Madurai Region Projects II

[Madurai]

Swift work on the Rs.10 Cr Vaigai bridge construction as part of the MDU-DG doubling.

Picture courtesy Dinamalar.

[Madurai gilli]

Madurai, Feb 20 : The temple city of Madurai would become slum-free with the implementation of the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, District Collector S.S.Jawahar said today.

In a release here, he said that in the first phase of clearing the slums, a big housing colony would come up in 12.21 hectare of land at Rajakoor.


As many as 1,500 houses would be constructed at a cost of Rs.19.67 crore.


All the people living in the slums in the city would be moved to the new colony at Rajakoor, he said.


He formally handed over the permission for clearing the land to the Tamilnadu Slum Clearance Board Divisional Engineer V.Rajendiran - Bureau Report

Published: Thursday, February 21, 2008

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews...TEGORYNAME=CHN

[Madurai gilli]

The Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) will join hands with the private sector to develop housing colonies and townships in the state.

P Rama Mohan Rao, chairman and managing director, told Business Standard that since the Tamil Nadu Housing Board Act had been amended, the board could now work with the private sector. He added that this would also give confidence to the private sector to work with TNHB.

Rao said TNHB had huge land banks across the state where townships could be built. To start with, it plans to build townships in Chennai, Madurai, Trichy and Coimbatore along with the private sector.

In Chennai, it plans to a build township over 500 hectares in Poonamalle while in Madurai, the township may come up over 700 hectares.

“Our focus will be on lower middle-class and retired people who will invest Rs 15-20 lakh in housing. There is a felt need in these segments. They neither want nor can afford over 1,000 sft flat,” Rao added.

The state offers great opportunities for the private sector in tier II and tier III cities. By the year 2009, most of the towns will be connected through the national highways. This is expected to boost the growth of the economy in these cities and demand for housing will also increase, he added.

http://www.business-standard.com/com...eft=1&leftnm=3

[VijayyMdu]

Dear Madan,

I came for some urgent meeting, and i held up totally...i was there n madurai for only 9 hours...but i'm there next week...sure you can expect some goodcollection...

[Raj_network]

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?act...lnews&id=24915
Chennai, Feb 21: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to sanction four new projects and a guage conversion project for the state in the ensuing Railway Budget.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Karunanidhi urged him to sanction laying of a new track from Ennore Port to Puttur exclusively for carrying cargo, new railway lines connecting Erode and the temple town of Palani, and from tourist resort of Mamallapuram to Cuddalore via Puducherry and an additional line between Villuppuram and Dindigul and guage conversion between Madurai and Bodinaickanur and ensure that these were included in the ensuing Railway Budget.

Today's letter to the Prime Minister followed repeated letters sent by the Chief Minister to the Centre on new railway projects for the state, an official release said.
--- UNI

[madhan]

One more appointment of Elcot MD, reviewing ilandhaikulam IT park inaugral arrangements with HCL official..

http://www.elcot.in/appointment_view...ate=2008-02-18

[kvijayasundaram]

http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/feb/14bpo2.htm

Nineteen hours IT Private Ltd, the global ITeS firm from the US is to expand its BPO operations across Tamil Nadu.

P Dayaparan, Executive Director, NHIT told Business Standard, the company engaged in software development, web application development and BPO operations like medical transcription, voice-based process, mapping and data capturing, was keen to expand in Tamil Nadu.

NHIT recently franchised its branch at Madurai and very soon branches at Kumbakonam, Coimbatore and Pudukkottai would be commissioned.

Each Centre would be a 100-seater and before March-end, the centres will start generating BPO services for their clientele based in the UK, the USA, Australia and Canada.
The headcount of the company would be around 850 and by 2008-end, this will be rise to 1,500.

During financial year-ended December 31, NHIT registered a turnover of $3.7 million and in the present year, it is targeted to garner $5.2 million.

[Madurai gilli]

Originally Posted by kvijayasundaram

http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/feb/14bpo2.htm

Dear KG....It's an old news....NHIT already started its operations in Madurai - Anna Nagar...I think you were confused on the name NINETEEN HOURS IT Private Ltd., .... It's nothing but the NHIT (Its abbrevation)....

