said that it was too early to talk about how much will be the increase in production and the investment planned. However, a senior official confirmed the same and said that “it will be a full-fledged facility at the additional land which the company has at Dharwad.”

Earlier, at the AGM, Ratan N Tata, chairman of Tata Motors, had said, “We are looking at expanding capacity at the Dharwad plant for commercial vehicles.” The company ranks 15th in the world commercial vehicles market. Tata Motors holds 64% market share in the Indian commercial vehicle market, he added.

C Ramakrishnan, chief financial officer, Tata Motors, said, “It (the Dharwad expansion) is one of the options looked at and will be part of the investment planned by the company.” The company plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore (on an average) per year for the next three years in expansion and upgradation.

The Dharwad plant manufactures Marcopolo buses at present. Tata Marcopolo Motors is a 51:49 joint venture of Tata Motors and Marcopolo of Brazil. The plant has a capacity to produce 30,000 units a year, which the company plans to achieve in phases. It is manufacturing around 700-800 buses per month. “We have 15,000 Marcopolo buses on road today,” Tata said.

The Pantnagar plant has an installed capacity of 2.5 lakh units per annum. Tata Motors had said it is producing around 15,000 Aces per month at Pantnagar. The company has plans to take it up to 20,000 units per month in a couple of months. Today, there are over 5 lakh Ace vehicles on the road.

FE (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Tata-Motors-set-to-produce-Ace-from-Karnataka/676035/)

Escalation is attributed to creation of new facilities in the building

P M Raghunandan, Bangalore, Sept 14, DH News Service:

The State Government is most likely to hold the Winter session of the State Legislature in Belgaum.
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Work in progress on Suvarna Soudha in Belgaum. dh photoHowever, the estimated construction cost of Suvarna Soudha, the secretariat building, has almost doubled.

When the Government awarded the contract to construct Suvarna Soudha in July 2009, the project was estimated to cost Rs 230 crore, including the land acquisition cost. But in a span of just 14 months, the cost has shot up to Rs 410 crore. The cost escalation is despite the work progressing as per the schedule. The project is scheduled to be completed by January 2011.

The second secretariat building, which is coming up at Halaga Bastavad village on the outskirts of Belgaum, will be holding the winter session of the State Legislature. So far, the State government has held two Legislature sessions in Belgaum - in 2006 and 2008 - at the KLE Medical College. The objective is to assert that Belgaum is an integral part of Karnataka.

On escalation of cost, PWD Executive Engineer (Belgaum) C R Bellary said the Detailed Project Report (DPR) that was prepared initially did not include cost for providing amenities like power, water, landscaping, installation of CCTVs, elevators, furnishing and external lighting. Hence, escalation of the project cost.

Contract for construction of Suvarna Soudha has been awarded to a Pune-based B G Shirke Construction Technology, the same company that constructed Vikas Soudha building in Bangalore.

As per the plan, Suvarna Soudha will have ground plus five floors with a total built-up area of 52,624 sqm. The building will comprise an Assembly Hall, a Council Hall, a Conference Hall with a seating capacity for 300 members, a Banquet hall (akin to the Hall in Vidhana Soudha), Central Hall with a seating capacity for 450 members (on the lines of the Hall in Parliament), Cabinet Hall and office rooms to house chief minister and ministers.

Construction of Assembly, Council and Cabinet Halls are almost complete and will be ready to hold the session in December this year. The contractor has been directed to install an elevator by December for the proposed session.

Of no use

According to official sources, the Central Hall with a seating Capacity for 450 members will be of little use for the State Legislature, as both the Houses (the Assembly and the Council) hardly meet together. A joint session is held only during the first session of the year, when the Governor address both the Houses. Construction of the Central Hall thus amounts to mere waste of crores of rupees.

The officers further stated that it was surprising that the Detailed Project Report of Suvarna Soudha deals only with structure and does not include provision for amenities.
DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/96599/suvarna-soudha-cost-doubles-14.html)

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DHARWAD: Karnatak University (KU, Dharwad) will soon have a Natural History Museum on its premises.

