Encouraged by growing cargo and passenger traffic, Cochin International Airport (CIAL) is wooing foreign airlines to operate cargo freighters and a passenger aircraft from Europe to Kochi. CIAL is in negotiations with Luftansa and Gulf Air to bring their cargo freighters to Kochi. CIAL MD S Bharath told ET the talks are in an advance stage. The cargo traffic from the airport is projected to go up to 50,000 tonnes .
“We are planning hub and spoke method for attracting cargo. Kochi will act as a hub and collect cargo from surrounding areas like Tirupur, Coimbatore, Kannur, Alappuzha etc,” Mr Bharath said. CIAL is eyeing garment consignments from Tirupur and Kannur, light engineering goods from Coimbatore apart from spices and seafood in Kochi. Since accessibility to Kochi airport is easier than to Chennai from Tirupur and Coimbatore, Mr Bharath reckons exporters will use the cargo freighter facilities here to cut logistic costs.
Source: Economic Times
Thursday, November 30, 2006
IT Manufacturers Shift Focus to Coimbatore
The Coimbatore IT market is gaining in importance with the major manufacturers increasing their focus on the channel here targeting the home and SME segments, which offer a great deal of growth opportunity, according to the channel partners who participated in the recently held DI Yatra meet.
More than 70 channel partners attended the Coimbatore Yatra meet and enthusiastically interacted with IT majors Seagate, Sahara Computers, Logitech, Pinnacle Systems and Trend Micro who showcased their latest technology products.
According to Murthy of e-logic, "With Bangalore slowly crowding up, the MNCs are now shifting their focus to Coimbatore, which also has a pleasant climate, and establishing their branches here."
Laptops and AMD processors are much in demand in Coimbatore, the dealers informed. Amiradh Alingam of K. K. Computer Associates said, "Since the last two months especially we have seen a tremendous growth in the laptop sales. The SMEs are a major driver of IT business here."
"There is an overall increase in sales of AMD processors because of their cost and performance. Currently, HP rules the roost in laptop sales. All the manufacturers are very supportive and provide pre- and post-sales support," Alingam added.
However, some of the dealers were not happy with the distributors who, they said, do not promptly respond to their calls to help them sort out replacement issues. But schemes and incentives have been reaching them in time and the manufacturers themselves keep in touch with the channel partners, the dealers said.
Currently, AMD, Lenovo, HP, HCL and Compaq are doing good business, according to the dealers.
The channel here has a representative body called Coimbatore Computer Dealers Association (CCDA). Sentil, secretary, CCDA, said, "We hold an IT exhibition in March every year and organize meetings with our members every Friday. We also plan to soon cover the entire IT industry and not restrict only to hardware, and go in for a name change to reflect the new entity."
Source: Channel Times
More than 70 channel partners attended the Coimbatore Yatra meet and enthusiastically interacted with IT majors Seagate, Sahara Computers, Logitech, Pinnacle Systems and Trend Micro who showcased their latest technology products.
According to Murthy of e-logic, "With Bangalore slowly crowding up, the MNCs are now shifting their focus to Coimbatore, which also has a pleasant climate, and establishing their branches here."
Laptops and AMD processors are much in demand in Coimbatore, the dealers informed. Amiradh Alingam of K. K. Computer Associates said, "Since the last two months especially we have seen a tremendous growth in the laptop sales. The SMEs are a major driver of IT business here."
"There is an overall increase in sales of AMD processors because of their cost and performance. Currently, HP rules the roost in laptop sales. All the manufacturers are very supportive and provide pre- and post-sales support," Alingam added.
However, some of the dealers were not happy with the distributors who, they said, do not promptly respond to their calls to help them sort out replacement issues. But schemes and incentives have been reaching them in time and the manufacturers themselves keep in touch with the channel partners, the dealers said.
Currently, AMD, Lenovo, HP, HCL and Compaq are doing good business, according to the dealers.