[Madurai gilli]

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- India's Paramount Airways Pvt. Ltd. is in talks with Boeing Co. (BA) and Airbus to buy about 15 aircraft - a deal which could be worth $1 billion-$1.5 billion at current list price as it seeks to start flights to Europe and the U.S.

"We are evaluating the Boeing 787 and Airbus 350," M. Thiagarajan, the private carrier's founder and managing director, told Dow Jones Newswires Thursday.

"We are also looking at the A330 because we understand Airbus has a tight delivery schedule for the A350 extending up to 2016," said Thiagarajan, speaking in a telephone interview from the Singapore Airshow.

More orders from Paramount will be a further boost to Boeing and Airbus which sold a record of more than 450 planes in India in the past five years. Indian carriers are buying new planes as economic expansion, the start of low-fare airlines and rising middle class incomes enable more people to fly.

Paramount, founded by a textile company based in the southern Madurai city, will announce the order in the next two weeks, he added.

Starting flights to key destinations such as Europe and the U.S. will enable Paramount to challenge Air India and Jet Airways (India) Ltd. in tapping the growing traffic from India.

Air India and Jet currently have flights to U.S. cities such as New York and Los Angeles, while Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. plans to start operations to the U.S. from later this year.

The carrier - which currently has a fleet of five aircraft - plans to use the new wide-bodied airplanes to start business class-only flights to Europe and Southeast Asia from 2010, said Thiagarajan, adding that flights to the U.S. will follow later.

The airline, which began operations in September 2005, will be eligible to fly overseas after completing the mandatory five-years of domestic operations.

Indian regulations currently require domestic airlines to have at least five years of local experience and a fleet of at least 20 planes before operating overseas flights.

"We will offer only business and first class seats on our domestic and international flights," Thiagarajan said, adding that the wide-bodied plans would be configured for this purpose.

To Order Embraer Jets

Paramount, India's sole business class-only airline, plans also to order 20 smaller jets from Brazil's Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (ERJ), or Embraer, within a month, Thiagarajan said.

Each of the 75-seater Embraer 175 aircraft has a list price of $40 million.

The airline currently operates 2,000 flights each month with five Embraer planes of 70 and 75 seats capacity, he said.

Paramount will add one Embraer aircraft each in April and May, Thiagarajan said, adding that the carrier aims to have a 40-aircraft fleet by the end of 2010.

"We don't want to lose money for the sake of market share like the budget carriers," he said. "We are making money now and that's our business strategy."

Paramount, which connects eight cities in southern India, will start flights to cities in west India including Pune and Goa from May, Thiagarajan said. The operations will be expanded to cover north India by the second-half of 2009, he added.

Paramount is open to acquiring full-service, or legacy, carriers overseas, Thiagarajan said.

"But, we're not looking at buying any low-cost carrier in India as our business models are diagonally opposite to each other," he said. "There is no sense in buying them".

Indian media had earlier reported that Paramount was eyeing low-fare carriers SpiceJet Ltd. (500285.BY) and Go Airlines Ltd. which runs Go Air, but both SpiceJet and Go Airlines said they didn't have any plans to sell equity to Paramount.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/...9_FORTUNE5.htm

Happy to see an amazing growth of a Madurai-based Airline PARAMOUNT....It's sweet to hear that It's going to be a tuff competitor for AIR INDIA and JET AIRWAYS in International connections...Also It seems to be PARAMOUNT spreading its wings to North India also.....If so...I hope the airline will connect their home city MADURAI with some important north indian destinations like New Delhi, Varanasi etc.,

[madhan]

The following picture shows Tiles on the road leading to Madhanagopal swamy temple..

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I thought they were fixing tiles only along the 4 chithirai streets around Meenakshi amman temple. Now it seems they have taken few other places in the city. This is really a good move by govt. / corporation.

[madurai veeran]

It would have been even better if they had laid the electric cables underground like how they did around Meenakshi temple before laying these cement slabs. But nevertheless its a good move by the corporation.

