CHITTOOR CITY MASTER PLAN TO BE IMPLEMENTED FROM NEXT MONTH

Chittoor Master Plan is finally ready and will be  implemented after diwali.

Master plan will be implemented phase wise, starting with road widening for which final approval of C&DMA is received.

The arterial roads to be taken up in Phase-I include

       # Greamspet to Gangasagaram -New collectorate -100 ft
       # MSR Junction to Murukambattu via Kattamanchi - 100 ft
       # Collector Bungalow to Puttur Road via Estate - 100 ft
       # MSR Junction to Iruvaram Byepass -100 ft
       # Santhapet Juction to Byepass -80 ft

       # Neeva Bridge to Santhapet  Ragimanu Junction-50 ft


The roads to be taken up in Phase-II include
     
       # Outer ring road phase I
       # Outer ring road phase II


The entire master plan along with changes in zone regulations is planned to be completed in 2 years. The road widening itself is estimated to cost about 75 crores.

The work schedule, marking and implemetation will be finalised in a joint action team meeting comprising of District Collector, Revenue, National Highway, Municipal and Electricty departments after Diwali.

CHITTOOR TRAFFIC PROBLEM SOLVED???

GO THROUGH THIS NEWS REPORT
Courtesy: Hans India

Chittoor: At last the traffic menace in Chittoor city was solved with the municipal authorities and police forcibly removing the encroachments in many places. Chittoor Municipal Commissioner Sachidananda Varma said that encroachments were removed in Ponniamman Koil Street, Church Street and Hospital Road, paving the way for free passage of the public as well as vehicles.

Speaking to The Hans India at Chittoor on Saturday, Sugalies (Banjarans) have occupied two thirds of the bus station against the instructions of higher authorities and hawkers and fruit vendors occupied Ponniamman Koil Street creating heavy traffic jam, he said. "Chittoor DSP Rajeswara Reddy, Urban CI Sudhakar Reddy along with Chittoor MLA CK Babu finalized an action plan to clear the traffic hindrances in the city despite pressures. The encroachments by Sugalis and shops of petty vendors are forcibly evicted," he added.

In a move to beautify the city, water fountains were constructed at the Municipal Office, Gandhi Circle, MSR Cross Roads and other key points. Sale of plastic is strictly banned in the city, the Commissioner added.

He further said modern street lights were installed in the entire city, night sweeping has been undertaken in a big way, big drainages were constructed, digital banners were removed and movement of autorikshaws on the main streets has been restricted.

He felt an absolute need to develop Chittoor Corporation with parks, tourist spots, underground drainages and others. He said, "Chittoor City Beautification Committee has been constituted and the District Collector declared Rs 2 crores for beautifying the city. There are proposals to establish boat club also."

The well decorated Municipal Auditoriums is kept ready for inauguration by the Chief Minister.

Now how many of these things are really worked out. Share your opinions and thoughts and what needs to be done for our Chittoor.

Separate Rayalaseema Yatra - A CHITTOOR Perspective

Today Byreddy Rajasekhar reddy is starting his padayatra demanding separate Rayalaseema state if state division is inevitable.
If seemandhra is created it is for sure that Rayalseema will be most effected in issues of power, representation and irrigation. Moreover new capital city will be definitely created in Andhra region only.
But is separate Rayalaseema a solution??? . Though it looks good and promising on paper, the very idea has lot many hiccups.
Can a state with 4 districts survive( even if divided into 8 districts). Even minor irrigation projects cannot get funding. Major water resources will be under control of either Telangana or Andhra regions. Already seema is turning into desert and farmers will completely abandon agriculture as a whole.
Separate rayalseema will be the weakest of three new states in all the matters and will be lagging in development by decades.
So what are the options at hand. First option will be Keeping the state in present form seems better but present Telangana situation doesnt allow for this option.
Secondly if seemandhra is carved out, then a second capital needs to be created in seema region. Tirupati will be a best option for this. An autonomous governing council for seema region should be considered with major say in the matters of the governance of the region. But power hungry politicians strongly oppose this proposal and this option will have to face lot many ground issues for implementation.
Thirdly carving out of separate seema state is proposed. No doubt seema is the least developed of three regions as stated by Sri Krishna committee itself. But will separate seema state an answer for this?????
Byreddy hails from kurnool which had been the first capital for Andhra state. But situation in kurnool has never been as grim as in other seema districts. Moreover byreddy ia mostly unknown in major parts of chittoor district. It has to be noted that so far no major political party or leader has endorsed byreddy and his demand.
Though his idea of bringing the core issue of underdeveloped seema to attention is good, byreddy should first understand the ground realities in seema first. His demands should be justified by aspirations of peoples aspirations.
Now coming to the Chittoor perspective, he is almost in dark about the reality here. Does he know that
Chittoor is the only district head quarter in entire seema where a single govt educational institute even a polytechnic doesnt exist. Other 3 headquarters have govt medical college each.
In every aspect, ctr remained being neglected, being the distant most part of the state. Now if kurnool or anantapur is made capital, its not going to change anything. Already3 small and medium software companies are functioning in Ctr. Why is Software park for Chittoor is not being spoken about as it has high potential.
In the entire length of NH4 from Pune to Chennai only the part that passes through chittoor district is unwidened. It is disheartening to note that this stretch till Karnataka border and that from tamilnadu border is already widened leaving this 84 km stretch untouched. NHAI has left just this 84 km stretch from its jurisdiction. All other contemporary roads were 4 laned years back. But not a single sane voice was raised against this part of NH4 left out. Now byreddy doesnt even know this ground reality and has never raised this in his press events.
Chittoor being at the centre of two major metros, has the highest potential for industrial development among all other places in seema. But basic infrastructure creation for attracting investment was never even given a thought. As Bangalore- Nangili railway line is under plans, Chittoor Nangili railway line for which survey has already completed by SWR, will create a shortest route to Bangalore. But no MP or MLA is openly demading this implementation. Why doesn't Byreddy talk about this.

