Vellore - Projects & Development

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Geography
Walajapet is located at 12°56′N 79°23′E / 12.93°N 79.38°E / 12.93; 79.38[2]. It has an average elevation of 160 metres (524 feet). Also if famous for "Medicine for Jaundice" and "Bamboo Chairs".

As of 2001 India census[1], Walajapet had a population of 29,472. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Walajapet has an average literacy rate of 74.51%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80.58%, and female literacy is 68.44%. In Walajapet, 10.86% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Tamil & Telugu are the languages most spoken. A significant migrant population from the Saurashtra region in western India speak Saurashtrian and most of the minority muslim population speak Urdu.

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Demographics
As of 2001 India census[1], Walajapet had a population of 29,472. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Walajapet has an average literacy rate of 74.51%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80.58%, and female literacy is 68.44%. In Walajapet, 10.86% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Tamil & Telugu are the languages most spoken. A significant migrant population from the Saurashtra region in western India speak Saurashtrian and most of the minority muslim population speak Urdu.

Schools
1. Govt Boys Higher secondary school
2. Govt Girls Higher secondary school
3. Bright Minds Vidyodaya
4. Vedavalli Vidyalaya
5. NAG Matriculation school
6. Mangalambal Aided Middle School
7. Venkateshwara School
8. CNR matriculation school

India's second president, Dr.Radhakrishnan studied in the Government Boys High School and the great Tamil writer, M.Varadharasanar also studied in the same school. This school was established during the British rule. Medicine for jaundice is given there and people from several states come and take the medicine.

For the First time in Walajapet, in the year 1957, the Murthy’s Commercial Institute was established by Late C.M. Venkatachala Ayyar (Retd. Teacher). The service of this Institution is still being continued by his son Retd. Teacher Mr. C.V. Krishnamoorthi in effective way with dedication and aim at selfless service to the public, since its inauguration posing as torch bearers to the society.

Hospitals
the Government Hospital in Walajapet is an important hospital in this Taluk serving the residents of many villages around this town. It provides nursing to many outpatients and has a significant number of inpatient facilities too.

Some of the private clinics and hospitals in this area include an Apollo clinic on the Ranipet by-pass road (NH4) and Dr. Kuzhandaivel clinic.

There is a Government Veterinary clinic in Walajapet that serves health needs of the cattle raised by the farmers, shepherds in the area including the many villages in this Taluk.

Lavanya Hospital in Walajapet is one of best private hospitals serving people in and around this town.

For a long time, there were no child health centers in Walajapet. But now Walajapet has the Shree Raghavendra Child Clinic which is doing great job of taking care of the health needs of the kids of this town and the surrounding villages. Dr.SaravanaKumar is very famous in the town for the same.

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Industrial ScenarioThe Vellore District is one of the most vital and vibrant Districts in terms of industrial development in the State. The Vellore District has a dominant presence in the Leather and leather based industries.Vellore District accounts for more than 37% of the county’s export leather and leather related products such as finished leather, shoe uppers, shoes, garments, gloves and so on.

The Government of Tamilnadu provides all possible investment subsidies and infrastructural support in the form of setting up industrial estates and common effluent treatment plant.Thus this District share of the leather market in the years to come is ensured.

The District provides enough scope for the development and growth of industries engaged in Chemicals, Food processing, Sugar/Jaggery manufacturing, Synthetic Fibres, Fertilizers manufacturing, Textiles Garments, Steel castings and Auto bearing manufacturing.The existing units are facing two main problems viz., poor marketing and financial problems.Textile mills and rice mills, leather and leather based products are belongs more to the traditional category.

The proximity to Chennai, the State capital, good transport with well-connected roads, availability of power, raw materials and abundant cheap labour are the contributing factors to the industrial development in Vellore. The entire District is electrified and all the villages are connected with roads.

Major Large And Medium Enterprises :
There are 12 large and 300 medium scale industries are functioning in Vellore District. The Brakes India Ltd. and EID Parry Ltd, are one of the important and oldest industry located in Sholinger and Walajah blocks.

The Tamilnadu Industrial Explosive Ltd., Vellore established in the year 1983. The total investment in this industry is 71 crs. The main manufactured items are NG explosives, Surry explosives and Emulsion explosives, Detonators and Detonating fuses. The explosives are the main item manufactured in this industry. This industry exports its items to Maldives, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Syria and Egypt. E.I.D. Parry Ltd, Ranipet one of the pioneer in Sanitary ware in Tamilnadu .