The channel here has a representative body called Coimbatore Computer Dealers Association (CCDA). Sentil, secretary, CCDA, said, "We hold an IT exhibition in March every year and organize meetings with our members every Friday. We also plan to soon cover the entire IT industry and not restrict only to hardware, and go in for a name change to reflect the new entity."
Source: Channel Times
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Coimbatore :More Jobs and Labour Shortage
Despite having a number of engineering colleges and technical institutes, this major industrial belt of Tamil Nadu is facing an acute labour shortage, be it in manufacturing sector, textiles or foundry.
The region, particularly in and around Coimbatore, is known for textile mills, pump and motors and castings. However, production in these sectors was hit at least 10 to 20 per cent due to non-availability of labour, particularly skilled ones, industrialists say.
According to C R Swaminathan, chief executive of a leading technological institute in the city and a foundry owner, a large number of foundry units here have doubled their capacity to cater to the needs of auto-component makers.
However, the units were managing three shifts with skeletal staff, since labourers, especially skilled ones, were not available affecting production. Though women can be utilised for general works, it would be difficult for them to lift heavy castings, Swaminathan said.
There was a requirement of 10,000 labourers as of now in the sector, he added.
The situation is no different in textile and motor and pumps sectors also, Jayakumar Ramdoss, chairman of CII, Coimbatore zone, and one of the leading pump manufactures, said.
Though Southern India Mills Association has started a cell for employment, the number of aspirants was not that encouraging, Jayakumar said.
Various industrial associations have submitted lists of requirements and type of labour to the district collector Neeraj Mittal, who has written to them based on the applications he was receiving every week, Jayakumar said.
However, more than 35 per cent of the job seekers have either crossed 50 years or not willing to do such works as they wanted "decent pay at the start itself and only white collar jobs", he said.
Some graduates prefer to sit idle than taking up jobs for Rs 3,000 or Rs 4,000 to start with or at least to gain experience, he said.
A majority of the job seekers appear to be waiting for the commissioning of the Tidel Park, coming up in the city.
As many of the fresh engineers passing out from the city colleges were rushing to Bangalore and Chennai for jobs of more than Rs 15,000 in the first month, others were also pinning hope on IT sector, which was yet to reach its peak here, Jayakumar said.
However, a recent report of a large number of resignations of staff from call centres, particularly in Bangalore, due to overstress working in the nights, has somewhat helped in applying brakes to the rush in seeking jobs in the sector, Swaminathan said.
But this should shift to other sector, which was feeling the pinch of labour shortage, he added.
Source: Chennai Online
The region, particularly in and around Coimbatore, is known for textile mills, pump and motors and castings. However, production in these sectors was hit at least 10 to 20 per cent due to non-availability of labour, particularly skilled ones, industrialists say.
According to C R Swaminathan, chief executive of a leading technological institute in the city and a foundry owner, a large number of foundry units here have doubled their capacity to cater to the needs of auto-component makers.
However, the units were managing three shifts with skeletal staff, since labourers, especially skilled ones, were not available affecting production. Though women can be utilised for general works, it would be difficult for them to lift heavy castings, Swaminathan said.
There was a requirement of 10,000 labourers as of now in the sector, he added.
The situation is no different in textile and motor and pumps sectors also, Jayakumar Ramdoss, chairman of CII, Coimbatore zone, and one of the leading pump manufactures, said.
Though Southern India Mills Association has started a cell for employment, the number of aspirants was not that encouraging, Jayakumar said.
Various industrial associations have submitted lists of requirements and type of labour to the district collector Neeraj Mittal, who has written to them based on the applications he was receiving every week, Jayakumar said.
However, more than 35 per cent of the job seekers have either crossed 50 years or not willing to do such works as they wanted "decent pay at the start itself and only white collar jobs", he said.
Some graduates prefer to sit idle than taking up jobs for Rs 3,000 or Rs 4,000 to start with or at least to gain experience, he said.
A majority of the job seekers appear to be waiting for the commissioning of the Tidel Park, coming up in the city.
