Madurai News Updates April 2008: Muthuramalinga Thevar Statue vandalised: Tension in Madurai: Actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen Case quashed

Tension gripped Goripalayam in the heart of Madurai on Monday after a statue of the late All-India Forward Bloc leader U Muthuramalinga Thevar, deified by the Thevar community, was found vandalised.

Protesting the incident, members of the community stoned and damaged several buses across the caste-sensitive region, which has a sizeable Thevar (most backward caste) population.

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The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed criminal cases against popular Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen. Read more

Madurai IT Park Latest News and Updates: March, April 2008

In Today’s TN assembly answering the question over IT park inauguration in second tier cities, Chief Minister Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi assured that stone foundation of IT park at Madurai Ilanthaikulam will be inaugurated soon. There is no symptom of second IT park inauguration near MK University as on date.

Madurai Goddess Meenakshi Wedding - Live Webcast at maduraimeenakshi.org - Web Telecast - Chitra/Chithirai - Chithra Festival - Chithra Thiruvizha

The celestial Wedding of Goddess Meenakshi with Lord Sundareswarar at the famous Sri Meenakshi temple in Madurai will be telecast live on the internet on April 18, temple officials said.

Devotees can log on to www.maduraimeenakshi.org website to watch the event, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Temple T.Kannan and the Executive Officer B.Raja said.

They told newsmen at Madurai that the 12-day festival would begin on April l9 and Pattabhishekam(Coronation)would be held on April 16 followed by Dhigvijayam (Deities visiting the city)on April 17. The Car festival would be held on April 19.

A temple feast would be organised when about 50,000 devotees would be provided free feast on the wedding day.

Since the four 'Chitrai' streets were in a bad shape,the Corporation authorities had been requested to repair them for the festival.

The wedding programme would be telecast live using LCD projectors in two big screens in the temple. Besides 40 TV sets would be installed at different points in the temple to enable people to see the function, they said.

sourcing from newstodaynet/thatstamil/hindu/indianexpress

Madurai Passport News, Status and Updates

News 1:
There is a new analysis that Madurai Passport office seem to have lesser employees, than the demand. Madurai passport office has only 37 employees and it is not enough for the traffic of applications received in Madurai itself.

News 2:
There was a clash yesterday between two brokers/agents outside passport office, due to a conflict.

madurai passport office news status updates

What is Madurai Times's aim?

You have been noticing that Madurai Times Blog - Made In Madurai, has been posting articles very regularly and continously from 2005 to till date.

What is our aim in Madurai Times dot com?

1) Provide all kinds of information about Madurai - news, views, happennings, updates, improvements etc., Help people all over the world with information about Madurai.

2) Help Madurai businesses who want to have their business heard and reach the consumers, world users and advertise about their business.

3) Bring all the information about Madurai into a single place - If you notice we have even launched imadurai.com. This is a free service for people who are looking for information about madurai and also free service for businesses to have their business listed in particular categories.

4) Support "New Madurai Foundation"'s aim of improvement of Madurai, by using the BLOGGING TOOL and have the word and good news about Madurai reach Madurai people all over the world.

5) Motivate Madurai for a Great Madurai!!!

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Tamil nadu to promote four more SEZs - Madurai Update

In an effort at equitable economic growth across the state, the Tamil Nadu government is encouraging industrial and IT investments in areas other than Chennai and its suburbs, said Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan here Thursday. Presenting the budget for 2008-09, he announced four special economic zones (SEZ) for (a) transport engineering goods at Gangaikondan, Tirunelveli district on 255-acre; (b) automobile and auto spare parts at Cheyyar, Tiruvanamalai district on 255-acre; (c) 263-acre engineering goods at Perunthurai, Erode; and (d) leather sector in 260 acres at Ranipet.

According to him, so far 32 SEZs have been approved in Tamil Nadu and 29 of them have been notified by the central government.

“Efforts are being taken to establish multi-product SEZs at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district, Krishnagiri, Perambalur and Ennore,” he said.

Anbazhagan also declared that the state government would pay careful attention to the livelihood security of farmers when establishing the SEZs.

He said the state would offer the same tax concessions enjoyed by industrial units investing Rs.3.5 billion ($86.6 million) in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts to those setting up industries in other places at an outlay of Rs.2.5 billion.

