First 4 lane road for chittoor

Hi friends,
In my earlier posts i explained you how we were cheated in NHDP programme, where the 4 laning of the stretch between Bangalore-Chittoor-ranipet of NH4 was left out deliberately. As things went this way, The Minister of state for surface transport K.H. Muniyappa from Kolar got the stretch of Bangalore to Mulbagal stretch of NH4 sanctioned. The works are about to get completed till Mulbagal. Now only the stretch between Nangali to ranipet is leftout.. During polls another minister TR Baalu has said in a press conference that as the 4 laning is about to complete, they will now take up widening of nangali to ranipet via chittoor and the road between Chittoor and Tirupathi(www.hindu.com/2009/01/19/stories/2009011954670500.htm.) This created lot of hopes for the people of chittoor district, as the 4 laning will bring better transport, better connectivity and large scope for industrial and economic development to their door steps. But dont get carried away folks. These proposals are ready only for survey work. Unless some of our MPs and Other elected representatives put political pressure in delhi circles, this project will take minimun 5 years to start. By that time all other national highways will already be 4 laned and once again we will be the last with our begging bowls.

Regarding the first 4 lane road to come up in chittoor, it is the part of chittoor-puttur road. This road is to be widened with 4 lane configaration in chittoor town from FCI to THANA junction.The rest of the road from THANA Jn to Puttur will be 2 laned with paved shoulders(similar to the road now existing between Putalapattu and Tirupathi). This project is funded by world bank and the road works are to begin by september.

Banks n ATMs in Chittoor

Hi friends these are the list of banks and ATMs in chittoor(Contributed by G Sudheer Reddy).

Banks(in alphabetical order):

• Allahabad Bank.
• Andhra Bank -3 Darga Chowk,
• Andhra Bank-1 Highroad.
• Andhra Bank-2 Kongareddypalli,
• Axis Bank.
• Bank of India.
• Bank of Baroda Greamspet.
• Canara Bank.
• Central Bank of India.
• Corporation bank.
• Indian bank-1 Shesparain street.
• Indian bank-2 Kongareddypalli.
• Indian bank-3 Greamspet.
• Indian overseas Bank.
• IndusInd Bank.
• ING Vysya Bank.
• Karur Vysya Bank.
• Lakshami Vilas Bank.
• Punjab National Bank.
• Saptagiri Grameena Bank.
• State Bank of Hyderabad.
• State Bank of India-1 Highroad.
• State Bank of India-2 Greamspet.
• Syndicate Bank.
• Union Bank of India.
• Vijaya bank.

ATMs:

• Andhra Bank-1,Alankar Hotel.
• Andhra Bank-2,Darga circle.
• Andhra Bank-3,Kongareddypalli.
• Axis Bank-1,Highroad.
• Axis Bank-2,Greamspet.
• Axis Bank-3,Kongareddypalli.
• Bank of Baroda (opening shortly) Greamspet.
• Corporation Bank,Near Gandhi Statue.
• ICICI Bank, High Road.
• Indian overseas Bank,Naidu buildings.
• IndusInd Bank-1,Naidubuildings.
• IndusInd Bank-2,B.V Reddy Petrolbunk.
• Indian Bank-1,Kongareddypalli.
• Indian Bank-2,Near Gandhi Statue.
• Karur Vysya Bank,Shesparain street.
• Punjab National Bank,Shesparain street.
• State Bank of India -1 (SBI Chittoor Branch prmises),Highroad.
• SBI-2,SBI Greamspet Branch Premises,(two tellers).
• SBI-3,Railway station.
• SBI-4,Shesparain street.
• SBI-5, RVS Nagar
  
• Syndicate Bank,DI Road.
• Union Bank of India-1,Church street.
• Union Bank of India-2,Near old bustand.
• Vijaya Bank,Highroad.

Also a new SBI branch and ATM are opening above KR Palle more super market. Regarding other utilities and services in chittoor refer these links...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittoor
http://wikitravel.org/en/Chittoor
Thank you sudheer for ur active participation.

