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Kanya Kumari (Cape Comorin), Nagercoil & Colachel

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#1 · (Edited)
Ladies & Gentlemen,

Located 89 km on the South East of the Trivandrum City Centre is the beautiful locale - the Cape Comorin .

This place is the southern most tip of the Peninsular India.
It is the Cape in the Indian Sub-Continent , where the three seas viz.

The Indian Ocean, The Arabian Sea / Laccadive Sea and the Bay of Bengal merge.

It is one of the very rare locations on this mother earth, where we can see the Sun Rise and the Sunset as well.

Cape Comorin is also called Kanya Kumari. (Comorin is the anglicised form of Kumari). Devi Kanya Kumari is the main Idol of the famous temple located in Cape. Apart from this temple, the Gandhi Smrithi Mandapam,
Vivekananda Rock & Thiru Valluvar Statue attract millions.

Nagercoil (located 70 km South of Trivandrum) is the Headquarters of the Southermost District of India (Kanya Kumari). In Tamil Nadu, this District is more popularly called KK District and the people are known as Kumarans. The District was constituted in 1956 (at a time when the State Re-organisation took place) by dividing the elstwhile Trivandrum District and out of the eight Taluks of the then Trivandrum, four were given to Tamil Nadu.

Colachel is an ancient port city, which is historically important. The Dutch Captain Delnoy was defeated by the Travancore Navy at the end of the 'Battle of Colachel'). Colachel is located 50 km south of the Vizhinjam Port in Trivandrum District.

I welcome all to add interestng features on the development of these three places.

I shall also be adding in more informations on the other attractions like
Colachel Port, Uzhavar Chandai, Monday Market, River Thamraparni, Pechipparai Dam, Kothayar Dams, Thripparappu, Kulasekharam,
Padmanabhapuram Palace, Uppalam, Vivekananda Centre, Thiruvitamcode Tunnel,Azhakiyamandapam, Thuckalay, Veli Malay, Maruthua Malay , Marthandam, Vedivechan Coil, Mulagummoodu, Thoduvetty, Saamiyar Madom , Netta etc etc.

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#281 ·
Neerodi-Kanyakumari road link to ease traffic


Nagercoil, Mar 30 (PTI): The coastal town of Neerodi in Kerala would be linked to Kanyakumari to ease traffic in towns including in this city, Thuckalay and Marthandam, official sources said. They said the work on 63 km stretch, estimated to cost Rs 40-Crore, would begin this year. There was a plan to construct bridges across Panttivaikkal at Rajakkamangalamthurai and across Tamirabarani estuary to connect Thengapattinam and Erayammanthurai at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore, they said. Vehicles could come directly from the four lane road from Kanyakumari to this road to Neerodi and Thiruvananthapuram airport via Poziyur and Kovalam beach. Point to Point bus services to Thiruvananthapuram could also be operated through this road, freeing vehicular traffic within the district, the sources said. Kanyakumari Collector S Nagarajan had sent the proposal to to the Government and work would start once approval was received, thes said.


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#282 ·
NH 47 Bypass work: A long wait ends

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Putting an end to the two-decade old impasse, the statutory gazette notification on land acquisition for the construction of the Kazhakkoottam-Kaliyikkavila NH 47 Bypass was published the other day.
�The 43-km portion of the NH 47� Thiruvananthapuram Bypass between Kazhakkoottam and Karode (Kaliyikkavila) has been a long-pending major road project in Thiruvananthapuram district. The project has significant implications for smoothening the flow of road traffic from the southern districts of the State to important destinations such as Kanyakumari across the border in Tamil Nadu.
�The total cost of the project, under BOT, is expected to be around ` 750 crore, including land acquisition formalities, which are expected to be completed within one year.
�The 43-km stretch is part of the larger 212- km NH 47 Bypass project of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in the State from Thuravoor which was started in 1974.
After completing acquisition of land sufficient for a 27-km four-lane road between Kazhakkoottam and Kottukal (end of Vizhinjam village), a two-lane stretch of 22 km between Kazhakkoottam and Kovalam Junction was completed about 15 years ago. Thereafter, the work came to a standstill.
�Shashi Tharoor MP, in a press release issued here, stated that with the publication of the notification, the final statutory step for starting the crucial land acquisition process has been crossed and all necessary action by the NHAI to start work on the project, which is expected to transform the entire south-western stretch of Thiruvananthapuram district, would commence soon.
�The publication of the notification will bring to an end the suffering of hundreds of land owners who were unable to dispose of their land due to the interminable impasse over the project for almost two decades.
�Shashi Tharoor had brought the issue to the notice of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C P Joshi. The MP said that the continuous pressure had finally paid off.