These are only few aspects of injustice in Chittoor. Unless byreddy speaks about these matters and brings them to light, he cannot expect even little support from people of Chittoor.
Hope Byreddys padayatra in Chittoor will help him understand these.

New Train Through Chittoor 17615/6

A new train passing from Kacheguda to Madurai through Chittoor is being introduced by SCR from october end.

This will be a weekly train and will be a day train between Hyderabad to chittoor.

The train timings are:


T.No.17615 Kacheguda – Madurai
Kacheguda:   06.05 D
Chittoor:       19.10 D
Madurai:       07.00 A

T.No.17616 Madurai - Kacheguda 

Madurai:      12.50 D
Chittoor:      00.02 D
Kacheguda:  14.05 A

Stoppages for these trains are: Mahabubnagar, Gadwal,Kurnool Town, Dhone,Anantapur,
Dharmavaram, Madanapalle Road, Piler, Pakala Jn. Chittoor, Katpadi Jn., Ambur,
Vanniyammbadi, Jolarpettai Jn, Salem, Erode, Karur, Tiruchchirapalli Jn, Dinidgul,
Kodaikkanal Road.

CMC VELLORE-CHITTOOR CHALLENGE

CMC Vellore is organising a first Open Campus Day on 6th October, 2012. 

This will be for all the family. A chance for you to visit the campus, breathe in the fresh air and enjoy the scenery. There'll be food, fun and games to enjoy. 

CHITTOOR CHALLENGE is a half marathon cross-country race through the spectacular scenery of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. Join  to run over hill and down dale, through mango groves and past quiet pools of water.

For registration/ donation/ more details visit this site http://runningandliving.com/chittoorhalfmarathon/

Participate volunteer and donate for a noble cause.

Apollo Mega Health City in Chittoor

The master plan of the Apollo Mega Health City coming up at Murakambattu in the outskirts of Chittoor city.

Tha plan shows a self contained health city with a medical and dental college and allied facilities.

Presently the landfill and compound wall works are going on in a full swing.

A small legal issue regarding a part of this 103 acre land is hindering the building works.

If master plan is implemented, its no doubt that world class medical facility will become available to Chittoor and sorrounding districts.

Latest Updates From Chittoor City

1. Apartment culture is fast catching up in chittoor. Around 14 apartment complexes are under various stages of completion. Prices ranging from 17 to 42 lakhs.

2. RTA office and Modern scientific computerised testing track in prasanth Nagar are opened unofficially by transport commissioner.

3. New train from Kachiguda to Madurai via Dharmaravaram, Pakala and Chittoor will start from October. This is a weekly train and will serve as a day train between Hyderabad and Chittoor.

4. Andhrajyothi has reported that detailed project report regarding road widening in city are being prepared by muncipal authorities. Already marking are being done on the buildings on main roads.

5. Sai convention centre, a world class facility with 40 airconditioned rooms coming up at Murakambattu. This will be the largest functional hall in chittoor according to builders.

6. Police canteen and Function hall is sanctioned in Pjr polixer line.

7. Addtl Joint collector appointed as special officer for chittoor muncipal corporation. He will deliver the functions of mayor till elections are held.

