CHENNAI(Tamil Nadu)DEVELOPMENT
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29 Jan 2010
Mehta Nagar |
Contracts for building three bridges in chennai approvd.
a) The cooum at the end of officer's colony 1st st in Mehta Nagar in Ward 73, with 3.37 crore..
b) The bridge across Otteri Nullah connecting Narasimha Nagar and M.S.Nagar would be 21.68-m long, have a 10.9-m wide carriageway and have footpaths of .55 m on both sides.
c) he bridge on Pari Street across Virugambakkam Canal in the Kilpauk zone would be constructed at a cost of Rs.1.43 crore. The length of the facility would be 43 m and the breadth 18.40 m |
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22 jan 10
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சென்னை : ""மதுரை, சிவக்கை மாவட்டங்களில் 2,000 கோடி ரூபாயில் ஸ்டீல் மற்றும் விவசாயத்திற்கு தேவையான இயந்திரங்கள் உற்பத்தி தொழிற்சாலை துவக்கப்படும்,'' என இந்தோனேசிய தொழிலபதிபர் செந்தில் அண்ணாமலை தெரிவித்தார். இந்தோனேசியாவைச் சேர்ந்த தொழிலதிபர் செந்தில் அண்ணாமலை, தலைமைச் செயலகத்தில் நேற்று முதல்வர் கருணாநிதியை சந்தித்த பின், நிருபர்களிடம் கூறியதாவது: மத்திய அமைச்சர் அழகிரி, சமீபத்தில் இந்தோனேசியா மற்றும் ஹாங்காங் சுற்றுப்பயணம் வந்த போது, தமிழகத்தில் தென் மாவட்டங்களில் தொழிற்சாலை நிறுவ அழைப்பு விடுத்தார். அதை ஏற்று, மதுரை மற்றும் சிவகங்கை மாவட்டங்களில் 2,000 கோடி ரூபாயில் ஸ்டீல் தொழிற்சாலை, விவசாயத்திற்கு தேவையான இயந்திரங்கள் உற்பத்தி தொழிற்சாலை, கட்டடங்களுக்கான மூலப்பொருட்கள் தயாரிக்கும் தொழிற்சாலை, கார் தயாரிப்பிற்கு தேவையான உதிரி பாகங்கள் தயாரிக்கும் தொழிற்சாலை ஆகியவற்றை நிறுவ திட்டமிட்டுள்ளோம்.
இதற்கான புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தம், மார்ச் மாதத்தில் கையெழுத்தாகும். புதிய தொழிற்சாலைகள் நிறுவப்பட்டால், தென் மாவட்டங்களைச் சேர்ந்த 3,000 பேருக்கு நேரடி வேலை வாய்ப்பும், 7,000 பேருக்கு மறைமுக வேலை வாய்ப்பும் கிடைக்கும். |
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13 Nov 2009
M&M Car Plant |
On thursday, The Tamil Nadu Govt approved Rs. 1,800 crore car plant proposal of Mahindra & Mahindra at Cheyyar, 100 km from Chennai. The plant will manufacture 1.5 Lakh cars per annum, apart from tractors and spare parts, providing 2,500 direct jobs. The first vehicles are likely to be rolled out by 2012. This investment will make 'Tamil Nadu the undisputed leader in automobile manufacturing in the country. The state govt will allot 450 acres in Tiruvannamalai district for the facility.
Chennai is home to global auto majors like BMW, Daimler Chrysler , Renault Nissan, Ford, Hyundai, Mitsubishi and domestic companies like Ashok Leyland and TVS Motor. |
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2 Oct 2009
Southern States |
Videocon is considering pretty big investment, of Rs. 1,500 crore, for all consumer durables.They may set up two plants one at Manamadurai and another near Tirunelveli.
Sterlite Industries has said, will double the size of their smelter plant in Tuticorin. with the investment of Rs. 1,500 crore.
Coastal Energy Compan;y is planning to set up a plant in Tuticorin for Power project wth the Chines investment of Rs. 5,000 crore.
A tyre manufacturing unit is under discussion for a co in Kanyakumari and Nagercoil. with 100 acre ist in the SIPCOT. |
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30 Sep 09
Nerkundram to Poonamallee HR |
The state highways department has called for tenders for the project and will issue the work order next month. The bridge will ocst Rs. 16 crore. The need for such a bridge has been a long pending demand. The existing road level bridge over the cooum, constrructed about four decades ago, is in a dilapidated state and could collapse any time. The highway dept move has evoked a welcome response from residents in Mogappair and Nerkundram. |
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26 sep 09
16 Pedestraian subways to come up in Chennai |
Pedestrain subways have been proposed at eight places on Jawaharlal Nehru High Road, Four Places on Anna Salai, and two each on Poonamallee High Road and GST Road. The subways will be constructed in a phased manner at a total cost of Rs. 60 crore.
