CHITTOOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION-Status Report

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> Hi friends,
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> Check the news report on 3 new municipal corporations in AP, which
> includes CHITTOOR, ONGOLE & KHAMMAM.
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ATM s in CHITTOOR

Here is the list of ATMs of different banks and their locations in CHITTOOR.

*Andhra Bank-1: Alankar Hotel.
*Andhra Bank-2: Darga circle.
*Andhra Bank-3: KR Palli. 

*Axis Bank-1: Highroad.
*Axis Bank-2: Greamspet.
*Axis Bank-3: KR Palli. 

*Bank of Baroda: Greamspet.

*Bank of India: KR Palli. 

*Corporation Bank: Gandhi Circle.  

*ICICI Bank-1: High Road.
*ICICI Bank-2: KR Palli. 

*Indian overseas Bank: Naidu bldngs. 

*IndusInd Bank-1: Naidubuildings.

*IndusInd Bank-2: BV Reddy bunk.  

*Indian Bank-1: KR Palli.
*Indian Bank-2: Near Gandhi Statue.

*Indian Bank-3: Greamspet

*ING Vysya Bank:  SITAMS Campus.

*Karur Vysya Bank: Shesapiran st. 

*Punjab National Bank: Shesapiran st

*SBI -1: Highroad.
*SBI-2: Greamspet.
*SBI-3: Railway station.
*SBI-4: Shesapiran street.
*SBI-5: RVS Nagar.
*SBI-6: Kongareddypalli.
*SBI-7: Dargah chowk.
*SBI-8: New Collectorate.

*Syndicate Bank: DI Road.

*Union Bank of India-1: Church st.
*Union Bank of India-2: Old bustand.

*Vijaya Bank: High Road.

Latest updates from CHITTOOR

Thanks to our dear friend SUDHEER REDDY for these updates
 1.New 3 star hotel "Bhaskara @ NPS bar and Restaurant" officers line
 is opened on 17/10/2010 .
 features: 30 central AC rooms, 300 Mem capacity Function hall,
 Steam bath etc.. With this, chittoor now has two 3 star
hotels ( BANS & BHASKARA) and one 2 star hotel (SINDHU TOWERS).

2.New Bus service to Hyd "Royal King Travels" office is located
 in Municipal shopping near MSR theater with this totally 8 private
services to hyderabad .

3.CUB bank is opening its new branch in Chittoor near Ragava theater.

 4.Union Bank changed its premises in the same street, now it is
located opposite to the Apollo hospital and also opened 3rd ATM in
the bank premises.

5.Cell 9 multi branded mobile show room opened on high road near PCR.

6.Upcoming OVC gold people are coming up with new big showroom for
Diwali and Apurva also planning another Showroom in Church street.

7.And also heard KUN Hundai is also going to start Showroom in CTR.

COACH INDICATION BOARDS FOR CTO STATION

Friends

All those interested in railway developments in chittoor are familiar with the delay in installing Coach Indication Boards in Chittoor station. These works were supposed to be finished in 2009 itself. 

So I wrote to railways reg this on 18 july. Here is the reply

Message : Sir, although the tender for led based coach indication boards has been discharged for CHITTOOR station, the work has not yet started.kindly rectify the delay

Registration Id : '1007180026'    Time stamp : 2010-07-18 12:06:45.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Due to modification in RDSO spec, the est are recasted and are under vetting. The tenders will be refloated and work will be taken on priority.

Then to follow this up I wrote back to railways on 28 sep. Surprised this time the reply

 changed putting the blame on contractor

 

Message : Sir, Tenders for LED Coach

indication boards are being called for

even smaller stations like markapur, but

CTO station

still lacks them even after sanction in

2009

Registration Id : '1009280017'

Time stamp : 2010-09-28 14:00:26.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Tenders have been called

and finalized for CTO earlier. Due to

non performance of contractor the

contract was terminated.

Now again tenders are called and

opening is on 8th NOV.

I have checked the tender form which is to be opened on November 8. These are the

 highlights of this tender.

 

1. 24 double sided led coach indication boards for each 1st and 2 nd platforms

2. One single sided coach guidance board at entrance of 1 st platform

3. Two double sided coach guidance board for each 1 st and 2 nd platform

4. One 40 inch LCD monitor at station concourse to display train information

5. One at a glance board for the station

Hope this time the contractor is good and finishes in time.     

