Sriperumbudur & Oragadam Projects Update

[Rasnaboy]

Originally Posted by TechCity

Source:http://businesstoday.digitaltoday.in...tent&task=view

All major manufacturing hubs in india is dicussed in this article.

Excellent Info, Techcity

[Raj_network]

It is expected to give a thrust to industrial activity in Oragadam-Sriperumbudur clusters
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TAMBARAM: Preliminary works on the Rs.300-crore Oragadam Industrial Corridor Road project have started.

The project, executed by the Tamil Nadu Road Infrastructure Development Corporation and funded through the State Highways Department, is expected to give a thrust to industrial activity in the Oragadam-Sriperumbudur clusters. It will also provide additional connectivity between Grand Southern Trunk Road (National Highway 45) and Grand Western Trunk Road (NH 4 or Bangalore Highway).

Under the project, two roads will be upgraded - State Highway 48 between Vandalur and Wallajahbad and State Highway 57 between Singaperumal Koil and Sriperumbudur. The project has been split into four packages - S.P. Koil to Oragadam; Oragadam to Sriperumbudur; Vandalur to Oragadam and from there to Wallajahbad.

In addition, a grade separator will be built at Oragadam, at the intersection of roads leading to the other four places. A sum of Rs.182 crore has been earmarked for the 24.6-km road between S.P. Koil and Sriperumbudur and 81.74 hectares of land in 28 villages will be acquired for expansion on this stretch. In the first phase, the entire stretch will be converted as a four-lane highway and later, the segment between Oragadam and Sriperumbudur alone would be converted into a six-lane segment considering the phenomenal increase in traffic on this stretch in the past few years, officials of TNRIDC told The Hindu on Saturday.

And Rs.117.8 crore has been allotted for the 33.4-km long stretch between Vandalur and Wallajahbad and 22.6 hectares in 19 villages would be acquired for the purpose. Of the Rs.300 crore, Rs.74 crore has been earmarked for land acquisition, while the rest would be for civil works, including the grade separator at Oragadam, the officials said. There was adequate land for expanding the roads for a width of 21 metres, but they were acquiring additional land keeping in mind the future requirements for strengthening of shoulders and creating space for shifting of utilities. The widening and construction of a grade separator is expected to bring down the travel time between Tambaram and Kancheepuram considerably.

A road over bridge is being built at the cost of Rs.20 crore to replace the railway level crossing near Vandalur Railway Station (LC No. 34) at the intersection of GST Road and the road leading to Wallajahbad via Oragadam. Improving the road between S.P. Koil and Sriperumbudur would provide additional connectivity between GST Road and Bangalore Highway after the Chennai Bypass between Irumbuliyur and Madhuravoyal.

As part of the preliminary works, a large number of fully-grown trees of different varieties are being uprooted by workers employed by the State Highways Department. While the number of these trees coming under the axe is yet to be calculated, the officials, however, said saplings would be planted in the months to come, based on the norms stipulated by the government.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/13/stor...1359210400.htm

[TechGuy]

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[Ramesh Ranganathan]

