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No buyers, MC plans to rent out booths at AC fish market

Friday, 29 October 2010 11:21 administrator
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Indian Express          29.10.2010

No buyers, MC plans to rent out booths at AC fish market

Express News Service Tags : Municipal Corporation, chandigarh, AC Fish and Meat Market Posted: Fri Oct 29 2010, 03:32 hrs

 Chandigarh:  Realising its folly the Municipal Corporation would be mooting a proposal to rent the booths at the AC Fish and Meat Market, Sector 41. The proposal would be taken up for discussion in the Finance and Contract Committee of the Municipal Corporation.

Once the proposal is discussed by the councillors and the officials it would be sent to the UT Finance Secretary for approval. The civic body has tried twice to auction the booths. However, owing to the high reserve price there were no takers for the same.

The AC Fish and Meat Market had been constructed in order to provide a place for those who were selling fish illegally in different sectors of the city. The aim was to rehabilitate vendors and provided residents with a hygienic place to buy fish and meat.

However, ranging between Rs 37.50 lakh to Rs 77.50 lakh the reserve price was one of the biggest deterrents. The booths were to be auctioned on leasehold basis for 99 years. As the auction scheduled for last month failed to find any takers, the civic body has decided to reconsider its decision of auctioning the booths.

The demand by the meat and fish sellers was that the booths be given on rent and then they could consider occupying these. The market had been handed over to the Municipal Corporation by the UT Administration more than a year back. At present due to the market being unoccupied the booths are being damaged and the civic body is spending money on its maintenance.

After the second auction flopped the councillors and officials opined that the system be changed. The civic body had recently reverted its decision to auction the kiosks at the Night Food Street after the auctions led to the prices of food items going high and the kiosks becoming difficult for the kiosk owners to maintain.

Last Updated on Friday, 29 October 2010 11:22
 

Ridge across Maurya to be lit up

Friday, 29 October 2010 11:15 administrator
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Indian  Express     29.10.2010

Ridge across Maurya to be lit up

Hamari Jamatia Tags : obama visit, delhi, US, New Delhi Municipal Council, security Posted: Fri Oct 29 2010, 04:39 hrs

New Delhi:  As a security measure, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will light up the Ridge area in front of ITC Maurya, where US President Barack Obama will stay during his visit to Delhi next week. The civic body apparently does not want to take any chances as the Ridge along S P Marg is home to trees, bushes, monkeys and sometimes miscreants.

As many as 15 poles with floodlights will be propped up along 500 metres of the Ridge to illuminate 30-metre area of the bush. “While streetlights focus towards the roads, these ones will face the Ridge. It is a temporary arrangement and will be removed once Obama leaves,” said a senior NDMC official.

NDMC said the rest of the stretch bordering SP Marg has already undergone streetscaping work for the Commonwealth Games and is therefore well-lit. “Mother Teresa Crescent and Mandir Marg adjacent to SP Marg already have two set of lights. There are streetlights as well as small lights,” added the official. Work will begin in a few day’s time.

 

 

Last Updated on Friday, 29 October 2010 11:17
 

KSTDC pushes for continuing chartered flights to Mysore

Friday, 29 October 2010 09:17 administrator
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The Hindu  29.10.2010

KSTDC pushes for continuing chartered flights to Mysore

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There is a surge in the number of tourists visiting the city

21.16 lakh domestic tourists visited the city between January and September this year

Centre has sanctioned Rs. 39 cr. for development of heritage core area around the palace


New facility:Vinay Luthra (right), KSTDC Managing Director, at the Tourist Information Centre which was inaugurated at the Mysore railway station on Thursday.

MYSORE: The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) is holding talks with Kingfisher Airlines to continue chartered flights to Mysore to promote tourism.

Disclosing this, Vinay Luthra, KSTDC Managing Director, told presspersons here on Thursday that chartered flights to Mysore evoked tremendous response and the occupancy rate was nearly 80 per cent in all the flights. The KSTDC conducted 10 trips this year. It was holding talks with Kingfisher Airlines to have chartered flights to Mysore at least once a fortnight in view of the response, Mr. Luthra said.

Bookings

He was speaking after inaugurating the Tourist Information Centre at Mysore railway station. Tourists can book accommodation at any of the KSTDC properties, Jungle Lodges and other private hotels, at the information centre.

He said Mysore was world-renowned tourist destination in view of its heritage, wildlife and yoga, and there was a surge in the number of tourists visiting the city over the years despite economic slowdown.

Mr. Luthra said that as against 19.04 lakh domestic tourists who visited Mysore between January and September in 2009, the number had crossed 21.16 lakh during the same period in 2010. Similarly, the number of international tourists who visited Mysore during January and September in 2009 was 43,237 whereas it was 51,913 during the same period this year.

Mr. Luthra was optimistic about the sustainability of tourism boom and capacity expansion and said that investments from the private sector would continue to flow in.

During the Global Investors Meet held in Bangalore earlier this year, over Rs. 3,000 crore was envisaged as investment in the tourism sector alone for the entire State and this would benefit Mysore as well in view of its prime importance, Mr. Luthra added.

On the investments made in Mysore, he said the Union Government had sanctioned Rs. 39 crore for the development of heritage core area around the palace and Rs. 10 crore had been released by the State Government as its contribution. The project would be implemented by the Mysore City Corporation.

Similarly, Rs. 1.4 lakh had been released for the development of Kukkarahalli lake while expansion and renovation of Hotel Mayura Hoysala is being taken up at a cost of Rs. 1.5 crore.

He said the KSTDC was providing Rs. 30 lakh for development of tourist infrastructure at Chunchanakatte and Arkeshwara temple in K.R. Nagar.

Under the tourist taxi scheme during 2010-11, 50 per cent subsidy would be given to 30 Scheduled Caste and 15 Scheduled Tribe candidates in Mysore for buying a vehicle and operating it as taxi.

B.B. Verma, Divisional Railway Manager, Mysore Division of South Western Railway, said that the inauguration of the Tourist Information Centre was the fulfilment of a long-felt need of the Railways. The Railways initiated a slew of measures in the last couple of months to make Mysore railway station the most tourist-friendly station in the country and the information centre was continuation of that effort, he said.

Demand

He said there was a demand to provide direct connectivity between Mysore and Hampi. The Mysore division has taken up the issue with the Railway Ministry.

Anup Dayanand Sadhu, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager and Goutum Majumdar, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, were among those present.

Last Updated on Friday, 29 October 2010 09:18
 
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