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SSP supplies steel to [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]-[[Tiruchirappalli|Tiruchirapalli]], [[HMT (company)|HMT]], [[Bharat Electronics Limited]]-[[Bangalore]] and [[Indian Telephone Industries Limited|Indian Telephone Industries]].<ref name=":1" /> Stainless steel is also exported to over more than 37 countries including Spain, UK, Japan, Germany and Switzerland.<ref name=":2" /> Between 1994 and 1995, around 41,500 tonnes to as many as 27 countries.<ref name=":1" />
SSP supplies steel to [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]-[[Tiruchirappalli|Tiruchirapalli]], [[HMT (company)|HMT]], [[Bharat Electronics Limited]]-[[Bangalore]] and [[Indian Telephone Industries Limited|Indian Telephone Industries]].<ref name=":1" /> Stainless steel is also exported to over more than 37 countries including Spain, UK, Japan, Germany and Switzerland.<ref name=":2" /> Between 1994 and 1995, around 41,500 tonnes to as many as 27 countries.<ref name=":1" />
== Transport ==
[[File:Salem_NH47_trumpet_exchange.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Trumpet Exchange]]
[[File:Slm junction.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Salem Junction railway station|Salem Junction's old Entrance]]]]
[[File:Salem Junction.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|[[Salem Junction railway station|a newly renovated Salem Junction's Entrance]]]]
[[File:Salem Junction Night.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Salem Junction at night]]
===Road===
Salem has six [[arterial road]]s: Omalur Road, Cherry Road, Saradha College Road, Junction Main Road, Trichy Road and Attur Road. Three [[National Highway (India)|National Highways]] originate in or pass through: [[National Highway 7 (India)(old numbering)|NH 44]] ([[Srinagar]] via [[Madurai]] and [[Tirunelveli]] [[Kanyakumari]]), [[National Highway 47 (India)(old numbering)|NH 544]] (Salem&nbsp;– [[Kochi]] via [[Erode]] and [[Coimbatore]] and [[Tiruppur]] )and [[National Highway 68 (India)(old numbering)|NH 79]] (Salem&nbsp;– [[Ulundurpet]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiamapped.com/highways-in-india/|title=List of National Highway, National Highways of India, National Highways|publisher=Indiamapped.com|access-date=10 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414025828/http://www.indiamapped.com/highways-in-india/|archive-date=14 April 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Salem is the headquarters of the Salem division of [[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation|TNSTC]]. The city has two major bus stations: the MGR Integrated Bus Terminus in Meyyanoor and the [[Town Bus Terminus Salem|Town Bus Station (Old Bus Stand)]] in the town area. Intercity and interstate routes and private buses originate at the [[Central Bus Terminus Salem|Central Bus Stand(New Bus Stand)]], and local buses originate at the Old Bus Stand. The Anna Flyover is the oldest in the city, and the Trumpet Interchange was built in the realignment of NH 544 to ease traffic towards [[Coimbatore]]. A new double-decker flyover runs within main city centres like New bus stand, 5 roads, saratha college road, 4 roads to ease congestion on these roads. It is the longest double-decker flyover in Tamil Nadu covering a length of 7.87&nbsp;km.
The Town Bus terminus is being upgraded into a double decker bus terminus, the first of this kind in the state under the smart City scheme.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/two-tier-bus-terminal-to-come-up-in-salem/article26925087.ece|title= Two tier bus terminal to come up in Salem|newspaper= The Hindu|date= 23 April 2019|access-date=2020-07-19|language=en}}</ref> The terminal building of the New Bus terminus is also reconstructed under the smart City scheme.
A new [[bus port]] has also been proposed for the city at Jagirammapalayam near IT park with an area of about 61 acres. This includes a bypass road to connect the [[Ayothiapattinam]] area of the city with the bus port.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/amp/new-bus-port-to-come-up-near-salem-cm/1550559|title=New bus port to come up at salem|access-date=2020-07-19|language=en}}</ref>
Other bus stands include the [[Omalur]] bus station and [[Attayampatti]] bus station in the outskirts of the city.
===Rail===
[[Salem Junction railway station|Salem Junction]] is an A-1 category ISO-14001 certified<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/5-rly-stations-in-salem-division-bag-iso-14001-certification/articleshow/70984599.cms|title=Salem junction gets ISO 14001 certification|last=ISO|first=Salem|work=[[Times of India]]|access-date=2020-07-05|language=en}}</ref> railway junction located in Suramangalam area, {{convert|5|km}} west of the city. In 2005, the [[Railway Board]] approved the creation of a [[Salem railway division]] from [[Palakkad railway division|Palakkad]] and [[Tiruchirappalli railway division|Tiruchirapalli divisions]]. It is the fourth-largest of the six [[Southern Railway zone]] divisions. Salem Railway Junction has been rated as the cleanest station among the divisional headquarters railway stations and also the ninth cleanest railway station in the entire country, according to a survey report published in June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Salem-among-top-10-cleanest-railway-stations/article14511979.ece|title=Salem among top 10 cleanest railway stations|last=Cleanest|first=Salem|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2017-06-21|language=en}}</ref> Other major railway stations catering to the city include [[Salem Town railway station|Salem Town]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2018/03/09021006/1064469/Proposal-to-make-Salem-Town-an-allwomen-railway-station.vpf|title=Proposal to make Salem Town an all-women railway station|last=Cleanest|first=Salem|work=DTnext|access-date=2020-02-25|language=en}}</ref> Salem Market, [[Omalur Junction railway station|Omalur Junction]], [[Karuppur, Salem|Karuppur]] railway station and [[Ayothiapattinam]] railway station.
===Air===
[[Salem Airport (India)|Salem Airport]] ([[International Air Transport Association|IATA]] ''SXV'', [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]] ''VOSM'') is located on the Salem-Bengaluru Highway (NH44) in Kaamalapuram about {{convert|15|km}} from the city. [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) opened the airport in 1993 for commercial operations. [[Kingfisher Airlines]] flew from [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]] but ended its service in October 2011 due to low occupancy. [[Trujet]] started services to Chennai in March 2018 as a part of the Udaan scheme by [[Government of India]] as well as [[Air Odisha]] gives connectivity to [[Bengaluru]] and [[Pondicherry]] from June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airodisha.com/eng/flight-schedule|title=Air Odisha - Flight Schedule|date=2 May 2018|access-date=28 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503042534/https://airodisha.com/eng/flight-schedule|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/More-flying-schools-land-in-Salem-airport-as-commercial-flights-shut/articleshow/11274658.cms?referral=PM|title=More flying schools land in Salem airport as commercial flights shut - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612010920/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/More-flying-schools-land-in-Salem-airport-as-commercial-flights-shut/articleshow/11274658.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=12 June 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/efforts-underway-to-revive-salem-airport/article7804366.ece|title=Efforts underway to revive Salem Airport|last=Ananth|first=M.K.|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2 March 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/mar/26/chennai-flight-puts-salem-on-aviation-map-1792567.html|title=Chennai flight puts Salem on aviation map|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184201/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/mar/26/chennai-flight-puts-salem-on-aviation-map-1792567.html|archive-date=29 March 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The nearest major airports are [[Tiruchirappalli International Airport|Tiruchirappalli]] (152&nbsp;km) and [[Coimbatore International Airport|Coimbatore]] (148&nbsp;km).


