Siruvani Dam falls short of its Full Capacity.

Now, hopes of the North-East Monsoon filling up Siruvani Dam are as good as dashed. The water level in the dam is 10 ft short of the full reservoir level of nearly 50 ft. And, there has been no rain over the last three days in the catchment.

Figures provided by the Coimbatore Corporation point out that the highest rainfall during November is 40 mm. The first week of this month has provided scanty rainfall, the maximum being 25 mm on December 3.

Very reluctantly, water supply officials say that the dam may not fill up this time even though water is still flowing into the dam from the upper reaches of the Siruvani hills. The supply situation in one half of the 105 sq.km. city and some municipalities and town panchayats may become tight during summer as the water level will only dip as soon as the inflow stops.

Officials are, however, hopeful of the Coimbatore Corporation completing the Pilloor Phase II water scheme for the city and some eastern suburbs. The Corporation had announced that the scheme will be completed and supply will begin by March 31 next year.

If that deadline is not met, the impact will be felt in the city. An official feels that it may lead to rescheduling of supply in the city to once in four days. But, he says that the Corporation's focus now is on completing the scheme by March 31, as it is aware of the risks on the Siruvani scheme front.

Water supply officials also seek to draw comfort from the Bhavani scheme implemented for Kavundampalayam Municipality and Vadavalli Town Panchayat, suburbs west of the city. But, there are already protests from the people in these areas over the quality of water being supplied under this scheme.

The residents complain that Bhavani water is not provided on alternate days despite a promise by the local bodies. They, therefore, want an increase in the supply of Siruvani water. If this demand continues during summer all the local bodies need Siruvani water will run into scarcity.

Coimbatore - Ahmedabad Spice Jet flight stops at Chennai due to technical error.

Two Spice Jet flights today landed at Chennai airport following technical problems, airport sources said.

Earlier, a Coimbatore-Ahmedabad flight with 50 passengers made an unscheduled landing at Chennai Airport after it developed a "technical error".

Officials said the flight landed here after pilots detected the error.

"The passengers would be accommodated in another flight to Ahmedabad later," they said.

Later a Madurai-bound Spice Jet, with 62 passengers onboard, which had left Chennai after a delay of 30-minutes, at around 1820 hrs, returned after developing a technical problem, they said.

All the passengers were immediately evacuated and would be accommodated in another flight to Madurai later.

Coimbatore Hospitals List

Aparna Hospital
450-D,Palghat Main Road,
Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore-641008
Phone:(+91-422)2872822, 2872248

Arvind Eye Hospital
Avinashi Road, Peelamedu,
Coimbatore-14
Phone:(+91-422)2578901

Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam & Research Institute
136-7 Trichy Road,
Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore -641 045
Phone:(+91-422)2313188

Ashwin Hospital
545 BKR Nagar Sathy Rd-641012.
Phone: 0422-494400


Balaji Nursing Home
48. Cowly Brown Road,
R.S Puram, Coimbatore-641 002
Phone:(+91-422)2540503, 2545469


Coimbatore Diabetes Foundation
17, Cowley Brown Road, R.S Puram, Coimbatore-2
Phone:(+91-422)2453770, 2447101, 2439882

Coimbatore Kidney Centre
738-A, Puliakulam Road, Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore-45
Phone:(+91-422)2314487, 2314255


Coimbatore Kidney Stone Centre
Avinashi Road, Race Course, Coimbatore-641 018
Phone:(+91-422)2213423

Contact Lens Clinic
69-70 Big Bazaar St-641001.
Phone: 0422-394049


CSR Nursing Home
272, 7th Street Extension, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore- 641012
Phone:(+91-422)2490606, 2490762


Diabetes Care & Research Centre
Ramnagar, Coimbatore-641 009
Phone:(+91-422)2235083

Ellen Hospital
284 Sathy Rd Gandhipuram-641012.
Phone: 0422-496922


Ganga Hospital
Swarnambika Layout, Ramnagar
Coimbatore-9, India.
Phone: (+91-422)2235050
Fax : +91-422-2232652

G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital
P.O No.6327, Pappanaickenpalayam,
Coimbatore-641 037.
Phone:(+91-422)2211000
Phone:(+91-422)2213501 to 2213507.

