Improvment in Power System of Karnal

In view of annual growth of over 10 per cent in power load in Karnal district, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) have jointly prepared a plan to strengthen the transmission and distribution system in the district.

A spokesman said here today that a new 220-KV sub-station will be set up at Bastara village and two new substations would be constructed at Sita Mai and Nadana villages.

Read Full story at: expressindia.com

And talking of the present sitution of Power Cuts, now it's only limited to 1 hr. per day previously the power cut was for about 10-12 hrs per day....!!!

not so… “HAPPY DIWALI”

The impact of World wide economy recession was also felt, during the festive season, here in Karnal City.

According to one of the ‘White goods seller’ the sale during this season saw a decrease of 15 % as compared to last year. The gift shop sellers also felt that ‘less expensive gifts’ were more in demand.

The only section which was least affected was that of officials of different government departments as their premises were a definite crowd pullers…!!!

The traffic situation during the festive weekend was badly affected, the authorities seemed to least bothered about long traffic jams in different part of city including Clock tower Chowk, Kunjpura road, and Link road to sector 13.

Despite of all the odds, the festive spirit of all the sweet citizens of the Karnal city were on a high…!!!

Happy Diwali to all.

Alpha G:Corp's Festive Offering to Buyers at Alpha International City Karnal

The 3 upcoming integrated townships in Haryana encompassing 450 acres, have recently launched a festive sales scheme of free hold plots in namely, Alpha International City (AIC) in Sectors 28-29 of Karnal, AIC in Sector 29 of Kurukshetra, and AIC in Sector 4 of Fatehabad. Limited numbers of free hold plots in the prime sectors of these towns are being offered during this festive season.

CHD Developers launches Silver County in Karnal

CHD Developers, one of India’s leading real estate developer engaged in development of prime residential and commercial properties has formally announced the launch of its much anticipated project, the Silver County, an integral part of CHD Developers’ Rs. 1000 crore mega project, CHD City at Karnal. Silver County will feature 200 expandable stand-alone villas with excellent facilities and amazing conveniences to be constructed with an investment outlay of Rs. 75 crores.
The uniqueness of the stand-alone villas at Silver County is its affordability and that there will only be ground floor construction distinguishing them with the high-rise apartments. Each villa will have an earth quake resistant structure and foundations designed for expansion of further one and a half stories. The area of each villa will be 200 sq. yd. with a built-up area of 1150 sq. ft. comprising 2 bedrooms, 1 drawing-dining room, 1 kitchen and 2 bathrooms. There will be open space (verandah) both in front and at the backside of each villa.

For More Log on to: Moneycontrol.com

The Karnal Flying Club

KarnalFlying Club, also known as Karnal Airport, is a small airstrip situated about 3 KM east of the city of Karnal, It is also the airport where the famous Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla first became interested in flying and it the only airstrip in the surrounding area mainly used for landing of Chief Minister of the state.
Here is an arial view of the Airport from Google Maps.

Voice of Karnal now on iPhone

There is a good news for the readers of this blog, now you can Browse through Voice of Karnal from your iPhone also.
Just click Here (from your iPhone)...!!!

Ram Lila in Karnal

It is festive season in India; here in Karnal city also the preparations for Diwali are going on. Here in the pictures are ‘Jhankis’ of Lord Ram and Sita.

What about Weather in Karnal City…?

If you are not in Karnal and ask this question whenever you call people in Karnal,
here is an easy way just log on to Weather Underground and get a detailed report on current weather condition of any city of the world.

And if you want it on hourly bases (if you are so obsessed…!) you can do so by subscribing a feed. Here I have given a link for Google Reader.

High quality of Banana developed

The Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory at Uchani in Karnal has developed a high quality plant of banana by using Tissue Culture Technology and with this the banana production in Haryana would be started by next year. Giving this information a spokesman of the Horticulture Department said today that in this Laboratory, successful research had been conducted on Kufri Badhshah and Pukhraj varieties of Potato which were brought from Central Research Center at Shimla.

He said that in the year 2007-08 after doing research, the Laboratory had developed about 30,000 plants of banana in March-April and were sold to the farmers for plantation. The State Government had put a target to produce one lakh plants of banana for farmers during January-Febuary 2009, he added. He said that the main objective of this Laboratory was to conduct research on plants like Potato and Banana and also to increase the quality of the plants.

Besides, to popularize the tissue culture technology among the farmers of the State.
He said that the farmers in the State had shown a keen interest in the Banana crop.
During the last year the farmers of Kurukshetra, Karnal, Yamunanagar, Rohtak and Rewari districts had shown their interest in buying Banana plants at large scale. With this, like other States the banana production would be started in Haryana also.

He said that with the achievment made by this laboratory, the Ambassdor of Israel had assured his full cooperation for various projects in the State.


Source: hindu.com

Publication date: 10/13/2008

24 hours in Karnal City

I came across this travelogue about Karnal City written by a Canadian lady who was visited Karnal in 2006. Although the review is not good but it gives detailed description of some places of interest with photographs. To look to the Log click here.

Jewel to come up with a New 5 Star Hotel Karnal

Karnal-based Jewel Classic Hotels will come up with its second hotel property at Karnal, Haryana, by end-2009. The property, which is under construction at a prime location on National Highway 1, will be the first five-star property of the group. The hotel will come up on eight acres of land and will consist of 140 rooms.

Manbeer Chaudhary, Managing Director, Jewel Classic Hotels Pvt Ltd says, “The hotel will have a 2.50 Lakh square feet area with a commercial space of 32,000 square feet. In Haryana, we are free to use 15 per cent of our total FAR for commercial purposes.”

The hotel will have a spa, convention facilities, and multi-cuisine restaurants. “We want to take the advantage of our proximity to New Delhi. Therefore, we will promote the hotel by offering special weekend packages,” adds Chaudhary. The group is in talks with international brands like Hilton, Sheraton, and Carlson for franchise agreements for the upcoming hotel. Jewel Classic Hotels currently has a four-star property in Karnal with around 45 deluxe executive class rooms and 10 suites.

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RETIRED & OVER 60? HERE ARE SWANK HOMES FOR YOU

CHD Developers Limited will build four exclusive townships across north India. Named Active Senior Lifestyle Townships, these will comprise flats and villas and be targeted at senior citizens, with an investment outlay of Rs. 1700 crore. The uniqueness of these projects would be that they will comprise only ground floor villas and only those above 60 years of age would be allowed to own a property here.

CHD Developers plan to develop 7,000 such homes and villas in these projects planned for the cities of Karnal (Haryana), Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) and Neemrana (Rajasthan) over a total land area of 350 acres at an approximate cost of Rs 5 crore per acre.

The first of these townships is slated to come up in Karnal and will be spread over an area of 100 acres and have approximately 2,000 villas. The project is expected to be complete by 2011 and the estimated cost for the Karnal Township is Rs 500 crore. The project in Rishikesh will be the largest with 150 acres of land.



Courtesy:- HT dtd:- 4th Oct.2008