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Thursday, Jan 27, 2005

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Organisations highlight contributions to relief work

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, JAN. 26. The 56th Republic Day celebrations by Central and State organisations here today were on a low key, as the State is yet to recover from the December 26, 2004, tsunami. At the functions, the departments listed their contributions to relief work.

At the Southern Railway headquarters, the General Manager, Ramesh Chandra, unfurled the national flag and inspected a guard of honour presented by the Railway Protection Force. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Ramesh Chandra said that this financial year, the zone completed the suburban gauge conversion between Chennai Egmore and Tambaram in a record four months. Consequently, an additional carrying capacity of one lakh passengers was provided. The zone was confident of completing the target of 150 km of gauge conversion and 46 km of doubling of lines fixed for the current year.

ICF achievement

The Integral Coach Factory General Manager, Shivendra Kumar, hoisting the national flag, congratulated the employees on turning out a new aerodynamic-profiled diesel electric multiple unit, rail coach shells for the Malaysian Railways and stainless steel coaches for the Mumbai Rail Vikas.

Port performance

Highlighting the achievements of the Chennai Port Trust, the chairman, K.Suresh, said the port had moved to the third position among the major ports in traffic handling. To decongest the port approach road and to provide better connectivity, an elevated highway to Poonamallee was under consideration.

The port was also exploring the possibility of establishing a second container terminal at a cost of Rs. 200 crores-Rs 300 crores on a BOT (build, operate and transfer) basis.

At the Chennai Petroleum Corporation, the Managing Director, S.V.Narasimhan, unfurled the flag and took the salute. He said a project to augment the capacity of the sewage treatment plant by 2.5 million gallons per day (mgd) was expected to be completed by April. A desalination plant with a capacity of 5.8 mgd was being installed in the plant.

The Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, J.Sridharan, hoisting the flag, said the zone had registered a 10 per cent increase in revenue collection till December, compared to the same period last year.

The Group General Manager of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, P.S.N.Kuty, unfurling the flag, said state-of-the-art exploration tools were inducted for three-dimensional seismic surveys in the Thanjavur, Ramanathapuram, Ariyalur and Pondicherry belt to find more oil and gas.

Awards distributed

Service awards were distributed in the Indian Oil Corporation office here where the General Manager, V.Ramaswamy, hoisted the flag.

The State Election Commissioner, V.Palanichamy, unfurled the flag at the commission office and took the salute at a guard of honour presented by the police.

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