The government is also promoting tier II cities as the destination of IT companies.

IT parks are being set up in Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Tirunelveli and Salem. Companies establishing IT parks have been allotted land and SEZ status has been obtained for them.

“A new IT park will be set up in Vellore by ELCOT (Electronic Corp of Tamil Nadu) in partnership with the private sector in the coming financial year,” Anbazhagan said.

He added that Tamil Nadu Cements Corp would double its capacity at an outlay of Rs.820 million.

Source: thaindian - a news portal for indians in thailand

Madurai's potential explained by CII official

The Tamil Nadu government should shift investments in the automobile manufacturing sector to South Tamil Nadu as Chennai, a CII official Pradipta K.Mohapatra, Chairman, CII Southern Region said.

The government should now make Madurai a Hub for auto component manufacturing.

He said there was also a need to have Special Economic Zones on Textiles, rubber and auto spares.

Stating that quality of life would comprise quality housing, hotels, medical care, entertainment and shopping, he said more malls and multiplexes should come up. The city should also privatise garbage removal, he said.

He said Madurai and surrounding areas could also be tapped for their potential in Handicraft.

Madurai ELCOT proposal and profile

Madurai's profile prepared by ELCOT. Check it out -

About 50 acres at Illandaikulam village in Madurai North - 4 kms from city limits.

Around 257 acres at Vadapalanji village in Madurai South in Tirumangalam Taluk - opposite to Madurai Kamaraj University.

http://www.elcot.in/elcot_images/madurai.swf

Madurai Map: In and around Madurai

If you were a resident and you are not familiar with Madurai any more, don't worry...Here is a map, which gives a good idea about the area in and around Madurai.

If you are new to Madurai and you are trying to invest in Madurai, here is again the map, which will help you for your need.

Check this link out:
http://www.maplandia.com/india/tamil-nadu/madurai/tirumangalam/

I was able to zoom in and out. I was able to see Tirunagar, Tirumangalam, Airport, Nilayur, Madurai Ring Road, NH-7, NH-49 etc., This gave me a good view of everything.

I have a plot map from a real estate agent(Sun City) and I was able to locate where the plot is, using the map from the URL above.

You can also check it out.

Madurai Farmers worried about government acquiring land from farmers for SEZ

Protesting the Tamil Nadu government's move to acquire agricultural lands for the proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) here, as many as 200 farmers observed a day's hunger strike here today.

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Madurai Tourism Development

Tiruparankunram Hill and Azhagar Malai in the district would be developed as major tourist spots to attract inland and foreign tourists, district collector S S Jawahar said here today.

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Madurai to get Graphite Industry?

CPI(M)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged the State Government to make an announcement on setting up of a graphite unit in Sivaganga.

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Land for Sale in Madurai

19 acres of Madurai Land near propsed IT Park

There is a 19 acre land, exactly 2 miles away from proposed IT park in Madurai. The seller is a reliable person, whom I know.
They will be preparing plots and selling them in smaller lots. These lands are supposed to be in high demand, since there are preparations being kickstarted on construction from government.

If interested, please do call the following number and get more details -

Mr.Nallu Samy: 9442623237.

Please do refer "New Madurai Foundation" as you referral string to Nallu Samy.

Madurai Real Estate Boom?!

Real Estate Boom

One of my friend was asking if all the things happenning in Madurai are:
Hype or Reality?!

My answer to him was Yes and No.
Why I say Yes:
By March 23rd Dr.Kalaignar Karunanidhi is coming to Madurai and he is inaugurating the IT Park location.
This is reality.
So, things are happenning. Corporates like HCL, Satyam etc., are buying land left and right in Madurai.
This is reality.
Real Estate is booming - this is reality and a hype too. Whoever has money invests into it. Once Madurai becomes a developed city, then comes the real return of investment for whatever you might have invested in Madurai.

Hype is what people make about more than what it appears in Madurai to NRMs. NRMs do not see it first hand. So, whatever happens, NRMs get the news second hand and they have to believe it. At the pessimistic person's suspicious eyes, it looks like it is a hype. Not for everyone. We will see once it happens.

Whatever it is - all said and done -
Definitely something is happenning and
it is a reality for Madurai to become a GREAT MADURAI!!!

Madurai's Future Plans

Is Madurai a future metro?