25/09/07 -There is a lot of land in Sriperumbudur/ Sriperumbuthur on the Chennai to Bangalore Highway which is being acquired by the Tamil Nadu Goverment SIPCOT agency, in order to hand over to large Indian and Multi national companies. Apart from this there is large contiguous area being planned for takeover by the airports authority for their new Greenfield International Airport. Therefore buying land anywhere within 20km radius of the Rajiv Gandhi memorial is fraught with risk, because even if a property is not earmarked for acquisition today... it could be tomorrow!! On the other hand this place which is just 30 kms or so from Chennai is one of the fastest developing area in the World. That's right! It has been acknowledged as a future competitor to the fastest developing areas of China. Nokia, Dell, Hyundai, Flexitronics, Foxconn and numerous other international brands are already there. Obviously those who possess land here are lucky and should fight to hold on to it.
Unfortunately we Middle class Indians have very little back bone. Our land is being acquired by the Govt agencies for ridiculous low prices. Plot owners in Orgadum village, Sriperumbudur were paid between Rs40/sft to Rs.105/sft for land in approved layouts. Unapproved and agricultural land fetched even less. And Rs.105 was paid only for prime roadside plots. The real market value is currently over Rs.500 per sft. Anyone who knows about the current cost of real estate in Tamil Nadu will agree with me that these poor land owners were simply cheated out of their hard earned money. They have not only been deprived of their chance to benefit from the fantastic future development of the area, but have also been given such a paltry compensation that they can never dream of investing in any equivalent land with the proceeds. To add insult to injury, the compensation was paid to them AFTER deduction of tax at highest rate. the Government claims that it needs the land to attract Industries into the state. Those companies are lining up to set up shop here. That they are subsidizing the actual cost of SEZ land and giving it over to industrialists cheap, in addition to handing out all the tax sops and benefits to them. That's all very fine and more grease to the Government’s elbows, provided they are meeting these expenses wholly from their own development funds. Unfortunately, that's a lie. It's the poor original plot owners and farmers who actually bear the cost. It is they who are actually bearing the brunt of the subsidization. The cheap land handed out is actually at the expense of their sweat and tears! It is at the expense of their's and their children’s futures. Just imagine the plight of a man who has purchased some plots of land in a DTP sanctioned residential layout 15 years ago with foresight, in say Pillaipakkam Village, Sriperumbudur. He has dreamed of building his own home there once he nears retirement, and once the area develops. Now he sees that his plans will soon be fulfilled, since the area has now entered the phase of rapid development. In fact land prices are so high everywhere that he is glad that he made that far sighted decision all those years back, because now there is no chance of his buying land anywhere in and around Chennai, even if he works another two lifetimes, on his present salary. In fact construction costs have also gone up to over Rs1000/sft, but he can always manage by selling off part of his land at the current rates (over Rs.800 per SFT in Pilliapakkam Tambaram Road layouts) to finance construction. Suddenly retirement looks good, and life happy. Then suddenly he gets a letter from the collectorate asking him menacingly whether he has any objection to his land being taken over. Everyone who knows these things advises him that any objection he makes will meet it's fate in the dustbin. He will be called for some bogus "enquiry" meetings and then, if he is smart, he should accept the paltry "compensation" (which will be determined at a later stage after you have already given up the fight) else he will be ignored and his land will ultimately be taken over anyway. The man's entire life thus is ruined, all for the so called development of the state. He is not even appreciated by that state to which he is forced to sacrifice, else why is he being taxed on even the meager amounts given to him?? Is this fair? Aren't the real beneficiaries of this legalized land grabbing (SEZ) only the already rich industrialists and the politically connected land owners whose land is strategically placed outside the purview of these acquisitions??
Think about this...is it not your right to own land as a citizen? If you allow this to happen to others, maybe tomorrow it will be your turn also. If the TN Government can give free TV sets to half the population, can it not give a fair compensation to the land owners, based on a price determined by an independent body?? Our good Indian citizens will never stand in the way of progress, but why should they be taken for a ride? Compensate them generously so that they can go on with their lives and live in peace. It is the government's mistake and lack of planning not to have taken over these lands 15 years ago when they decided to develop satellite towns around Chennai city. Then they could have paid much less to the farmers who were willing to sell to the private developers at the time, and would have caused much less damage. Now after this land has changed hands over the years and been developed into residential plots by numerous far sighted people , they can not just waltz in one fine day and take it over to simply gift it to the already privileged. There is hope if we take a stand. See what happened when the affected persons around the current Chennai airport took a determined fight to the authorities. The Government had to back down. So if your land in Pillaipakkam or elsewhere is under acquisition make your voice heard, and fight to ensure that you are well compensated.

UPDATE ON 17TH JULY 2008

Compensation Rates Fixed By Tamil Nadu Government
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As per the Hindu Newspaper report dated Thursday 17th July 2008 the Tamil Nadu government has finally come out with the rates of compensation to be paid by SIPCOT to plot owners of lands in Pillaipakkam, Vengadu, Navalur and Irumbedu Villages coming under Sriperumbudur village.
See Link:
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/17/s...1759200400.htm

The compensation fixed is between Rs.100/sft to Rs.200/sft max !!

