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Time of India
15-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Scheme roads in Coimbatore to get fresh push
Coimbatore: The city corporation has begun work to evaluate the status of scheme roads planned in its limits over the past three decades and revive those proposals. Scheme roads serve as a link connecting arterial roads such as Avinashi Road, Sathyamangalam Road, Mettupalayam Road and Trichy Road. Some of the important scheme roads proposed years ago but are yet to get approval are a 30ft road from Aishwarya Nagar to Marudhamalai Road, a 60ft road from Saravanampatty to Thudiyalur via Meenakshi Nagar and Anna Nagar, a 40ft road from Fun Mall to Sowripalayam, an 80ft road from Vilankurichi to Codissia and another one from Chinnavedampatti to Thudiyalur. A proposal for seven such scheme roads at a cost of Rs144 crores was sent to the state govt in 2021. However, none of these roads have been granted approvals. Now, the city corporation has sent a reminder letter, seeking funds for the three roads in the first phase - Rs12 crore for the scheme road from Aishwarya Nagar to Maruthamalai Road, Rs4 crore for the one from Thudiyalur Main Road to Anna Nagar via Meenakshi Nagar and Rs3 crore for Thenvadal Project Road. The corporation is awaiting allocation of funds from the local planning authority and the state govt. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2025 Top Trending local enterprise accounting software [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo Commenting on the need for scheme roads, activist S P Thiyagarajan told TOI, "The city has planned nearly 300 scheme roads since 1994. If these were executed immediately after they were planned, the land acquisition would have been simpler and cost effective. Now, land acquisition will cost a lot." A resident of Cooperative Colony at Vilankurichi said the Codissia to Vilankurichi Road was an important one. "Many people from Gandhipuram, FCI Road and Thaneerpandal Road would benefit, as this will offer easy access to Avinashi Road. This was announced in 2010, but a private school functioning on this road had obtained a stay against the development. While the Madras high court had quashed the stay order in 2018, there is no significant progress yet. " Developing the Vilankurichi-Codissia road will ease the traffic movement within the city. Also, the road would spur economic activity. Delay in creating a link road has kept this location away from economic growth. Though companies are approaching for office spaces in Hope College and Peelamedu areas, not many come up to set up their establishments along this route due to the lack of accessibility. Meanwhile, corporation commissioner M Sivaguru Prabhakaran stated that the second master plan had excluded the scheme roads. "We have requested the state authorities to include those roads. We are also requesting allocation of funds. Once the funds are sanctioned, the work will begin immediately."
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Coimbatore corporation to issue closure notice to tea stall at Race Course
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Corporation is expected to issue a closure notice on Friday to INDCO'S TEA HOUSE , a franchise of Indcoserve Cooperative Small Scale Tea Producers Association , at Race Course, as its licence period expired on March 31, 2025. The tea shop is still functioning despite the expiration of the licence. In January 2025, the corporation provided documents related to the tea shop to city-based activist S P Thiyagarajan after he filed an RTI. Thiyagarajan said, "The report said the stall was granted permission for just 225 sq ft with a monthly rent of Rs 10,560. As per the conditions of the license, if the shopkeeper exceeds the allocated space, the license will be cancelled immediately without any notice." "As per condition no. 9, only products of the Indcoserve should be sold. But none of the conditions were followed. The adjacent public parking space has been encroached on and yet they had sought for the renewal of licence. The civic body should remove the stall for violating norms in the city's prime location," he added. Anti-Corruption Movement, Coimbatore district unit, had also written to the corporation, highlighting the tea stall's violations. It has taken the matter to the notice of the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA).
Time of India
22-04-2025
- General
- Time of India
464 OSR sites await name transfer in Coimbatore
Coimbatore: At least 464 open space reservation (OSR) sites in the city limits are awaiting name transfer, as per the report that the civic body submitted at a meeting district collector Pavankumar G Giriyappanavar convened on Monday. The meeting was attended by officials with various govt departments and some major land promoters. The city corporation cited active encroachments, joint patta documents and lack of proper gift deed documents as the major reasons for rejecting the name transfer applications of 274 of the 464 OSR sites. Of the remaining sites awaiting name transfer, the corporation said, around 100 were categorized as natham land, another 85 as sarkar poramboke land and the remaining five as settlement land. The civic body said the central zone had 21 OSR sites pending title transfers. At least 11 of those sites are sarkar poramboke land parcels, while the remaining ones come with active encroachments, joint patta documents and lack of proper gift deed documents. In the east zone, 54 of 88 sites awaiting name transfer are sarkar poramboke land parcels and the rest 34 are those with active encroachments, joint patta documents and lack of proper gift deed documents. Of the total 102 pending files in the north zone, 11 are sarkar poramboke land parcels and 91 are rejected files. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like The place-to-be for automation and robotics Undo Relevant topics from automation, AI and robotics Undo Valuable contacts with international exhibitors Undo Fresh input at the top-class supporting program Undo The leading trade fair for automation & robotics Undo In the west zone, out of the total 119 OSR sites pending title transfers, four are sarkar poramboke land parcels, 56 are natham land parcels and 59 are those with active encroachments, joint patta documents and lack of proper gift deed documents. The south zone tops the list with 129 OSR sites, of which, five are sarkar poramboke land parcels, 44 are natham land parcels, 80 are those with active encroachments, joint patta documents and lack of proper gift deed document and the remaining five are settlement land parcels. The corporation has more than 2,000 OSR sites within its limits, of which about 1,400-odd sites have got their title transferred. The remaining 464 files have been pending for more than six months. Commenting on this data, activist S P Thiyagarajan told TOI, "The numbers presented at the meeting are just from the approved layouts. Whereas the corporation has nearly 2,300 OSR sites. They should list the OSR sites within apartments, commercial complexes and unapproved layouts. All these should be reclaimed and have a title transfer."