TRAFFIC MENACE AND ROAD CONGESTION IN CHITTOOR CITY

Chittoor traffic has increased many fold and road congestion is visible on every road. Roads need to be widened on emergency basis.

One auto stopped because of some problem on overbridge and with in 10 mins traffic was jammed from Gandhi circle to RTC busstand. if this is the situation then think about an year or two later.

No one planned for future. but that lack of planning is now showing its ugly face.

Roads immediately possible for expansion:

1. MSR to Nutrine
2. Kattamanchi to Murakambattu
3. RTC busstand to FCI

These roads can be taken up immediately and need Lesser land acquisitions and demolitions.

High road and Santhapet road needs lot of demolitions and will have to face lot of court cases. So this might be delayed temporarily.

Widening and strengthening the Bye pass roads and Masonics to Greamspet will ease some traffic.

Puttur road widening works are going on in full swing as shown in picture. But this 4 lane. road is from FCI to Thana only. What about the traffic entering the city.

Another great example of mindless ignorance and lack of planning is sanctoning of 5 crores for Kattamanchi bridge on neeva river. 5 Crores will only be sufficient for 2 lane bridge which will not relieve the traffic problem on important road.

Lets stop with this temporary solutions and think and plan for future of Chittoor.

BEST ROAD IN CHITTOOR

The road from Kattamanchi railway bridge to Municipal busstand via RTC busstand is widened to 150 ft with beautiful divider.

The plants once lining the road edge are included in the newly built divider enhancing the look.

30 lakhs have been sanctioned for central lighting in this road.

Once all the works are completed this will be the best road in Chittoor with railway station on one side and kattamanchi lake on the other. '

LAND RATES IN CHITTOOR

Dear Friends,
Here are the prevailing land rates(Residential plots) in diferent areas of Chittoor City per sqare feet

1. BV Reddy colony : 1600-1800 sft
2. officers lane interior: 1400-1800 sft
3. Lakshmi Nagar colony: 1200-1600 sft
4. Durganagar colony: 1000-1300 sft
5. Prasanth Nagar, New Collectorate : 700-900 sft
6. ITI & Sorroundings: 800-1000 sft
7. Sambaiah kandriga, Jyothi Reddy Nagar: 700-1000 sft (land prices increased with 4 laning works)
8. Reddy Colony, Mittoor: 1100-1300 sft
9. Murakambattu: 600-900 sft
10. Iruvaram: 600-800 sft
11. Kattamanchi byepass, Raghuram Nagar: 800-1000 sft
12. kattamanchi devi theatre, Lawers colony: 1000-1200 sft

Note: The land prices vary depending on proximity to main roads, Govt offices, Commercial zones etc
As corporation is announced, registration prices are going to be hiked which will further increase land prices.

News from Chittoor

Manachittoor is back again with fresh news sniplets from Chittoor

1)A new Ayyappa Swamy temple was opened near prasanthi nagar .

2)The current district high court will be shifted to a new location near Prasanthi Nagar which is spread over 30 acres land with a cost of 50 crore . Friends of Manachittoor says that the land has already been allotted by the government.Lets hope that this new court would strive for establishing Law and Order in the city .

3)Soft town released its first product called  www.asistmi.com  . I was informed from one of my friends that already 25 vendors or shops from Chittoor registered in this website .Thanks to Mr.Praveen for releasing the first product of softtown for the citizens of chittoor .

4)As the Chittoor city is growing so is the traffic menace . Chittoor SP Kranthi Rana Tata and DSP Rajeswara Reddy admitted the failure of the traffic police in curbing the traffic menace in Chitoor. They say that the failure to curb the traffic problem is also due to the reluctance of the chittoor public, APSRTC and private bus services to cooperate with police . 

Stay tuned until the next updates.

 

IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION

Dear Friends,

MANACHITTOOR is only a NEWS site and a platform for sharing info regarding CHITTOOR

Manachittoor site is no way related to NGIT, SOFTTOWN or any other Companies, or does it offer or mediate any jobs.

Beware of touts who promise jobs or demand money. Please contact directly the company you are applying for.

Please do not post your resumes or send inquiries to Manachittoor or to my email. If any job opportunities are available in Chittoor, the same will be posted in the site.

Any news, developments, information regarding chittoor can be shared in this site.


Venkatesh Ch.

SOME OF THE UPDATES FROM CHITTOOR WHICH WE MISSED

1) Srini Food Park an integrated food park was started nearby Chittoor in Palamaner road and it is the first of its kind in the country .Once fully completed this project would employ 25,000 people directly and indirectly.Hope this project would benefit chittoor people a lot.