KU Vice-Chancellor professor Srinivas Saidapur told reporters here on Sunday that the project, coming up as part of varsity's diamond jubilee celebrations, will cost approximately Rs 3 crore. University Grants Commission has allotted Rs 60 lakh for the same, and the remaining funds would be augmented from the Diamond Jubilee Fund.

The museum will provide details on bio-diversity, geography, minerals and hydro-electric projects of north Karnataka. The museum will also provide adequate knowledge to students on the bio-diversity of north Karnataka and facilitate them to take up research activities.

As part of the diamond jubilee celebrations, a Vajra Stambha costing around Rs 4.5 lakh will be erected on the premises. A seven-foot tall bronze statue of Kanakadasa has been installed in the Kanakadasa Chair, and it would be unveiled during the diamond jubilee valedictory, he added.

Referring to the development activities, the V-C said the construction work of Basava Bhavan and Vivekananda Centre on the varsity campus is nearing completion. " DNA Research Centre set up in the university is first of its kind in north Karnataka. Numerous research activities have been taken up here," he said, adding: "Emphasis has been laid on upgrading the existing infrastructure. In this regard, Manasollasa auditorium and Kanakadasa Bhavan are being renovated."

To a query, Saidapur said the financial position of KU is comfortable as funds are flowing in from various sources for research and other activities.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Natural-History-Museum-planned-at-KU/articleshow/6593589.cms

wow... fantastic pictures.http://sunrent.de/smileynormal.ico

Akash,
What is the area of Belgaum City Corporation...?

Sharif it was 94 sq km in 2001-check Belgaum corporation website.Now it must have added some 30sq km extra.:)

Hubli-Dharwad corporation covers an area of 202.28 Sq.Kms with current population 12 lakhs. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. "HUBLI-DHARWAD IS THE COMMERCIAL CAPITAL OF KARNATAKA". SO IT IS CALLED AS A CHOTA BOMBAY

Hubli-Dharwad corporation covers an area of 202.28 Sq.Kms with current population 12 lakhs. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. "HUBLI-DHARWAD IS THE COMMERCIAL CAPITAL OF KARNATAKA". SO IT IS CALLED AS A CHOTA BOMBAY

I heard some people calling mangalore as chota mumbai because of its highrises and cosmopolitan lifestyle...which one of the both deserve it..

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any news on opening date of westside in hubli

any news on opening date of westside in hubli

No idea,we have no active members from Hubli-Dharwad sad part :(

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Agri-BT park to be set up in Dharwad

Nagesh Prabhu

It will come up on 30 acres of land at the UAS

The aim of the park is to provide biotech knowhow to farmers

Ernst & Young has been appointed as project management consultant

Bangalore: A Rs. 80-crore agri-biotech (Agri-BT) park will come up in Dharwad, on the public private partnership (PPP) model, to provide biotech knowhow for farmers, and forward and backward linkages for stakeholders in the field in north Karnataka.

Spain-based Savaia Biotech and the U.S.-based University of Massachusetts have expressed interest in developing the agri-BT park, which would be established on 30 acres of land at the University of Agricultural Sciences-Dharwad premises. Consultants have held discussions with officials of UAS- Dharwad, on the proposed project and its benefits, officials in the Information Technology, Biotechnology Department told The Hindu.

Ernst & Young has been appointed as project management consultant (PMC) for preparation of the detailed project report. Officials in the IT/BT department said that request for proposal (RFP) containing information on technical and financial aspects would be issued soon. The private partner would be finalised for the project by November 10.

Salient activities

The proposed activities at that park would be research and development in agriculture, gene construction, planting material for vegetables, medicinal plants and pest management. Transgenic plants of various crops being cultivated in north Karnataka region would be developed at the park.

An expert at the UAS-Dharwad pointed out that the idea was to use biotechnology to hone ancient agriculture methods. “The moment farmers know that vermicompost and biotech products help productivity and health of the crop, they shift to it,” the expert said.

The proposed park would also include scientific storage facilities for all types of farm produce; primary processing services such as cleaning, grading, packing, quality certification services and marketing-export linkages. It can also address the issues of abysmal productivity, post-harvest and storage problems.

Marine park

The Government has proposed to set up a marine park on an 18 acres of land belonging to the Fisheries College, Mangalore. The estimated cost of the project is $20 million.