As many of the fresh engineers passing out from the city colleges were rushing to Bangalore and Chennai for jobs of more than Rs 15,000 in the first month, others were also pinning hope on IT sector, which was yet to reach its peak here, Jayakumar said.
However, a recent report of a large number of resignations of staff from call centres, particularly in Bangalore, due to overstress working in the nights, has somewhat helped in applying brakes to the rush in seeking jobs in the sector, Swaminathan said.
But this should shift to other sector, which was feeling the pinch of labour shortage, he added.
Source: Chennai Online
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Pricol establishes biomass gasifier crematorium
Premier Instruments and Control Ltd., which manufactures automotive instruments, has established a crematorium that will burn bodies using energy from a biomass gasifier unit. It has been established in association with the Periyanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat under the company's Pricol Rural Development Programme (PRDP).
Commissioned
The crematorium at Periyanaickenpalayam, about 20 km north of the city, was commissioned on Thursday and dedicated to the public by Collector Neeraj Mittal and Thondamuthur MLA M. Kannappan .
The crematorium, named `Nithyananda', was part of the company's corporate-social responsibility. Pricol's Managing Director Vijay Mohan said it had been built at Rs.85 lakh. The employees had contributed a day's salary towards establishing it in memory of the company's founder N. Damotharan.
Non-profit basis
Six bodies a day could be cremated in the new crematorium. The charge for each body was Rs.750 and the firm said it was on a non-profit basis.
Executive Director of the company and Managing Trustee of Siruthuli Vanita Mohan said Periyanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat President P.R.G. Arunkumar supported the community service initiatives, especially the crematorium.
Fuel
He had helped in obtaining a vehicle to bring bodies to the crematorium. The vehicle also would be provided at a reasonable cost.
The biomass gasifier would use wood from thorny shrubs (veli kathan) as fuel. Cultivation of these on wastelands would fetch an income, especially when used for such biomass gasifier units.
Smoke from the furnaces would be let out through a 100 ft chimney. It would not cause pollution as it will be routed through a scrubber.
Commending Pricol for providing the crematorium for the community, Mr. Kannappan said it was a very significant contribution considered the difficulties faced now in maintaining burial grounds or cremation sheds.
He also appreciated the support lent by the Town Panchayat.
Former Coimbatore East MLA V.K. Lakshmanan said the crematorium was a timely contribution by the company to the people when there was a struggle to find space for burial or cremation.
Contribution
Mr. Arunkumar thanked the management and employees of Pricol for providing the facility in Periyanaickenpalayam.
Ms. Mohan thanked the Government agencies, especially the District Administration and the Town Panchayat for the support to the service projects.
"Our next project is a hospital for the community. I hope we get the same amount of support," she said and thanked the company's employees also for their support.
Programmes
The company said in a release that PRDP aimed at serving the villages located around the manufacturing facility of Pricol.
The other programmes were water management, afforestation, wastewater recycling, solid waste management, literacy and health.
The employees had also contributed a day's salary for the Kargil operations, the victims of the Gujarat earthquake and the tsunami that hit Tamil Nadu, the revival of the Noyyal river, construction of a bridge across a stream in Periyanaickenpalayam and to Siruthuli for de-silting tanks, the release said.
Source: The Hindu
Commissioned
The crematorium at Periyanaickenpalayam, about 20 km north of the city, was commissioned on Thursday and dedicated to the public by Collector Neeraj Mittal and Thondamuthur MLA M. Kannappan .
The crematorium, named `Nithyananda', was part of the company's corporate-social responsibility. Pricol's Managing Director Vijay Mohan said it had been built at Rs.85 lakh. The employees had contributed a day's salary towards establishing it in memory of the company's founder N. Damotharan.
Non-profit basis
Six bodies a day could be cremated in the new crematorium. The charge for each body was Rs.750 and the firm said it was on a non-profit basis.
Executive Director of the company and Managing Trustee of Siruthuli Vanita Mohan said Periyanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat President P.R.G. Arunkumar supported the community service initiatives, especially the crematorium.