2) We got one new train(passing by Chittoor),Tirupathi<->Mannargudi. It will pass through Tirupathi-chittoor-Katpadi-Vellore-Tirvunamali-Villipuram-Cudalore port-Chidabaram-Mannar gudi.

3) There is news that 20 new apartments are going to be constructed in Chittoor and some information about the new apartments coming up in Chittoor from the manachitttoor website audiences are as follows. 

·         A very big venture is planned and started construction in Konga reddy palli in the golden bells school Campus(School is closed) near to the Hema Madhuri Kalayana Mandapam

·         One in Kattamanchi beside the Devi theater. Construction work already started.

·         In Lakshminagar colony construction work is done, rest of the work is going on

·         Luxury apartment by BMR infra , not sure about the location in the town.

·         Big size apartment by M.G Brother Venture in Santhapet.

·         One beside Camford School in Ganganapally. 

4) Central government approved NH4 from Tamilnadu border to Karnataka border which is 84 kms and Chittoor city is included in this road . So Chittoor would be getting a  4 to 6 lane road by this year end

5) As confirmed by one of our manachitttoor website audiences the international school  mentioned in the previous post is being started by PES group of institutions Mr.Doreswamy Naidu.

CHITTOOR CORPORATION- It's Official

Hi friends its official now. Government has released G.O. No 258 dated 07/07/2012 upgrading Chittoor as Municipal Corporation.

Officially the GO 258 states that following panchayats will be merged in to the new Corporation limits.

1.Mangasamudram (Obana palli), 
2. Mangasamudram, 
3. Murukambattu, 
4. Muthirevulu, 
5. Kalavagunta, 
6. Doddipalli, 
7. Pedda Kaluva, 
8. Bandapalli, 
9.Narigapalli, 
10. Ramapuram, 
11. Mapakshi, 
12. Anupalli, 
13. Timmasanipalli, 
14. Varigapalli, 
15. Kukkalapalli and 
16. Thenebanda.


Long awaited dream of chittoor citizens has been partly fulfilled. Hope this might be a turning point for the chittoor development which has been neglected in past 3 decades.


Dear friends share your thoughs, feelings and hopes for our CHITTOOR CITY.

AFTER A LONG WAIT WE HAVE SOME NEWS ABOUT CHITTOOR

Hi All,

I hope all of you are eagerly waiting to hear something from this website and I have some news :

1)Brandoz multi brand store was opened at msr circle
2)Basics life store was also opened at msr circle
3)Avr E-techno school at k.r palli 
4)Bashyam school at ramnagar colony 

5)Heard that Mrs.Galla Aruna Kumari laid foundation for an international school at B-lore road (if anyone has more information regarding this pls confirm )

6)CMC is organising an innovative event Half Marathon at its new campus in Gudiparla, Chittoor . CMC would offer a certificate to people who participate in this event and complete the whole circuit . Several doctors from CMC are also running the half marathon.

I think CMC running event is the first of its kind in Chittoor and Chittooreans should actively take part in this event to make it a success.The details of this event can be obtained from the following link :

http://runningandliving.com/chittoorhalfmarathon/ 

Kudos to CMC for organising such an event in chittoor.

A Request : Mr.Venkatesh is currently posted in a remote place and owing to lack of enough  facilities he couldn´t update this website for the past 3 months. Seeing the enthusiasim of the people from Chitooreans in India as well as all over the world I (Gowtham) requested Mr.Venkatesh if I can take the responsibility of updating this blog until he comes back and Mr.Venkatesh humbly accepted for that request . So if anyone of you have some latest news about chittoor please write to me(gowthameumas@gmail.com) putting venkatesh also in copy so that I can share the latest news with all of you in the blog.

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Thanks & Regards
Gowtham 

NEWS UPDATES FROM CHITTOOR

With thanks to SUDHEER REDDY, Heres some news updates from Chittoor

1.Bata is opened its big mega showroom(G+2) in chittoor at Sundaraiyyar street , beside Gopi book stall.

2.IDBI bank has opened it's new branch and ATM in chittoor at Gandhi.

3.Power Zone (Automobile and Inverter Bat tries) has opened it's showroom on High Road

4.AXIS bank has opened new ATM in Gandhi Road beside "Sun DTH" showroom.

5.Canara Bank has opened twi rural branches in "Thena Banda" and Mangasamudram

6.SBI is about to open ATM near govt hospital(very use full).

