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2 of those 3 arms seem like they are at right angles. apart from slowing vehicles considerably, they wouldn't be visible until you are close.

anyway this flyover should completely reduce the jams at this junction. for people driving between north west (anna nagar) to south east (thiruvanmiyur), it is much faster drive now than what it was a year ago - first it was those one ways around guindy-saidapet that removed 3 signals and later one ways around ashok pillar which removed 2-3 signals.

once the bypass is complete, it will considerably reduce traffic on irr at anna nagar and pressure at koyambedu junction. there is no hope yet for vadapalani junction or the entire kodambakkam/arcot rd.

i think many elements for making chennai a decent city are slowly falling in place. if they are able to complete the metro within 5 years, that would be cool.
 
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Supreme Court bans illegal and hazardous hoardings

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Madras High Court's order, banning illegal and hazardous hoardings in Tamil Nadu.

Following this decision, Chennai will soon have a skyline free of hoardings.

The apex court turned down the hoarding owners' plea and around 80,000 such hoardings in the state will be affected by this judgement.

Over 2000 hoardings were removed in Chennai during November 2006 and currently, around 3000 applications for hoarding licences are pending with the state government
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080046371&ch=4/9/2008 3:49:00 PM
 
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I noticed that, in this link as well as in many others, they're talking about Kathipara flyover getting completed by Mar-08. I'm sure that was not even a possibility from the authorities view. I think they were talking about getting the main arm of flyover ready by Mar-08. That's all.

I hope that opening of the ain arm does not slow down the progress in the rest of the flyover. Now that traffic will be smooth from Airport <--> IRR, tey should not relax and ignore the rest. Such things happen quite too often in our place.

What's the status of the other flyovers announced along with Kathipara ? - Airport flyover, Koyambedu and the padi exchanges.

Koyambedu and padi are also big interchanges - a semi-clover leaf and a rotary.
 
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Britannia to sell its padi land

Britannia Industries has suspended manufacturing operations at its Chennai plant effective April 7 at its Padi unit.

Britannia sits on prime land and it stands to reason that the company would encash it. The sale is likely to fetch Britannia close to Rs3bn in view of the appreciation in real estate value in this region.

Top on the list of bidders is HCL, which has been scouting for land in industrial suburbs.
http://www.indiainfoline.com/news/innernews.asp?storyId=64215&lmn=1
 
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whats with koyambedu and padi grade separators? has there been any progress at all?
not much focus on koyambedu flyover. they have done some basic work near vijaykanth's ex-wedding hall and also cleared some slums along cooum. otherwise nothing much. but i wonder how this clover lead flyover, elevated road to link maduravoyal & port and metro rail line can all co-exist.

padi flyover has progressed to a great extent. but that arm over the railway line is yet to start. perhaps they could consider completing all the other works (should be complete by now) and temporarily use the elevated arms to allow free flow of traffic on ring road. once the flyover is completely built irr traffic can be re-routed as per design to flow at grade with all turns and traffic along cth road using elevated rotary.
 
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ProWorks Announces Definitive Expansion Plans to India

Wednesday, Apr. 9 2008

ProWorks, Inc. today announced definitive plans for an expansion of its operations into the Sriperumbudur Hi-Tech Special Economic Zone in the Tamil Nadu province of India. The announcement coincides with the receipt of an official notification from the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu ("SIPCOT") of an allotment of 2 acres of land in the Sriperumbudur Special Economic Zone. This allotment from the government of Tamil Nadu is the first milestone in ProWorks' plans to build and operate a 100,000 square foot plant to be operational in mid 2009.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/...finitive-expansion-plans-india_555747_12.html
 
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Areva T&D raises capex 75% to Rs 700 crore

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First, a transformer and medium voltage switchgear plant at Baroda, which would entail an investment of Rs 200 crore. The second would be an instrument transformer plant for an investment of Rs 100 crore. This would accompany a global R&D centre, which would cater to all R&D requirements of Areva worldwide. The third plant would come up near Chennai for an investment of Rs 100 crore.
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http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1159233
 
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Dhanus Tech eyes $30 mn buys abroad

GPS products and services vendor Dhanus Technologies will invest $20-$30 million in acquisitions of alternative telecom companies in Europe and Canada.
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As part of extending BPO and technical-support operations to service new contracts, a 50,000-sq ft BPO facility is being set up at Perungudi near Chennai with an investment of Rs 25-30 crore.

This facility will accommodate upto 1,000 people and is expected to be operational within 10 months...

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu9&subLeft=2&autono=319608&tab=r
 
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Anand group plans 4 greenfield plants in chennai

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/04/10/stories/2008041050550200.htm

nand group, the $640 million automotive components and systems major, is looking at setting up at least four new greenfield facilities in Chennai to support the requirements of its prospective customers. The Delhi headquartered group is in talks with two joint ventures of Nissan-Renault and Ashok Leyland for manufacturing exhaust systems for passenger cars and LCVs, respectively.

Once the deals are through, the group would be setting up four facilities in Chennai before 2010, said Mr C. S. Patel, Chief Executive Officer, Anand Automotive Systems. This would make Chennai as the largest revenue generating hub for Anand Group, he said.
ETI’s New facility

Mr Patel was addressing the media during the inauguration of a manufacturing facility of a group company, Emcon Technologies India Private Ltd (ETI), which is a 74:26 joint venture between the US-based Emcon Technologies and the Anand group.

ETI has so far invested $4 million including $2.5 million invested in the new plant in Maraimalainagar, inaugurated on Monday. The CEO of $4 billion Emcon Technologies, Mr Lee Gardner, said ETI would further infuse $10 million for capacity expansion and creation of new facilities. ...........
 
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Modernisation of airport to be over by 2010

Chennai, April 9: While the modernisation of Chennai airport would be completed by 2010, the state government is also examining the option of establishing a greenfield airport at Sriperumbudur, transport minister K.N. Nehru said on Wednesday. Tabling the policy note of his department, Mr Nehru said with the Chennai airport recording a significant growth in both passenger traffic and cargo movement as the city had transformed into a hub for foreign direct investment in various industrial sectors, the government had decided to modernize and expand it in coordination with the Centre.

The government was in the process of acquiring 1069.99 acres of land for this purpose while the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had proposed to spend about Rs 1800 crore for modernisation works scheduled for completion by 2010. While the state government was exploring the option of setting up a greenfield airport at Sriperumbudur near Chennai, measures were underway to acquire lands for expansion and modernisation of non-metro airports in Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi and Thoothukudi as per the master plan submitted by the AAI.

Having already decided to set up an institute of aeronautical science and pilot training academy at Sriperumbudur in the name of late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, the minister said, the AAI executive director was requested to undertake a techno-feasibility study of the proposed project. Accordingly, a team of officials made a preliminary inspection last year and as per the guidelines given by them, necessary action to identify a suitable site was being taken, he said.

Highlighting the TN government’s interest in the Madras Flying Club that serves as a training centre for boys and girls in flying and aircraft maintenance engineering, the policy note stated that the state government was sanctioning Rs 3.8 lakh per year as fixed subsidy and Rs 3.72 lakh as fuel subsidy to meet the establishment charges and other running expenditure of the club.

http://www.deccan.com/chennaichronicle/City/CityNews.asp#3,500 more buses to hit state roads
 
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