With this amount of compensation the landowners can buy themselves lots of peanuts...they certainly will not be able to purchase any alternate sites for their homes. The Government says that these rates were fixed after considering last land transaction amount and current market value. Since land sales in these areas were frozen quite some time back, there has been no transactions within the relevant past - also the market rate can not be determined except by considering the rates in the areas nearby where land can still be registered. If the current market rates in and around Sriperumbudur are seriously taken into account - then the compensation rates would be in multiples of what the Government is offering. The rates offered are criminally low. The Government is really exploiting the landowners in a most unfair and inhuman way.
In the same day's Hindu there is a report that the Tamil Nadu Housing board will be selling plots in Sriperumbudur soon. Will they be available at the rates that the Govt is offering as compensation? Certainly not if you look at the TNHB record of recent sales in Shollinganallur etc. So the Government can sell to it's citizens at market value, but when it comes to compensating those from whom land has been forceably acquired - it's just a fraction of market price. At least they can have the decency to allot alternative plots through TNHB on preferential basis to these land owners and also exempt them from paying tax on their compensation amounts, which should at least be minimum of twice the current level offered.

All affected people should take a more proactive stand and come together immediately to demand a fairer compensation for ourselves and our families.
Keep monitoring the web for others like yourself and come together!

[Subra]

Originally Posted by Ramesh Ranganathan

25/09/07 -

Sad to hear!

We also need to blame people who register their land far below the market value to avoid paying tax to the government. Is this fair ? If they keep doing this, govt can only use that value to pay compensation back.
Since there is no clear land acquisition policy for industries, we always end up in this situation.

[dis.agree]

Originally Posted by Ramesh Ranganathan

UPDATE ON 17TH JULY 2008

Compensation Rates Fixed By Tamil Nadu Government
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As per the Hindu Newspaper report dated Thursday 17th July 2008 the Tamil Nadu government has finally come out with the rates of compensation to be paid by SIPCOT to plot owners of lands in Pillaipakkam, Vengadu, Navalur and Irumbedu Villages coming under Sriperumbudur village.
See Link:
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/17/s...1759200400.htm

The compensation fixed is between Rs.100/sft to Rs.200/sft max !!

that's not too bad. only 6 months back i found lands at rs. 150-200/sqft before sriperumbudur, just short of hyundai. all these areas you have mentioned seems much after sriperumbudur.

[Madras_Fan]

I am very happy on development prospects of chennai and at the same time I feel pained on such news of Low compensation.

BTW is this the right place to voice your grievances ??

If you are sure that the compensation is way low, go to court and seek better compensation. Pointing out in this forum may garner you some sympathy and nothing will happen beyond that

[Rasnaboy]

In this regard, what Subra said does make real sense. It's not the government that's to be blamed but the people who devalue the real value of the land. And staging demos for these issues in fact will slow down the region's developmental prospects. And it's for the same reason, the expansion project of Chennai Airport is yet to become a reality while the neighbouring cities started operating their new greenfield airports. If the project still gets delayed, Chennai may even end up losing out to the neighbouring cities. In my opinion, people should have integrity in this regard and thus contributing to the development of the region. In spite of all these, if the compensation is still low, then we can go to court seeking better compensation. This is just my opinion. Sorry, if I'm wrong.

[Raj_network]

and Oragadam are pinning their hopes on the “Global Automotive Centre” to be set up by the Ministry of Heavy Industries at the SIPCOT Industrial Park, Oragadam.

A visit to villages such as Karanithangal, Vaipur, Eraiyur, Maathur and Oragadam, where lands were acquired by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) for setting up the Industrial Park, revealed that applications from local youth, even from those having ITI diplomas, were not being entertained by the industrial units that have come up in the area.

While the youngsters were absorbed for daily wages by the contractors who have taken up ground-levelling or construction works at the industrial sites, companies which have begun manufacturing activity, preferred to engage local youth either for housekeeping or for watch-and-ward assignments, that too, on contract basis, villagers lamented.