[Ram]

The model of the newly constructing terminal which is displayed inside the Airport. (Couldn't able to take clearly as it was kept on the way to entry from the security check-in area)



Some Interior Pics









I will post the remaining Runway and the Apron pics in a new post

[Ram]

Runway & Apron

[madurai veeran]

Originally Posted by Ram

The model of the newly constructing terminal which is displayed inside the Airport. (Couldn't able to take clearly as it was kept on the way to entry from the security check-in area)



I will post the remaining Runway and the Apron pics in a new post

Finally we have the authentic picture of the terminal building. Thanx Ram for sharing with us the pictures. Looking forward to more pictures, please resize to 1024x768 when you post more pictures.

[Madurai gilli]

Originally Posted by Ram

The model of the newly constructing terminal which is displayed inside the Airport. (Couldn't able to take clearly as it was kept on the way to entry from the security check-in area)

Well done ! Great ! Thanks for sharing those airport pictures with us RAM ! And also I want to clear onething with you ! Is that the terminal postedsome days ago by ANNIYAN....I feel a large difference between the picture posted here and the model kept in the airport....Is there the temple likle doom present in the kept model.?

[madurai veeran]

This model is different from one that Anniyan had posted. Since Ram has taken the picture at Madurai airport, this must be the final and authentic model of the integrated terminal building. It looks nice, hope the works are going on well and hope it would be completed before the middle of next year.

[madhan]

this one is entirely different from whatever anniyan has posted. I think that was one of the proposed models. I really liked the design as it had arrivals and departures at two different levels even at the aerobridge, which was even unique in the international arena. Even this one, though with conventional indian airport look, looks good with 3 aerobridges.

[madhan]

Originally Posted by madurai veeran

It would have been even better if they had laid the electric cables underground like how they did around Meenakshi temple before laying these cement slabs. But nevertheless its a good move by the corporation.

Yet, i feel atleast the tiling work has been done. Let them do the underground cabling when TNEB takes up the work for the entire city (it is in anvil). Had they had decided to do the underground cabling along with tiling, i really dont think it would have been done so quick, even for this small stretch. We know how 2 govt departments coordinate with each other in completing even a small project, after all..

[Raj_network]

Originally Posted by Madurai gilli

I feel a large difference between the picture posted here and the model kept in the airport....Is there the temple likle doom present in the kept model.?

It is always good that AAI has finalised and decided to construct this model in International look..we dont want old, conventional temple kinda look.

Since 100 years, people often tell madurai as temple city again n again, no industry is coming up n NO development. Many ppl thinks that madurai is a a tourist spot only with full of temples. Nothing else there.

We need to change the attitude n name, refer madurai to be an Industry city or Textile city or manufacturing city like salem or kovai.

Besides that old Raja Gopura model, this stylish look will give good impression abt madurai for international passengers and investers in future. "Chumma" Keeping temple structure in each n every thing is also boring one! Let everyone keep spiritual things with only temples. not allow to intrude or bring in business promotion and developments.

anyway, awesome efforts Ram!. thanks!

[Raj_network]

தமிழகத்திற்கான ஐந்து ரயில்வே திட்டங்கள் குறித்த அறிவிப்பு ரயில்வே பட்ஜெட்டில் இடம்பெறுவது உறுதியாகி விட்டது.

விழுப்புரம்-திண்டுக்கல் இரட்டை அகல ரயில்பாதை; பழனி-ஈரோடு புதிய ரயில்பாதை; சென்னை-கடலூர் புதிய ரயில்பாதை; அத்திப்பட்டு-புத்தூர் புதிய ரயில்பாதை மற்றும், மதுரை-போடி அகலப்பாதையாக்கும் திட்டங்களுக்கு மத்திய அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல் அளித்துள்ளது. தவிர, ராமேஸ்வரத்திலிருந்து, துவாரகாவுக்கு புதிய ரயிலும் விடப்படவுள்ளது. இதுகுறித்த, அறிவிப்பும் ரயில்வே பட்ஜெட்டில் இடம்பெறவுள்ளது. மத்திய அரசின் 2008-09ம் ஆண்டிற்கான ரயில்வே பட்ஜெட்டை, வரும் 26ம் தேதி லாலுபிரசாத் தாக்கல் செய்யவுள்ளார். விழுப்புரத்திற்கும், திண்டுக்கல்லுக்கும் இடையில் தற்போது ஒற்றைவழிபாதையாக இருப்பதை மாற்றி, இரட்டை அகலரயில்பாதை அமைக்க வேண்டுமென்று, பல ஆண்டுகளாக கோரிக்கை இருந்து வந்தது. இந்த கோரிக்கையை பலமுறை வலியுறுத்தியும் கூட, மத்திய திட்டக்கமிஷன் நிராகரித்து வந்தது. திட்டக்கமிஷனால் நிகராகரிக்கப்பட்ட து,

