Destination Madurai

The temple city MADURAI is going to possess the following within next 4-5 years & it’s sure will be in the list of world’s popular metro-politan cities !!!
1. ETL convention center cum shopping mall
Rs.100 crore total investment – with multiplex , hotels & shopping arcades.
2.SIPCOT’s 2500 acre SEZ @ Eliyaarpathi , madurai. Works had been started to acquire land & they are speaking with the local bodies of eliyarpathi village.
3.RR Industries – 400 acre township – Rudradev IT Township
Total investment of Rs. 4500 crores .
400 acres of land bought at Sholangurini in Madurai south region.
Plan released for its first phase of work & it was approved – work to be started soon. 18,000 residencies and apartments with 1 hospital , 2 multiplexes , 2 big shopping malls etc., The IT Park to be built is 8-storeyed building.
4.ELCOT’s 2000-10000 acre industrial city in madurai
5.KSHITJI’s shopping mall – At RACE COURSE road , madurai.
160,000 sq.ft.
Hypermarket
Departmental stores
Multiplex theatre
Retail shops
Entertainment malls
Food court
Frontage : 500 feet & No., of floors : G+3
6. Textile park at madurai in 100 acres
Total investment of Rs.35 crores.
7. Hiranandhini constructions – Residential township in Madurai.
8. Fortune ITC Welcom group resorts near Madurai airport , Madurai.
9. CINEMAX multiplex theatre @ madurai outskirts.
10 ADLABS multiplex theatre @ madurai outskirts.
11. PARAMOUNT airlines PILOT training academy to come up at madurai.
12. Pentasoft’s Sport theme park complex in new Natham road , Madurai.
– Maayajaal theme park with multiplex theatre – Investment : Rs.200 Cr
13.Children’s science planetarium @ Madurai kamaraj university campus
— Rs.25 lakhs investment & 25 exhibits .
14. Helicopter service by PAWAN HAANS copter services from Madurai :
To : RAMESWARAM
KODAIKANAL in first phase
PALANI
KANYAKUMARI
COIMBATORE in next phase
15. Kamaraj memorial medical college to come up at 150 acres of land.
- within 20 kms from the city.
- admissions will start by 2009 & works will be over within 2 years.
- 300 bedded multi-speciality hospital – Rs.150 crores investment.
- 150 M.B.B.S seats permitted
- Run by : Vadamalayan hospital trust & kamuthi nadars association.
16. Rajaji Govt., hospital extension @ Anna busstand – plan approved.
- G+6 storey fully air-conditioned building
- Rs.35 crores alloted.
17. Vadapalanji IT SEZ approved – tender will be called soon.
- 257 acres IT Township. opp., to MKU.
18. SAHARA city homes @ Ring road near Avaniyapuram , madurai
- 125 acres project
- 15,000 residencies and apartments with 9 storeyed mega buildings.
19. Arihant foundation entered madurai.
- Bought 21 acres of land for residential township.
20. Indo-australian project on solar energy @ MKU Varsity – Rs.2 crore project
21. Reliance fresh to come to MADURAI.
- Bought 11 old cinema theatres of the city to establish its air-conditioned veg/non-veg market.
22. DLF IT park @ Madurai- promised.
23. IBM IT park @ Madurai- promised.
24. COGNIZANT IT PARK @ Madurai – Promised.
Above three Leading IT companies are in talk with the colleges of southern tamilnadu to have a tie-up.
25. 1,00,000 sq.feet land for maatuthavani IT park- Land identified & approved – waiting for the works to be started.
26. ARVIND Eye hospitals @ Madurai plans an Opthalmic university in madurai.
27. CONCOR-SR @ Koodal nagar , madurai.
28. Rajparis-padmam apartments on vaigai north bank road near arapalayam bus-stand.
29 . Warehousing complex to come @ 5 acres in koodal nagar.
30 . 2 private IT parks bought land in madurai.
1- Chennai based CEEDEEYES , a housing & financing company,
2-Dubai based ETA star property devolepments LLC.,
31. Passport office at Madurai from NOV.2007. near anna bus-stand.
32 . Auto ancillary & accessory industry on ring road near avaniyapuram , madurai.
33. Old Thangam theatre – Now to turn soon into GV studio city.
- GV ltd., bought the thangam theatre to establish its 2nd studio city in tamilnadu next to chennai , here in madurai.
- It will have : MULTIPLEX theatres
2 three star hotels
Shopping arcade including chennai based – CHENNAI SILKS & HOTEL SARAVANA BHAVAN.
34. YMCA International Center @ MADURAI – Total investment – Rs.3 crores.
35. AITKER SPENCE HOTELS – 80 Room Garden resort to come up at madurai near madurai airport.
36. Infosys IT park @ madurai soon – promised.
37. 28.93 acres of land alloted for TIDEL park @ Kochadai , Madurai.
38. GLOMAC BHD-Vietnam’s township & residential apartments in ring road near chinthamani , Avaniyapuram.
39. TANKER – Kidney dialysis hospital @ Madakulam , MADURAI soon.
40 . KHIVRAJ TECH PARK in ring road , madurai near airport.
41 . Comprehensive blood & cancer center in madurai .
- By Apollo hospitals , madurai & BASKERSFIELD , California.
42. World class HIV/AIDS care center to come up in madurai.
43. Indoor skating opened @ vandiyoor. Island lake @ park planned @ Rs.10 crore expenses.
44. METCALFE – 125 acre residential project in madurai.
45. DAYS INN star hotel under construction in madurai.
46. Agri-export zone for flowers in madurai.
47. HCL Infosystems digital lifestyle store to open in madurai.
48. Diamler chrysler pondering – authorised service station for BENZ – a new dealership in madurai.
49. Rs.120 crores AIIMS Hospital planned at thoppur , madurai.
50. ZOOLOGICAL PARK planned @ madurai by corporation , plan sent for approval, near alagar kovil.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVOLEPMENTS
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New Integrated terminal building at Madurai airport @ Rs.150 crores.
It will have : 17,536 sq.feet.
5 Escalators
7 Lifts
Modern scanning facility
CCTV’s
2 Aero-bridges
Glass exteriors.
Runway expansion : Runway extended from 6000 ft to 7500 ft.
works are going to extend it further to 9000 sq.ft
After that , works for extending it to 12,500 sq.ft will be taken.
Parking bay is increased from 3 to 6. A new parking bay is under construction.
Another fuel filling station sanctioned @ madurai airport by RELIANCE.
- GREEN sign & first step to make it as international airport
Air INDIA Express , SRILANKAN airlines, Malaysian airlines keen to connect madurai to gulf countries , south-east asian countries , srilanka, european & african countries. These airlines like operation from madurai rather than Trichy.
INDIAN plans a package tour of connecting historic places i.e., Madurai-Jammutawi via chennai.
Nearly 2 kms of ring road near chinna odaippu will be demolished for the expansion of madurai airport.The road will be diverted from CIRAC hospital to Kusavakundu & to valayankulam.
ROADWAYS
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4 Laning of madurai bye-pass road with 2 ROB’S – 1 near palnganatham @ Rs.30 cr., & another near thiruparankundram @ Rs.30 cr., Both will constructed in clover leaf model with 6 arms each.
All roads branching out of Madurai except Madurai-cochin highway via., Theni are becoming 4-laned & in plan to change it into 6 lane in future.
3rd phase of ring road from Samayanallur to Uthangudi is under work.
Rs.70 crores sanctioned for radial roads in madurai.
A new approach road for airport is planned :
1- From Palanganatham – TVS Nagar – Avaniyapuram – Airport.
2- From Thiruparangundram – Nilayur – Airport
Both are 4 laned in plan , & also to be 6 laned in future.
RAILWAYS
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Northern Entrance new building @ Madurai railway junction in the place of old pit line. It will have centrally air-conditioned hall & shopping arcade with escalators.
Concourse halls in eastern & western entrance @ madurai ailway junction.
Doubling of broad gauge line from madurai – chennai is under work.
Madurai-chennai ELECTRIFICATION work will be over by 2009.
” Rail Rathna ” Hotel @ Railway junction in madurai.
KOODAL NAGAR – Another full-fledged railway station for madurai by 2009.
Rs.150 crore sanctioned for madurai railway junction to change it into world class A1 status railway junction.
A new broad gauge line to chennai from madurai jn via., MELUR , PUDUKOTTAI etc/.,

