Coimbatore is all decked up to play host to the first the World Classical Tamil Conference beginning on Wednesday. The five day event is to be inaugurated by President Mrs Pratibha Devi Singh Patil. Thousands of Tamil scholars from across the world including, US, Switzerland, Finland, Singapore, Malaysia are participating in the conference. A R Rahman has scored music for the theme song of the conference which has lyrics by Chief minister M.Karunanidhi.
Southern Railway has announced special trains for the benefit of people intending to visit Coimbatore for the conference, while the state government has declared a holiday for educational institutions to enable students participate in the event.
Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the Semmozhi Kalaivizha, the cultural show organised as part of the World Classical Tamil Conference in Coimbatore last evening.
Chief minister Mr M.Karunanidhi leaves for industrial city this morning and will visit the especially designed conference hall giving final touches for this mega event.
In a interview to AIR, Chief minister said that the conference assumes significance as it is being organised for the first time, after the language was accorded classical status. He invited people to gather in large numbers to make the five day event a grand success.
Monday, June 21, 2010
New Airport building to be opened
The newly-constructed Coimbatore Airport terminal building with state-of-the-art modern facilities will be opened on Monday noon. Airports Authority of India (AAI) Regional Executive Director D. Devaraj and Coimbatore Airport Director M.R. Vasudeva told The Hindu that the existing terminal building could handle 150 “arrival” passengers and 150 “departure” passengers.
Both Mr. Devaraj and Mr. Vasudeva said a building parallel to the existing one was constructed to cater to the increasing number of passengers.
The new building can at a time accommodate 350 passengers arriving at the airport and 350 departing from there. The new building will have all modern facilities - four lifts, four escalators and two aerobridges. Work on the aerobridges is expected to be over in six months.
With the expansion, the area of the building has been increased from 5,962 sq. m to 14,673 sq. m having separate domestic and international arrival halls. The new arrival hall has been constructed with three conveyor belts with a loop length of 60 m each as against the two with 13.5 m length functioning in the old building. There is space for a VIP room, customs office, duty free shop, banks etc. Presently, domestic and international passengers are handled through common security hold.
Soon, the existing departure lounge of the terminal building will be enlarged and modified. The AAI with the help of the state highways department has developed a four-lane approach road and two additional service roads.
Both Mr. Devaraj and Mr. Vasudeva said a building parallel to the existing one was constructed to cater to the increasing number of passengers.
The new building can at a time accommodate 350 passengers arriving at the airport and 350 departing from there. The new building will have all modern facilities - four lifts, four escalators and two aerobridges. Work on the aerobridges is expected to be over in six months.
With the expansion, the area of the building has been increased from 5,962 sq. m to 14,673 sq. m having separate domestic and international arrival halls. The new arrival hall has been constructed with three conveyor belts with a loop length of 60 m each as against the two with 13.5 m length functioning in the old building. There is space for a VIP room, customs office, duty free shop, banks etc. Presently, domestic and international passengers are handled through common security hold.
Soon, the existing departure lounge of the terminal building will be enlarged and modified. The AAI with the help of the state highways department has developed a four-lane approach road and two additional service roads.
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