Madurai
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has highlighted irregularities in the development of Tamil Nadu’s IT special economic zones in tier II cities including Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Salem. A majority of the land remains unoccupied for over two-and-a-half years and the agency blame it on lack of planning and proper marketing. Given [...] Continue Reading »
Shruti Manchanda, daughter of Infosys CEO SD Shibulal is set to expand her hospitality venture, Tamara with an investment of Rs. 150 Crores. Manchanda owns slightly less than one per cent stake in Infosys, which is worth Rs. 1,350 crore. She plans to invest up to Rs. 150 crore in her venture to set up [...] Continue Reading »
Madurai- The process of collecting biometric data for issuing Aadhar card is going all around the country. Such a scenario will be seen in Madurai till January 9. This registration will be for residents of wards 29 and 32 of Madurai Corporation. These wards were earlier known as Vandiyur panchayat. Some places have been chosen where [...] Continue Reading »
Madurai- It is a dream for every dalit in Tamil Nadu to have their own land. Some of them who have are scared of losing it. Their fear was reflected in their words when M Mayakkal of Poomparai in Kodaikanal depicted her story at ”Dalit women’s land rights,” organised by Evidence,(an NGO in Madurai). She told [...] Continue Reading »
Edelweiss Housing Finance to introduce housing loans of less than Rs 10 lakh in Madurai. The firm target the low income group and those constructing their own homes in Chennai suburbs and small towns and in Tamil Nadu. The target of the plan is to focus on self employed and small and micro entrepreneurs and [...] Continue Reading »
The US Consulate in Chennai is all set to open American Business Corners in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram to provide further stimulus to the US-Kerala bilateral business relations. The American Business Corners- or ABCs- will be opened in the two cities in September to coincide with the Emerging Kerala Summit. The US consulate will participate in [...] Continue Reading »
The district collector of Madurai, Anshul Mishra, warned the local bodies, including the Corporation, against granting individual and random approvals to building plans because of which the government is losing revenue. He also said that if they continued to do so then their authority will be withdrawn. As per Section 49 of the local planning [...] Continue Reading »
Madurai was nowhere away from facing uncleared and overflowing garbage problems. Whatever might be have been the situations long back. Now, the city has an ambitious target of keeping the city neat and tidy. With the follow up of maintaining the city, a new compost yard under JnNURM will soon be starting its function. In [...] Continue Reading »
Madurai residents are worried over the old sewage disposal method and are looking for a new system. Areas like Gomathypuram, Melamadai, Yagappa Nagar and Tahsildar Nagar are worst hit with the sewage problem. Resident associations have approached court as they are highly disappointed by the way sewage is disposed from the underground drainage system (UGD) [...] Continue Reading »
The only biggest Sellur water tank in Madurai city which is spread across 126 acres has gone unnoticed today. Even though the city witnessed good amount of rainfall, the lake is hardly filled. Also it has been traced that the commercial establishments have encroached the surrounding area of the lake. With a strict warning giving [...] Continue Reading »