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#283 ·
Southern Tamil Nadu finds rays of hope in Vision 2023



After decades of neglect, the southern districts see a ray of light in the Strategic Plan for Infrastructure Development for Tamil Nadu, Vision 2023 document, released by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, in Chennai. If things fall in place, the region will get quality infrastructure that will automatically invite industrial investments. But this does not mean that the available infrastructure is sub-standard. There is a world class airport without international connectivity in Madurai. A port, which is on a perennial growth trajectory, is located in Tuticorin. There is four-lane highway in a majority of the nine districts. With five leading universities, one each exclusively for women and rural development, and scores of colleges, south Tamil Nadu is a major supplier of human resources to the rest of the world. But industrial development has not percolated below Tiruchi.

Insufficient infrastructure is one of the reasons for the tardy development but Vision 2023 adequately addresses this issue. The caste clashes of the 1980s and media projection, especially in Tamil cinema, of the region as “violence-prone” have kept investors away. This is a tragic predicament for the region that is home for the best names in the industry like Madura Coats, TVS, RAMCO and Thiagarajar Mills. It also has the units of multinational giant Honeywell in Madurai. It is in this context that the Vision 2023 document and subsequent announcements in the State budget have breathed new optimism, feel industrialists.

“If the infrastructure projects envisaged in the document take shape, growth will be assured for the region,” says S. Rethinavel, senior president, Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He also welcomes the announcement in the budget on balancing growth disparities as the south is not as developed as north or west. He bets on Coimbatore-Madurai corridor as it will facilitate a seamless integration of fiscal resources and entrepreneurship zeal of the west with the human resources of the south.

The industry is hopeful that south will have at least a couple of ‘world class cities' in future. “Madurai has to be upgraded to metro status and the government should permit multi-storyed buildings above 15 floors with required FSI at a distance of one km away from the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple to give flip for growth. It should create a city development authority. This will attract employees from private sector to move into Madurai. Presently, the lack of metro city vision discourages big industry employees to relocate,” says Ligi George, former chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry, Madurai region. At present, two IT parks in Madurai and Gangaikondan have not been put to effective use.

What has brought cheers to the region is the vision of creating Madurai-Tuticorin and Coimbatore-Madurai industrial corridors. The government should develop the Madurai-Tuticorin corridor with a special package to draw industrial units with potential to develop ancillaries. A CII document, ‘Industrialisation of southern districts – the unexplored opportunity,' speaks about the formation of manufacturing hub in Madurai; export-cum-service hub in Tuticorin, knowledge corridor covering Madurai, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli districts and creation of a tourism corridor along Madurai, Ramanathapuram and Kanyakumari districts. The past chairman of CII southern region, T. Kannan, strongly feels that Tuticorin has potential to emerge as an international logistics hub and Sivakasi as the printing capital of the world. “There is huge potential for starting printing BPOs in Sivakasi as there is world wide demand. The cost of printing is much less in Sivakasi, when compared to countries like China, where much of outsourcing takes place,” says R. Sundaram, national joint convener, Swadeshi Jagran Manch.

The greatest impediment for tourism development in south Tamil Nadu is absence of international connectivity, feel tourism stakeholders. A region rich in remnants of the past and a showcase of culture and heritage has not caught the eyes of international travellers in a big way mainly because of the absence of international flights. “International connectivity is essential to attract MNCs to set up shop in south Tamil Nadu. A recent study on tourism potential in south Tamil Nadu released by CII, Madurai zone, clearly shows the tremendous opportunities available in every type of tourism -- pilgrimage, leisure, heritage and medical,” says R. Vasudevan, former president, Travel Club-Madurai. Tourism industry offers much more jobs than manufacturing industry for a given capital investment, he points out.

Accelerated industrial development will not only bring prosperity but also bring back the human resources sprinkled across the country in various sectors. Many of the big names in the industry circuit in Chennai have their roots in the south. It will also relieve cities like Chennai and Coimbatore from the stress of urban expansion and lead to equitable distribution of power, water and land resources.