Fuel
He had helped in obtaining a vehicle to bring bodies to the crematorium. The vehicle also would be provided at a reasonable cost.
The biomass gasifier would use wood from thorny shrubs (veli kathan) as fuel. Cultivation of these on wastelands would fetch an income, especially when used for such biomass gasifier units.
Smoke from the furnaces would be let out through a 100 ft chimney. It would not cause pollution as it will be routed through a scrubber.
Commending Pricol for providing the crematorium for the community, Mr. Kannappan said it was a very significant contribution considered the difficulties faced now in maintaining burial grounds or cremation sheds.
He also appreciated the support lent by the Town Panchayat.
Former Coimbatore East MLA V.K. Lakshmanan said the crematorium was a timely contribution by the company to the people when there was a struggle to find space for burial or cremation.
Contribution
Mr. Arunkumar thanked the management and employees of Pricol for providing the facility in Periyanaickenpalayam.
Ms. Mohan thanked the Government agencies, especially the District Administration and the Town Panchayat for the support to the service projects.
"Our next project is a hospital for the community. I hope we get the same amount of support," she said and thanked the company's employees also for their support.
Programmes
The company said in a release that PRDP aimed at serving the villages located around the manufacturing facility of Pricol.
The other programmes were water management, afforestation, wastewater recycling, solid waste management, literacy and health.
The employees had also contributed a day's salary for the Kargil operations, the victims of the Gujarat earthquake and the tsunami that hit Tamil Nadu, the revival of the Noyyal river, construction of a bridge across a stream in Periyanaickenpalayam and to Siruthuli for de-silting tanks, the release said.
Source: The Hindu
Residential colonies along Tiruchi Road in trouble
Five residential colonies along Tiruchi Road in the city may even be tempted to equate Sanganur Canal with Huang Ho - the river that is known as the `Sorrow of China'. Huang Ho has a history of killing many during floods. Overflow from Sanganur Canal or a breach in its bund every year triggers fear of loss of life or property among the residents in colonies close to it.
The water that overflowed from the canal on the night of November 1 is yet to drain from most of the roads of the Kothari Layout, B.R. Nagar, Raja Nagar, Govindasamy Nagar and Sri Andal Nagar. With the possibility of more rain, the residents fear that the worst is yet to come.
The very few portions of roads that are dry do not offer much comfort to the residents. Slush or dry silt remains to torment them.
`Elite' areas
For a stranger, these areas will give the impression of being ones that are not wanted by the rest of the city. Actually, they are considered `elite' areas after Race Course, R.S. Puram and Saibaba Colony. But, for more than two weeks, people dread using cars, motorcycles and scooters as a sheet of water has submerged the streets. Pits dug for laying a foundation and rods jutting out threaten to kill people on a site along Udayampalayam Road.
The road and the colonies are located north of Tiruchi Road and the first signs of the people's plight are visible as soon as one reaches a car dealer's service station. A flooded Udayampalayam Road welcomes one to the B.R. Nagar. An autorickshaw driver struggles to get to a dry patch of road. V. Srinivasan, who has been living in B.R. Nagar for 20 years, says that with encroachments on the canal and garbage blocking flow, water rises above the bund and enters these residential colonies and also some on the southern side of the road. "Now some small waterways for rainwater to drain are also blocked. This leads to water logging in our areas."
R. Subramanian, a resident in the same colony, says dirt water entered the drinking water sump. Slush also entered his bore well whenever such flooding occurred and the repairs cost him heavily. Water is already discharged into a farm in the colony. After reaching a saturation point during heavy rain, excess water flows out and submerges roads. Some residents say that people step out of their houses for office in lungis and shorts. They carry their trousers and shoes and wear these at the house of a friend or relative that has escaped flooding.
Difficult times
The house of Coimbatore Corporation's Works Committee Chairman R. Ramaswamy is the first on B.R. Nagar's fourth street. It stares at a sheet of water.
An aggrieved resident at Govindaswamy Nagar has placed sandbags in front of his house to prevent water from entering it. People have been going through very difficult times as the area had been flooded four times this month, he says.