Kanthaswamy Siddha Hospital
266, Mettupalayam Road, Saibaba Colony, Coimbatore-641 043
Phone:(+91-422)2445433, 2442832


Kalpana Hospital
171, Shasthri Road, Ramnagar,
Coimbatore-641 009
Phone: (+91-422)2232566

Karunya Rural Community Hospital
Karunya Nagar P.O.,
Coimbatore - 641 114
Phone:(+91-422)2614681

KG Hospital
Arts College Road
Coimbatore - 641 018
Phone:(+91-422)2212121, 2222222
Fax : +91 - 422 - 2211212



Kongunad Hospital (P) Ltd
79, 11th Street, Tatabad,
Coimbatore-12
Phone:(+91-422)2494363

Kovai Diabetes Speciality Centre
15, Vivekananda Road, Ramnagar,
Coimbatore-641 009

Phone:(+91-422)2236806,2237259

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH)
Post Box No.3209 Avanashi Road, Peelamedu, Coimbatore-641014.
Phone:(+91-422)2827784 to 90
Fax : +91 -422-2827782

KTVR Hospital
P.O.Box: 2750, Narayana Guru Road,
Saibaba Colony, Coimbatore - 641 011.
Phone: (91-422) - 2445451, 2445311, 2458311 & 2458312
Fax: (91-422) - 2439990



Lalithaa Hospital
828A, Crosscut Road,
Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-12
Phone:(+91-422)2499533

Lotus Eye Care Hospital
19, Cowley Brown Road,
R.S.Puram, Coimbatore-2, India.
Avinashi Road NH 47
Civil Aerodrome Post
Coimbatore - 14
Phone:(+91-422)2626464, 2626565


(MIH) MedIndia Hospitals
96, Vivekananda Road, Ramnagar,
Coimbatore 641 009
Phone:(+91-422) 2232565, 2230090
Fax: +91-44-28261122

Naveen Hospital
Raja Nagar, Trichy Road, Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore-28
Phone:(+91-422)2317065, 2319195, 2317589.

Ponniah Hospital
232, East Thiruvenkataswamy Road, R.S Puram, Coimbatore-641002
Phone:(+91-422)2453385


PSG Hospitals
Peelamedu, Coimbatore-641004
Phone:(+91-422)2570170

Rao Hospital
West Periyasamy Road,
R.S. Puram, Coimbatore-641002
Phone:(+91-422)2431420, 2436510, 2431341, 2453972


Richmond Hospital
1287, Trichy Road, (Opp Air Inida), Coimbatore-18
Phone:(+91-422)2303630



Sankara Eye Centre Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Medical Trust
Sathy Road, Sivanadapuram, Ganapathy,
Coimbatore - 641035
Phone :(+91-422)22666450
Fax: 91 - 422 - 22666460

Saravana Surgery
356, D.B Road, R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore-641 002.
Phone:(+91-422)2470835, 2477684

Sheela Hospital
46, East Power House Road, Tatabad,
Coimbatore-12
Phone:(+91-422)249838-3

Siloam Thomas Eye Hospital
No:15, Chinnammal Street,
K.K. Pudur,Saibaba Colony, Coimbatore-641038
Tamilnadu, INDIA.
Phone : (+91-422) 2441745, 4202745
Fax: 4383745

Sri Ramakrishna Hospital
395,Sarojini Naidu road, Ramnagar,
Coimbatore-44
Phone:(+91-422) 2210075

Surya Hospital
Ganapathy, Coimbatore-641009
Phone:(+91-422)2531797


The Balakishnan Hospital
100 Feet Road, Tatabad, Coimbatore-641 012
Phone:(+91-422)2497114


The Eye Foundation
55-56, Subramaniam Road,
West Ramalingam Road Junction,
R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore -641 002


Vedanayagam Hospital Pvt Ltd
133, East Bashyakaralu Road,
R.S.Puram, Coimbatore-2
Phone:(+91-422)2430043,2430044


Vikram ENT Hospital & Research Institute
69, West Venkataswamy Road, R.S.Puram, Coimbatore-2
Phone:(+91-422)2550633, 2546387,2550133