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The economy of Salem, Tamil Nadu is mostly influenced by Information Technology, Steel, Textile industry, Agriculture and more. Salem is most popularly known as Steel city and Mangoes city of India. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Salem city is 12,134.10 GDP (IN RS. CR.). and growth rate is Growth Rate % (YOY) is 10.31. It is the third-largest district economy in Tamil Nadu while GDP growth in Chennai GDP (IN RS. CR.) 20,847.32 (1), Coimbatore GDP (IN RS. CR.) 23,371.63 (2), Madurai GDP (IN RS. CR.) 10,401.02 (5), Tiruchirappalli GDP (IN RS. CR.) 10,493.93 (4).[1] Salem has one Special Economic zone over 40 in Tamil Nadu, ELCOT has established an IT Special Economic Zone at Jagirammapalayam village, Salem, in an extent of 53.33 acres of land at an investment of Rs. 40.53 crore.[2]

File:Salem SEZ front view.jpg
Front View of SEZ Salem

Salem district also have local planning authority called Salem Local Planning Authority[3] for development of Salem City Corporation area and Salem Metropolitan Area. And also for suburbs in Salem district.

Information technology

Salem has been categorized as a tier II city and the Tamil Nadu government has collaborated with ELCOT to fortify IT park sprawling an area of 160 acres. This has the potential to employ bevy of graduates for the progression of the state. Unemployment can be warded off to some extent with the advent of this park.