The project would be taken up on a PPP model to develop activities such as research and development, up-scaling technology and processing waste.

Request

Officials said the request for the proposal would be issued by October 15 while the private partner would be finalised by November-end.
The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/24/stories/2010092462310900.htm)

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Karnataka State Law University, Hubli
Campus located at Navanagar, Hubli, Karnataka, INDIA - 580025
Established in the year 2009 by the Government of Karnataka
More than 85 law colleges affiliated to this university
The KSLU campus is coming up on a sprawling 55 acres of beautiful landscape at Navanagar in Hubli

wow amazing pics of the stadium gouvrav thanks for sharing :cheers: KSCA must get serious and build a nice stadium stand,so that international matches are possible

thanks akash
KSCA is building a stadium with 50,000 capacity which should have been ready by now but the work is very slow and not even the pavilion is built yet
hope they fasten the process

thanks akash
KSCA is building a stadium with 50,000 capacity which should have been ready by now but the work is very slow and not even the pavilion is built yet
hope they fasten the process

Where is it building the new stadium?You mean the existing KSCA pitch is getting a seating stand or KSCA is building a new stadium from scratch??

yes its the existing pitch at raj nagar
there was an helipad which was taken by KSCA around 5-6 yrs ago

But I don't see any construction works in the pics :( I am eager to see Hubli host some international matches,I know it has got a lovely pitch so does Mysore university ground which recently hosted the ranji finals

Any updates you can share on the Malls U/C in hubli??

But I don't see any construction works in the pics :( I am eager to see Hubli host some international matches,I know it has got a lovely pitch so does Mysore university ground which recently hosted the ranji finals

yes the construction was stopped due to KPL matches which didnt happen i think they will restart within a week

Q: How significant do you see the toll collections being from these two projects which are starting this year and next year? What is the opportunity there or along those routes?

A: These are very high growth corridor. Karnataka-Belgaum-Dharwad is a part of NH4. So it is a four-six lane project.

Source (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/ipo-issues-open/ashoka-buildcon-sees-epc-margins-between-7-9_486641.html)

As per a leading news daily, Tata Motors is geared up to launch new range of buses in the last quarter of this fiscal. The buses will be built at the company's Dharwad plant with the help of its JV partner Marcopolo and will be priced at a 5-10% premium over its current medium buses. The company intends to expand production at Dharwad from 1,000 units to 1,400 units a month by the year-end. The new buses will be added in the 7 to 12 tonne category with more feature content. Pricing will be the key here as competition from MNC players and new entrants is heating up. However, in order to de-risk competition, the company is planning to export buses to South Africa and Middle East and is also eyeing the markets of Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Source (http://www.equitymaster.com/tm/tm.asp?date=9/24/2010&title=Markets-hold-on-to-gains)

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Belgaum must get everything what Bengaluru enjoys,GOK cannot fool us by just declaring it as the Second capital,WE are watching----We north Kannadigas hold the key for vidhan soudha,we elected BJP this time hope they concentrate on north karnataka.

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Belgaum will be second capital...North Karnataka ki "Jai Ho"

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Belgaum will be second capital...North Karnataka ki "Jai Ho"

Hubli must get a stadium on par with chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru,though Bellary is getting a private international cricket stadium,but KSCA being a state organisation it must setup a stadium of i nternational standards in hubli.

Vidhan soudha is getting ready in Belgaum they must shift all the offices to Belgaum.

Gulbarga and Dharwad are having high court benches more powers/facillities neeeded.

Start Volvo city bus services in Hubli-Dharwad,Bellary -Hospete,Belgaum cities.Why only south karnataka cities must have volvo buses?? After all Belgaum district is the second highest revenue generator for the state.

Improve educational and other skill training facilities.Socio-economic indicators need to be pulled up,especially in north eastern districts.

Why do we see old BMTC buses running in north karnataka cities?If BJP govt does not change this pattern,then may be Kumaraswamy would be handed over the vidhan soudha key next elections,its a warning from north Karnataka to the BJP.

Implement the nanjunda regional imbalance commission without any hitches.