A forum comprising all stakeholders should be constituted to work on effective strategies and work plans for creating an ecosystem conducive for industrial growth in the region, opines R. Sivarajah, president, Software Industries Development Association of South Tamil Nadu.

This structure can be created in all major towns of the south and called ‘City Industrial Development Consortium.' He is of the view that most of the businesses in the south are trade-based and so there is a need for strategies to encourage a manufacturing and product development culture with the objective of nurturing powerful brands. The SIDA, he says, aspires to position Madurai as a software product development hub of India and not another location for technically low profile service companies.

thehindu.com
 
#284 ·
Kanyakumari eyes coastal road to ease traffic woes

Rs. 40-crore project proposal has been sent for approval

The Highways Department has prepared a Rs. 40 crore project proposal for the laying of coastal road from Kanyakumari to Neerodi in order to de-congest traffic in major towns of the district particularly in Nagercoil, Thuckalay and Marthandam.

According to Highways Department sources, as traffic jams have become frequent in Kanyakumari, Nagercoil, Thuckalay, Marthandam and Kuzuthurai areas during peak hours, the officials have decided to implement an alternative viable project by the laying of a coastal road to a length of 63 km from Kanyakumari to Neerodi (Kerala border). The road is expected to begin from Kanyakumari and pass through Kovalam, Keeza Manakudi, Mela Manakudi, Annai Nagar, Pallam, Puthenthurai, Kesavaputhenthurai, Pozikkarai Gramam, Rajakkamngalamthurai, Azikkal, Pillaithoppu – Muttom road, Light house road, Muttom-Manavalakurichi road, Chinnavilai, Kanyakumari-Old Uchakadai road, Parapattu, Kurumpanai, Midalam, Uduayamarthandam, Thozicode, Mulluthurai road and ending at Erayammanthurai-Neerodi highway, thus covering a distance of 63 k.m.

Plans are afoot to construct a bridge across Panttivaikkal at Rajakkamangalamthurai at an estimated cost of Rs. 4.50 crore and also a bridge across Tamirabarani estuary so as to connect Thengapattinam and Erayammanthurai roads at an estimated cost of Rs. 25 crore. Moreover, Rs.1 crore project proposal has been prepared for the construction of various small bridges in the proposed coastal road. It has also been proposed to acquire 700 mt length of land at Midalam while connecting the coastal road from Inigo Nagar to Midalam road. Of the proposed total length of 63 km coastal road, except for the existing 52.20 km highways and union roads, the department of highways has to lay an additional road to the length of 10.80 km.

The district administration could operate vehicles directly from the four lane road from Kanyakumari to the proposed coastal road to Neerodi and Thirivananthapuram airport viz Poziyur and Kovalam beach. The vehicles plying through this proposed coastal route can enter Kanyakumari viz the four lane road from the southern districts of the state and would again enter into Kerala without touching Kanyakumari town, Nagercoil, Thuckalay, Marthandam, Kuzuthurai and Kaliyakkavilai towns. The End to End buses to Thiruvananthapuram could also be operated through this coastal road thus freeing vehicular traffic. The new road would definitely be a boon to truck operators as well as passengers, opines an official of the Highways Department.

  • The 63-km coastal road would begin from Kanyakumari and end at Neerodi
  • Vehicles on this road need not enter Nagercoil and Marthandam to reach Thiruvananthapuram

Source
 
#287 ·
Neerodi-Kanyakumari road link to ease traffic


Nagercoil, Mar 30 (PTI): The coastal town of Neerodi in Kerala would be linked to Kanyakumari to ease traffic in towns including in this city, Thuckalay and Marthandam, official sources said. They said the work on 63 km stretch, estimated to cost Rs 40-Crore, would begin this year. There was a plan to construct bridges across Panttivaikkal at Rajakkamangalamthurai and across Tamirabarani estuary to connect Thengapattinam and Erayammanthurai at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore, they said. Vehicles could come directly from the four lane road from Kanyakumari to this road to Neerodi and Thiruvananthapuram airport via Poziyur and Kovalam beach. Point to Point bus services to Thiruvananthapuram could also be operated through this road, freeing vehicular traffic within the district, the sources said. Kanyakumari Collector S Nagarajan had sent the proposal to to the Government and work would start once approval was received, thes said.