Mr. Srinivasan says that Mayor `Colony' R. Venkatachalam, Deputy Mayor N. Karthik, Ward 14 councillor R. Cheralathan and Corporation officials visited these areas in the first week of this month and had promised a solution.
Solution
But, nothing has been done so far to drain the water. Meena Estate and a few other areas that had reeled under such flooding every year till a couple of years ago are now safe. A low causeway near Puliyakulam had been replaced with a high-level bridge as blocks caused by garbage led to a backflow of water from the canal to the residential areas. But, the threat to other areas from the canal persists, as the situation in B.R. Nagar and nearby layouts point out.
Source: The Hindu
The water that overflowed from the canal on the night of November 1 is yet to drain from most of the roads of the Kothari Layout, B.R. Nagar, Raja Nagar, Govindasamy Nagar and Sri Andal Nagar. With the possibility of more rain, the residents fear that the worst is yet to come.
The very few portions of roads that are dry do not offer much comfort to the residents. Slush or dry silt remains to torment them.
`Elite' areas
For a stranger, these areas will give the impression of being ones that are not wanted by the rest of the city. Actually, they are considered `elite' areas after Race Course, R.S. Puram and Saibaba Colony. But, for more than two weeks, people dread using cars, motorcycles and scooters as a sheet of water has submerged the streets. Pits dug for laying a foundation and rods jutting out threaten to kill people on a site along Udayampalayam Road.
The road and the colonies are located north of Tiruchi Road and the first signs of the people's plight are visible as soon as one reaches a car dealer's service station. A flooded Udayampalayam Road welcomes one to the B.R. Nagar. An autorickshaw driver struggles to get to a dry patch of road. V. Srinivasan, who has been living in B.R. Nagar for 20 years, says that with encroachments on the canal and garbage blocking flow, water rises above the bund and enters these residential colonies and also some on the southern side of the road. "Now some small waterways for rainwater to drain are also blocked. This leads to water logging in our areas."
R. Subramanian, a resident in the same colony, says dirt water entered the drinking water sump. Slush also entered his bore well whenever such flooding occurred and the repairs cost him heavily. Water is already discharged into a farm in the colony. After reaching a saturation point during heavy rain, excess water flows out and submerges roads. Some residents say that people step out of their houses for office in lungis and shorts. They carry their trousers and shoes and wear these at the house of a friend or relative that has escaped flooding.
Difficult times
The house of Coimbatore Corporation's Works Committee Chairman R. Ramaswamy is the first on B.R. Nagar's fourth street. It stares at a sheet of water.
An aggrieved resident at Govindaswamy Nagar has placed sandbags in front of his house to prevent water from entering it. People have been going through very difficult times as the area had been flooded four times this month, he says.
Mr. Srinivasan says that Mayor `Colony' R. Venkatachalam, Deputy Mayor N. Karthik, Ward 14 councillor R. Cheralathan and Corporation officials visited these areas in the first week of this month and had promised a solution.
Solution
But, nothing has been done so far to drain the water. Meena Estate and a few other areas that had reeled under such flooding every year till a couple of years ago are now safe. A low causeway near Puliyakulam had been replaced with a high-level bridge as blocks caused by garbage led to a backflow of water from the canal to the residential areas. But, the threat to other areas from the canal persists, as the situation in B.R. Nagar and nearby layouts point out.
Source: The Hindu
Friday, November 24, 2006
Suzlon to set up 2nd facility in Coimbatore
Suzlon Energy will set up an energy engineering facility over a 250-acre plot about 20 km west of Coimbatore. This could be the largest corporate facility of its kind so far in the southern city of Tamil Nadu.
The upcoming project was, among other things, expected to house a wind turbine components manufacturing and testing facility for rotor blades, an industry source said, without going into specifics of the investments involved.
So far, the Pune-headquartered wind energy major has had a foundry unit operating from Coimbatore. The upcoming expansion will help it widen its manufacturing footprint in south India.