The Malladi drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, established in 1982 at SIPCOT industrial complex, Ranipet. The total investment of this unit is Rs. 7.29 crs. and manufacturing Ephedrine Hydrochloride and other related salt.

The Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd, located at Ranipet with production capacity of 57,000 MT and manufacturing of Boilers. It has generated nearly 2,500 employment opportunities and also patronizing series of ancillary units. A separate industrial complex has been created to facilitate to support ancillary units at Muntharayapuram Ranipet. There are nearly 200 plots occupied by SSI units supplying items to this industry directly or indirectly. There are three sugar mills in the district at Ambur, Thirupathur and Vellore. The Ambur Co-operative Sugar mills Ltd, invested Rs. 772.19 lakhs with installed capacity of 1400 TCD and generated employment of 620 person. These sugar mills are supporting many small industries involved in the production of Sprit & Alcohol from molasses, paper from bagasse, etc.

The Vellore Roller Flour mills (P) Ltd, at Viruthampet,Vellore engaged in the production of Maida, Sooji, Atta and Bran items. The total investment of this industry is 156 lakhs and having production capacity of 50 MT and it has generated 150 employment opportunities.

The cotton mills like Sri Munipachaiyappan Textiles Ltd, at Sholinger and Sree Rajeswari Mill Ltd, at Gudiyatham are playing vital role in promoting textile-based Industries and a lot of cottage and SSI clusters in their area.

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Micro And Small Enterprises :
This sector occupies an important position in the industrial economy of the nation because of the advantage in terms of low investment, high potential for employment generation and wide dispersal of industries in rural and semi urban areas preventing migration to big cities. There are 12,396 micro and small Enterprises are functioning in Vellore District.

Major, Micro And Small Enterprises :
i) Leather Industries :
The leather industry occupies a very important place in the industrial map of Vellore district. This traditional industry has registered a good progress in late 80’s. As on Mar 2008, there are 1,226 leather units spread over in the district mainly in Alangayam, Madhanur and Wallajah blocks.

Vellore District has dominant presence in the leather and leather based industries. Tamilnadu accounts for more than 35 percent of the country's export of leather and leather-related products such as shoe uppers, shoes, garments, and so on.

Rising to the occasion, the state government is geared up to provide all possible subsidies and infrastructural support in the form of setting up industrial and common effluent treatment plants etc Thus, the substantial share of the State, in the leather market in the years to come, is ensured.

ii) Textile and Handloom Industries :
Textile mills are concentrated in Sholinger, Gudiyatham and Arakkonam blocks and are manufacturing Cotton Lungi, Cotton Cloth, Towel, Dhoti and Silk sarees. These traditional units are clustered in Gudiyatham, Sholinghur and Arakkonam blocks.

iii) Safety Match Industries :
Safety match is an important consumer product and it is being manufactured by cottage industries, small scale industries and mechanized industries. Majority of safety match units are located at Gudiyatham blocks. This sector in the district produces considerable quantum of safety matches next to Virudhunagar district. Apart from safety match units a cluster of coir units located in and around Guidyattam.

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New entrepreneurs throng SME business fair



Special Correspondent



“Aimed at helping SMEs come out of economic recession”







Photo: D. Gopalakrishnan

All business: Bank officials offering consultancy to participants at the fair in Vellore on Friday. —

VELLORE: A large number of new entrepreneurs and owners of existing units thronged the SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Business Fair organised by the State Bank of India (SBI), Siruthozhil Branch, Vellore, in coordination with the District Industries Centre (DIC), Vellore, at a marriage hall in Gandhinagar on Friday.

P.N. Viswanathan, Deputy General Manager (DGM), SME, SBI, Chennai, said that the fair was organised with the objective of enabling the SMEs to come out of economic recession which hit them badly. The recent global economic recession played more havoc with the SMEs than bigger industries, to the extent of shaking their business confidence. While bigger industries were able to come out of the recession, the SMEs went through bad times. While existing SMEs were hit, fresh entrepreneurs were hesitant to set up SMEs. “We want to restate our commitment to the SME sector so that they regain their business confidence,” he said.