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Posted By hi chittoor to Mana Chittoor at 10/02/2010 11:21:00 AM

Digital World City near Chittoor

Well known industrial family of our district, AMARARJA GROUP is setting up a 500-acre project for electronics goods manufacturing at Mordanipalli near Chittoor on NH4 with a total investment of Rs 1,700 crore in the next 10 years.


Out of the total investment, the group will put in Rs 500 crore for development of infrastructure, while the rest will come from those firms, which will set up shops there. According to sources close to the development, Amara Raja Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (ARIPL) is promoting the digital city near Chitoor along with Amara Raja Electronics Ltd (AREL) to bring in electronics hardware manufacturing to the state.

The project will be developed under IT/ITES SEZ category and the group has received in-principle approval. The land has already been acquired and the notification of the project is under process," a source said.

The project is likely to provide employment to more than 20,000 people. The location has been selected to provide non-migratory employment opportunities in line with Amara Raja's core purpose of creating access and opportunities to more people

INFRASTRUCTURE of CHITTOOR

Hi friends,
First of all any person passing through a place will look at the basic infrastructure ie roads, before even knowing abt the place. Our Ctr is no different. Any one entering a place gets the feel of that place by just looking at the roads.

Ctr being important transit point for three states, gives nothing of such feel to passers by. Any one entering or passing through Ctr feels only one thing...,, this place is most under developed and how come it is a head quarter.

Tell me friends, is there a single road which gives a great good look to Ctr. Don't tell me abt rajivgandhi road. Even 1 &2 grade towns now a days have much better roads. Ours is a selection grade municipality since 2000-01. We have to laugh at our own faces.

Todays burning problem in AP is telangana issue. They want separate state just because of a single reason ie underdevelopment. Believe me I have travelled extensively in telangana. Even small towns like kamareddy, mancherial, kodad have much better roads, atleast the main road passing through the town with good dividers and butterfly lighting. But we boast only of those roads which are same since 1970.

Go and check kadapa or even pulivendula. We will bury our heads in sand. Where are we lacking.  Why so. Why only us.  Where is the chittoor pride

Any road with good stone lined divider with greenery on it, changes the entire face of the town. Ongole, khammam and proddutur have 3 or more such roads each. But we????!want to become city when we are maintaing standards of village.  Which puppet municipal regime will change this.
Come, get elected by force or price, get purses filled and get lost. That is the policy of politicians of Ctr.  So Ctr will never change untill this changes.

I wonder why a single peoples rep in Ctr gets any idea for bettering Ctr. Be it municipal commissioner, collector, jc or dro etc etc. These people come transferred from dif places. Why are they tight lipped and hand tied reg Ctr. Don't they feel the diff between earlier work place and Ctr. Then why are they silent

Coming to some facts, our municipality had asked for funds for 4 main roads 3 yrs back viz 1. Pcr to sugar factory 2. Msr to nutrine. 3. Collectors bunglow to estate and 4. Greamspet to reddygunta. What happened to this proposal?thrown in dustbin because no politician insisted or followed

3 yrs back Hudco sanctioned several crores to AP govt for widening roads and improving drainage in municipal areas. The roads taken up for widening was 360 km.Now why didn't these funds reach Ctr. Or if it reached where were they spent. We asked for onlr 12 kms of road improvement. What happenned to that?????!!

What happens to common man if road is widened?? Initially they may lose part of land or their buiding. But once work is completed their land and commercial value increases several times to makeup for their loss. Their buisinesses wI'll flourish.ultimately everyone is benifitted.  But no one understands this in Ctr.

I hope atleast a corporation status will change this fate

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN CHITTOOR

1. Municipal administration minister A Ramnarayan Reddy has stated
that the upgradation process of 3 municipalities in the state is
currently on hold due to ongoing census process and restrictions
placed by central govt. He reiterated that once this is over 3
municipal bodies KHAMMAM, CHITTOOR and ONGOLE will be upgraded as
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS by 2011 march. Hr also stated that 58 new
municipalities will be created from existing panchayats in the state.

2. Samsung digital plaza has opened on the high road showcasing all
products of samsung.

3. Deer park is being upgraded as childrens park by forest
authorities. Already the works has been started.

4. Even with heavier rains, NTR jalasayam is getting only scanty water
due to silt accumulation in the supply channels. Irrigation dept is
throwing the onus on municipal authorities who in turn are blaming PWD.