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wov.. good plan.. people can breath from the high traffic on current NH b/w nager coil to tiruvandrum,...
 
#288 ·
CGH Earth to set up properties in Andamans, Wayanad and Kanyakumari


CGH Earth, the Kerala-based hospitality company, is in expansion mode. The company is setting up properties in Wayanad, Kanyakumari and the Andaman Islands. All the three properties will have 30 keys each. Disclosing this to Express Hospitality, George Dominic, director, CGH Earth, said, “For the Andamans project, land has already been acquired and we are awaiting environmental clearance. We expect to start work by this month. The opening is scheduled for third quarter of 2013. ”

The North Kerala project in Wayanad is also expected to open in 2013. Here too land has been acquired and environmental clearances are awaited. Dominic added, “The land for the Kanyakumari property has also been acquired and we have received the clearances. The property is expected to be partially open by January 2013.”

All the projects will be funded by a combination of debt and equity.

CGH Earth presently has 13 properties and a land bank of nearly 300 acres spread over different locations in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
 
#289 ·
TTD scraps VIP categorisation

TIRUMALA: Facing flak from various quarters, the executive board of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has decided to cancel the categorization of VIP darshan tickets. In a major relief for common pilgrims, the TTD board scrapped the three categories - top priority, priority and ordinary - for VIP darshan. The decision would come into effect from April 4.

The board meeting chaired by chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju and executive officer LV Subramanyam was held at Annamaiah Bhavan on Tuesday. No decision was taken on opening a separate cell for issuing VIP passes in the state assembly. The board, however, decided to wash its hands of the controversial Anantha Swarnamayam (gold plating) project and, instead, entrusted the responsibility of taking any decision to the EO. Sources said the board decision came after reports appeared in the media about its plan to revive the scheme.

The TTD, meanwhile, decided to rename Kalyanamastu, mass marriages programme, as Nitya Kalyanamastu, which would be conducted at main temples across the state. It would be conducted at 11 temples - Arasavilli of Srikakulam, Dwaraka Tirumala in West Godavari, Panakala Narasimha Swamy in Guntur, Basar in Adilabad, Yadagirigutta in Nalgonda, Srisailam in Kurnool and five other temples. The board has also decided to perform Srivari kalyanam in 10 cities in the US from April 28 to May 26. There was no decision on depositing Srivari funds in private banks. Bapiraju said the Vivekananda Kendra in Kanyakumari had given 4.5 acres of land to TTD to construct a Lord Venkateswara temple.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...s-VIP-categorisation/articleshow/12526319.cms
 
#292 ·
Electrification to be completed by April 30

KOCHI: The electrification of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari stretch will be commissioned before April 30, Railway Board Member Kulbhooshan has said. He was speaking during a visit to Ernakulam on Sunday, where he was accompanied by the Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Railway Manager. The electrification work on the 85-kilometre stretch, which was supposed to be commissioned two years ago, is now due to be completed within 15 days. “We are expecting to finish the work within the estimated time,” Kulbhooshan said.
The route is expected to become highly significant for the state in the coming days, especially with the opening of the upcoming Vizhinjam International Container Terminal at Thiruvananthapuram. It will also be a relief for passengers as the frequency and the number of electric trains on the route can go up. Meanwhile, Kulbhooshan added that the MEMU trains on the Ernakulam-Thrissur stretch, promised in this year’s railway budget, will be functional by the end of the year

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/electrification-to-be-completed--by-april-30/247146-60-122.html
 
#297 ·
Tenders released for:

Government of Tamil Nadu would like to construct a Modern Fishing Harbour at Manakudy in Kanniyakumari District under Public Private Participation (PPP) basis. In this regard it is proposed to appoint consultants for Transaction Advisory Services including preparation of Feasibility Report for the Construction of Modern Fishing Harbour at Manakudy in Kanniyakumari District.


