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Salzer to maintain street lights

Wednesday, 23 December 2009 02:00 administrator
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The Hindu 23.12.2009

Salzer to maintain street lights

Staff Reporter

– Photo: M. Periasamy.

Rajesh Duraiswamy

COIMBATORE: Salzer Electronics, which has taken up maintenance and operation of the street lights in Coimbatore, is hopeful of achieving minimum 30 per cent saving in the energy consumed by the lights through its product – Salzer Energy Saver.

Rajesh Duraiswamy, Joint Managing Director of Salzer Electronics, told presspersons here on Monday that under the five-year project, the company would install energy savers and maintain the 34,000 street lights in Coimbatore Corporation area. It would invest nearly Rs. 8.5 crore and maintain and operate the system for five years.

The system would consist of a control cabinet fitted to every service connection and a central monitoring system. The switching on and switching off of the lights and controlling the brightness would be done through a central control room.

The company was also replacing the non-burning lamps and hoped to control it to less than two per cent from January.

The non-burning lamps would be identified from the control station. The connected load of the street lights was about five MW.

The street lights consumed about 63,000 units a day.

It was estimated that the corporation would be able to achieve nearly Rs. 2.5 crore savings annually through energy conservation.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 02:01
 

Paintings to adorn more walls in city

Wednesday, 23 December 2009 01:53 administrator
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Paintings to adorn more walls in city

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- PHOTO: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN

PERFECT COPY: The replica of the National Art Gallery, Egmore, at the 36th India Tourist and Industrial Fair. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi opened the fair on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: A total of two lakh sq ft of compound walls, predominantly of government buildings, across the city will soon have paintings depicting facets of Tamil Nadu’s art and culture.

The work, to be taken up by the Chennai Corporation, will be launched in a fortnight.

This was announced by Mayor M. Subramanian at the inaugural function of the 36th India Tourist and Industrial Fair on Island Grounds here on Tuesday.

The fair was inaugurated by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. The initiative is part of the measures of the civic body to beautify the city.

It had earlier imposed a ban on wall posters and graffiti on Anna Salai, Kamarajar Salai, Tiruvottiyur High Road and Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai.

“The painting work will start after the monsoon,” Mr. Subramanian said.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Karunanidhi said he was keen on transforming Chennai into a clean, beautiful, modernised and well appreciated city.

He sought the cooperation of the public to make the exhibition venue as well as the recently beautified Marina beach a litter-free zone.

He added that growth in tourism sector resulted in improvement to the economic condition of a city/State.

In his special address Chief Secretary K.S. Sripathi said the India Tourist and Industrial Fair served as a bridge between government officials and public to understand the various welfare measures implemented by the State government.

The Chief Minister presented mementos to Forest Department and Fire and Rescue Services Department officials for putting up pavilions in record time.

He also honoured the designers who had created the models of the National Art Gallery (main entrance) and the Thanjavur Big Temple at the fair.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 01:54
 

Rs.113-cr. infrastructure improvement plan for Coimbatore

Tuesday, 22 December 2009 02:21 administrator
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Rs.113-cr. infrastructure improvement plan for Coimbatore

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As many as 47 parks to be given a facelift

Efforts will be made to replace bus shelters

Coimbatore: The Coimbatore City Development Committee, led by Mayor R. Venkatachalam, has decided to improve the infrastructure before the World Classical Tamil Conference in June 2010.

A meeting presided over by the Mayor was attended by Deputy Mayor N. Karthik, Collector P. Umanath, Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra and Special Officer for the conference S. Prabhakaran.Mr. Venkatachalam said that the primary focus of the committee before commencement of the conference would be to enhance infrastructure relating to roads, drinking water and street lights and widen minor bridges.

The focus would be on town panchayats and municipality limits in and around the city.

The Mayor said that proposals had been drawn up for executing the works, which would be taken up with an outlay of Rs.113 crore. As many as 47 parks across the city would be given a facelift.

Mr. Umanath said that streetlights would get top attention. Efforts would be made to replace the bus shelters on the lines of those near the Marina in Chennai. The Collector asked the TNEB to expedite work on laying of underground cables on Avanashi Road and Tiruchi Road so that road improvement works could be taken up.

He promised to examine a point raised by the TWAD Board for increasing drinking water sump capacity from 30,000 litres to two lakh litres at an outlay of Rs. 8 lakh near CODISSIA. There will be enhanced focus on link and scheme roads before the conference begins, the Mayor said.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2009 02:22
 
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