5. Indian Bank Greamspet has shifted to new building opp to old
collectorate. A new ATM was also inagurated.

CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION FOR CHITTOOR

The PNGRB(Petroleum and natural gas regulatory board) has identified a total of 23 geographical areas in the state of Andhra Pradesh for setting up City gas Distribution (CGD) network. These cities include: Khammam, Eluru, Suripet, Guntur, Nalgonda, Sangareddy, Zahirabed, Homnabad, Mallavaram, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad, ramagundam, Kottaguddem, Chittoor, Vizianagaram, Bhimumpatnam, Srikakulam, Paralakhemundi, Tirupati, Vishakhapatnam and Rajamundry.

All this locations will have gas distribution pipelines for retail households before 2015. 

RAILWAYS and DELAYS

Dear Friends,

As u have known, for my earlier SMS one month back regarding coach indication boards at chittoor station, the railways replied that tenders have been already discharged and work will be completed by September. 

But as you people would have noticed that the work has not even started in station. This tender wad finalised last year but no work initiation till now. So I got puzzled. SMSed back expecting a reply that a little more delay is expected etc etc 

But what i got was a shock. Now check the drama

Message : Sir, although the tender for led based coach indication boards has been discharged for CHITTOOR station, the work has not yet started.kindly rectify the delay

Registration Id : '1007180026'    Time stamp : 2010-07-18 12:06:45.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Due to modification in RDSO spec, the est are recasted and are under vetting. The tenders will be refloated and work will be taken on priority.

That means every thing is cancelled now  Now new tenders will be called up. Then tenders will have to be finalised. Then the contractor can start the work at snails pace at his will. We chittoreans will keep on waiting to see some basic development. 

This is always what is happening to works related to cto. 

Now our duty is to constantly put pressure on them till last board is fixed on cto railway platform. 

All we need is strenght of no's. So pls ask your friends and coworkers from Ctr to join our association. 

Yours sincerely

Venkatesh 

APOLLO REACH HOSPITAL IN CHITTOOR

Apollo Hospitals, one of the largest private hospital chains in India, is setting up secondary and tertiary care facilities Karaikudi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karimnagar and CHITTOOR. 

This is part of Apollo Hospital's programme to set up 3,000 beds across the rural areas of the country under the Apollo-Reach initiative.

Apollo-Reach initiative is aimed at by opening up hospitals in the rapidly emerging tier 2 and tier 3 cities in India.

"We are in the process of setting up hospitals in Karaikudi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karimnagar and CHITTOOR and plans of establishing more facilities across the country are already underway,"Dr Prathap C Reddy, chairman Apollo Hospitals has stated in reports.

According to him, setting up hospitals in rural or semi-urban areas is a rigorous, time-consuming procedure. however, Apollo's experience in setting up hospitals across the country has helped the company accurately identify cities and towns that are in urgent need of healthcare facilities.

Apollo targets to have 50 Apollo-Reach hospitals in 5 years. The Hyderabad, south Indian company aims to increase the number of hospitals to 10 from the current three Apollo-Reach hospitals and the target by 2011.

DISTRICT HOSPITAL, CHITTOOR

Friends,
these are the latest developments in chittoor

1. Chittoor District Hospital achieved ISO 2008 recognition. With this
the hospital will be upgraded to super speciality status. This status
was conferred by National Health Systems Resource Centre, which is a
central govt organisation. Along with chittoor, eluru was also
selected for this purpose.

Chittoor District Hospital will now be upgraded to 400 or 500 beds
(from present 330 beds). A modern pathology and diagnostic lab will
be established. Medical, Surgical, ENT, Eye, Ortho and Dental wings
with 2 professors and 10 junior doctors will be recruited. All the
facilities are to be upgraded to super speciality status and
greater emphasis on cleanliness. Hope all this happens fast filling
up the lacuna if much needed health care in Chittoor.

Coming to similar news, APOLLO hospitals pvt limited is going to
construct a new hospital at murukambattu with 300 bed capacity called
as APOLLO REACH HOSPITAL. The construction work is to start by
September. Presently fencing work is going on.

Recently CMC director has announced that chittoor cmc campus will
start functioning with primary health care from September. The
facilities will be sequentially upgraded.

It's showering hospitals friends.

Stand with PRIDE

Though I am strictly apolitical and personally always wished N
Chandrababu Naidu could have done a lot for Chittoor when he had the
oppurtunity as CM, i strongly condemn the behaviour of Maharashtra
govt in treating Telugu elected representatives. Whatever might be the
reason for TDPs visit, it is not how elected representatives are to be
treated. We shouldn't keep silent if our fellow statesmen are treated
shabbily.

Why is govt mum on this matter. YSR wouldn't hve remained silent. If
present govt is so afraid of political mileage, it should remember
that people are watching.