Talking to The Hindu, the vice-president of Vaipur panchayat, E. Baskaran, said none of the youngsters from 80-odd families residing in Vaipur had been employed in any of the industries. Instead youngsters from far-off places such as Tiruchi, Madurai etc. were absorbed for various works for a monthly remuneration of Rs.3000 to Rs.5000. These youngsters form themselves into groups and stay in rented rooms in the Padappai or Mudichur areas, he added.

Further any plea for assistance for conducting health camps or request for adoption of hamlets were being turned down by the company officials by stating that they were not the competing authority to decided on such requests, he added.

To question on employment opportunities for local youth, a group of youngsters at Eraiyur said that they were pinning their hopes on the “Global Automotive Centre” being set up by the Union Government under the National Automotive Testing and Research and Development Infrastructure Project in the SIPCOT industrial area.

While the chances of getting employed in companies functioning in their own area remain a distant dream for youngsters, frequent surveys / inspections conducted by lower-level revenue officials have virtually kept farmers from taking up farming activity on the wet lands that were hitherto untouched by the SIPCOT.

“There is enough water in the huge well near ‘periya eri’ (Vaipur big lake) to irrigate around 70 acres of land. But, the farmers are in a dilemma to take up cultivation, as they are not sure that these lands will not be touched by SIPCOT in the near future. Further, entire catchment area of this lake had been converted into industrial park and open drains have been dug in order to drain floodwater into the Karanithangal or Padappai areas”, he added.

Claiming that similar situation prevailed in almost all hamlets, he alleged that sinking of deep borewells up to a depth of 200 feet and above by the companies for construction activities had turned the groundwater saline.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/31/stor...3155420600.htm

[Raj_network]

Chennai, July 30 : City-based infrastructure development company Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd (CCC) has bagged a Rs.1.4 billion (USD 33.3 million) order to build Renault-Nissan vehicle plant at Oragadam near Chennai.

CCC has also won another project worth Rs.1 billion to build a global automotive centre for the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (Natrip) at Oragadam.

With these two orders, the company's total order backlog is Rs.31.8 billion, which is to be executed over a period of 18 months.

“We are consolidating our presence in the auto plant construction sector,” company CEO R.Sarabeswar said.

CCC has earlier built buildings for Hyundai Motor India and Toyota Kirloskar, and currently is constructing the Mahindra Automobile plant at Pune as well as the automobile research plant for the Mahindra group at Chennai.

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-3803.html

[Subra]

http://www.financialexpress.com/news...hennai/343162/

Pune-based ElectroMech, India’s largest industrial crane manufacturer, is setting up its second facility at Sriperumbudur near Chennai to make 200 cranes initially, to be scaled up to 500 cranes by next fiscal. With a 10% market share and leadership position of the Rs 1,500-crore industrial crane segment in India, the company hopes to increase its market size through this facility, said Tushar Mehendale, managing director, ElectroMech.

“The project is expected to go on stream by February 2009 and to generate Rs 100 crore revenue in the next two years. The plant will cater to entire southern markets, which contribute 25% of the total revenue of the company,” he said. The company expects to end the fiscal with Rs 150 crore turnover, he said adding the project will manufacture cranes ranging between two tonne to 150 tonne.

The company, which also assembles and sells leading global crane maker ABUS Kranesysteme of Germany out of its Pune facility, will also do the same out of Chennai facility. “ABUS cranes contribute 50% of the revenue,” he said. The company is also planning to export out of Chennai facility to neighbouring countries, he added.

“South is a most happening place now and lot of industrial and manufacturing activities taking place in this region. The company has number of clients in the southern market. We expect revenue from this region to grow manifold as against 25% now,” he said. The company has orders worth Rs 105 crore in hand, he added.

Meanwhile, the company is also doubling the capacity of its Pune facility to 2,000 cranes a year with a new facility of 10,000 sq metres.

