Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation

Tirunelveli – the eight year old infant among the Corporation of Tamil Nadu, is a land which has so many laurels to her credit.

This is a land of sages – much evident from epics and puranas. Christening of this place itself bears testimony to its antiquity and divinity.

This is a land of freedom fighters as evidenced by the participants from militant patriots like Shri Wanchi Nathan , Veera Pandiya Kattabomman and revolutionists like Shri V.O.Chidambaram, Shri Subramaniya Bharathiyar, Shri Subramaniya Siva and others.

This is the birth land of industrialists like T.V.S. Simpsons, Easun, India Cements – and also the origin of great News Papers like Thina Thanthi etc.

This is the land that has pernnial water supply through “Tamiraparani” – the only virgin perennial Indian river supplying water to the undivided Tirunelveli District.

This is the land that is famous all over India for its “Halwa” production and even known as Halwa City.

This Corporation is farmed by merging three municipalities i.e Tirunelveli , Palayamkottai and Melapalyam – and few Panchayat areas.

Allotment orders to the Top IT Companies - HCL, Satyam, Sutherland, Scope, Tessolve, Honeywell etc., in Madurai IT Park

Madurai IT Park was in PAPER and DOCUMENTs so far.

Now, it is becoming reality.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Kalaignar M Karunanidhi had allotted lands to the top IT companies from HCL, Sathyam, Sutherland, Scope, Tessolve and Honeywell in Madurai IT Park in Vadapalanji.

Madurai is on the IT revolution right now. Karunanidhi granted allotment orders for 160 acres in Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tiruchi and in Chennai, to top 8 companies that have come forward to set up shop in IT Parks being set up by the state owned Electronics corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT).

The IT companies have surely realised that they stand to gain by moving to the IT SEZs in Tier II cities, like the ones in Madurai, Tirunelveli(Nanguneri SEZs) and Tiruchi. As the STPI benefits will last only till 2010, the IT SEZs are the preferred destinations as companies can enjoy benefits for 10 more years.

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Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul and Madurai: Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3 and Tier-4 Cities of tamil nadu

Please refer to the map above for the districts/cities we refer to.

Government has divided the districts into four different categories, based on the level of existing development, infrastructure and the level of infrastructure and development needed in the years to come.

As years go by, if the cities progress, the city moves to upper tiers.
The four tiers are Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3 and Tier-4 cities.

For example, Tier-1 constitutes Chennai. Tier-2 constitutes Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy etc., Tier-4 constitutes Dindigul.

Coimbatore is a strategic development centre for Cognizant like software companies, similar to the ones we have in Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Cognizant is committed to grow the centre, leveraging the rich talent pool of technical professionals in the region.

Coimbatore will soon emerge as a Tier-1 city for IT in one year, based on the growth we are seeing.

It is not only Coimbatore that is on the Tier-2 city map of Tamil Nadu, but also Trichy, Madurai, Salem, Hosur and Tirunelveli.

Other than Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is trying to develop Tier-2 cities spreading across the entire state; from Chennai at the northern end to Tirunelveli at the southern tip. Sekar Ponniah of Global Software Solutions (TVL) Pvt Ltd started a 100 % Export Oriented Unit located at Tirunelveli in the year 2000.

While we look at the map above, Dindigul, which is a Tier-4 cities, is strategically located between Coimbatore, Karur and Madurai.

Coimbatore, which is currently a Tier-2 might move up to Tier-1 city soon. Madurai, which is Tier-2 city is also improving. Karur is a very well industrialized export unit. Now, Dindigul present in between Madurai, Karur and Coimbatore has lot of advantages in future.

Note down, in your diary - Dindigul will become big someday, considering its georgraphic location.

Multi-product SEZ in Tirunelveli: Nanguneri Project: Nearby districts of Madurai

A memorandum of understanding to establish a multi-product first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Nanguneri, Tirunelveli, was signed in presence of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at the Secretariat Thursday.

The estimated Rs 15,000 crore project will be implemented by Tamilnadu government with assistance from Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) on 2,520 acres and aims to provide employment to 70,000 people. This is great for both job seekers and for the potential entrepreneurs.

The project would be jointly executed by TIDCO, AMR group of companies and AMRL International Tech City Ltd. The products that would be manufactured here include spareparts for engineering and medical utilities, electrical and electronic products, information technology, along with biological products and transportation units in the first phase.

sourced from news today net. a chennai based english news evening daily!

Madurai to contribute to TN(Tamil Nadu) software exports in year 2009

The special economic zones for IT-ITeS industry in Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Salem, Tirunelveli, Hosur and Vellore announced by the state government were with an intention of increasing the software exports, Tamil Nadu State Chief Minister Karunanidhi said.

Tamil Nadu's software exports are expected to cross Rs 26,000 crore during the current fiscal, state Chief Minister said in Chennai. Rs 14,400 crore in 2005-06, rose to Rs 20,700 crore during the previous fiscal.

It is expected to rise again to Rs.26000 Crore for the year 2009.

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Potential of Other districts of Tamil Nadu

Madurai Machan is going look at other cities/districts of Tamil Nadu for it's infrastructure and their potential for industrialization.

Please have your fingers crossed and let us explore all the districts, except Chennai. We are leaving out Chennai because it is already explored by many and there is lot to do in other backward districts.

Districts of Tamil Nadu

1. Chennai/Madras District
2. Coimbatore District
3. Cuddalore District
4. Dharmapuri District
5. Dindigul District
6. Erode District
7. Kanchipuram District
8. Kanyakumari District
9. Karur District
10. Krishnagiri District
11. Madurai District
12. Nagapattinam District
13. Namakkal District
14. Perambalur District
15. Pudukkottai District
16. Ramanathapuram District
17. Salem District
18. Sivagangai District
19. Thanjavur District
20. The Nilgiris District
21. Theni District
22. Thoothukudi District
23. Tiruchirapalli District
24. Tirunelveli District
25. Tiruvallur District
26. Tiruvannamalai District
27. Tiruvarur District
28. Vellore District
29. Viluppuram District
30. Virudhunagar District
31. Ariyalur district