மத்திய அமைச்சரவையில் வைத்து ஒப்புதல் பெறப்பட்டுவிட்டது. இத்திட்டத்திற்கு, ரூ.822 கோடி தேவைப்படும் என்றும், பாதி தொகையை மாநில அரசே ஏற்க வேண்டுமென்றும் மத்திய திட்டக்கமிஷன் வலியுறுத்தி வந்தது. ஆனால், முழுக்க முழுக்க மத்திய அரசின் நிதிஒதுக்கீட்டிலேயே தற்போது நிறைவேறப் போகிறது. எண்ணூர் அருகே உள்ள அத்திப்பட்டுக்கும், புத்தூருக்கும் இடையில் புதிய ரயில்பாதை அமைக்கும் திட்டத்திற்கான செலவில் பாதியை, எண்ணூர் துறைமுகமே ஏற்கவுள்ளது. எண்ணூர் துறைமுகத்திற்கு வரும் சரக்குகளை சென்னைக்குள் வராமலேயே ஆந்திரா உள்ளிட்ட வடமாநிலங்களுக்கு கொண்டு செல்வதற்கு இந்த ரயில்பாதை பேருதவியாக இருக்கும். இந்த ரயில்பாதை மூலம் சென்னை எண்ணூர் துறைமுகத்திற்கும், மும்பை துறைமுகத்திற்கும் இடையில் நேரடி ரயில்பாதை இணைப்பு கிடைக்கும்.

நாடு முழுவதும் மீட்டர் கேஜ் பாதைகள் ஏறத்தாழ ஒழிக்கப்பட்டு விட்ட நிலையில், இன்னமும் மீட்டர் கேஜ் பாதையாக மதுரை-போடி ரயில்பாதை இருக்கிறது. தமிழகத்தில் இருந்த பிற மீட்டர் கேஜ் பாதைகள் அனைத்தும் அகலரயில்பாதைகளாக மாற்றம் பெற்று வரும் நிலையில், இந்த பாதை மட்டும் விடுபட்டு கிடந்தது. இந்த பாதையையும் அகல ரயில் பாதையாக்க வேண்டுமென்ற கோரிக்கை மத்திய அமைச்சரவையால் ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளப்பட்டுள்ளது. இரண்டாயிரம் கோடி ரூபாய் செலவிலான, இந்த ஐந்து ரயில்வே திட்டங்களும் எதிர்வரும் ரயில்வே பட்ஜெட்டில் இடம்பெறுவது நிச்சயமாகியுள்ளது. தவிர, தமிழத்திற்கென புதிய ரயில்கள் பல அறிமுகமாகவுள்ளன. இவை, தமிழகத்திற்குள்ளேயே ஓடும் வகையில் அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்படவுள்ளது.

ராமேஸ்வரத்துக்கும், கன்னியாகுமரிக்கும் இடையில் புதிய ரயில்பாதை அமைக்கும் திட்டம் குறித்த ஆய்வு நடத்த திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதுகுறித்த அறிவிப்பும் பட்ஜெட்டில் இடம்பெறப்போகிறது. இந்த புதிய ரயில்பாதை, ரமேஸ்வரத்தில் துவங்கி, திருச்செந்தூர், தூத்துக்குடி வழியாக கன்னியாகுமரி சென்றடையும். சென்னை அயனாவரத்தில் உள்ள ரயில்வே மருத்துவமனையை நவீனமயமாக்குவதற்காக ரூ.50 கோடி வரை இந்த ரயில்வே பட்ஜெட்டில் ஒதுக்கீடு செய்யப்படவுள்ளது என்பதும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. -

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