The DGM said that the business fair was not a loan mela but a forum to interact with new entrepreneurs and help them with advice on how to go about setting up their business in a profitable manner, as well as to entertain loan applications from them. Bank officials including Sudalaimani, Regional Manager, SBI, Vellore, G. Parthasarathy, Assistant General Manager, RASMECCC and SARC (Retail Assets Small and Medium Enterprises City Credit Centre and Stressed Assets Resolution Centre), Vellore, K. Dhanasekaran, Chief Manager, SBI, Siruthozhil Branch, Vellore, and branch managers of the SBI branches in Walajapet, Ranipet and BHEL provided advice to the new and existing entrepreneurs and received loan applications.

Officials of the DIC explained to them the process of getting MSME (micro small and medium enterprises) registration, which is a must for obtaining loans under the Credit Guarantee Trust for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (CGTMSE) Scheme, without any collateral. A total of 225 persons visited the Business Fair, which went on from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mr. Viswanathan said that under SBI Smile, the bank gave an equity assistance of 7.5 per cent of the project cost or Rs.10 lakh, whichever was lower, to professionally qualified first generation entrepreneurs. Under the CGTMSE scheme, the bank provided loans even without insisting on collateral for new unemployed entrepreneurs, if the entrepreneur did not have any collateral to offer, but had a good business plan, he said.

T.N. Duraimurugan, Vellore district president of the South Indian Viswakarma Unorganised Construction Workers' Association, said that about 10 goldsmiths from Tirupattur who approached the SBI officials at the fair with requests to provide collateral-free loans to them to enable them to purchase modern equipments for their goldsmith business were told that they were not eligible for collateral-free loans. He said that on a petition submitted to the Sub-Collector, Tirupattur, seeking industrial loan for his goldsmith business, the latter wrote to the General Manager, DIC, asking him to devote special attention to the petition, take action and convey the details to the petitioner. When he approached the DIC, the latter asked him to visit the SME business fair and submit his application. But when he visited the fair and met the officials, they are demanding surety for a loan. This is the case with many other goldsmiths from Tirupattur, who are being made to run from pillar to post, he said.

Asked about the complaint, Mr. Viswanathan said that the goldsmiths concerned were told that they were not eligible for collateral-free loans, but asked to approach the SBI, Tirupattur, to meet their requirements. He said that collateral-free loans could be given only to unemployed, but professionally qualified new entrepreneurs who had a good business plan, but did not have any collateral to offer. The idea is that such entrepreneurs should not be denied the opportunity of getting profitably self-employed just because they did not have any collateral to offer. Such loans were not applicable to persons who are already running a business, he said.

http://www.thehindu.com/2010/03/20/s...2052360300.htm

[ChennaiIndian]

http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/01/stor...0151120300.htm

Six municipalities, 8 town panchayats, 61 village panchayats to be added
VELLORE: Six municipalities (including three third-grade municipalities), eight town panchayats and 61 village panchayats will be annexed to the Vellore Corporation. This is as per the Tamil Nadu Government Order No.52 dated March 17, 2010 of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, fixing geographical limits of the Vellore Corporation.

The G.O. was placed at an ordinary meeting of the Corporation Council held under the presidentship of P. Karthikeyan, Mayor of Vellore, here on Wednesday.

The State government had issued the order based on the recommendation of the Director of Municipal Administration made in his letter dated January 3, 2010, and the report sent by Durai Chandrasekharan, Additional Director of Municipal Administration and Special Officer of the Vellore Corporation.

The letter of the DMA and the report of the Special Officer were based on a resolution adopted by the Vellore Corporation at a meeting on July 22, 2008, proposing the inclusion of local bodies in the vicinity of the Vellore Corporation to create an extended Corporation.

Following are the local bodies to be annexed to the Vellore Corporation as per the G.O.:

Municipalities - Arcot, Walajapet and Ranipet; third grade municipalities - Sathuvachari, Tharapadavedu and Melvisharam; town panchayats - Shenbakkam, Thorappadi, Allapuram, Pennathur, Kazhinjur, Gandhinagar, Katpadi and Tiruvalam; village panchayats - Palavansathu, Idayansathu, Adukkamparai, Thuthipattu, Viruppakshipuram, Ariyoor, Chitheri, Kuppam, Sirukanji, Sadupperi, Sembedu, Abdullapuram, Konavattam, Anpoondi, Melmonavur, Keezhmonavur, Karugambathur, Virudhambattu, Thandala Krishnapuram, Senur, Jaffrapet, Vanjur, Karasamangalam, Vandranthangal, Kangeyanallur, Mettukulam, Alamelumangapuram, Venkatapuram, Perumugai, Arapakkam, Eranthangal, Serkadu, Puthur, Arumbarudhi, Karnambut, Kandippedu, Sekkanur, Karigiri, Brammapuram, Lalapet, Seekkarajapuram, Narasingapuram, Kudayanallur, Kuppathamottur, Sembarayanallur, Arimuthumottur, Ammundi, Vannivedu, Ammanathangal, V.C. Mottur, Manthangal, Chettithangal, Vanapadi, Mukundarayapuram, Veppur, Navlock, Maniyambattu, Thengal, Nandhiyalam, Keezhminnal and Poottuthacku.

The government has also decided that the extended Vellore Corporation could be created by including the above local bodies after the expiry of the five-year term of representatives of the local bodies concerned in 2011. Connected works such as formation of new wards, division of zones, and reservation of wards for women, Adi Dravidars and tribals would be taken up during the current year and finalised after obtaining an order from the government.

[ChennaiIndian]

http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/01/stor...0151050300.htm

“Budget incorporating utilisation goals” presented
Basic facilities at Town Bus Stand to be improved at a cost of Rs.40 lakh

Works to mitigate water scarcity

to cost Rs. 120 lakh

VELLORE: The completion of the new building of the Vellore Corporation, establishment of a library for students in higher education, completion of a gassifier crematorium on the banks of the Palar, construction of officers' quarters, establishment of tourist infrastructure near the Otteri lake, execution of drinking water augmentation schemes, improvement of facilities in town bus stand and modernisation of solid waste management system are among development works to be taken up by the Vellore Corporation. These would be carried out at a cost of Rs.44.77 crore in 2010-11, as mentioned in the Corporation's annual budget for 2010-11.

Mayor P. Karthikeyan released the budget at a monthly meeting of the Corporation council here on Wednesday.

The budget described as a “budget incorporating utilisation goals,” provides for total receipts of Rs.7203.01 lakh and expenditure of Rs.7264.07 lakh, entailing a deficit of Rs.61.06 lakh, which the Corporation seeks to finance through identification of profession tax assessees left out in the assessment in earlier years and levying tax on them, through the levy of tax on vacant house sites in the newly regularised layouts and with the help of additional funds from the government.

The Corporation proposed to complete by June 2010 the ongoing work of construction of the new five-storeyed Corporation building (including the ground floor) which has been taken up at a cost of Rs.4.98 crore on an area of one-lakh square foot on the premises of the erstwhile travellers bungalow. Quarters are being constructed for the Corproation Commissioner and the Corporation Engineer at Rs.20 lakh each at Karar Krishnasamy Street, and for the Corporation Health Officer, Town Planning Officer and Assistant Engineer at Rs.16 lakh each on Post Office Road. Works are to be taken up in 2010-11 for the construction of new quarters for other officers and the renovation of old quarters at a total cost of Rs.50 lakh.

The new library is being constructed at a cost of Rs.9.50 lakh from the Education Fund to benefit students of higher education. The library, would include facilities for obtaining information online and through compact discs, and would be equipped with books and computers.

Under health, the Corporation proposes to undertake development works and purchase modern equipment totally worth Rs.20 lakh at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres in Ambedkar Nagar and Kasba.

It has been planned to construct public sanitary complexes worth Rs.9 lakh in Kasba and Salavanpettai and to undertaken maintenance of the existing toilets at a cost of Rs.20 lakh during the coming financial year. Of the 15 parks in Vellore Corporation area, the parks in L.I.C. Colony, Vasanthapuram, Poonthottam and Muthanna Nagar would be developed at a total cost of Rs.50 lakh by providing grass surface, walking pathways, children's play areas and fountains under the government's one-time special grant scheme.

Similar facilities are to be provided in the parks in Bishop David Nagar, New Bypass Road (behind Hotel Mount Paradise) and Jabbar Thoppu at a total cost of Rs.30 lakh under the basic amenities scheme.

Under the tourism development scheme, the Corporation has proposed to establish a 500-metre-long park with children's play area at the Otteri Lake at a cost of Rs.120 lakh. The remaining seven parks would be developed at a cost of Rs.20 lakh each.