I wish Telugu people are united to stand with Pride

MASTER PLAN FOR CHITTOOR

Friends here is the master plan for chittoor as planned by Praveen. These are more realistic and implementable as such things are already done in other towns and cities of our ANDHRA PRADESH

1) Widening and four laning of all principal roads upto 10-14 kms:

    .it means ,,,Gangadharanellore =10 kms,Yadamari= 11.5 kms,Agarampalle (kanipakam) = 12 kms, K.G.Sathram = 14 kms,Banda Palle =11.5 kms, Gudipala = 14 kms.. from Centre of chittoor.  

 2)Bi laning of other roads..likes of Thazambedu,Kodigutta,Anuppalle roads...

3) Pedestrian footh pathson all the ways - from 4kms, from GS

4) a)Express Bus Stop for every kilometer...Shelter constructed in BLR style...carrying full lighting..Advertising space...
b)Ordinary bus stop/City bus stop for 0.5 kilometer......Sada Bus Shelter....

5)Circles well widened.... with Statues of contributors to CTR city....with all signal boards, traffic signals being set up

6) Archs at the City limits carrying welcome to CHITTOOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION,CHITTOOR -DT,AP....with distance boards with distance info to GS...,from all the directions(principal roads)

7)At the start of every n end of Area & Locality on the main roads...the area name plates should be erected...

8) Encouraging the usage of alternate roads in the peak hours,likes of tank bund road( by the side of Gangineni Cheruvu), Krishnaveni college to BV reddy Clny road,(via deer park)...etc,,

9) All the Circles & Y,T - junctions should be appropriately named....carrying the Area indicating boards towards the respective directions.....

100 years of being a dist hqrs town and 93 Years of muncipality,This is what we can dream of, with lot of hopes in heart and waiting for the right time.

WAKE UP

Hi,
Today I was talking to a person from anantapur. He had been to Ctr 4 times it seems. He says it is a very backward place. It looks like a small town, no development...etc etc. I was very sad. If this is the situation nearly 100 years after Ctr formation, what next????.

He was right. He said what he observed. But what abt those idiots simply sitting in Ctr and looking at other places developing a lot day by day. But us? Even if we visit once in 2 years u will notice no change. Every road will be same. Still using same old tubelights for street lighting. Same old crowded streets. Not a single good road or a good park.

But comedy is that some people sitting there as representatives of Ctr think a lot had been done to Ctr. Ctr saw development like never before. Are these people really blind. Can't they see other towns even smaller than Ctr flourishing. We are the poorest in infrastructure
when compared to any other dist hqrs, even srikakulam and adilabad are far far better.

Even kumbhkarna had some method of waking up. But our representatives are in permanent coma. God save Ctr from them.

Demolitions at CHITTOOR Railway Station

Recently the approach road to RS was widened and a bilane cement road
was laid. But after this, last Sunday the railway authorities sudenly
came with bulldozers etc and demolished all the jaggery godowns on
either side of the railway station road.

Going into details of it-in 1968 the railway authorities permitted
jaggery merchants to build godowns in railway land for a lease of 25
yrs. After the lease was expired, it was extended for another 5 years.
Ultimately with increasing passenger numbers and revenues, railways
reclaimed this land for development. This went into legal hurdles. But
once legal sanction was obtained the demolitions took place.

Though it's good thing that railway station and premises will see
further development, sad thing is that merchants who lived for 40
years are suddenly displaced. It would have been much better if they
would have been offered land near kattamanchi market yard. Which would
have made everyone happy.

Now to wait n watch what railway authorities are going to do with this
reclaimed land.

CRTA & Railways-1

Friends,

Look at some interactions between railways grievance cell and our CRTA through it's member Praveen. 

Let us thank Praveen ks for his effort. 

1)
 

Message : Sir like to know about any plans to introduce or divert train in the route Vellore city- chittoor town(would be city)-MPL-DMVM soon?

Registration Id : '1006190005'     Phone Number :+919581753170    Time stamp :2010-06-19 11:59:53.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	This subject pertains to Headquarters. However, soon after getting information in this regard,public will be informed.

2)

Message : Sir,would like to bring to your notice the need for providing filtered drinking water in this spring at the CHITTOOR station along strictly maintaining hygienic conditions

Registration Id : '1006220005'     Phone Number :+919581753170    Time stamp :2010-06-22 12:19:20.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	RO water plant is under construction to supply RO water on some of the water taps on all platforms. This will be commissioned soon.