I want to see 5 Gems from north Karnataka-- Hubli-Dharwad,Belgaum,Bellary and Gulbarga :banana:

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Yes off-course,smaller cities in south karnataka(Udupi,Shimoga) are getting TTMC's why not Bellary,Gulbarga..soon there will be no divide b/w north and south karnataka as there are enough investments made in north karnataka.
Belgaum can be made as summer or winter capital of karnataka as J&K has..

HUBLI: South Western Railway (SWR) will extend the services of weekly special trains from Bangalore City to Hubli and Nagercoil.

Accordingly, Hubli-Yeshwantpur Weekly Special (train No. 02777) will depart Hubli at 06:50 hrs on Wednesdays (from October 6 to December 29) and arrive at Yeshwantpur at 15:00 hrs, the same day.

En route, the weekly special will touch Haveri (at 08:10 hrs), Ranebennur (08:38 hrs), Harihar (09:05 hrs), Davanagere (09:20 hrs), Birur (11:18 hrs), and Arasikere (12:05 hrs).

In the return direction, Yeshwantpur-Hubli Weekly Special (train No. 02778) will depart Yeshwantpur at 04:45 hrs on Fridays (from October 8 to December 31) and arrive at Hubli at 12-45 hrs. on the same day

En route, the weekly special will arrive at Arasikere (07:20 hrs), Birur (08:15 hrs), Davanagere (09:43 hrs), Harihar (09:58 hrs), Ranebennur (10:23 hrs), and Haveri (10:53 hrs).

Bangalore City-Nagercoil Express Weekly Special (train No. 06541) will depart Bangalore City at 23:00 hrs on Thursdays (from September 30 to December 30) and arrive at Nagercoil at 14:00 hrs, the next day.

En route, the special will touch Yeshwantpur (at 23:10 hrs), Banaswadi (23:38 hrs), Hosur (00:26 hrs), Dharmapuri (01:58 hrs), Omalur (03:40 hrs, Salem (04:00 hrs), Erode (05:00 hrs), Karur (06:25 hrs), Dindigul (07:45 hrs), Kodaikanal Road (08:18 hrs); Madurai (09:15 hrs), Virdunagar (10:08 hrs), Satur (10:33 hrs), Kovilpatti (10:58 hrs), Maniyachi Jn (11:33 hrs), Tirunelveli (12:25 hrs), and Valliyur (13:08 hrs).

In the return direction, Nagercoil-Bangalore Express Weekly Special (train No. 06542) will depart Nagercoil at 12:45 hrs on Saturdays (from October 2 to January 1) and arrive at Bangalore City at 04:30 hrs, the next day.

En route, the weekly express special will touch Valliyur (13:13 hrs), Tirunelveli (13:55 hrs), Maniyachi Jn (14:33 hrs), Kovilpatti (15:03 hrs), Satur (15:23 hrs), Virdunagar (15:48 hrs), Madurai (16:55 hrs), Kodaikanal Road (17:33 hrs), Dindigul (18:10 hrs), Karur (19:40 hrs), Erode (20:55 hrs), Salem (22:20 hrs), Omalur (23:10 hrs), Dharmapuri (00:30 hrs), Hosur (01:50 hrs), Banaswadi (02:58 hrs) and Yeshwantpur (03:30 hrs).

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Specials-trains-from-Bangalore-to-Hubli-Nagercoil/articleshow/6638399.cms)...:banana:

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Tata Group in big expansion mode in Karnataka
PTI, Sep 28, 2010, 05.00pm IST
BANGALORE: Tata Group is on an expansion spree in Karnataka, with new projects of its companies at various stages, including the proposed 100-acre Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) campus here.Senior Tata Group officials, including the Vice-Chairman of Tata Steel B Muthuraman, met the state Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and reviewed a number of projects here today.Industry and Commerce Secretary V P Baligar told PTI later that TCS has approached the Government to allot 100 acres to set up a campus at IT park in Deveanahalli on the outskirts of the city.He said the Chief Minister has assured the Group about the land allotment. "It will be one of the biggest campuses of TCS in India", he said.Baligar said land acquisition for Tata Metaliks is Rs 15,000 crore, three million tonne annual capacity plant in Haveri is progressing smoothly.

Tata Consulting Engineers would be allotted five acres of land for its project, while the Group's hotel business plans to set up two "Ginger" brand hotels in Belgaum and Hubli.