The basic facilities for passengers in the Town Bus Stand (Old Bus Stand) in Vellore would be improved at a cost of Rs.40 lakh. The works to be carried out in the Town Bus Stand include provision of seats, electric facilities, high mast lights, fixing tiles for the surface and walls, provision of drinking water and construction of modern toilets. The Budget has provided for the upgradation of roads at a cost of Rs.382.05 lakh in the 28 wards where the underground drainage scheme (UGS) is being implemented, after the completion of the UGS.

Culverts would be constructed at a cost of Rs.60.90 lakh and stormwater drains dug at a cost of Rs.195.70 lakh. Desilting and repair of drainage channels would be undertaken for a length of 650 metres in Officers' Line at a cost of Rs.50 lakh under the second phase of the Basic Amenities Scheme.

Desilting and repair works to the tune of Rs.150 lakh for a length of 1200 metres are currently in progress under the first phase of the scheme in Officers' Line.

Vehicles and other equipment for solid waste management would be purchased at a cost of Rs.150 lakh, an automatic ladder purchased at a cost of Rs.9 lakh for maintenance of streetlights and computer facilities upgraded at a cost of Rs.20 lakh.

It has been planned to instal high-mast lights at six important places at a cost of Rs.20 lakh, fix 200 compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for streetlights at a cost of Rs.10 lakh and instal automatic switches in 150 lamp post connections at a cost of Rs.10 lakh.

The Corporation has prepared estimates for Rs.120 lakh for works towards mitigation of drinking water scarcity such as augmenting the drinking resources, sinking of new infiltration wells and sinking new deep borewells in order to increase the quantum pumped from the headworks.

The proposals would be sent to the State government. The Corporation has also planned to instal 50 power pumps-cum-deep borewells at a cost of Rs.55 lakh and lay distribution lines for a four-km length at a cost of Rs.20 lakh.

[ChennaiIndian]

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chenn...pgradation-772

April 1: The Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA) has allocated Rs 19.73 crore to upgrade the Amirithi mini zoo into a small zoo in 20 hectares of land in Thellai reserve forest area in the district.
Approving the proposal sent by conservator of forest of Vellore zone A.V. Venkatachalam in July 2008 to upgrade the mini zoo to make use of tourists’ inflow to the fort city, the CZA has given the nod to the proposal and allocated the fund for the ambitious project.
“The fund will be released in a phased manner. In the first phase, CZA will grant Rs 7.70 crore to develop the basic infrastructure, including construction of compound wall for 2.5 km at Rs 1.5 crore. Within three years, we will complete the construction of the zoo,” Mr Venkatachalam told this newspaper.
The new zoo would be constructed after razing down the existing mini zoo, which was established in 1967 in 10 hectares of land. It would have all infrastructure to ensure the safety of the animals and visitors. Each enclosure of the animals would have withdrawal area, exhibit area and pond. Besides this, the zoo would have food storage, drainage, waste disposal and security system.
A pair of major animals - tiger, leopard, bear, primates and different varieties of snakes, water birds and deer – would be added in the small zoo. Besides this, the existing animals would be retained. At present there are 18 species including deer, crocodile, peacock and snake. “It will also have a full time veterinary doctor, wild life biologist, pharmacist and a caretaker for each animal enclosure. It will also help to treat the injured wild animals from different parts of the district,” said district forest officer of Vellore T.V. Manjunatha.
“The mini zoo has been receiving a total of one lakh visitors per year. We hope, the new zoo will draw more than five lakh visitors per year,” he added.

[ChennaiIndian]

http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/04/stor...0452950300.htm

It is coming up at a cost of Rs.4.98 crore



Vellore: The new four-storeyed building of the Vellore Corporation, which is being constructed on one lakh square feet on the erstwhile Travellers' Bungalow premises here at a cost of Rs.4.98 crore, is making rapid progress.

The structural work connected to the basement and two floors (ground and first floor) have been completed and work on the second floor is in progress. While the basement will be utilised as a parking area for vehicles, the ground floor will comprise chambers of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, council meeting halls, information centre and tax-collection centre. The first floor will have rooms for higher officials and meeting halls, while the second floor will have section offices. Lifts will be provided for the benefit of the public and employees.

The tax collection centre meant for remitting property tax and water charges would be air-conditioned. Works on designing the facade of the Corporation building and providing other infrastructure facilities would be undertaken at a cost of Rs. two crore in the current financial year. P. Karthikeyan, Mayor of Vellore, has said that steps are being taken to complete the building within the next two to three months.

