Improving Madurai as Industrial City - December 2010

Mr.L. Vijayakumar, Chairman, Special Task Force on Employment, Ministry of Labour and Employment addressing a workshop on Industrial Development in Madurai district organised by CII and Special Task Force on Employment, Ministry of Labour, Government of India, at Madurai Institute of Social Sciences on Tuesday said that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises should be encouraged and big players' (like Confederation of Indian Industry) help was needed and only when all industrial associations came together, industrial development in Madurai would become a reality.He said the accent should be in producing young entrepreneurs.Centre for Entrepreneurial Development is planning to make at least 1,000 entrepreneurs from 439 panchayats in Madurai during 2011, according to L. Vijayakumar.He spoke about the future plans of having bankers' meet and establishment of Entrepreneurial Development Programme Cells in some 32 educational institutions in the district.He further added that the objective of the workshop was to discuss the hurdles which were preventing industrial development in Madurai and how to overcome them.D.V.P. Raja, coordinator of the workshop, explained the need for interconnectedness between various players in the industry.A member from Madittsia opined that a trade centre was a must for proper industrial development.The participants included Arvind Srinivasan, Chairman, CII, Madurai, M. Shanmugam, Regional Director, Indira Gandhi National Open University, members from Madurai District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association and Small Industries Product Promotion Organisation, and Spinners Association.This initiative might fructify the following projects to become a reality.

Workforce diverse city worth 1500 Crores
Maditssia 50 acre small business park
CII 100 acre herbal park
2011 1000 hand business candidates training
In panchayat gramin Guam abiyan central govt programme
District business improvement council to be formed
Construction industry training for 5000 people in alliance with L&T.

Why Madurai did not become an industrial city till now? November 2011

Why Madurai did not become an industrial city till now? November 2011

Night City, Temple City - like that there are various names of Madurai. In that way, it has not become an industrial city anytime, though there were zillions of potential opportunities and possibilities of that happenning. Why it did not happen? Every day we keep thinking about it or talk about it when we talk about Madurai.

The primary reason to that is there were no big companies stayed in Madurai. Even one or two companies which were present in Madurai has moved out of Madurai or branched out from Madurai. Even the employees and Human Resources from Madurai are moving out of Madurai every day.

The manufacturing companies are celebrating closing ceremonies, instead of profits and bonuses. What is the reason for this situation of Madurai?

Mentality of People - Even if it is 10 Rs. there was/is a general trend that the youngsters should go for Government job. That is the safe job and there won't be any lay offs. That is the idea behind the majority of people of Madurai, because that comprises Middle Class people of Madurai.

Even parents are not willing to have their sons/daughters go for entrepreneurship. They just want their kid to go study IT, Computers, Engineering and just go work for Software companies - MNCs in different cities of India, outside Tamil Nadu like Bangalore etc., or they want their son or daughter to go to USA, Europe. What a thinking!! You think all of the people who have gone out of the country has been happy in their new land? Are they having enough money in the new land, though they might have a grat lifestyle in the new land. Change your thinking Parents and Youngsters. Try to stick to your land. and achieve here with your skillset. Start something of your own with a brilliant idea.

20 years back, there were more than 20 textile mills around Madurai, but today none of them exist and today they are being converted as Real Estate plots. Human Resource from Madurai are moving to Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Erode etc., BHEL went to Trichy. Steel Plant went to Salem. That was because Madurai did not have broadgauge Railways infrastructure at that time.

1000s of years old Madurai has problems of land or space, lack of Transport facilities, lack of broad roads in Madurai. Hence, it is better to create a new city or expand the city of Madurai to 40 kms (that is develop Madurai in the next region that is 40 kms away) and create habitat, create real estate, create industries and create employment. TVS created TVS Nagar and its surrounding areas just like that, though it was considered outer suburbs of Madurai those days. Now it is just 5 kms from the Madurai Periyar bus stand and Madurai Railway station.

Cinema is another reason for Downfall of Madurai's image. The projection of Madurai in cinemas is in bad light all the time. It shows as if there are more Caste feudalism, angry/rage people are more in Madurai. But that is not the case. Madurai people are more friendly and willing to help and with good heart.

There has been no proper politician till date who has taken 100% steps to improve Madurai. If someone takes proper focussed steps to improve Madurai, we can definitely improve Madurai and create a Great Madurai.