Tata Housing has approached the Government with proposals and it has been assured that land would be given to it in any of the industrial areas. Tata Power has participated in the bidding process of Bidadi power project.Tata Realty is one of the bidders for the proposed mono- rail and high-speed rail link projects in the city, besides development of national highway and state highway, he said.Talking about various Tata Group projects, Muthuraman said "we have already submitted proposals. We came just for a review. Tatas are into many projects in Karnataka".Large and Medium Industries Minister Murugesh R Nirani, Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Chief Secretary S V Ranganath were also among the ones present here.

Read more: Tata Group in big expansion mode in Karnataka - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Tata-Group-in-big-expansion-mode-in-Karnataka/articleshow/6643812.cms#ixzz10tDL91LI

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HUBLI: BVB College of Engineering and Technology here launched Hasriu Hubballi Greenathon-2010, a programme of planting saplings to develop greenery in the city, here on Saturday.

District minister Jagadish Shettar did the honours on BVB college premises by plating a sapling. He lauded the efforts of the college to develop greenery in the twin cities by taking this step. He also appealed to citizens, government organizations and authorities to join hands with the college to take the programme forward.

Explaining the programme college principal Ashok Shettar said it aims at planting and maintaining 2,500 saplings across the twin cities. "College students have taken the lead in providing a platform for people to plant and adopt the saplings," he added.

About 120 saplings will be planted in Navangar, 100 each in Adarsh Nagar, Lingarajnagar, Akshay Colony and on Nrupatunga Hills, 110 in Shantinagar, 95 off Kusgal Road, 60 in Manjunath Nagar, and 100 in Dharwad during the programme.

Read more: Students paint twin cities green - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Students-paint-twin-cities-green/articleshow/6673684.cms#ixzz11MMi6aZ2

BANGALORE: In a bid to popularise science among students in the country, the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) will be setting up 13 science centres in the country, including two in Dharwad and Mangalore by 2012.

Apart from the new 13 centres - which will be set up at a cost of `8.5 crore - NCSM has also got proposals for setting up 25 such centres, of which seven are from Karnataka alone.

G S Rautela, director NCSM, told reporters on Friday that there was a big demand for science centres in Karnataka as the interest level both in the government and among the students was high.

“At the science centre, students get hands-on experience, they get to touch, experience and get engaged in science,” he said.

Indian Express (http://expressbuzz.com/states/karnataka/science-centres-in-dharwad-mangalore-by-2012/213688.html)

DHARWAD: Karnatak University (KU), which is celebrating its diamond jubilee this month, added another feather to its cap on Friday with the inauguration of Educational Technology Multimedia Centre on its campus.

The centre has a built-up area of 3,000 sqft furnished with state-of-the-art technology equipment to facilitate the students of mass communication and journalism understand the nuances of production and dissemination of news-related programmes on electronic media. The centre costs Rs 1 crore, of which Rs 80 lakh is funded by the government.

Five high-definition cameras have been installed to help student to take up indoor and outdoor shooting. With this, the students can shoot documentary and broadcast radio news. To understand various technical aspects of the multimedia, an interactive board has also been put up.

The studio is well equipped for shooting/ editing of TV programmes besides generating audio-video educational aids. There are four cameras to be used in the studio and five handycams for outdoor shooting. The studio has a mixing device which can take inputs from six cameras and generate hundreds of virtual sets for presentation of news and discussion programmes. The audio mixer has provision for 16 audio channels' input.

A voice-over room is provided for voice recording while the teleprompter helps students master the art of anchoring and newscasting. The studio has been built adopting green technologies so as to consume less power.

Post-graduate students from the departments of journalism and education would receive intensive training in different aspects of audio-video programme production. Further, teachers who attend refresher and orientation programmes at Academic Staff College would be oriented.

On Friday, Gulbarga Central University vice-chancellor A M Pathan inaugurated the Centre and also Academic Staff College guest house.

KU V-C prof. S K Saidapur presided. Karnataka State Higher Education Council vice-chairman prof. M I Savadatti, Meena Chandavarkar, former Gulbarga University V-C B G Mulimani and prof. A S Balasubramanya spoke on the occasion.






TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Multimedia-centre-inaugurated-at-KU/articleshow/6720676.cms)

Indoor stadium to be ready soon
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Indoor-stadium-to-be-ready-soon/articleshow/6731527.cms)
GURURAJ JAMKHANDI, TNN, Oct 11, 2010, 09.38pm IST

DHARWAD: The indoor stadium at Dharwad for which the foundation stone had been laid eight years ago is finally getting ready for the use of sportspersons. The jinxed stadium has seen several obstacles before being dedicated to the public. If everything goes according to the plan the stadium should be available for use latest by November end.

Deputy commissioner Darpan Jain, who visited the indoor stadium near R N Shetty stadium here, expressed confidence that the work will be completed in six weeks. When done, the stadium will have a seating capacity of 350, floodlight and generator to ensure uninterrupted power supply.

It was the dream of sports lovers in Dharwad to have an indoor stadium in the city to ensure that the sports activity does not get disrupted for a major part of the year due to rain.

The plan for the stadium was prepared way back in 2001 and the foundation stone was laid in August 2002.

The construction work was assigned to Karnataka Land Army but in the absence of funds flowing in, the work did not progress much.

Meanwhile, the 70-feet wall of the stadium collapsed on January 26, 2008 injuring one person. The mishap occurred when thousands of people had gathered to celebrate Republic Day at the R N Shetty stadium which is just a few meters away from the indoor stadium. The then DC M S Srikar had ordered an inquiry into the incident. A team of experts arrived from Bangalore on February 7, 2008 to find the cause of the collapse and reported that negligence on the part of construction agency had been responsible for the mishap.

DC Darpan Jain said the well-equipped stadium has come up at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore. Jain informed that proposals have been sent to the government to sanction Rs 3.50 crore to develop a synthetic track at R N Shetty Stadium, and Rs 1 crore to construct a sports hostel.

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has proposed to construct a complex at the Karnatak University premises, and the varsity has given the approval in principle to provide land for this purpose. All facilities will be provided here to conduct sports activities regularly.

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Tata Motors gearing up to launch its next generation buses

Ketan Thakkar, September 23, 2010 (Mumbai)

After Prima, a range of heavy trucks produced by Tata Motors, now it is going to be a world bus line from the country's largest commercial vehicle maker.

NDTV has learnt that Tata Motors will launch a completely new range of buses in the last quarter of this fiscal.

These would be 16-67 seater wider body buses and are built on a new platform.

The buses will be built at the company's Dharwad plant with the help of JV partner Marcopolo and will be priced at a 5-10% premium over its current medium buses.

Tata intends to expand production at Dharwad from 1000 units to 1400 units a month by the year-end.

Tata's CV boss Ravi Pisharody told NDTV: "You can expect some new buses being added in the 7 and12 tonne category. It will co-exist with our existing range. And we will keep looking at adding more feature content in these buses. Earlier we were not offering features like mobile charging, connecting to music system, these buses."

The 7-12 tonne category makes up about 25 per cent of the 45,000 units annual medium and large bus market. It is likely to grow by 15-20 per cent over the next few years and that’s not due to Tata alone. Ashok Leyland, Mahindra Navistar and others are also looking at aggressive launches.

"There will be competition from the new entrants and the MNC players, so definitely there will be focus on pricing. Tata Motors is already having a higher base so market share would reduce a little bit with competition heating up,” Vaishali Jajoo, an auto analyst at Angel Broking said.

So to derisk from the increased competition, Tata Motors is also looking to hit the export market with the new bus range rather aggressively. It will begin exporting buses to South Africa and the Middle East by XX and is also eyeing the markets of Latin America and Eastern Europe

any news on opening date of westside in hubli

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tata westside opens anchor store in max mall, kusugal road, keshwapur, hubli. ad in newspaper.

tata westside opens anchor store in max mall, kusugal road, keshwapur, hubli. ad in newspaper.

plz post the ad here,where is max mall btw??

seven beans cafe , Hubli
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where is it????

the pic you posted of westside is the max mall

the pic you posted of westside is the max mall

What is the status of U mall and Urban oasis mall-plz post some pics here-Max mall sukcs-does not qualify to be called as a mall

What is the status of U mall and Urban oasis mall-plz post some pics here-Max mall sukcs-does not qualify to be called as a mall

r u sure its max mall?? it shud be max:ohno:shopping complex/arcade!!