“We are investing Rs 30 crore into this project and will become operational by December this year,” he said. Of the Rs 1,500 crore industry, unorganised sector holds nearly 60% and the rest with organised sector. Apart from ElectoMech, the organised sector will have players such as Kone, WMI, Mukand, he said.

[Subra]

http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/04/stor...0459410700.htm

CHENNAI: The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) has identified four hot spots near Sriperumbudur for setting up country specific enclaves to attract fresh investments.

SIPCOT is in the process of acquiring 1,982.72 acres of land in Vadagal, Vallam, Sirukalathur and Budanur villages for distributing to investors from Japan, Korea, Finland, France and Germany. Some of these industrial estates would become a reality before March 2009.

Last week, SIPCOT chairman and managing director N. Govindan went to Japan and addressed the automobile players about the opportunities that awaited them in Tamil Nadu. A couple of investors from Japan and Korea recently met the SIPCOT officials to get basic details about the land that would be made available to them for setting up their units. Some 20 days ago, a delegation from France had lengthy discussions in this regard.

Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Govindan said SIPCOT was in the process of creating land bank with 25,000 acres spread over 14 centres for creation of industrial estates.

“We will earmark around 100 acres each for Japanese, Finnish and Korean companies,” he said.

[TechCity]

[Rasnaboy]

Nice map Techcity! Was this compiled by you? Do you have a map of Chennai Metro & surroundings showing all new projects including the ORR, proposed Metro lines, etc.?

[TechCity]

Originally Posted by Rasnaboy

Nice map Techcity! Was this compiled by you? Do you have a map of Chennai Metro & surroundings showing all new projects including the ORR, proposed Metro lines, etc.?

I got it from google.
Arul has already posted Chennai Transportation map.See this http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=617861

[Rasnaboy]

Thank you Techcity and Arul! Now I get a clear picture of the happenings

[dis.agree]

Originally Posted by TechCity

I got it from google.
Arul has already posted Chennai Transportation map.See this http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=617861

there are lots of mistakes in that map.

[Raj_network]

Originally Posted by dis.agree

there are lots of mistakes in that map.

I do dis.agree with you..

[Rasnaboy]

CHENNAI: Ashok Leyland will locate its proposed joint venture project with Nissan Motor Company at Pillaipakkam in Sriperumbudur. The joint venture, Ashok Leyland Nissan Vehicles, will make light and heavy commercial vehicles.

Two more projects

Ashok Leyland officials met State government representatives last week to brief them about the project. They said they were launching two more projects with Nissan. While one will manufacture powertrain, the other is a technology development company.

The State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) has offered 380 acres at Pillaipakkam and another 150 acres for the vendors park at Pillaipakkam and in nearby areas. A memorandum of understanding is likely to be signed soon.

The new project would provide employment to nearly 13,000 people. It start rolling out commercial vehicles by 2010-2011. The plant will manufacture two lakh light commercial vehicles and one lakh medium-heavy commercial vehicles, ranging from two tonnes to 7.5 tonnes. The total investment is more than Rs. 4,000 crore, and Ashok Leyland will have a majority stake in the company.

Big win


“This is a big win for us. 2010 will become a landmark year for the State, as the auto majors will produce 18 lakh units a year, including car, bus and trucks. This is not the end of it; we are going to announce some more projects in the automobile sector within the next few days, and that would take the total production capacity to 20 lakh units a year,” an Industry Department official told The Hindu.

Last week, the government cleared seven foreign direct investment plans, with an investment potential of Rs. 10,000 crore.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/12/stor...1254100500.htm

[Subra]

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...2851600300.htm

Apollo Tyres Ltd (ATL)’s new greenfield radial tyre plant at Oragadam Industrial Park on the outskirts of Chennai will become operational by late next year.

A senior company source told Business Line that civil construction for the major plant in the first phase of the Rs 2,200-crore project at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore will commence in two months. Development of 135 acres for the plant has already been completed, he said.

The plant, with a daily capacity of 200 tonnes using the latest technology modified by the company, will manufacture radial tyres to suit Indian roads and Indian loading pattern, the ATL official said.
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