The temple city MADURAI is going to possess the following within next 4-5 years

1. ETL convention center cum shopping mall
Rs.100 crore total investments - with multiplex, hotels & shopping arcades.

2. SIPCOT's 2500 acre SEZ @ Eliyaarpathi , Madurai.

Works had been started to acquire land & they are speaking with the local bodies of Eliyarpathi village.

3. RR Industries - 400 acre township - Rudradev IT Township
Total investment of Rs. 4500 crores .
400 acres of land bought at Sholangurini in Madurai south region.
Plan released for its first phase of work & it was approved - work to
be started soon. 18,000 residencies and apartments with 1 hospital , 2
multiplexes , 2 big shopping malls etc., The IT Park to be built is
8-storeyed building.

4. ELCOT's 2000-10000 acre industrial city in Madurai

5.KSHITJI's shopping mall - At RACE COURSE road , Madurai.
160,000 sq.ft.
Hypermarket
Departmental stores
Multiplex theatre
Retail shops
Entertainment malls
Food court
Frontage : 500 feet & No., of floors : G+3

6. Textile park at Madurai in 100 acres
Total investment of Rs.35 crores.

7. Hiranandhini constructions - Residential township in Madurai.

8. Fortune ITC Welcome group resorts near Madurai airport , Madurai.

9. CINEMAX multiplex theatre @ Madurai outskirts.

10 ADLABS multiplex theatre @ Madurai outskirts.

11. PARAMOUNT airlines PILOT training academy to come up at Madurai.

12. Pentasoft's Sport theme park complex in new Natham road , Madurai.
Maayajaal theme park with multiplex theatre - Investment : Rs.200 Cr

13.Children's science planetarium @ Madurai kamaraj university campus
Rs.25 lakhs investment & 25 exhibits .

14. Helicopter service by PAWAN HAANS copter services from Madurai :
To : RAMESWARAM, KODAIKANAL in first phase
PALANI,KANYAKUMARI, COIMBATORE in next phase

15. Kamaraj memorial medical college to come up at 150 acres of land.
- within 20 kms from the city.
- admissions will start by 2009 & works will be over within 2 years.
- 300 bedded multi-speciality hospital - Rs.150 crores investment.
- 150 M.B.B.S seats permitted
- Run by : Vadamalayan hospital trust & kamuthi nadars association.

16. Rajaji Govt., hospital extension @ Anna bus stand - plan approved.
- G+6 storey fully air-conditioned building
- Rs.35 crores allotted.

17. Vadapalanji IT SEZ approved - tender will be called soon.
- 257 acres IT Township. opp., to MKU.

18. SAHARA city homes @ Ring road near Avaniyapuram , Madurai
- 125 acres project
- 15,000 residencies and apartments with 9 storied mega buildings.

19. Arihant foundation entered Madurai.
- Bought 21 acres of land for residential township.

20. Indo-Australian project on solar energy @ MKU Varsity

- Rs.2 crore project

21. Reliance fresh-s started in MADURAI.

- AA Road, Kochadai, Anna nagar
- Bought 11 old cinema theatres of the city to establish its air-conditioned veg/non-veg market.

22. DLF IT park @ Madurai- promised.

23. IBM IT park @ Madurai- promised.

24. COGNIZANT IT PARK @ Madurai - Promised.
Above three Leading IT companies are in talk with the colleges of southern Tamil Nadu to have a tie-up.

25. 1,00,000 sq.feet land for maatuthavani IT park\

- Land identified & approved - waiting for the works to be started.

26. ARVIND Eye hospitals @ Madurai plans an Ophthalmic university.

27. CONCOR-SR @ Koodal nagar , Madurai.

28. Rajparis-padmam apartments

-on vaigai north bank road near Arappalayam bus-stand.

29 . Warehousing complex to come @ 5 acres in koodal nagar.

30 . 2 private IT parks bought land in Madurai.
1- Chennai based CEEDEEYES , a housing & financing company,
2-Dubai based ETA star property developments LLC.,

31. Passport office at Madurai from NOV.2007 near Anna bus-stand.

32. Auto ancillary & accessory industry on ring road near avaniyapuram ,



33. Old Thangam theatre - Now to turn soon into GV studio city.
GV ltd., bought the thangam theatre to establish its 2nd studio city in tamilnadu next to chennai , here in Madurai.
It will have :

• MULTIPLEX theatres

• 2 three star hotels

• Shopping arcade

• CHENNAI SILKS

• HOTEL SARAVANA BHAVAN.