3)

Message : Sir, clarify about the fund allocation and works already done and which are to be taken at CHITTOOR station as an ADARSH station

Registration Id : '1006200006'     Phone Number :+918099295046    Time stamp :2010-06-20 13:51:23.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Workare sanctioned to provide amenities by engineering, electrical and S&T department at a total cost of 3.83 crores. Tenders will be floated and all kinds of amenities will be taken up to develop the station as Adarsh station. Further details if necessary may be collected from divisional office

4)

Message : Isn't this feasible running the biweekly train between tirupati & hyderabad via pakala,guntakal on katpadi - hyderabad via pakala, guntakal in the remaining days of the week?

Registration Id : '1006210002'     Phone Number :+918099295046    Time stamp :2010-06-21 09:29:38.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	After introduction 2731/2732 SC-TPTY-SC Express and basing on patronisation your suggestion will be referred to Rly. board.

5)

Message : Sir, since when the "RVS NAGAR " station would be expected to become functional?

Registration Id : '1006250011'     Phone Number :+918099295046    Time stamp :2010-06-25 13:07:15.0

 

S.No	ActionTaken
1	In sufficient information. Please resend your complaint/suggestion along with details

6)

Message : How long would it take to get the RVS NAGAR@ MUTHIREVULU station near CHITTOOR into use .

Registration Id : '1006290009'     Phone Number :+918099295046    Time stamp :2010-06-29 12:03:40.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Proposals has been sent to Head Quarters, it is under process.

7)

Message : How committed is railways to construct a foot over bridge from railway station to CHITTOOR central bus station, if yes,how soon can we expect that?

Registration Id : '1006290021'     Phone Number :+918099295046    Time stamp :2010-06-29 18:57:06.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Railway will not take up any work of construction of FOB on its own for connecting from railway area to outside the railway area unless requested by State/local authorities. The cost of such construction will have to be borne by the requesting authority. Railway constructs FOB as required connecting one platform to other within railway land.

8)

Message : Sir, what are the chances to set up CHITTOOR NORTH railway station at Murukambat for the benefit of 11,000 population of Murukambat,Doddipalli,Koka Vandlur areas of CHITTOOR

Registration Id : '1006260009'     Phone Number :+919581753170    Time stamp :2010-06-26 12:24:05.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Thank you for your suggestion. It will be examined.

CRTA & Railways-2

These are few earlier responses from railways

Complaint: Sir, the station name indication boards are non existent on platforms in chittoor(cto) station. It is becoming very difficult for identifying station in the night from inside train.pls provide them at the earliest.

Registration Id : '1006010008'      Time stamp : 2010-06-01 15:56:44.0

Reply:

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Works for provision of station name indication boards will be taken up in the current year i.e., 2010-11.

Message : Sir, the coach indication boards for which tenders were called last year have not yet been installed at chittoor station. Pls take necessary action

Registration Id : '1005250020'    Time stamp : 2010-05-25 21:34:44.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Works sanctioned in LSWP. Tender discharged. But works were stalled due to ongoing cover over platform works. Coach  guidance and at a glance info LED boards Will be provided by Nov.1

Complaint: Sir.,in chittoor station the platform does nt have anti slip tiles.kindly take action

Registration Id : '1006140001'    Time stamp : 2010-06-14 12:14:23.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	The work will be taken up in due course and as a part of Adarsh station.

Message : Sir, we(Chittoor Rail Travellers Association) greatly appreciate your cooperation and support. Kindly hasten the adarsh station works of chittoor(cto) station

Registration Id : '1006240004' Time stamp : 2010-06-24 14:50:06.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Work is sanctined to provide amenities by Engineering, Electrical and S&T departments with a total cost of Rs.3.83 crores. Tenders will be floated for all kinds of amenities will be provided to develop the Chittoor as ADARSH Station.

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN CHITTOOR

1.The ICICI Bank started functioning in konga reddy palli.

2.Cafe Coffe Day is coming to chittoor(Near IOC petrol bunk on

Bangalore Highway).

3.Ashok Leyland Showroom and Service Center in Bangalore highway

4.Samsung plaza....coming shortly(work is in progress in high road)

5.Cotton county exclusive showroom opening shortly(Not sure about the location)

6.Muncipal office is very nice....fountains.. realy looking good..

