The New Indian Express 08.09.2009
Satellite city planned near Perambalur
A private enterprise, `Israe’, has expressed a desire to set up a satellite city on the national highway within Perambalur district limits.
A single piece of 300 acres of will be identified and the city established comprising a five star hotel, commercial complex, educational institutions and other infrastructure at an estimated cost of RS 500 crore. Talks will be held with the District Collector by the month-end to select the site for the location.
Addressing a press meet here on Monday, the Minister referred to the medical college in Perambalur and engineering college in Ariyalur, the foundation for which will be laid in October. The function will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister through video conference mode. Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin will be participating in the function in person.
Preliminary work related to acquisition of land measuring 3,500 acres, both poromboke and government owned had commenced and the relevant files had been forwarded to the Chief Secretary and the District Collector related to the Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Union Ministry of Commerce had already given the green signal for setting up of SEZ. The draft of the project will be allotted to different organisations on contract basis.
The preliminary work will be completed in about two months and the CM will initiate the inauguration through video conference. The MRF Tyre Factory is coming up in the district in an area of 350 acres and efforts are on to acquire the land needed for the project.
Action is being taken on behalf of the telecom department to curb the sale of unauthorised cell phones that are flooding the market from China. It is also planned by the officials of commercial tax and telecom departments to seize such devices, identifying the source of import. The Government College of Technology will start functioning by the year end in a 10-acre land on Perambalur-Chettikulam Road, Raja added.