34. YMCA International center @ MADURAI - Total investment - Rs.3 crores.

35. AITKER SPENCE HOTELS

- 80 Room Garden resort to come up at Madurai near Madurai airport.

36. Infosys IT park @ Madurai soon - promised.

37. 28.93 acres of land allotted for TIDEL park @ Kochadai , Madurai.

38. GLOMAC BHD

-Vietnam's township & residential apartments in ring road near chinthamani , Avaniyapuram.

39. TANKER

- Kidney dialysis hospital @ Madakulam , MADURAI soon.

40. KHIVRAJ TECH PARK in ring road , Madurai near airport.

41. Comprehensive blood & cancer center in Madurai .
- By Apollo hospitals , Madurai & BASKERSFIELD , California.

42. World class HIV/AIDS care center to come up in Madurai.

43. Indoor skating opened @ vandiyoor.

- Island lake @ park planned @ Rs.10 crore expenses.

44. METCALFE - 125 acre residential project in Madurai.

45. DAYS INN star hotel under construction in Madurai.

46. Agri-export zone for flowers in Madurai.

47. HCL Infosystems digital lifestyle store to open in Madurai.

48. Diamler chrysler pondering - authorized service station for BENZ

- a new dealership in Madurai.

49. Rs.120 crores AIIMS Hospital planned at thoppur , Madurai.

50. ZOOLOGICAL PARK planned @ Madurai by corporation ,

- Plan sent for approval, near alagar kovil.







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INFRASTRUCTURE DEVOLEPMENTS

Airways:
New Integrated terminal building at Madurai airport @ Rs.150 crores.
It will have :

• 17,536 sq.feet.

• 5 Escalators

• 7 Lifts

• Modern scanning facility

• CCTV's

• 2 Aero-bridges

• Glass exteriors.

Runway expansion :

1. Runway extended from 6000 ft to 7500 ft.
works are going to extend it further to 9000 sq.ft. After that , works for extending it to 12,500 sq.ft will be taken.

2. Parking bay is increased from 3 to 6. A new parking bay is under construction.

3. Another fuel filling station sanctioned @ Madurai airport by RELIANCE.
- GREEN sign & first step to make it as international airport

4. Indian , SRILANKAN airlines, Malaysian airlines keen to connect Madurai to gulf countries , south-east Asian countries , silence, European & African countries. These airlines like operation from Madurai rather than Trichy.

5. INDIAN plans a package tour of connecting historic places i.e., Madurai-Jammutawi via chennai.

6. Nearly 2 kms of ring road near chinna odaippu will be demolished for the expansion of Madurai airport. The road will be diverted from CIRAC hospital to Kusavakundu & to valayankulam.

Roadways

4 Laning of Madurai bye-pass road with 2 ROB'S

- 1 near palnganatham @ Rs.30 cr.,

- Another near thiruparankundram @ Rs.30 cr.,

- Both will be constructed in clover leaf model with 6 arms each.

- All roads branching out of Madurai except Madurai-cochin highway via., Theni are becoming 4-laned & in plan to change it into 6 lane in future.

- 3rd phase of ring road from Samayanallur to Uthangudi is under work.

- Rs.70 crores sanctioned for radial roads in Madurai.

A new approach road for airport is planned :
1- From Palanganatham - TVS Nagar - Avaniyapuram - Airport.
2- From Thiruparangundram - Nilayur - Airport
Both are 4 laned in plan , & also to be 6 laned in future.

Railways

- Northern Entrance new building @ Madurai railway junction in the place of old pit line.

- It will have centrally air-conditioned hall & shopping arcade with escalators.

- Concourse halls in eastern & western entrance @ Madurai railway junction.

- Doubling of broad gauge line from Madurai - chennai is under work.

- Madurai-chennai ELECTRIFICATION work will be over by 2009.

- Got " Rail Rathna " Award for maintenance

- KOODAL NAGAR - Another full-fledged railway station for Madurai by 2009.

- Rs.150 crore sanctioned for Madurai railway junction to change it into world class A1 status railway junction.

