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Construction of Bridges in north chennai
Chennai : Chennai corporation may be completing flyover construciton projects in south Chennai in record time, but in north Chennai it is a completely different story. Here, infrastructure projects have been moving at a snail's pace due to problems ranging from land acquisition to shifting of service lines and the rise in prices of construction material.
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Subway at Maniakara Choultry road.
Subway at Maniakara cChoultry road to Cemetery road lever crossing. The facility which will benefit residents of Royapuram, Korrukkupet and Tondiarpet is stuch due to the delay by the railways in first finding a contractor and tehn beginin the work. No proper co operation between the corporation and the railway. |
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Subway at Villivakkam level crossing .
Subway at Villivakkam level crossing. To connect areas like Kolathur, Red Hills, Madhavaram and Villivakkam with Kilpauk and Egmore, the project is stuck due to delay in shifting of service lines, transformer and acquisition of 18 grounds of land. No peoper co ordination between the Corporation and the TNEB. Perfect rule to take over land for key development.
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Flyove at Cochraine Basin Road to Kathivakkam High road junction .
Flyover at Cochranine Basin road to Kathivakkam High road junction. To help residents of Kodungaiyur and Korukkupet who have to wait for long at the level crossing, the project is stuck due to delay in acquisition of lands and shifting of service lines and also pending court cases. No peoper co ordination between the Corporation and the TNEB. Perfect rule to take over land for key development. |
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Flyover at Mint junciton .
Flyover at Mint junciton. The project needs 15 grounds of land from Military Engineering services, which is not giving in. The timber merchants on Basin Bridge Road have gone to court against land acquisition. Corporation will new change the alignment. No proper co ordination between Corporation and the defence dept. The govt should change law to take over land for development in the perfict way. Need bold and long focus mind for the govt. |
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Flyover at Ganesapuram .
Flyover at Ganesapuram. Talks are still on with the railways about the alignment. Land acquisition by the revenue department i smoving at a snail's pace. It was only recently that the department completed process of evaluation of compensation. No proper co ordination between the Corporation and the Railway.
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Nissan, Renault to set up unit in Chennai.
In an equal joint venture agreement, Renault and Nissan have decided to invest Rs. 4,500 crore to set up an integrated Greenfield automotive facility at Oragadam near Chennai.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed with the Government of Tamil Nadu. The project will come up on 678 acres and will provide vehicle production platforms for the two car-makers. It will also have powertrain facility. The plant will have an installed capacity of four lakh vehicles annually. The facility is expected to go on stream in 2010.
Senior Vice-President of Nissan Colin Dodge, said "it is a major investment by Nissan into India, next to China. Nissan will like this project to be a world class one and wants it to be a Nissan's export hub." The Oragadam plant would bring out compact cars initially into the market. He said both the companies would share facilities equally. |
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Elevated road to link War Memorial and Madhuravoyal Planned.
A 19.2 km long four lane elevated road to link War Memorial near the State Secretariat and Madhuravoyal will be laid at a cost of Rs. 1,500 crore, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T. R. Baalu said on Friday.
Chief Minister M. Karunanaidhi would be laying the foundation stone for the project shortly, Mr. Baalu said. The project is to facilitate sppdier movement of cargo from Chennai port to different parts of Tamil Nadu. |
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Satyam to open software development centre in Madurai
Satyam Computer Services, the Hyderabad based software company, will open a software development centre in Madurai.
It has been allotted 50 acres under the Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) scheme, proposed on the university land on Theni road, according to Subu D. Subramanian, director and senior vice president (Manufacturing and Automotive Business Group).
The Centre had given in principle approval for two SEZs in Madurai and for one each in Tirunelveli, Tiruchi, Salem, Hosur and Kancheepuram districts, which would yield a total investment of Rs. 3,000 crore for infrastructure projects alone.
Satyam would build its own Chennai Campus at the ELCOT SEZ in Sholinganallur on the Rajive Gandhi road The first phase would be ready in June 2008. The new centre would facilitate Satyam Computer Services to increase its employee strength in Chennai to around 20,000 in the next three years. |
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Supercritical thermal power plant by 2011
A thermal power project with supercritical technology is to come up on a 900 acre "government poromboke" site at Udangudi in Tuticorin district.
The 2X800 MW project with a total capital outlay of about Rs. 8,500 crore will start functioning from 2011, increasing power availability in the state.
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise Sontosh Mohan Dev and State Electricity Minister N. Veeraswami were among those present when the MoU was signed by B HEL Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K. Puri and TNEB Chairman Hans Raj Verma. The JVC is expected to be in place in place in about three months. The project work would commence shortly thereafter. |
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Photovoltaic Fab unit Planned
Orakkadam: Chennai. 18 Sep 2007. Moser Baer Photo Voltaic plans a photovoltaic fab manufacturing unit in the Oragadam industrial area with an initial investment of Rs. 2,000 crore.
The co enter the solar power generation business by manufacturing solar cells and modules.
It has sought 250 acres, plus 50 acres for residential quarters. Initially, the state Govt has agreed to give it 120 acres. Moser Baer Managing director d
eepak Puri said" "We will start the work on this unit within one month from the date of allotment of land. The first product will be ready for launch within 15 to 18 months. We expect revenue of $1 billion in the first three and half years. Funding is not a problem, since Moser Baer has cash reserves of Rs. 1,000 crore."
The unit provide employment to 4,000 people in the initial stage. |
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Other Projects
Perungudi: Chennai sewage treatment plant improvement and expansion at Perungudifor Rs. 35 crore.
Venkatamangalam: Development of scientific landfill at Venkatamanagalam for Rs. 48 crore.
Madurai: Solid waste management scheme for Rs. 110 crore.
Madurai: Road improvement scheme for Rs 115 crore.
Madurai: Check dams across vaigai for Rs 4.8crore.
Avaniyapuram: Underground sewage schme for Rs 23.9 crore. |
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