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Get set to go sports fishing at rejuvenated Chetpet lake

Saturday, 06 April 2013 11:45 administrator
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The New Indian Express                        06.04.2013

Get set to go sports fishing at rejuvenated Chetpet lake

Chetpet lake near KMC hospital, overgrown with hyacinth, will get a facelift to become an eco park and sports fishing facility | D Sampath Kumar
Chetpet lake near KMC hospital, overgrown with hyacinth, will get a facelift to become an eco park and sports fishing facility | D Sampath Kumar

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday announced that the 15 acre Chetpet lake owned by the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department would be renovated at a cost of `42 crore. She added that the lake would be developed as a sports fishing-cum-eco park.

Making a suo motu statement in the State Assembly, the Chief Minister said entertainment aspects like fishing, water adventure sports, boating, open air theatres and a children’s park would be set up at the lake to find favours with young and old alike.

With a view to beautify the banks of the lake, rare species of trees would be planted. Besides, the multi-layer parking lot to be set up there would ease traffic in the area. A fish canteen would also be set up.

The Chief Minister also allocated Rs 75 crore for improving the Chennai Fishing Harbour at Kasimedu.

The harbour that has been functioning since 1984, can accommodate 575 fishing boats and was damaged in the 2004 tsunami. The CM recalled that her government had allocated Rs 16.24 crore to repair the fishing harbour in 2011. Over the years, the number of boats in the harbour had gone up to 1,395  and the amount of fish being handled at the harbour has also corresponding increased. In view of this, Jayalalithaa said Rs 75 crore would be allocated to upgrade the infrastructure at the harbour.

 

Tamil Nadu plans to introduce sport-fishing, boating on Chennai's Chetpet lake

Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00 administrator
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Business Line                    05.04.2013

Tamil Nadu plans to introduce sport-fishing, boating on Chennai's Chetpet lake 

Chennai is set to get a Rs 42-crore, sport fishing and eco park at Chetput, in the heart of the city.

This was among the projects the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, announced in the Assembly today including plans to upgrade the fishing harbour at Royapuram in North Chennai and subsidies to provide wireless communication equipment to fishermen.

The 15-acre Chetput lake will be developed with facilities for angling, water sports, boating and open air auditoriums. The lake shore will have a park with tracks for walkers and joggers.

A seafood restaurant and multilevel parking space will also be created, she said.

The Chief Minister announced a 75 per cent subsidy for mechanised fishing boat operators and deep sea vessels to get wireless equipment.

VHF radio equipment which cost Rs 20,000 will be provided at subsidised rates for the mechanised boats and HF radio which cost about Rs 2.5 lakhs will also get the subsidy.

There are over 5,600 mechanised boats in the State and many of them do not have such communication facilities.

Communication tower and related infrastructure will be created along the coast. An Rs 8.5 crore project will be implemented by the Fisheries Department which will also set up a control centre for communication.

This will help the boats to stay in touch with onshore facilities, link with the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service to get updates on weather conditions and storm warnings.

The Kasimedu fisheries harbour will be upgraded at a cost of Rs 75 crore. The harbour has a capacity to handle about 575 fishing craft but over 1,395 boats use the space. Additional mooring space will be created, the Chief Minister said.

 

Chennai Corporation to build five bridges

Tuesday, 02 April 2013 11:22 administrator
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The Times of India                  02.04.2013

Chennai Corporation to build five bridges

CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation will build five bridges at a cost of around 13 crore in different parts of the city in 2013-14. The residents and commuters in Bojaraja Nagar in north Chennai will finally get their long-pending demand of a vehicle subway to replace the railway level-crossing near Mint. It will make entering and leaving Srinivasapuram and Mint easier for more than 6,000 families.

The subway was decided upon in mid-2011, but was delayed due to metrowater work. There have been a number of accidents at the railway crossing.

A bridge will be built across Buckingham Canal connecting Murugesan Nagar in Thoraipakkam to Pandiyan Salai in Neelankarai. This will come as a relief to thousands of IT professionals who reside in south Chennai by giving them another route to reach East Coast Road. Many commuters exit Old Mahabalipuram Road at different points to escape traffic during peak hours.

"I try taking the right at Sholinganallur junction instead of the one at Thiruvanmiyur because traffic inches along. This new bridge will give me another route," said D Sandeep, a senior executive with an IT company.

The box culvert, which is a precast concrete structure that is assembled to form a bridge, at Padi Pudu Nagar Road, which stretches across the Padi Kuppam canal, will be demolished and reconstructed. Two more bridges will be constructed in the same way. One will connect R K Link Road, also known as Korattur North Station Road, to Jawaharlal Nehru Road in Baba Nagar. The other will be built at Narayanapuram across the Keelkattalai Tank Surplus Course at Pallikaranai.
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