- A new broad gauge line to chennai from Madurai jn via., MELUR , PUDUKOTTAI etc/.,

Software park to be set up at Madurai on 10 lakh sq ft area

Source: Hindustan Times

The software park at Madurai would be set up at on a 10 lakh square feet area and the preliminary works for it were in progress, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday told the State assembly.

Replying to CPI-M member N Nanmaran during question hour, he said the works for setting up the second TIDEL park at Chennai had began.

He said nine MoUs for setting up industries had been signed for a total investment of Rs 8,845 crore, adding this would provide direct employment opportunities for 57,210 persons and indirect job opportunities for 64,330 persons.

Read more in Hindustan Times

Madurai IT Park Latest News

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19 acres of Madurai Land near propsed IT Park

Hi all,

Please forgive me for using this forum for a commercial purpose. But I thought it would be an useful information, for people who might be interested. Others please ignore the mail, if you are not interested and I apologize.

There is a 19 acre land, exactly 2 miles away from proposed IT park in Madurai. The seller is a reliable person, whom I know.
They will be preparing plots and selling them in smaller lots. These lands are supposed to be in high demand, since there are preparations being kickstarted on construction from government.

If interested, please do call the following number and get more details -

Mr.Nallu Samy: 9442623237.

Please do refer "New Madurai Foundation" as you referral string to Nallu Samy.

thank you
tamilselvan.

!!!!Madurai Land near IT park on SALE!!!!

This is a mail from one of our very close contact, who has a reliable plot on sale in Madurai, near the land allocated/designated for IT park.

Here are the details:

1) They have around 14 acres of land, almost around Rs. 3+ crores.
Including registration and other costs, every cent(1 cent = 426 sq. ft) would cost Rs. 20,000.
2) The seller is very reliable and our close contact.
3) Land will be flawless at any level of historical records.
4) The seller would help the buyer with any verification, registration and all kinds of procedures. The seller will make sure there is always lesser thing to worry about.
5) The seller would help with the loan process.
6) The market forcast is that even in 1 or 2 years, the land value has to go up. If you hold it for 3-5 years, the land value would skyrockett like anything!!!

The seller told me that these lands are in high demand and it is expected to raise in value every day. All the corporates and big shots are buying lands here left and right, since people have got lot of money.

If you are interested, please let us know by contacting at mrkathiravan@gmail.com and/or sselvan@gmail.com. We will take it from there.

Forward it to your friends, if it would interest them.

What is happenning in Madurai - Madurai News and Updates!!!!

What is happenning in Madurai - Madurai News and Updates!!!!?

(1) Integrated textile park to be established at Vadipatti
Sixty acres of land had been allotted at Vadipatti to establish an integrated textile park, said N.K.K.P. Raja, Minister for Handlooms and Textiles, here on Saturday. Addressing press persons, the Minister said that the park would come up at a cost of more than Rs.250 crore of which 40 per cent would be sanctioned as Central Government subsidy.

10 maternal deaths in Madurai every month
Nearly 10 maternal deaths are reported in Madurai district every month despite focus on maternal care by the Health Department. Even as the authorities decided to observe October as ‘make Madurai maternal death free,’ the month’s first case was reported in Tirumangalam on Saturday. A review meeting of health projects held by Health Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran recently took a serious note of maternal mortality and officials were instructed to take urgent steps.

Sun TV launches FM stations at Madurai, Tuticorin
Sun TV Network Ltd has announced the launch of FM radio stations at Madurai and Tuticorin under the Suryan FM brand from October 5 through its subsidiary, Kal Radio Ltd.

Constructions for residential complexes in Madurai: Hiranandani Constructions, which last week launched a residential township in Chennai, is likely to launch housing projects in Coimbatore and Madurai, according to Mr Surendra Hiranandani, Managing Director, Hiranandani Constructions.

Two nine feet bronze statues of Marudu brothers, each weighing a tonne, have been sculpted by the sthapthis of Swamimalai in Thanjavur district. Depicting the Marudu brothers — Chinna Marudu and Periya Marudu (Pandiyars) — on horses with their swords drawn, the statues will be installed at Teppakulam in Madurai. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will unveil them on October 31.

Unofficial, but reliable Madurai IT Park News:
I recently heard that Madurai IT park near Thirunagar is approved by the government. However, officially I could not find any news about it. But this is definitely a reliable news. If you are launching a business or buying a property in Madurai, it is a very good time!