[senthilsindia]

Hey friends, recently i heard that Vellore Corporation is extended with Arcot, Ranipet and Walajapet, to make it as a largest corporation.

Those individual towns are located about 30kms away from Vellore.

Will this form a city?????

If this is the case y not Erode can be integrated with
Chithode(7kms),Bhavani(11kms)-Komaraplm(14),Nasiyanur(13), Perundurai(18), Tiruchengode(18),Sankagiri(18).

Since Bhavani, Chithode, Nasiyanur, Pallipalayam(just 2kms) are immediate next to the city.

But Erode is not even incuded with its Pallipalayam(just after river cauvery) and SPB Colony....

[ChennaiIndian]

http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/06/stor...0654630300.htm

Material consumption has been brought down from 68 % in 2008-09 to 57 % in 2009-10

BHEL Ranipet to revive production of wind electric generators

VELLORE: The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Ranipet, has for the first time crossed the Rs.2,500-crore mark in turnover and the Rs.500-crore mark in Profit Before Tax (PBT) by achieving Rs.2,530 crore in turnover and Rs.571 crore of PBT during the financial year 2009-10.

The Ranipet unit was able to cross the PBT of Rs.500 crore and achieve an increase in PBT by 119 per cent over the previous year mainly owing to its value-added engineering practices and reduction in material consumption.

Besides, it was able to cross 2.36-lakh tonnes in despatches, by achieving 2,37,492 tonnes during the year. The company's financial turnover tripled while physical turnover (despatches) doubled from the level of achievement in 2005-06.

“The achievement has been possible thanks to the cooperation of the staff and concerted efforts of the company in reducing its material cost through learning from experience. Our focus was on reducing material cost from day one, and this yielded good results,” said A. Chandrababu, General Manager/in-charge, BHEL, Ranipet, at the annual press conference held at the factory in Ranipet on Monday. The Ranipet BHEL has brought down the material consumption from 68 per cent in 2008-09 to 57 per cent in 2009-10.

Indigenisation of corrosion resistant plates, SS wires, gearboxes, etc. yielded savings of Rs.8 crore, while additional sources development for bearings for air pre-heaters (APH), and special fasteners for electrostatic precipitators (ESP) resulted in savings of Rs.10 crore. Strategic procurement of SS wires, steel plates and structural materials resulted in savings of Rs.20 crore. Further, savings to the tune of Rs. 62 crore was achieved through the conduct of 120 reverse auctions in the purchase of materials, he said.

The General Manager/in-charge said that BHEL Ranipet has an outstanding order book of Rs.7,462 crore compared to Rs.7,050 crore in 2008-09. Two orders have been bagged for supply of APH baskets for non-BHEL equipment from Reliance, Dahanu & Tata Power, Trombay, which is the first of its kind, and a breakthrough, which helped beat the competition from rivals.

The highest single order worth Rs.18 crore was bagged for spares from Damodar Valley Corporation, Mejia, West Bengal, while the highest cumulative order of 6,000 tonnes was bagged for the APH baskets towards O & M spares this year, as against 2,500 tonnes last year.

The unit received direct orders for supply of ESP for super-critical boilers for Barh Stage II 2x660 MW for Rs.196 crore from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) through the international competitive bidding route.

Mr. Chandrababu said that BHEL Ranipet has developed in-house a new size of Primary Air Fan for 600 MW boilers, as a step to beat the competition from the Chinese bidders.

The in-house development of Backward Curved Plate bladed Radial Fan for high-pressure application would be introduced in the market in the coming years. While the BHEL Corporate has increased its capacity to deliver 15,000 MW of power equipment per annum this year, and was planning for an augmentation to 20,000 MW per annum by March 2012, BHEL Ranipet was planning to achieve its proportionate target in June 2011 itself.

While the company was working towards physical despatches of 3,00,000 tonnes in 2010-11, it was conducting a dialogue with its vendors for increasing the outsourcing quantum to 2,00,000 tonnes. It has added 53 new vendors during 2009-10, and increased the vendor base to 343. When asked about the opposition of the BHEL Ancillaries Association to any increase in the number of vendors on the grounds that it would lead to less orders for the existing vendors, Mr. Chandrababu said that BHEL's vendors are their partners. But, the BHEL Ranipet had to increase the number of vendors since the existing vendors were unable to meet its requirement of components.