Suzlon, which had already completed the purchase of the required land, was in “advanced stages” of talks with the Tamil Nadu government, industry sources said. The company had submitted documents pertaining to the land purchase procedures of the facility a few days ago, prior to the physical inspection of the proposed site, they added.
Following the physical inspection and approval by state and local authorities, the commerce ministry was expected to give its final go-ahead by mid-December, the sources said. And then, Suzlon was expected to start construction work on the facility by January next year, they added.
The project, which will come up along the L&T bypass road that links Palladam taluk with Tirupur, was given the initial go-ahead by the commerce ministry on October 6, with full benefits accorded to it under the SEZ Act of 2004.
Suzlon, one of the world’s leading wind energy turbine producers, shares more than half of the domestic wind turbines market.
Source: Business Standard
The upcoming project was, among other things, expected to house a wind turbine components manufacturing and testing facility for rotor blades, an industry source said, without going into specifics of the investments involved.
So far, the Pune-headquartered wind energy major has had a foundry unit operating from Coimbatore. The upcoming expansion will help it widen its manufacturing footprint in south India.
Suzlon, which had already completed the purchase of the required land, was in “advanced stages” of talks with the Tamil Nadu government, industry sources said. The company had submitted documents pertaining to the land purchase procedures of the facility a few days ago, prior to the physical inspection of the proposed site, they added.
Following the physical inspection and approval by state and local authorities, the commerce ministry was expected to give its final go-ahead by mid-December, the sources said. And then, Suzlon was expected to start construction work on the facility by January next year, they added.
The project, which will come up along the L&T bypass road that links Palladam taluk with Tirupur, was given the initial go-ahead by the commerce ministry on October 6, with full benefits accorded to it under the SEZ Act of 2004.
Suzlon, one of the world’s leading wind energy turbine producers, shares more than half of the domestic wind turbines market.
Source: Business Standard
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Big Bazaar makes its entry into Coimbatore !!!
Big Bazaar makes its entry into Tamil Nadu with Coimbatore as its first stop
First things first. It has car parking — albeit limited — and a space opposite for two wheelers. But Big Bazaar is definitely big. There is no question about that. Several floors, spacious, well-lit and with all kinds of merchandise, there is something for everyone here.
On a rainy day (we have been having quite a few of them lately), it is a relief to stroll around in comfort picking up groceries, vegetables, or anything else your heart desires.
Kids are going to be especially excited at the glass elevator within the shop that affords a bird's eye view of the various wares on sale, and, there is also an escalator for those unable to climb stairs.
For the health conscious and the energetic, wide stairways provide comfortable movement from floor to floor.
Kiddies delight
If you want to shop in peace, then do your kids' shopping first. Toys and books are available for various age groups. The collection of books is a bit sparse at the moment, but no doubt it will increase.
The only reservation one could have is that the staff doesn't seem to know too much about what books there are and what there aren't, and when asked they disappear without a trace!
For the plastic dabba lovers, there is plenty to choose from. They are shaped, sized, coloured and textured to suit your kitchen's décor.
Stainless steel vessels, also in vast numbers and variety, non-stick cookware, melmoware and glassware all make up an entire section. Interesting bathroom accessories like shelves to hold your lotions, shampoos and soaps as well as towel hangers are available at reasonable rates.
Discounts by the dozen
There are a lot of bargains on at the moment. Quite a few products come with a freebie attached — it is either a discount or a `buy two and get one free' kind of an offer. Toiletries, groceries, freshly ground spices and coffee fill the shelves and you are sure to find your favourite brands right here.
Clothes are a plenty, with crinkled skirts, casual denims, shirts and kids wear occupying a large area. Furniture is another attraction here with fuss-free bookshelves, cabinets, cupboards and dining sets offering you quite a choice.
Bedroom furniture and living room ones are also available.
It is all a bit bewildering at first. There are a lot of things for your eyes and ears to take in. But it is a kind of a place that one could get used to. Big Bazaar will soon have a food court and a beauty parlour! How's that for a complete experience?