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u are bang on target it should be max shoping arcade

seven beans cafe is located at old income tax road,vidyanagar

All wards of Belgaum may get 24X7 water

TNN, Oct 17, 2010, 09.31pm IST

Tags:water supply pilot project|tata consultancy services ltd|public private partnership (ppp) model
BELGAUM: After tasting success with 24X7 water supply pilot project in the 10 wards out of 58, the government is now set to expand the project in the remaining wards of the city.

The government would expand the project under public private partnership (PPP) model. It has already appointed Tata Consultancy Services Ltd to conduct a survey of the water distribution system, estimate the project cost and conduct bidding.

TCS, which has commenced the survey work a month ago, is receiving good response from the public. Sources said TCS will take another nine months to complete its work.


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/All-wards-of-Belgaum-may-get-24X7-water/articleshow/6765107.cms)

Shettar lays foundation stone

TNN, Oct 18, 2010, 10.32pm IST

HUBLI: Dharwad district minister Jagadish Shettar has said the upcoming sports complex plays a vital role in the making Hubli-Dharwad, collectively a mega city.

Speaking after laying a foundation stone for a sports complex at the Gymkhana Grounds here on Monday, he said north Karnataka has sporting talent in abundance, "but lack of government will to create proper infrastructure is proving to be a dampener". "Because of this, sportspersons with sound background are making their own arrangements to compete in top sporting events, while others who are poor go unnoticed," he added.

Shettar appreciated the efforts of Karnataka Gymkhana Association (KGA) for building the complex without much help from the government. "Efforts are being made to build an indoor stadium at Heggeri Grounds, and also to complete the work on a pavilion at KSCA Stadium in Rajnagar," he added.

Appreciating the efforts of KGA, MP Pralhad Joshi said there will be less scope for confusion in the development works taken up under PPP model and there will be a sense of ownership about the property among the public.

Highlighting the need to improve sports infrastructure in the twin cities, DC Darpan Jain hailed KGA for voluntarily building a sports complex. Jain also expressed happiness over putting the land to optimal utilization, at least after 90 years of its being handed over by the government to KGA.

Stating that there is a lot of sporting talent in the region, Jain said there is a huge inflow of students into the twin cities needing good sports-related infrastructure. The DC requested KGA authorities to identify the poor but talented sportspersons and train them.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Shettar-lays-foundation-stone/articleshow/6770692.cms)

Gymkhana Grounds will house sports complex

TNN, Oct 18, 2010, 10.35pm IST

HUBLI: After cricket stadium, the commercial city will have a sports complex, which will give a boost to the sporting activities in the region. Karnataka Gymkhana Association (KGA) will build a sports complex on 2.10-acre plot at Gymkhana Grounds in Deshpandenagar here. District minister Jagadish Shetter laid the foundation stone for the 93,306 sqft building on Monday.

The complex will house a gymnasium, swimming pool, separate spas for men and women, two badminton courts, lawn tennis and table tennis courts, jogging track, a pavilion for 4,000-strong crowd, 32 guest rooms, facilities for carrom and other indoor games, dining hall, a conference hall and others. There will also be parking space for 100 cars at the 4.5-acre prime land available with KGA.

KGA's Ramesh Shetty said the development activities will be carried out without disturbing the sporting activities at the grounds. The 2.5-acre land, which is lying unused, will be levelled for the complex. The grounds will later be converted into a turf ground. A jogging track will come up outside the complex and on the storm-water drain. Shetty said the construction of the complex will begin using the Rs 1.5 crore funds, pooled in by 30 members, who each contributed Rs 5 lakh for the purpose. The estimate of the project is Rs 8 crore. "Funds will be generated through membership for the completion of the project, which we expect to get over in two years," Shetty said, adding KGA will take steps to encourage and train talented sportspersons who are poor.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Gymkhana-Grounds-will-house-sports-complex/articleshow/6770688.cms

Hubli -Dharwad atleast must boast of a full fledged stadium,KSCA must develop this stadium on par with that inbangalore

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Hubli airport: Land would be acquired within a month, says DC

TNN, Oct 19, 2010, 10.09pm IST

HUBLI: The Dharwad district administration, which is trying hard to complete the land-acquisition process towards the expansion of Hubli airport so that it can hand over the land to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for development, has sought an immediate assistance of Rs 100 crore.