7.Muthhoot Finance people started second branch in the town (Greamspet

opposite to eSeva)

  8. PCR circle is being widened with new footpaths.

  9. New Canara bank ATM coming opp to chandana ramesh shopping mall

  10. Indian bank 3 rd ATM coming opp to old collectorate 

 

  

Initial Members of CRTA

So far so good

Initially the reponse was cold, but slowly mail Id s started pouring in

So here's the list of initial members who joined in the humble beginning of Chittoor Rail Travellers Association

# ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com
# prav.ctr@gmail.com
# chaitu.raghava@gmail.com
# reddysudheerg@gmail.com

# swaroopbalu@gmail.com

# drpsunilkumar@gmail.com

# tscr125@gmail.com  
# vinayak.pavan@gmail.com
# chalapathi_ev@yahoo.com

# kms.gaja@ gmail.com
# nochili.murali@gmail.com

We heartily welcome other chittoreans with a heart for development of their hometown with open hand 

Come join us 

ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com 

Response to the call of CTRA

These are few people who are willing to spare a precious time of atleast 5 mins a month by submitting their names to join 

CTRA or Chittoor Rail Travellers Association.

>prav.ctr@gmail.com :K.S.Praveen Kumar

>tscr125@gmail.com: T.S.Chiranjeevi Rao,  
>vinayak.pavan@gmail.com:Vinayaka
 >chalapathi_ev@yahoo.com:E.Venkata Chalapathi

>drpsunilkumar@gmail.com: sunil

Let us see how many more chittooreans have heart for their hometown. 

All you have to do is to mail me with your mail id or enter it in comments section of this blog

Eagerly waiting for your response,

Your fellow chittorean

ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com

CTRTA

Hi friends,
When I interacted with a railway official from SCR zonal office in
secunderabad , I came across few interesting things.

1. Any individual request/suggestion reg any station doesn't have any
weight reg any admin or policy approvals

2. But if it comes from a responsible community or association of
customers, the request has to be processed and sent to the hqrs with
added note on feasibility and economic viability.

3. Many major cities and towns have such associations.

So friends few of us have decided to go ahead to form an association
called

Chittoor Town Railway Travellers Association
Or
CTRTA.

Any chittoorean who travels regularly in trains, travelled or wishes
to improve railway facilities in chittoor can immediately join this
association.

All you have to do is either mail me at ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com
Or you can enter your email I'd in the comments section.

That's all you will be a member of an responsible association. You
need not attend some meetings or do something else. Everything will be
online and by mails. Railway development is most essential part in the
development of chittoor. So we request you to come join hands.

Even those who want to remain anonymous can do so by just mailing
their email id or entering it in comments section

Suggestions Requested

ONE MORE SMS: ONE MORE REPLY

Hi, 

As I have said few chittoreans who felt the self responsbility started sending SMS es to railway no 8121281212

I am reporting the first among them sent by Praveen of Ctr 

Message : Sir like to know about any plans to introduce or divert train in the route Vellore city- chittoor city-MPL-DMVM soon?

Registration Id : '1006190005'     Phone Number :+919581753170    Time stamp :2010-06-19 11:59:53.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	This subject pertains to Headquarters. However, soon after getting information in this regard,public will be informed.

Lets see how many more to follow 

RESPONSE FROM RAILWAYS.

Friends, 

As I was discussing before, I wanted to takeup the issue of absence of anti skid tiles in our railway station and how the platform edges have become slippery. So I SMSed the railway no 8121281212 and got the due response in a weeks time. Check it out 

Complaint: Sir.,in chittoor station the platform does nt have anti slip tiles.kindly take action

Registration Id : '1006140001'    Time stamp : 2010-06-14 12:14:23.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	The work will be taken up in due course and as a part of Adarsh station.

So, I want you people also to SMS any issue or problem, or any facility you feel as needed at Ctr station to this no

8121281212

As this no is new and not well known around, they are getting around 20 to 25 SMSes only per day. So every SMS is being promptly attended to, and action taken report is given. This may not be the situation once SMS no increases. 

So hurry up friends. All you have do is SMS from an AP mobile no. No need to call anyone or talk to anyone. A simple SMS is enough to satisfy you that u have done something for Ctr. 

Currently there are many problems in Chittoor(cto)station like:

1. The platform foot over bridge is not extended towards rtc bus station. 

2. Many trains which pass through cto are not stopping at cto, incl rameshwaram-okha exp, yeshwantpur-Howrah exp, kanyakumari-Mumbai exp etc. 

3. Atleast a passenger train betwen cto and chennai. 

4. A second reservation counter will help a lot in easing the congestion

Representation to Railways

If any one of you have been a passenger from chittoor (cto) station, and wants to solve or bring to notice some genuine problem or any facility in Ctr station, you can do it by SMS ing to this no.

 

8121281212

Believe me. This really works and u will have apt response within a week.

