Associate Editor, The New Indian Express. I cover urban infra and planning, metro rail, nukes, port, water, aviation, Intel, income tax, renewables, defence
Chennai and Coimbatore are ranked 1st and 2nd for providing quality of life among 111 cities in India. In the overall Ease of Living Index 2020, Chennai bagged 4th place and Coimbatore 7th place for cities with a population of more than 1 million
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VR Mall in Anna Nagar, which has been posing a traffic congestion for road users, faces threat of closure as it has been served a deadline of 30 days for contravention of the Planning Permission given by CMDA
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Heavy rains in Thoothkudi. Our house got flooded. Water entered the house around 3am. Mother (70) accommodated neighbour's and children. Kitchen still functioning ( P&T colony 7th street, Tuticorin)
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Royal Enfield will be investing Rs 1,000 crore in Tamil Nadu towards electric vehicle manufacturing facility, product development and new product development under Internal Combustion Engine portfolio.
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Tamil Nadu government is planning to set up a Aerospace industrial park which will have access to the runway at Air Force Station in Sulur, making it an ideal hub for investments in MRO
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Tamil Nadu gov has taken up the initiative to lay a new railway line between Tambaram and Chengalpattu. Usually, Railways takes up such proposals but the newly formed CUMTA has taken up this initiative to ensure seamless connectivity
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With project viability and land acquisition issues causing hurdles in developing the State’s three major industrial corridors, the Tamil Nadu government is using its own funds to implement projects
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This is how reclassication is being done. When journalists write, the CMDA member secretary
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sends rejoinder using official machinery. TNIE will continue to raise voice against encroachment of water bodies
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Ground handling agency Celebi will start operations in Chennai airport from Aug 1. Murali Ramachandran, Celebi India president said Celebi is hiring 750 employees to deliver ground handling services at the airport
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Chennai is emerging as a data centre hub with Tamil Nadu govt signing MoUs with Singapore based CapitaLand and WebWerks in presence of Chief Minister Stalin for Rs 1900 cr for setting up 2 data centers in Ambattur
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India’s first-ever testing centre for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle under the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme will be established on five acres of land at Vallam Vadagal in Kancheepuram district
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Airport Authority of India has requested TN government to acquire 306 acres to build an international terminal and a cargo terminal on other side of Adyar river for further expansion of Chennai Airport to serve 55 m pax per annum
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The Phase-I of New integrated Terminal Building at Chennai International Airport, which is scheduled to be opened next month, will boast of two Passenger Boarding Bridges that are amongst the longest being used in Indian Airports
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Tamil Nadu govt has completed 1,053 schemes out of 3,350 announced during the last 2 years and instructions have been given to various heads of depts to expedite the work on remaining projects
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CMDA is hiring a consultant for preparation of a Detailed Development Plan for ORR growth corridor. The consultant will identify and delineate areas for the implementation of the Land Pooling Area Development Scheme and an economic development plan
In a bid to boost infotech infrastructure in Tier-II and Tier-III cities and generate jobs in rural TN, the state is planning to come out with a fresh policy for IT and Business Process Management for next five years
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Chennai Airport, one of India’s largest, is functioning on just 1,317 acres of land — the least among country’s major airports. Amid rising demands, airport is likely to choke if land acquisition for 2nd phase of modernisation is delayed
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Airport Authority of India has requested TN to acquire 306 acres of land to build an International terminal and cargo terminal on other side of Adyar River for further expansion of Chennai Airport to meet demand of 55 million passengers per annum
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Revised comprehensive mobility plan of Chennai will focus on green mobility and creating infrastructure for e-vehicles and hydrogen-powered buses as CUMTA is hiring consultant to update mobility Plan drafted in 2019
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Sad that central agencies have yet to act against the miscreants who are destabiling the country by spreading rumours on attack on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. Such acts should be nipped in the bud
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Jet Airways plans 4 flights from Chennai once it starts operations which is likely either beginning next year or by summer. It is also in talks for a night parking slot in Chennai
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Tamil Nadu is among 7 states categorised as top achievers in ranking of states and Union Territories based on implementation of business reform action plan 2020, according to a report released by Finance Minister on Thursday
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In a bid to meet the demand for marine terminal facilities for petroleum products, Ennore Tank Terminal Private Limited is seeking green clearance to augment capacity of marine liquid terminal at Kamarajar port from 3 MMTPA to 6 MMTPA
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A reputed engineering college in Coimbatore has asked staff to report to college despite TN extending lockdown. If caught by cops they have to give excuse as Working for Corona relief
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Usually, during training of pilots, there is a golden rule for pilots while flying in hills and during cloudy weather. "If you are in clouds, you should be out of hills and if you are in hills there should be no clouds around," says former pilot
Builders and developers could soon heave a sigh of relief as TN govt is working to ensure that approvals to planning permissions from Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority are given within 45 to 60 days