DC Darpan Jain told reporters on Monday that several hurdles in completing the land-acquisition process had been cleared and about 99% of the land owners had given their consent to part with their land.

He expressed confidence that the entire land-acquisition process would be completed within a month. "We have sought a grant of Rs 100 crore to compensate the land owners, and we expect to receive the same from the government shortly," he added.

Jain said the survey for laying four-lane road between Hubli and Dharwad had been completed and tender bids on the Rs 174-crore project would be opened on October 26.


TOI
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Hubli-airport-Land-would-be-acquired-within-a-month-says-DC/articleshow/6776379.cms)

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Thanks a lot gaurav for the pics--kindly resize them to 15 inch monitor size (800*640 imageshack )next you upload pics :)

Vidyanagar main road
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this road is under expansion which will make it 6 lane and will have footpath

Vidyanagar main road

this road is under expansion which will make it 6 lane and will have footpath

I guess it already has footpaths on either side intermittently right??It is a good move by the authorities to have this road 6 laned on priority basis,Gouvrav isn't this road used by the mine lorries?

On oct 26 tender bids for 4 laning of Hubli-Dharwad road- 175 crore project will open :)

I guess it already has footpaths on either side intermittently right??It is a good move by the authorities to have this road 6 laned on priority basis,Gouvrav isn't this road used by the mine lorries?

On oct 26 tender bids for 4 laning of Hubli-Dharwad road- 175 crore project will open :)

not all but yes in the night lorries move

Railways team interacts with N. Karnataka industrialists

Scouting for dedicated vendors for Rai Bareilly coach factory.

Anil Urs

Hubli, Oct. 22

The Railway Coach Factory being set up at Rai Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh has plans to source Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000 crore worth of industrial materials annually.

In an effort to create dedicated vendor base , officials led by Mr Alok Johri, Chief Administrative Officer, toured and interacted with the members of Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI).

The team visited some units at Belur Industrial Area, Dharwad and also interacted with a few micro and small enterprises (MSME) located at Hubli and Dharwad, namely the Darwad industrial valves cluster and Dharwad implements and tractor trailer cluster.

Indian Railways is setting up a Railway Coach Factory at Rai Bareli at a cost of Rs 16,000 crore.

Mr Johri, addressing the members of KCCI at Hubli, said the Railways is planning to create a dedicated vendor base for regular supplies.

“We need steady supply of materials to take up construction of modern railway coaches. Hence, we are here to explore creating a dedicated vendor base,” he added.

High sales tax

During interactions with the visiting railway officials, Mr M.C. Hiremath, President of KCCI, said that the industrialists of Hubli-Dharwad region were not in a position to supply the materials to South Western Railways (SWR) at competitive rates due to steep sales tax of 13.5 per cent in the State. Sales tax in other States is around 2 per cent.

“On account of this anomaly, vendors /industrialists of other States are supplying materials to SWR. The rate of VAT in other States is also less and inter-State transactions based on C Forms are an added to advantage,” he added.

Mr R. K. Aherwar, Controller of stores of SWR, Hubli, interacted on behalf of SWR. With regard to the proposal of the Railway Coach Factory to develop dedicated vendor base, Mr Hiremath said “This is a good opportunity for the industrialists of north Karnataka.”

“The Karnatak chamber in this regard will help such vendors by supplying technical knowhow and I request the interested vendors, especially from northern Karnataka districts, to take the advantage of this opportunity,” he added.

Businessline (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/10/23/stories/2010102351792300.htm)

NK vendors must not let go this opportunity.Hubli-Dharwad-Belgaum cluster is pretty strong in ancillary units --Auto vendors/foundry and forging.
Hope the sales taxes are reduced

Vidyanagar main road
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3773/image006xm.jpg
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3042/image007hj.jpg

this road is under expansion which will make it 6 lane and will have footpath

WOW Hubli is Shining.

Akash,

All Karnataka cities are having healthy competetion in growth. I am really pleased to see this.
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