Chittoor corporation: what's happening exactly

# It's April already but still no formal GO or announcement on
Chittoor municipal corporation.

# After an year of announcements and hype everythings silent now?

# Is there a problem which has sufaced?or is it the lack of will?

# Does our beloved CM realize that if this is not done he and
congress will lose there credibility in hearts of chittoor citizens
forever.

Can any one from manachittoor give the exact happening or the status
presently.

CORPORATION G.O by March End

Hi folks, Municipal authorities in HYD reveal that the GO for CTR
corporation will be released next month. It only stalled because of
finalization of limits to the new corporation area.

Also sakshi paper reported that Murkambattu, Doddipalli and Peddakalva
panchayats strongly opposed merger and sent it to MAUD authorities.
But now as all these are in incharge rule, file has reached Panchayat
raj department, and a consensus needs to be sent in a weeks time.

News Snippets from CHITTOOR

1. Chittoor Municipal Corporation GO to be released before notification of municipal elections 2012, most probably by this month end.

2. Reliance is planning multiplex and shopping complex in Chittoor. The location search is going on.

3. Auditorium, RTA office and Driving track are waiting for CM to inagurate.

4. New road work connecting kattamanchi and KR palli is under full swing.

5. First platform in Chittoor RS going to be extended towards overbridge. Also tenders for new foot over bridge are called for by SCR authorities.

6. Traffic signals started functioning again. But at peak hours, traffic police are helpless in controlling it. As SP and DSP are committed this time, lets see how it gets solved. But its the duty of citizens to abide by the new traffic rules to make this process easier.

7. Everyone blames narrow chittoor roads to blame for traffic congestion. But this didnt happen over a month or yesr, This is the outcome of decades of negli8gence and carelessness. No one bothered about infrastructure or to distribute the population to periphery by creating facilities. Every citizen in chittoor knows how CTR was neglected over years and whom all to blame.

8. Anand theatre was renovated and reopened.

9. Megamart franchisee is opening in MSR circle.

10. Amararaja is opening a UPS and Electronic unit at Amarraja Digital World City on bangaloreroad by this month end.

11. Funds are sanctioned for new bridge at kattamanchi and the road will be realigned from Venkusa function hall to sugar factory by removing the curves.

12. SBI opened new branch at colllectorate along with two ATMs in the city, with HDFC follwing the suit at mittoor.

Hotels in Chittoor

Being an important transit hub for 3 states and a flourishing mango, jaggery, granite business centre and industrial hub, chittoor city has number of hotels serving the travellors.

Here are the details of some important hotels and their details. In addition to these are few lodges serving the budget visitors

3 STAR Hotels***
Hotel	Location	Phone	Online/Tele Booking
BANS The Hotel	Visweswarayya Byepass road(Bangalore byepass), Pantrampalli -517004	08572 249092	www.bansc.in
Bhaskara NPS	Kongareddi Palli-517001	08572 231999	www.hotelbhaskaranps.com
2 STAR Hotels**
Hotel Sindhu Towers	Prakasam High Road, Opp to Railway Station -517001	08572 236999	08572 236999
BUDGET & LUXURY Hotels
Hotel Alankar	Mittoor, Vellore road	08572 233232	08572 233232
Chandra Deluxe	Sundrayyar St	08572 230999	08572 230999
Hotel Sri Durga	Naidu Buildings	08572 220457	08572 220457
Hotel Prudhvi	Near RTC Bus station	08572 329203	08572 329203
Pratap Deluxe	Sundrayyar St	08572 226760	08572 226760
Hotel Sri Krishna	Near Overbridge	08572 231801	08572 231801
Brindavan Deluxe	Officers Lane	08572 220950	08572 220950
Sri Rama Deluxe	Old Bus Stand, MM St	08572 232769	08572 232769
Menaka Hotel	Mittoor	08572 233227	08572 233227
RP Residency	Opp Collectors Bunglow, KR Palli	08572231667	08572231667
NPS Annexe	Sai Nagar, Usha Nagar Colony	08572234476	08572234476
Hari Krishna Deluxe	Gandhi Road	08572 236752	08572 236752
RR Residency	Kattamanchi	08572 245319	08572 245319
Naga Residency	Church St	08572 652702	08572 652702
Sri Lakshmi Vishnu Bhavan	Prakasam High Road	08572 200111	08572 200111
Akbar Palace	Sundrayyar St	08572 232035	08572 230184
SVR Hotel	Palamner Road	08572 236365	08572 236365
Sri Ganesh Deluxe	Sundrayyar St	08572 231828	08572 231828
Hotel Uday Krishna	Sundrayyar St	08572 230919	08572 230919