In keywords, here are the reasons for Madurai not to improve till date - Mentality of people, Idea of Entrepreunership, Migrating out of Madurai, Issues in Bank loans, Politics, Lack of good Leader, Cinema's image of Madurai, Ignoring Madurai in all aspects.

Though there are lot of potentials, Madurai is not being used properly. A good leader should take up Madurai and make Madurai a Great Madurai, by extending a new Great Madurai and also improve current Madurai. If more income can be created in madurai, more flourishing can be done in Madurai. Why can't the leaders of Today think of improving Madurai from a more profit oriented thinking and make it commercial?

Meeting with the IT Minister - Promotion of the IT Park - Road show on IT Parks in Madurai conducted by NASSCOM

Dear Sir/Madam,

We cordially invite you for the NASSCOM and Tidel Park Joint event on “Road show on IT Parks at Madurai” scheduled for the Friday, 02nd December 2011 at pandian Hotel - Madurai.

The state of Tamil Nadu is amongst the leaders in IT adoption and the opportunities that follow therewith. In fact, it is the second largest IT BPO cluster in India, contributing a lot to the sector’s exports and generating direct employment for 3 lakh IT professionals. The role of Elcot Park is quite significant in developing the IT-BPO Sector. Presently, they are focused in marketing IT Space at Madurai.

With so much happening, we felt the need for a road show at Madurai initially and followed in other places viz. Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, New Delhi, etc, where the government and industry can come together. It is an opportunity for the industry to interact with

Thiru. K.A. Sengottaiyan - Minister for Information Technology
Govt. of Tamil Nadu,

Dr. Santosh Babu IAS -Secretary to Government, Information Technology Dept,

Thiru. Atul Anand IAS MD of ELCOT

about what the state of Tamil Nadu can offer to the IT BPO sector and also get a deeper understanding of what the industry expects from the government.

Please participate, and leverage this opportunity and add value. Also do join us for the Networking lunch thereafter.

We look forward to your valuable presence.

Dear Friends,

The Government of Tamilnadu in association with NASSCOM. CII and SIDA organizing a meeting with the State minister for IT, IT Secretary and MD,ELCOT for the promotion of IT park related activities in Madurai. SIDA is working on a feasibility report to be submitted to the Government which would benefit the small and medium IT companies operating in this region. This includes lowering of the rentals, removal of the SEZ status, incubation facilities, seed capital/soft loan facilities etc. It is the responsibility and right of ordinary citizens like us to avail the benefits from the schemes. Hence I request you to take part in this important meeting which would certainly help individual organizations as well the region as a whole. Please find the invitation attached.

Meeting Information:
Date: 02-12-2011
Time: 9.45 AM onwards followed by Lunch
Venue: Hotel Fortune Pandyan, Madurai

Look forward to your positive participation.

With best regards,

R.Sivarajah,

President -SIDA,

Convener - ICT Panel, CII-Madurai Zone,

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Less power cuts in Madurai promised - Recyclying plastic as Madurai Roads - Madurai Tourist places to look cleaner

Recycling plastic in Madurai as Madurai Roads:

Madurai city corporation has come out with a plan to recycle plastic and use it for laying roads in a bid to prevent the ill-effects of non-biodegradable plastic on the environment.

Madurai corporation commissioner A Nagarajan said that to start with, one of the roads stretching up to 3-km would be laid with plastic collected from solid waste disposed in the city. "Plastic will be mixed with bitumen to lay the road. This has been tried elsewhere in the state in the past. If it is found successful, we will lay plastic-based roads at more places in Madurai," he said.

Madurai to have less power cuts:

The Madurai city may soon witness a massive strengthening of electricity distribution network aimed at preventing loss of electricity.

"As per the plan, as many as 4638 transformers would be installed in Madurai in the next four years. In Melur, where we are going to commence the project first, we will install 130 more transformers," said a Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) official. Installation of the transformers at more places would reduce the length of low-tension power supply lines and ultimately transmission loss could be reduced, he added.

This is the promise of TNEB Madurai; Let us wait and see if that happens!!

Already plastics are banned in Madurai Tourist spots. Clean up Madurai Tourist spots to happen. Plastics are reused for Madurai roads - that is the plan. If Plastics are sold or used near Madurai around the tourist spots of Madurai, then there would be spot fine of Rs.300 for the incident!