 Eldams Road Junction
AG Chruch at Little Mount
Halda junction near the Tamil nadu Pollution Control Board Office
Madras Export Processing Zone on GST Road
Anna Nagar West bus depot
Near Kasi Theatre
Near Udhayam theatre
Subways to be build at a cost of Rs. 60 crore.
Work on three to five subways may begin in this financial year 2009 - 2010. |
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25 sep 09 |
Koyambedu to get new flyover:
According to the proposal submitted to the state government for approval recently, the flyouver will stretch for 1km from the Jawaharlal Nehru High Road to Kaliyamman Koil Road signal to the siganal to the signal in front of the CMBT.
Jawaharlal Nehru High Road is one of the four state highways in the city. The volume of traffic increasing with every passing day. Traffic jams on Kaliyamman Koil Road are common since it is the entrance and exit point for government and private long route buses to reach the Koyambedu terminus.
Accourding to the recent survey conducted by the Highways Dept on the stretch near the CMDA bus stop, an average of 1.2 Lakh to 1.3 Lakh vehicles use this place every day. About 60% - 70% of these are two wheelers.
The expected cost of this project is Rs. 35 crore. |
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26 sep 09
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NEW BRIDGE OVER ADYAR RIVER:
New bridge will come up between the old arch vent bridge and the Thiru Vi Ka bridge. So for the Thiru Vi Ka bridge has served as the sole connection betweeen neighbourhoods of Adyar and Mylapore. For people living in south Chennai, life would be unimaginable without this bridge, with thousands crossing it every day to get from one part of the city to another. The consultant identified by the department is expected to submit the project report and estimates within a week. Following which , the design wing will clear the desing before it is sent to the government so that tenders could be floated.
Uncertainty over the alignment of elevated corridor near the Adyar river also made the Chenani Corporation shelve its plan to have anew link road connecting Broadis Castle Road via Music College to Thiru Vi Ka bridge in order to ease vehicular movement at the Greenways Road - Durgabai Deshmukh Road Junction.
The four lane Thiru Vi Ka bridge is 14.9 m wide. At least 8.5 m , which is available between the arch vent bridge and the existing one, will be taken up for the new bridge. |
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23 Sep 09
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Elevated Highway work to start in Nov 2009:
Construction work on the 19 km long elevated highway the longest of its kind in the country connecting Chennai Port with Maduravoyal via Koyamedu traffic junction will begin in Nov 2009.
The project will be implemented at a cost of Rs. 1,500 cr.
Hyderabad based Soma Enterprises, which is implementing the Metro Rail project, has bagged the contract for the highway.
Construction work will begin in Nov and is scheduled to be completed in 3 years.
The highway will go along Cooum river till Koyamedu and go over the middle of Poonamallee High Road from Koyambedu to Maduravoyal.
The elevated highway will have entry ramps at Sivananda Salai, College Road and Koyambedu. Exit ramps will come up at Kamarajar Salai, Spur Tank Road and Koyambedu.
Toll Plazas will be put up at Spur Tank Road and Maduravoyal. |
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20 Sep 09
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Deputy Chief Minister visit Proposed Financial city site:
Chennai, Perumbakkam. Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation has identified 180 acres in Sholinganallur - Perumbakkam villages for the proposed Financial City. 180 Acres identified in Sholinganallur.
The city could also house information technology product and solution vendor teams to specifically cater to the needs of these financial institutions and also include IT infrastructure management and customer servicing for the financial institutins. It would also have training centres staff training college and relevant eductional institutions. The government was studying other financial cities including the one in Singapore.
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08 Jan 09
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An Expressway into the future
Chennai : It will stretch over 19 km, cost a whopping Rs. 1,665 crore and be the artery of freight traffic between Chennai port and other parts of the country. Prime Minister manmohan Singh on Friday laid the foundation stone for one of India's longest elevated express ways connecting Chennai Port to Maduravoyal in the outskirts of the city. Its scale can be gauged from the fact that the only comparable projects of this size are the Mumbai transharbour link stretching from Sewri to Nhava and the Hosur elevated expressway in Bangalore.
