The Hindu 11.12.2009
Revision of building rules to be studied
Staff Reporter
| Corporation to recommend areas for flyovers |
Photo: K. Ananthan 
Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Coimbatore Zone, Ravi Sam (left) hands over a wish-list for Coimbatore city to Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin (third left) on Thursday. –
COIMBATORE: The Town and Country Planning Department will study the demand for establishing a Coimbatore Development Authority similar to Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and revision of building rules and the Coimbatore Master Plan, Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said here on Thursday.
At an interactive meeting organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) he said that the Municipal Administration Department would study the demand to bring Kurichi, Kuniamuthur, Kalapatty and Koundampalayam under the Corporation limits. The Coimbatore Corporation would examine and make recommendations regarding the industry’s demand for construction of flyovers in some areas of the city.
Housing
He said that under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, efforts would be expedited to provide permanent housing facility and make the city slum-free. The corporation and the District Administration should jointly remove encroachments on water bodies, roads and Government land.
The Deputy Chief Minister said he was aware of the industries’ demand to approve expansion projects of red category industries that were established within five km from water bodies before 1998 and wanted to expand operations now with effluent treatment facilities (zero discharge). A befitting and good decision would be taken by the Government soon.
Belgium company Hansen Drives was investing Rs. 1,500 crore in Coimbatore to manufacture gear boxes and the Deputy Chief Minister would inaugurate it on January 23.
According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, till June 2009, Coimbatore had attracted Rs. 27,879 core investment from 274 mega projects.
Electronics
In the recent years, Coimbatore district had developed in electronics sector. It had five Electronic Special Economic Zones. During 2008-2009, IT exports from here was about Rs. 360 crore.
The TIDEL Park here was coming up at Rs. 370 crore and it would give employment to 12,000 peoople.
Infrastructure improvement would help in industrial growth. The Karur Coimbatore National Highway development work for 114 km was on at Rs. 178 crore and works were over for 60 km at Rs. 94 crore. The rest would be completed soon.
A consultant had been appointed to study the technical and financial feasibility to lay a western bypass road through the Public Private Partnership mode. The National Highway Authority of India had taken up work to convert 82 km of road from Chengapalli Coimbatore to Tamil Nadu Kerala border into four-lane and six-lane road. The Coimatore -Mettupalayam National Highway 67 widening was taken up by NHAI, he said.
Rajeev Ranjan, Principal Secretary – Industries Department, said an industries portal would be launched soon. Tamil Nadu was one of the leading industrialised States.
Clusters
About 60 clusters had been identified in the State for cluster development. C.K. Ranganathan, Chairman of the CII Tamil Nadu State said the industries had sought supply of power to High Tension industries during peak hours (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) by purchasing from other States and this was expected to be implemented soon.
Ravi Sam, Chairman of the Coimbatore Zone of the CII, said the city wanted better infrastructure so that it developed into a leading tier two city.