 

* presently I request you to SMS to 8121281212about the slippery edge of platform were anti skid tiles are to be provided &

Atleast a passenger train to chennai frm Ctr.

 

Kindly do it friends. Atleast we can feel that we have done something for Ctr. Kindly inform me once you get response. 

ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com

Chittooru Nagara Palaka Samstha / Chittoor Municipal Corporation

(Courtesy: Praveen ks & Kasi)

> As i informed u earlier, Ctr is strongly trying to become a Corporation.Already even before announcement of govt official order, all the municipal vehicles are being painted with CHITTOOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, keep your city clean etc in English or Telugu.
Enjoy the first glimpses of tranformation.

Latest Railway Developments in Chittoor

Friends, 

As you know earlier, our CHITTOOR station has been an A class staion since 2 yrs with annual earning more than 6 crores. But the facilities were not up to the name. 

I continuosly pestered railway authorities reg this thru emails, letters and SMS. Here are some of the responses from railways i got and I would like to share with u. 

1. Regular passengers using our rs might have observed that station name boards are absolutely not present on the platforms except at platform ends. So I wrote to railways and got the reply

 

Complaint: Sir, the station name indication boards are non existent on platforms in chittoor(cto) station. It is becoming very difficult for identifying station in the night from inside train.pls provide them at the earliest.

Registration Id : '1006010008'      Time stamp : 2010-06-01 15:56:44.0

Reply:

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Works for provision of station name indication boards will be taken up in the current year i.e., 2010-11.

2. I have been discussing about the coach guidance boards in this blog. These are well lit boards which indicate the actual position where respective coach will stop, much before the arrival of train. Though tenders were called last may, they were not yet installed in Ctr station. So I took up this matter as a complaint. 

Complaint : Sir, the coach indication boards for which tenders were called last year have not yet been installed at chittoor station. Pls take necessary action

Registration Id : '1005250020'    Time stamp : 2010-05-25 21:34:44.0

Reply:

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Works sanctioned in LSWP. Tender discharged. But works were stalled due to ongoing cover over platform works. Coach  guidance and at a glance info LED boards Will be provided by Nov.10.

So by nov 2010 our station will have much better amenities. 

Some other developmental works taking place in Ctr station are;

3. Cover over platform will be provided fully on platform number 1. 

4. Instead of DMU passengers presently running with 4 bogies, MEMU(main line multiple unit) trains with 7 bogies will be introduced soon. Already test run in this regard is completed. 

5. Cover over platform for 2/3 is going on. But this 2/3 platform will only be partially covered. 

6. Second foot over bridge will be constructed on south side of station. 

7. Rs 3.8 crores have been allotted to chittoor to make it a model station. These funds will be spent on beautification, signages, drinking water, and platform improvement. 

8. But there is one absurd plan to build a water pipeline from siddampalli station to Ctr station. Instead of wasting Money on 12 km of pipeline, they can just drill some borewells on any railway land much nearer to chittoor and better utilize saved Money on other amenities.

   

PS: if any one of you have been a regular passenger from ctr station, and wants to solve or bring to notice some genuine problem or any facility in Ctr station, you can do it by SMS ing to this no.

 

8121281212

Believe me. This really works and u will have apt response within a week. 

* presently I request you to SMS to 8121281212 about the slippery edge of platform were anti skid tiles are to be provided &

Atleast a passenger train to chennai frm Ctr.

 

Kindly do it friends. Atleast we can feel that we have done something for Ctr. Kindly inform me once you get response. 

ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com 

Moment of pride for CHITTOOR

Hi friends,
Another happy news to you all. Infact it's a news which we can take pride in.

The SVCET Engneering college in rvs nagar, chittoor was declared 3 rd among the top engineering colleges in AP. Infact this college stood 30th among top 50 engineering colleges in India. This was declared in a survey conducted by CSR(competion success review-the prestigious journal which every student preparing for civil services reads).

Now an institute getting these highest accolades- isn't it a moment of pride.

Another news is that the chairman of this college- ravuri venkata swami is strongly trying for deemed university status. This might compensate for the lack of a higher education institute in chittoor. This should cover the indifferent attitude of AP Govt which sanctioned 16 universities, happily forgetting that chittoor is also an dist head quarter.