A LETTER TO THE RAILWAYS.

Few days back I have written a letter to the railways regarding the facilities and problems in chittoor railway station and got the reply. Take a look

I wrote:

“Sir,
It is to bring to your notice about severe problems being faced by passengers in Chittoor (CTO) railway station.
1. With electrification and diverting of number of north-south bound long distance trains, the facilities at the station remain the same. First of all the signage indicating station name or not proper on platforms 2/3. No one can identify the station name unless u get down to platform and check for the age old british style station name attached to electric pole. Why are new diamond shaped orange on white display boards not provided, and they are not going to cost a lot.

2. Why there are no platform shelters on platforms 2/3. Though work is started it is going in a snail’s pace. sir i have witnessed no of passengers including women ,waiting impatiently under scorching sun and sometimes rain with their children and luggage in hands, many a times seen cursing the authorities for their fate.

3. Ypr-howrah, Rameshwaram-Okha and cape-cstm(one way) are presently not having stoppage at cto. We request you to provide the stoppage for these trains as soon as possible for the benefit of passengers from chittoor. Okha express is imp for all those who travel to shirdi.

4. Sir, it has been a long standing demand of the residents of chittoor to extend the FOB towards bus station. Chittoor being an important transit point for 3 states(one of the biggest busstations in AP), many a people get down at cto station and travel to their respective destn by bus. Just because of not extending the FOB to another platform, they have to travel a round about of 3 kms or pay Autos an amount 0f 20-40 Rs.

5. Lastly, as the express trains stop just for a minute or two it is getting very difficult for us to find out the coach position. Most of the long distance trains arrive at night and present coach indicator boards are never lit or never correct. With increasing revenues from cto station plus consider installing LED based coach indicators, at least on platform 1.

sir, we request you to look in to the matter immediately and bring to the notice of concerned authorities and resolve above problems for the benefit of passengers.”

After 10 days I got the reply from Asst General Manager-South Central Railway, through Asst Divisional Railway Manager –Guntakal:

“Sir,
In reference to AGMs letter cited above pertaining to subject matter, it is informed that

1. Signage boards are essential for passengers to identify the stations easily while on train. These are planned to be provided at Chittoor station by June.

2. Cover Over Platform on 2 & 3: A total length of 55 meters is already planned and foundation work is also completed. This work will be completed by June.

3. Stoppage of Yeshwanthpur-Howrah, Rameshwaram-Okha and Kanyakumari-Mumbai (one way)Express trains at Chittoor: Proposals with justification have already been sent to headquarters office at Secunderabad for consideration as this issue doesn't fall under the purview of division.

4. Already Steel Foot over Bridge connecting PF-1 and PF-2 & 3 is provided at Chittoor. Extension of FOB to the opposite side of the station may cause hindrance for the free movement of Lorries in the loading area. However pathways are provided at both the ends of platforms for easy passage of passengers. Extension of FOB towards new bus stand side will be examined in due course.

5. The works on Train information boards and coach guidance/coach indication boards is proposed to be taken up in the next financial year.

Railway administration would like to thank you for bringing important issues of this nature to our notice.

Yours sincerely,
Addl. Divisional Railway Manager, Guntakal.”

More over tenders have been called on 02-04-2009(Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle) for installing electronic LED based coach guidance boards in Chittoor and Kodur(Kadapa Dist). Tenders have been finalised and allotted on 11-05-09.

What do you say folks? See, proper representation and questioning itself can do some works. Then what are our elected representatives doing?
Let us hope all Govt departments are as responsible as railways.

Venkatesh Chitturi.

YOUR PARTICIPATION REQUESTED

Dear friends, I want you to actively participate in this blog.Have you appreciated the photo feature on railway station?Then we can do more such
posts which are more appealing than just words.I request you to send me any photos of problems faced in chittoor. Mail them to my email id. i will prepare a photo feature using them and will use your name itself as the contributor.
Hoping for your good response.

Venkatesh

An Appeal for the sake of Chittoor. ఒక విన్నప౦.