[slakhs]

Ranipet, April 10

Same Duetz-Fahr, the tractor manufacturer, plans to expand its production capacity at its plant at Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, to cater to the domestic and export markets. The company, which is known for tractors of more than 50 HP (NYSE:HPQ) , has launched a 35 HP model to capture volumes.

The expansion at an investment of €4 million (Rs 24 crore) will take the present production capacity of 6,000 tractors a shift to 15,000 in three years. Growth in infrastructure spending and agriculture is driving the demand for high-end tractors in India.

Addressing a press conference at the launch of the 80 HP Agrolux Profiline under the Duetz-Fahr brand and a 35HP Same 36Di, Mr Gopi Nambiar, Managing Director, Same Deutz-Fahr India Pvt Ltd (SDF), said the Ranipet tractor assembly and engine assembly plants are set to play a key role in Same Deutz-Fahr's international operations....

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article...icleid/4018863

[chennaidesi]

Originally Posted by senthilsindia

Hey friends, recently i heard that Vellore Corporation is extended with Arcot, Ranipet and Walajapet, to make it as a largest corporation.

Those individual towns are located about 30kms away from Vellore.

Will this form a city?????

If this is the case y not Erode can be integrated with
Chithode(7kms),Bhavani(11kms)-Komaraplm(14),Nasiyanur(13), Perundurai(18), Tiruchengode(18),Sankagiri(18).

Since Bhavani, Chithode, Nasiyanur, Pallipalayam(just 2kms) are immediate next to the city.

But Erode is not even incuded with its Pallipalayam(just after river cauvery) and SPB Colony....

It can be extended up to Bhavani

[Brand coimbatore]

Originally Posted by senthilsindia

Hey friends, recently i heard that Vellore Corporation is extended with Arcot, Ranipet and Walajapet, to make it as a largest corporation.

Those individual towns are located about 30kms away from Vellore.

Will this form a city?????

If this is the case y not Erode can be integrated with
Chithode(7kms),Bhavani(11kms)-Komaraplm(14),Nasiyanur(13), Perundurai(18), Tiruchengode(18),Sankagiri(18).

Since Bhavani, Chithode, Nasiyanur, Pallipalayam(just 2kms) are immediate next to the city.

But Erode is not even incuded with its Pallipalayam(just after river cauvery) and SPB Colony....

We had discussed this issue long back when the vellore corporation was formed before 2 yrs and its limits including many villages and towns 30km away.
The intention behind such a plan is not known and it is the fact that this large area can never be thought of a city atleast for another 10yrs.

[senthilsindia]

ya. for a long time madurai is struggling to get integrated with tiruparankundram, which is the same as of pallipalayam and bhavani for Erode, which are just immediate next to the mentioned cities.

But both haven't succeeded, yet now.

I think Vellore is the first in India of such kind of Corporation to be formed around 35kms of radius, without any urban area.

Anyway its boundary has been finalised. wat about the total coverage area of the corporation.?

[Brand coimbatore]

Not sure though, it was early told that would be around 830sq.km

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New Palar Bridge inaugurated

Friday, May 07, 2010


VELLORE: The much-awaited New Palar Bridge will be inaugurated by Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons Durai Murugan on Friday. It will be held under the presidentship of the Minister for Highways and Minor Ports Vellakovil Swaminathan at Virudhambut on the northern side of the bridge at 5 p.m. The bridge has been constructed by the National Highways and the State Highways Department, across the Palar in Vellore, at a cost of Rs.16.01 crore.

S. Jagathrakshakan, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, would be the chief guest at the function.

The inauguration is being eagerly awaited by road-users of Vellore and Katpadi – the two places that the bridge connects – in view of the narrowness of the existing 35-year-old Polur Subramaniam Bridge. Moving of traffic at a snail's pace was not uncommon on the existing bridge whenever a vehicle got repaired in the middle of the structure or when a bullock cart passed through the bridge.

The new bridge has been constructed in place of the Old Palar Bridge, which crumbled about 17 years ago. With the inauguration of the new bridge, traffic on the Polur Subramaniam Bridge as well as the New Palar Bridge (formerly known as Old Katpadi Road) would be made one-way.

New traffic rules regarding the entry into the two bridges and the route to be taken by the different vehicles would be announced by Collector C. Rajendran at a meeting of the District Traffic Advisory Committee to be chaired by him at the Collectorate here at 10.30 a.m. on Friday.