The tolled elevated expressway will take off from the Chennai port near the war memorial gate before it snakes along the banks of the Cooum river till Koyambedu from where it will travel along the NH4. Union shipping and surface transport minister T.R. Baalu is the great person to be appreciated in this scheme.
Foundation for Chennai elevated road project laid. < Click >
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08 July 08 
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Commercial Vehicles Co: at Oragadam.
A memorandum of understanding was signed on Monday between the State govt and Daimler Hero Commercial Vehicles Co for a Rs. 3,000 croe project to be implemented at the SIPCOT industrial park in Oragadam. The German co with collaboration, will manufacture 70,000 commercial vehicles a year, will be established by 2010. In a few years, the investment may go up to Rs. 4,000 crore. In the presence of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, the MOU was signed by M.F. Farooqui, Industries Secretary Andreas Renschler, member of the Board of Management of the Daimler AG, Sunil Kant Munjal, managing director of the Hero Corporate Services. |
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Port: at Thiruchopuram.
A port will be constructed with 1500 crore. will handle 250 lakh tones of cargo annually. Total 7,290 croe got under way on Wednesday with Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi laying the foundation stone for the projects at the Secretariat. Among the present were Arcot N. Veeraswami, Electricity Minister. M.RK. Panneerselvam, Health Minister, Vellakoil M.P. Saminathan, Highways and Minor Port Minister k. Venkatapathy etc
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03 July 08 |
Ship Building Yard: near Cuddalore.
The Silambimangalam ship building yard would have the capacity of 75,000 tonnes. Investment of Rs. 1,000 crore, the yard will roll out its first ship by late 2010 or early 2011, according to C. Muthukumaraswamy, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tamil Nadu Maritime Bard. |
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03 July 08 |
Refinery project: near Cuddalore.
Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation will implement the refinery project in association with the Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd and a host of Companies. Estimate cost Rs. 4,790 crore, the refinery project, having a capacity of 60 lakh tonnes a year, will be completed in 33 months. It will be commissioned by 2011. |
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Tamil Nadu takes IT dream to hinterland.
Tamil Nadu allots land to IT Companies in the Tire - II Cities after a long delay.
The IT portfolio being headed by the CM himself has made the process of setting up state run IT Parks much easier and very efficient. Clearances for environmental impact assessment are also done very quickly.
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| HCL |
Madurai - Izhandaikulam
Madurai - Vadapalanji |
5 Acres
60 Acres |
| Southrnland |
Madurai - Izhandaikulam
Trichy - Navalpattu
Tirunelveli - Gangaikondan
Kancheepuram - Sholinganallur |
5 Acres
10 Acres
10 Acres
61.97 Acres |
| Honeywell |
Madura - Izhandaikulam |
5 Acres |
| Tessolve |
Madura - Izhandaikulam |
2.5 Acres |
| Satyam |
Madurai - Vadapalanji |
50 Arcres |
| Sify |
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| CTS |
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In the Siruseri IT Park promoted by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) there are more than 60 IT and ITES companies. SIPCOT has allocated land to
TCS (70 acres),
Xansa (27),
Hexaware (27),
Syntel (27),
CTS (25),
Patni (18), and
Polaris (13).
Beside ELCOT has allocated 80 acres to Wipro, 50 acres to HCL and 50 acres to Satyam Computer Services in Sholinganallur.
The State is setting up new IT parks in Tiruchi (50 acres), Madurai (10 and 250 acres), Tirunelveli (400 acres), Coimbatore (12 acres), Salem (100 acres) and Hosur (19.5 acres). |
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23 Feb 08 |
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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23 Feb 08 |
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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12 Nov 07 |
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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20 Oct 2007: |
Chennai, Sriperumbudur in for $3 billion investment expected.
| Foxconn |
$520 Million |
| Flextronics |
$120 Million |
| Jabil Green Point |
$80 Million |
| Sanmina |
$70 Million |
| Aspocomp |
$70 Million |
| Nokia and Nokia Siemens |
$520 Million |
| Samsung |
$40 Million |
| Dell |
$60 Million |
| Hyundai |
$800 Million - Car manufacturing expansion. |
| Nissan |
$450 Million |
| Ford |
$400 Million |
| Renault |
$400 Million |
| Mahindra & Mahindra |
$400 Million |
Around 4,000 firms are waiting in the wings to invest in India. To lure at least 1 percent of them to invest in India by 2008, Members from IACC are leading delegation to Perth, Sydney and Melbourne from November 10 to 17. |
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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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