Latest Developments in CHITTOOR

Chittoor : June 1 (courtesy: KS PRAVEEN& G SUDHEER)

1. New SBI ATM started functioning at dargah circle. With this total no of sbi ATMs in chittoor becomes 8.

2. The approach road for railway station is half laid ie on right side. Why other half is left out?

3. The TVS showroom is back in town with the opening of new showroom beside herohonda, near rvc theater.

4. The road widening from kajoor circle to old collectorate circle is about to be finished.

5. The development of reddygunta circle is stalled where a YSR statue is likely to come up.

6. Municipality has sent a proposal to govt for 6 crores to widen all important roads and to provide butterfly lighting.

7. Hyundai has advertised for dealers interested in opening a showroom in Ctr.

8.New johnsons exclusive showroom opened by Balaji homeneeds.

CMC chittoor campus status-As reported by cmc

Here is the news article on CMC chittoor campus, courtesy cmcvellore.org


For the first time in its 110 year history, the Christian Medical College is opening a second campus. On Saturday, April 24 several hundred people gathered to celebrate this historic moment at a spot on the old Bangalore-Chennai highway, a few kilometers south of the town of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. It is here, on over 600 acres of land purchased from the government of Andhra Pradesh that CMC will build a facility that promises in the long run to equal or surpass the present Vellore location in size and importance.

CMC Director, Suranjan Bhattacharji, envisions a university of the health sciences, which will emphasize the connections between body and spirit, the secular and the sacred, the earthly and the divine. “With the cooperation of the Andhra Pradesh government, we have purchased sufficient land to build the clinics, labs, classrooms, offices and housing we so urgently need,” remarked Dr. Bhattacharji. The April 24 event inaugurated construction of the boundary wall, the first step in opening the new property for use by CMC. Within three months, CMC expects to open the first clinic. Nurses will initiate health services with doctors arriving shortly thereafter

The chief guest, Shri C. K. Jayachandra Reddy, who represents Chittoor in the state legislature, welcomed CMC to the area. Speaking in Telugu, the language of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Reddy emphasized that CMC services will be available to all, regardless of economic and social status. Having himself been treated at CMC, Mr. Reddy affirmed the quality of care provided by CMC. He noted for the benefit of local people in the audience that CMC health professionals honored their “favorite” God through service to all of humanity. He explained that CMC was not motivated by profit, and he urged CMC to do all in its power to keep its prices within reach of the common man and woman.

The new campus is a twenty minute drive from Katpadi (Vellore) train station and a similar distance from a station at Chittoor. These rail facilities combined with the location on a highway will allow the new campus to serve patients from all over India as well as local villages. Approximately 600 patients a day come to CMC Vellore from the Chittoor area, and it is hoped that much of this flow can be re-directed to the new campus, relieving some of the pressure on Vellore outpatient clinics.

Chittoor Roads-Good days ahead?

Friends,
Atlast hopes are bright that chittoor roads will see some development. Our friend KS PRAVEEN gives the ground report.

1. The road from cb road junction passing through greamspet, Durga nagar circle, pvkn upto reddygunta is to be 4 laned by this year end.

2. Similarly the road from district court(aragonda cross) to 6 km from town limits is to be widened to 4 lane configuration.

3. Improvement and widening of Bangalore byepass(visweswarayya road ) is strongly being considered to be taken up with world bank funding by r&b department.

4. Gayathri projects which has taken up the upgradation of chittoor puttur road has started work.

5. The 4 laning of Putalapattu Naidupet road is stalled even after finalising tenders because this was converted into national highway as NH18a. Now as we know that national highways dept always had this step motherly attitude for chittoor roads, we have to wait.

6. The preliminary survey and feasibility study of 4 laning NH4 within AP is still not completed.

So the roads in and around Ctr are being taken up slowly for improvement. When they will finish ? Now a big puzzle.

I think we are already used to waiting for development. So lets wait

Indian oil -CHITTOOR: latest news

Hi friends,
you are familiar with the news that indianoil is building a pipeline from chennai to Bangalore through yadamari near chittoor. Already it has started building a scrapper and pumping station which is nearing completion.

Now the great news is indianoil board has sanctioned a bulk storage terminal at chittoor at the cost of 176 crore rupees. This new marketing terminal will come next to the existing scrapper station.

This new terminal to be called as IOCL CHITTOOR TERMINAL is coming up with a capacity of 61532 kl of petroleum products(or 61532000 liters). This terminal will be a resitement for present bulk depots in kadapa and tada. Or on other words the depots in kadapa and tada will be closed
and the personnel will be transferred to chittoor terminal which is being built to serve all southern districts of AP. Only thing they are waiting is the pollution control permission from environmental ministry.

This is a major milestone in chittoor's developmental history because this terminal will be an asset to our town ....oops "city"