Source: The Hindu
First things first. It has car parking — albeit limited — and a space opposite for two wheelers. But Big Bazaar is definitely big. There is no question about that. Several floors, spacious, well-lit and with all kinds of merchandise, there is something for everyone here.
On a rainy day (we have been having quite a few of them lately), it is a relief to stroll around in comfort picking up groceries, vegetables, or anything else your heart desires.
Kids are going to be especially excited at the glass elevator within the shop that affords a bird's eye view of the various wares on sale, and, there is also an escalator for those unable to climb stairs.
For the health conscious and the energetic, wide stairways provide comfortable movement from floor to floor.
Kiddies delight
If you want to shop in peace, then do your kids' shopping first. Toys and books are available for various age groups. The collection of books is a bit sparse at the moment, but no doubt it will increase.
The only reservation one could have is that the staff doesn't seem to know too much about what books there are and what there aren't, and when asked they disappear without a trace!
For the plastic dabba lovers, there is plenty to choose from. They are shaped, sized, coloured and textured to suit your kitchen's décor.
Stainless steel vessels, also in vast numbers and variety, non-stick cookware, melmoware and glassware all make up an entire section. Interesting bathroom accessories like shelves to hold your lotions, shampoos and soaps as well as towel hangers are available at reasonable rates.
Discounts by the dozen
There are a lot of bargains on at the moment. Quite a few products come with a freebie attached — it is either a discount or a `buy two and get one free' kind of an offer. Toiletries, groceries, freshly ground spices and coffee fill the shelves and you are sure to find your favourite brands right here.
Clothes are a plenty, with crinkled skirts, casual denims, shirts and kids wear occupying a large area. Furniture is another attraction here with fuss-free bookshelves, cabinets, cupboards and dining sets offering you quite a choice.
Bedroom furniture and living room ones are also available.
It is all a bit bewildering at first. There are a lot of things for your eyes and ears to take in. But it is a kind of a place that one could get used to. Big Bazaar will soon have a food court and a beauty parlour! How's that for a complete experience?
Source: The Hindu
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
SIPCOT and SIDCO coming soon to Dharmapuri !!!
The identification of land required for establishment of industrial estates by SIPCOT and SIDCO in Dharmapuri is in full swing. The State Government has identified more than 400 acres of Government `Poromboke' land in a radius of 3 km from Dharmapuri town which is very near to the proposed four-lane highway, said Minister for Agriculture Veerapandi S. Arumugam here on Monday.
He told reporters that the Government had received more than 1,300 applications from entrepreneurs and industrialists in Tirupur, Coimbatore and Bangalore seeking permission for establishment of industries in the proposed industrial estates.
Institute
A majority of them had requested 200 acres for setting up textile and garment industries, chemical industries, coir and agro-based industries, PVC pipes and automobile industries. The Department of Sericulture had requested one acre for setting up a Sericulture Research and Training Institute in the district.
Mr. Arumugam said that the soil conditions in Dharmapuri were best suited for cultivation of horticultural crops including mango, guava and sapota.
The Government was providing subsidy to farmers for drip irrigation.
An amount of Rs. 300 crore allotted by the Centre for implementation of various horticultural schemes in the State was not utilised by the previous AIADMK regime.
Allotted
The Dharmapuri MLA had allotted Rs. 4 lakh under the constituency development fund for upgrading and maintenance of the uzhavar sandhai in Dharmapuri.
The district administration had sent a proposal to the Centre to take up works under the food-for-work programme at an outlay of Rs. 90 crore in the district. The long pending Hogenakkal Comprehensive Drinking Water Supply Scheme would soon be implemented, he added.
Source: The Hindu
He told reporters that the Government had received more than 1,300 applications from entrepreneurs and industrialists in Tirupur, Coimbatore and Bangalore seeking permission for establishment of industries in the proposed industrial estates.
Institute
A majority of them had requested 200 acres for setting up textile and garment industries, chemical industries, coir and agro-based industries, PVC pipes and automobile industries. The Department of Sericulture had requested one acre for setting up a Sericulture Research and Training Institute in the district.