So far so good. Till now about 410 hits were received for this blog. But sad part is that only 5 have responded by mailing me. Thanks to Chaitanya, Srikanth, chava kiran, sudheer reddy and Sunil for their prompt response. Remember folks, this is not for any commercial purpose. This is for all who are born, brought up, and love Chittoor and wish to do something for it.

Daily i spend hours in front of the net googling about chittoor to find about news of any kind of development activities for chittoor. Whenever i find any, my heart jumps with joy n i can sleep that night heart fully. I try to email the problems in chittoor to concerned departments hoping for atleast a small response. Most of them remain unanswered (bloody bureaucracy), but few respond, which i will notify you through this blog. I do so many other things too, by writing, mailing to press, officials etc only in the hope of doing something for chittoor.

జీవిత౦ లో పైకిరావడ౦, అభివ్రుద్ది చె౦దడ౦ మనక౦దరికీ ముఖ్య౦. కానీ మన విలువయిన జీవిత౦లోని కొన్ని క్షణాలని కన్నతల్లి లా౦టి మన జన్మభూమి కోస౦ కేటాయి౦చడ౦ కూడా అ౦తే ముఖ్య౦. మన ఈ ఆలోచన మన ఊరి కోస౦ కాస్త౦త ఉపయోగపడినా మన౦ రుణ౦ తీర్చుకున్నట్లే. పై చదువులకో లేక ఉద్యోగానికో వేరే ప్రదేశానికి వెల్లి కొ౦త కాల౦ తరువాత సొ౦త ఊరు వచ్చిన వాళ్ళు అబ్బో మా ఊరు ఎ౦త మారిపోయి౦ది అనడ౦ వి౦టూనే ఉ౦టా౦. కానీ మనకు సిగ్గు రాదు. ఎ౦దుక౦టే ఎ౦త కాల౦ తరువాత వచ్చినా మన ఊరు ఏ౦ మారదు కాబట్టి. మన ఊరు అట్టే ఉ౦దబ్బా అనుకోని ఊరుకోవడ౦ మన చిత్తూరోల్లకి అలవాటైపోయి౦ది కాబట్టి. మనలో పౌరుష౦ చచ్చిపోయి౦దా? మనకే౦టి అని ఊరుకు౦టే, మనల్ని మన౦ మోస౦ చేసుకున్నట్లే. మన కర్తవ్యాన్ని మన౦ విస్మరి౦చినట్లే.
ఇది నా ఒక్కడి మాట కాదు, మీకూ అలానే అనిపిస్తూ ఉ౦టు౦ది. కానీ కాసేపు బాధపడి ఊరుకు౦డి పోవడ౦ వల్లే ఇ౦త దాక వచ్చి౦ది. మీ ఊర్లో ఏము౦దిరా, అభివ్రుద్ది లేక పాడుబడినట్లు ఉ౦టు౦ది అని మిగిలిన వాళ్ళు వెక్కిరిస్తు౦టే ఎప్పటికీ చూస్తూ ఉ౦డిపోదామా?????

Many of us from chittoor are successfully, pursuing our studies and careers in and out of our country. We are seeing the light of our day. We wish everyone from chittoor to achieve success in their own fields and prosper. We also wish they could spend few minutes thinking why chittoor is in its present fate and what could be done to change it. We chittooreans have remained complacent for ages, remaining indifferent to everything happening to chittoor. I hope our generation doesn’t remain the same. We can at least thrive to create awareness among ourselves and our friends and do our best for chittoor.

Chittoor’s people are famous for our Pride, our Versatility, our Humour, our Anger, our own way of speaking Telugu with a tinge of Tamil. But deep down inside, we feel betrayed about our hometown being left out like an orphan in our state. We burn with feeling when we watch chittoor remaining the same since many years. What happened to the chittoor pride and anger? Why are we still complacent? Let us do something. Think of anything which might help our Chittoor. Remember even the mighty ocean starts as a rain drop only. Who knows our efforts might one day payoff and we might become the building blocks for the transformation of chittoor. Lets Unite for this noble cause.

JAIHIND.

Mail me at ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com