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The National Highways Department has taken over from the State Highways Department maintenance of the Cuddalore-Chittoor Road and the Katpadi-Gudiyatham Road, according to Durai Murugan, Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons.

Inaugurating the new bridge across the Palar connecting Vellore and Virudhambut at a function in Virudhambut on Friday, Mr. Durai Murugan said the Ministry of Highways and Minor Ports had sanctioned five more bridges in Vellore district – Kangeyanallur to Collectorate (Rs.7.50 crore), Thengal to Melvisharam (Rs.27.80 crore), Sadgar (Rs.6.40 crore), Kalavai to Vazhappandhal (Rs.5 crore) and Devasthanam bridge in Vaniyambadi.


http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states...icle425343.ece

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New NH through Vellore/Tiruvanamalai to Villupuram-- NH-234

MANGALORE: Dakshina Kannada now has a new national highway in NH-234. This 715-km long Mangalore-Villupuram state highway that criss-crosses three southern states -- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh has been upgraded to NH-234 and will connect Mangalore in Karnataka, and Villupuram sea port in Tamil Nadu. This highway, notified by the Union government under National Highways Act, will also touch AP.

The NH-234, which starts from Mangalore at Mahavir Circle, will connect Belthangady, Mudigere, Belur, Huliyar, Sira, Madhugiri, and Chintamani in Karnataka, Venkatagiri, Kota in AP, Pernampet, Gidiyattam, Katpadi, Vellore, Pushpagiri and Polur. It will end at Tiruvanamalai-Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. The NH-234 will overlap with NH-48 in chainage 0 to 19.2 up to B C Road where one takes a diversion towards Belthangady.


The New NH-234
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?clien...ab5212f15f&z=7

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5857031.cms

This make sense, with respect to my previous posting, where the NH is taking the responsibility of maintaining the "Cuddalore-Chittoor Road and the Katpadi-Gudiyatham Road" SH.

Where in the world do we have "Villupuram sea port". I am wondering when these reporters will try to understand the logic behind the reporting. I think It should be Cuddlore as per the above para. So effectively NH-234 should be Mangalore - Cuddalore

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Fri, 23 April 2010

The supply of natural gas from India’s Krishna Godavari (KG) D6 field to the country’s southern states through the Kakinada – Nellore – Chennai pipeline is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2012, Petroleum and Natural Gas State Minister Mr Jitin Prasada has told the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament’s upper house.

The pipeline will pass through East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nallore and Chitoor districts of Andhra Pradesh, and Thiruvallur and Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu.

Mr Prasada said that the pipeline, an extension of the Kakinada – Chennai pipeline, will pass through Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Viluppuram, Salem, Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar and Thoothukkudi districts of Tamil Nadu.

Commissioning of the Chennai – Tuticorin pipeline is scheduled for the third quarter of 2012.

http://pipelinesinternational.com/ne...d-2012/040457/

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L&T to widen Krishnagiri-Walajahpet section of NH-46
A BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT , Monday, May 17, 2010, 10:19 Hrs [IST]



L&T Krishnagiri Walajahpet Tollway Pvt. Ltd, an SPV incorporated by Larsen & Toubro Ltd, has signed a concession agreement with National Highways Authority of India for six laning of the 148.30-km Krishnagiri-Walajahpet section of NH-46 in Tamil Nadu.

The project will be executed on a BOT-DBFO basis with a concession period of 30 years. The estimated Rs 1,450-crore project is scheduled to be completed within 30 months. The concessionaire is entitled to collect toll from the users of the highway during the concession period, including the construction period.

As part of NHDP-Phase V, NHAI is widening the existing four-lane stretches of the Golden Quadrilateral to six lanes. This corridor forms the main and preferred road connectivity between Chennai and Bengaluru, and caters to both commercial and passenger movement between the two cities.

With this project, L&T currently has 14 projects in its BOT roads portfolio, out of which seven are presently in operation phase, five in construction phase, and two in development phase, thus cumulating in a length of 5,500 lane kilometres, and a total investment of Rs 13,000 crore.

http://www.projectsmonitor.com/ROADW...ection-of-nh46


This is a welcome move, as the traffic on this section has increased heavily after four-laning. After this is completed no more following, slow moving trucks, which takes the two lanes at a time.

Hope the Walajapet - Chennai section will be awarded soon.