MGR Race Course Stadium :

Features

The Government has spent more than Rs.3 crore to put in place a sophisticated synthetic track
For sports aficionados in the city, it has been the proverbial slip between the cup and the lip. Twice in as many years the national circuit athletic meet, which is the qualifying championship for the Asian track and field events, was scheduled to be conducted here and twice it got cancelled. The only reason cited by authorities was lack of proper infrastructure. Such reasons will not hold water any more. For, the State has spent more than Rs.3 crore to put in place a sophisticated synthetic track at the Race Course Stadium.

Two synthetic hard courts
Along with the track, the stadium will now have two synthetic hard courts each for tennis and basketball at a cost of Rs.36 lakh. Already, it bustles with activity in several sports disciplines, including swimming, badminton, cricket, football and hockey.

With facilities that match international standards, what will be the next agenda for the sports administrators and athletes? How do they view the provision of such infrastructure? Can this be the first step towards etching Madurai’s name in the list of world class stadia?

“Such an infrastructure has been a dream project for many sportspersons. Those at the helm of affairs have made it clear that the track should be used only for holding events to the standards of divisional level and for use of sportspersons selected to attend state, national and international meets. But not many from the public understand the significance of it and argue with the authorities to let them use the track for walking,”

Identity cards
The authorities are planning to outsource security personnel to guard the place. For regular users of the stadium, the Madurai unit of the SDAT has planned to distribute identity cards to restrict the entry of outsiders.

Traditionally, southern districts are known for producing world class sprinters. Right from Karuthiah Natarajan, who created a national record in the Asian Track and Field meet in Manila, Philippines in 1973, clocking 10.3 seconds in 100 metres event, to R. Pandeeswari, who caught the attention of world sports with her impressive performance in the Asian championships two decades after, the list of performers from Madurai at international sprint events is long. Quite a few of them are Olympian C. Thirugnanadurai and K. Solaimathi. Point to note is that all these talents emerged from a mud track.

V.S. Ramasubramanian, district athletic coach, is buoyant. “Many athletes from the city have migrated to Chennai in pursuit of better infrastructure facilities. It may not happen anymore. With the presence of a synthetic track, Madurai can now hold international events. If a centre of excellence like the one in Chennai is sanctioned for Madurai, definitely, more athletes from the city will emerge,” he said

X. Wilson, a promising long jumper from the city, echoed: “Clearly such facility boosts the morale of sportspersons. It will have a say on our performance at national and international events. This will also prevent exodus of athletes from the city to other places.”

The authorities have sought facilities like drinking water, dormitories, toilets, dressing rooms, lighting, a guest house, an exclusive medical unit, including a physiotherapy centre, a raised fence around the track and compound wall around the stadium up to 10 feet.

With rapid sports developments including provision of a flood light facility to the stadium and a hockey development centre sanctioned for the city, Madurai is sure to go places.