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Chennai may soon have its own 8km sea link similar to that of Bandra-Worli Sea Link. It is likely from Chennai Port to Manali Road - Thiruvottiyur Junction. The DPR is likely to be prepared next month
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Excusive: Chennai-based Ram Charan Company Private Limited, which announced a $4.14 bn investment from US-based fund TFCC Intl last year, is facing insolvency after it failed to pay a loan of Rs 3.5 cr to Classic Exports
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Ministry of Civil Aviation is examining a request from the Tamil Nadu govt on the feasibility of shifting the runway for the proposed Parandur Airport to ensure the entire Ekanapuram village doesn't get wiped off totally following land acquisition for the airport
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74 Indian sailors, working in five vessels, abandoned their ships at Mykolaiv Port of Ukraine in the Black Sea after fighting between Ukraine and Russian soldiers escalated about 2km from the port on Monday
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The Archaeological Survey of India is planning to file a police case against the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) for allegedly mining red sand from a 2,300-year-old ‘megalithic burial site’ near Kilambakkam bus terminus
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Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has decided to create a 2-km buffer zone for commercial development along 62km stretch of Outer Ring Road by taking possession of land with the consent of landowners
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EXPRESS Exclusive: TN water bodies lack flood carrying capacity of Chennai's rivers. The Thirupugazh committee report submitted recommendations and have urged state to implement the recommendations at earliest. Following are excepts
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A car got stuck in a dug up road near Muniappa Nagar Main Road near Nerkundram, Chennai. The work in this stretch has been going on for 4 months and there is no respite for residents
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Creation of tank in Villivakkam worth Rs 9.88 cr and construction of a command, control and disaster response centre worth Rs 9.11 cr inside Ripon building complex is to be discussed during 31st meeting of smart city
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TN govert has urged the Centre to reconsider shareholding under 2nd phase of Chennai Metro Rail project with a sharing pattern of 50:50 between state and Centre, as was done in Phase-I project
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Five-year-old proposal to earmark buffer zone along Adyar River to protect residential areas and commercial establishments from floods is only on paper as CMDA reclassifies land on conditional approval
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A master plan has been prepared for the Madurai-Dindigul-Virudhunagar-Theni and Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli projects under Phase-I of CKIC and the financing agency, Asian Development Bank (ADB), has so far released over Rs 11,000 crore for the projects.
Tamil Nadu govt is all set to frame new housing policy catering to urban, rural and integrated townships in State. The policy will provide a broad direction on establishing low-income and rental housing and green buildings
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With Centre dilly-dallying over TN’s plea for 50:50 ratio in funding towards implementation of 2nd phase of Chennai Metro, questions remain whether the former will even consider the same ratio of funding for projects in Coimbatore, Madurai
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Nearly 11 years after building its 2nd runway over Adyar river, Chennai Airport is finally going to use it to cater to wide-bodied aircraft. A total of 194 obstructions would be removed so that runway can be used by large ‘Code-D’ and ‘Code-E’ aircraft.
Chennai Airport became the first in the country to set up an electric vehicle charging station at the airside. The chargers can be operated through a dedicated mobile app or a RFID card
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CBI conducted searches at four places at Chennai belonging to Hall Mark Infrastructure Pvt Ltd in an on-going investigation of a Bank Fraud case worth Rs 12.52 crore
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After missing out on Faster Adoption of Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles I and II scheme and Grand Challenge-1, a huge global tender worth Rs 5,500 cr to procure 5,585 electric buses, Tamil Nadu now has a chance to avail of Centre's subsidies
The corridors are the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC), Chennai-Kanniyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC), and the Industrial Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) in Dharmapuri under Kochi-Coimbatore-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor
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As western countries respond to Russia’s attack on Ukraine with unprecedented punitive sanctions, the footwear industry in TN is worried over effect of sanctions on $53 million worth of exports to the country, 80 per cent of which is in footwear sector.
Income Tax detected Rs 1,000 cr unaccounted income after searches against Indian Green Grid Group Ltd. Ex- bureaucrat G Ramachandran, who was instrumental in bringing Ford and Hyundai to set up base in Chennai is a board member
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In a bid to boost trade and tourism of port city, Tuticorin Airport is undergoing major expansion worth Rs 381 crore to ensure operation of A-321 type of aircraft. The project is likely to be completed by December 2023
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Now, businesses in Tamil Nadu won’t have to wait more than a week or 10 days to renew factory or manufacturer licences. All this can be done with a click of the mouse through the Single Window Portal
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CMDA is focusing more on tenders and appointing consultants rather than focusing on key issues like regularisation scheme and other issues. It is a wake up call given by Madurai bench of Madras High Court. Hats off to Justice Vaidyanathan
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The operational efficiency and handling capacity at Chennai Airport is going to increase substantially next year with the appointment of two additional Ground Handling Agencies (GHA’s) at Chennai International Airport through Global Tender
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With our recent strategic investment of € 50 million in Stark Future, a Spanish EV start-up, we have made considerable progress on our EV journey: Royal Enfield
First plans to open up Red Hills Catchment area for development. Then reclassification of plot in Adyar river to residential area. Any development is good but not at the cost of dwindling natural resources
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