Mr. Arumugam said that the soil conditions in Dharmapuri were best suited for cultivation of horticultural crops including mango, guava and sapota.
The Government was providing subsidy to farmers for drip irrigation.
An amount of Rs. 300 crore allotted by the Centre for implementation of various horticultural schemes in the State was not utilised by the previous AIADMK regime.
Allotted
The Dharmapuri MLA had allotted Rs. 4 lakh under the constituency development fund for upgrading and maintenance of the uzhavar sandhai in Dharmapuri.
The district administration had sent a proposal to the Centre to take up works under the food-for-work programme at an outlay of Rs. 90 crore in the district. The long pending Hogenakkal Comprehensive Drinking Water Supply Scheme would soon be implemented, he added.
Source: The Hindu
Indore boy sets longest marathon singing record of 54 hrs 42 mins !!
Deepak Gupta, a native of Indore, sang non-stop for 54 hours and 42 minutes, to beat an old world record of 54 hours and 41 minutes set by a German in solo singing.
Gupta took all the precautions to avoid any controversy and acquainted himself of the rules of the game.
"I sang 1200 songs. This is an attempt to get entry in the Guinness Book of records. I have followed all their guidelines," said Gupta.
A commerce graduate, Gupta has undergone seven years of degree course in singing and has performed over thousand stage shows across the country.
Gupta is also an expert in yoga and feels it immensely helped him bear the physical and mental strain during his performance.
A week ago, a sixteen-year-old Indore girl created a singing record by singing non-stop for 61 hours, but failed to register her name in the record book. According to the rules, the Guinness book officials need to be informed before beginning such an attempt and in this case they were informed 14 hours after setting the record.
Source:Daily India
Gupta took all the precautions to avoid any controversy and acquainted himself of the rules of the game.
"I sang 1200 songs. This is an attempt to get entry in the Guinness Book of records. I have followed all their guidelines," said Gupta.
A commerce graduate, Gupta has undergone seven years of degree course in singing and has performed over thousand stage shows across the country.
Gupta is also an expert in yoga and feels it immensely helped him bear the physical and mental strain during his performance.
A week ago, a sixteen-year-old Indore girl created a singing record by singing non-stop for 61 hours, but failed to register her name in the record book. According to the rules, the Guinness book officials need to be informed before beginning such an attempt and in this case they were informed 14 hours after setting the record.
Source:Daily India
Special vehicles to restore NH 67
The Union governmnet has decided to set up Special purpose vehicles to restore the National Highway reaches of NJ-34 and NH-66, in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively, affected by heavy rainfall and landslides.
In a meeting between Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, T R Baalu and senior officials of Department of Road Transport & Highways and the National Highways Authority of India today, it was decided that the vehicle would be set up in co-ordination with concerned state governments, a press release said.
This step would take care of suitable timely remedial measures and ensure that work of emergent repairs could be taken up immediately, the release added.
Large scale damages have been reported in both highways due to incessant rains in the past two months.
In Tamil Nadu alone, the stretches along the Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Ooty-Karnataka border on NH 67 extensions and the Tindivanam-Pondicherry stretch of NH 66, were badly damaged due to rains while heavy landslides in Mettupalayam had resulted in diversion of vehicular traffic, the release said.
Source: Chennai Online
In a meeting between Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, T R Baalu and senior officials of Department of Road Transport & Highways and the National Highways Authority of India today, it was decided that the vehicle would be set up in co-ordination with concerned state governments, a press release said.
This step would take care of suitable timely remedial measures and ensure that work of emergent repairs could be taken up immediately, the release added.
Large scale damages have been reported in both highways due to incessant rains in the past two months.
In Tamil Nadu alone, the stretches along the Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Ooty-Karnataka border on NH 67 extensions and the Tindivanam-Pondicherry stretch of NH 66, were badly damaged due to rains while heavy landslides in Mettupalayam had resulted in diversion of vehicular traffic, the release said.
Source: Chennai Online
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