Tender document here
 
#298 ·
வாகன விதிமீறல் ரூ1.40 லட்சம் அபராதம்
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பதிவு செய்த நேரம்:2012-04-11 12:39:23

நாகர்கோவில்: நாகர்கோவில் கோர்ட் வளாகத்தில் 3 ஜூடிசியல் மாஜிஸ்திரேட் கோர்ட் உள்ளது. இங்கு மாதம் ஒரு கோர்ட்டில் மாலை கோர்ட் நடந்துவருகிறது. மாலை கோர்ட்டில் குடிபோதையில் வாகனம் ஓட்டுதல், ஆவணங்கள் இன்றி வாகனம் ஓட்டுதல் உள்ளிட்ட வழக்குகள் விசாரணை நடத்தி அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படும். இந்த மாதம் மாஜிஸ்திரேட் கோர்ட் 1ல் மாலை கோர்ட் நடந்து வருகிறது. நேற்று முன்தினம் ஒரே நாளில் ரூ.1 லட்சத்து 40 ஆயிரத்து 300 அபராதம் விதிக்கப்பட்டது.
 
#300 ·
source: Dinamani

புத்தேரி ரயில்வே மேம்பாலப் பணி: இடம் கையகப்படுத்த வருவாய்த் துறை நோட்டீஸ்

First Published : 13 Apr 2012 01:25:33 PM IST


நாகர்கோவில், ஏப். 12:÷நாகர்கோவில் புத்தேரியில் ரூ.22 கோடியில் ரயில்வே மேம்பாலக் கட்டுமானப் பணிகள் நடைபெற்று வருகின்றன. இதனருகே அணுகுசாலை அமைப்பதற்காக குடியிருப்பு இடங்களைக் கையகப்படுத்த வருவாய்த் துறையினர் நோட்டீஸ் அனுப்பியுள்ளனர்.

÷நாகர்கோவில்-பாலமோர் சாலையில் புத்தேரியில் நாகர்கோவில் - திருவனந்தபுரம் ரயில் பாதையில் ரயில்வே கேட் உள்ளது.

÷இவ்வழியாக நாள்தோறும் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான வாகனங்கள் வந்து செல்கின்றன. ரயில்வே கேட் அடைக்கப்படும்போது இருபுறங்களிலும் வாகனங்கள் வரிசையில் நிற்கின்றன.÷இதனால் ஏற்படும் போக்குவரத்து நெரிசல் குறைய 20 நிமிஷங்கள் ஆகிறது. இப்பிரச்னைக்கு தீர்வு காண ரயில்வே கேட்டில் மேம்பாலம் அமைக்கும் பணி ஓராண்டுக்கு முன் தொடங்கப்பட்டது.

÷இந்த மேம்பாலம் ரூ. 22 கோடி செலவில் கட்டப்பட்டு வருகிறது. மேம்பாலத்தின் மொத்த நீளம் 634 மீ., ஓடுதளத்தின் அகலம் 12 மீ.÷பாலத்தை சாலையுடன் இணைக்கும் அணுகுசாலை அமைப்பதற்காக தடுப்புச்சுவர், பக்கசேவை சாலை மற்றும் வடிகாலுடன் கூடிய நடைபாதை அமைக்கப்படுகின்றன.

÷இப்பணிகளுக்கு மொத்தம் 26 மீ. அகலம் தேவை. இப்போது உள்ள சாலை மற்றும் சாலையின் இருபுறமும் உள்ள அரசு நிலமும் சேர்த்து 16 மீ. முதல் 18 மீ. அகலம் உள்ளதாக நெடுஞ்சாலைத் துறை தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

÷எனவே அணுகுசாலை அமைக்கத் தேவைப்படும் 1922 ச.மீ. பட்டா நிலத்தை கையகப்படுத்துமாறு நெடுஞ்சாலைத் துறை, மாவட்ட நிர்வாகத்தைக் கேட்டுக் கொண்டுள்ளது.÷இதையடுத்து வருவாய்த் துறையினர் இப்பகுதியில் உள்ள 24 குடியிருப்புகளுக்கு நோட்டீஸ் அனுப்பி உள்ளனர். மேலும், இங்குள்ள தொடக்கப் பள்ளி, கிறிஸ்தவ ஆலய நிர்வாகத்துக்கும் இது தொடர்பாக நோட்டீஸ் அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளது.

÷இதனால் இப்பகுதியைச் சேர்ந்த பொதுமக்கள் அதிர்ச்சி அடைந்துள்ளனர்.

÷இதையடுத்து நோட்டீஸ் பெற்றவர்கள், மாவட்ட வருவாய் அலுவலர் பழனிச்சாமியை சந்தித்து முறையிட்டனர்.÷நிலம் கையகப்படுத்துவதை கைவிட வேண்டும் என அவர்கள் மனு அளித்தனர்.
 
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