Textiles

The handloom industry is one of the most ancient cottage industries in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India.[4][5] The handloom industry is one of the most ancient cottage industries in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. Next to agriculture hand-loom weaving is considered the most important industry in Tamil Nadu as well as India. In Salem district the chief industry was weaving, which was carried on in almost every large town or village.

Salem was one of the primary handloom centers of south India.[6] Sari, dhoti and angavasthram are made out of silk yarn and cotton yarn.[7] In the recent past, home furnishing items are also woven, mainly for export purposes. More than 75,000 handlooms[8] are working and the total value of cloth produced per annum is estimated at Rs.5,000 crores.

Steel authority

Salem Steel Plant (SSP), a unit of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), is a steel plant involved in the production of stainless steel.[9] It is located along the Salem — Bangalore National Highway 44 in the foothills of Kanjamalai in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India.[10][11] The plant has an installed capacity of 70,000 tonnes per annum in its cold rolling mill and 3,64,000 tonnes per annum in the hot rolling mill.[9] It also has the country's first stainless steel blanking facility.[12]

Production facilities

The major facilities at the plant include[9][10]

  • Steel Melting Shop
  • Cold Rolling Mill Complex
  • Hot Rolling Mill Complex
  • Stainless Steel Blanking Line

SSP specializes in the production of cold rolled stainless steel in the form of coils and sheets.[11] The raw materials are imported and also supplied by Alloy Steel Plant in Durgapur.[10] The steel melting shop's annual capacity is 1,80,000 tonnes of slabs per annum. The hot-rolling mill and cold-rolling mill have capacities of 3,64,000 and 66,600 tonnes per annum respectively.[9]

SSP supplies steel to BHEL-Tiruchirapalli, HMT, Bharat Electronics Limited-Bangalore and Indian Telephone Industries.[10] Stainless steel is also exported to over more than 37 countries including Spain, UK, Japan, Germany and Switzerland.[11] Between 1994 and 1995, around 41,500 tonnes to as many as 27 countries.[10]

Transport

Trumpet Exchange
Salem Junction's old Entrance
a newly renovated Salem Junction's Entrance
Salem Junction at night

Road

Salem has six arterial roads: Omalur Road, Cherry Road, Saradha College Road, Junction Main Road, Trichy Road and Attur Road. Three National Highways originate in or pass through: NH 44 (Srinagar via Madurai and Tirunelveli Kanyakumari), NH 544 (Salem – Kochi via Erode and Coimbatore and Tiruppur )and NH 79 (Salem – Ulundurpet).[13]

Salem is the headquarters of the Salem division of TNSTC. The city has two major bus stations: the MGR Integrated Bus Terminus in Meyyanoor and the Town Bus Station (Old Bus Stand) in the town area. Intercity and interstate routes and private buses originate at the Central Bus Stand(New Bus Stand), and local buses originate at the Old Bus Stand. The Anna Flyover is the oldest in the city, and the Trumpet Interchange was built in the realignment of NH 544 to ease traffic towards Coimbatore. A new double-decker flyover runs within main city centres like New bus stand, 5 roads, saratha college road, 4 roads to ease congestion on these roads. It is the longest double-decker flyover in Tamil Nadu covering a length of 7.87 km.

The Town Bus terminus is being upgraded into a double decker bus terminus, the first of this kind in the state under the smart City scheme.[14] The terminal building of the New Bus terminus is also reconstructed under the smart City scheme.

A new bus port has also been proposed for the city at Jagirammapalayam near IT park with an area of about 61 acres. This includes a bypass road to connect the Ayothiapattinam area of the city with the bus port.[15]

Other bus stands include the Omalur bus station and Attayampatti bus station in the outskirts of the city.

Rail

Salem Junction is an A-1 category ISO-14001 certified[16] railway junction located in Suramangalam area, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the city. In 2005, the Railway Board approved the creation of a Salem railway division from Palakkad and Tiruchirapalli divisions. It is the fourth-largest of the six Southern Railway zone divisions. Salem Railway Junction has been rated as the cleanest station among the divisional headquarters railway stations and also the ninth cleanest railway station in the entire country, according to a survey report published in June 2017.[17] Other major railway stations catering to the city include Salem Town,[18] Salem Market, Omalur Junction, Karuppur railway station and Ayothiapattinam railway station.

Air

Salem Airport (IATA SXV, ICAO VOSM) is located on the Salem-Bengaluru Highway (NH44) in Kaamalapuram about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the city. Airports Authority of India (AAI) opened the airport in 1993 for commercial operations. Kingfisher Airlines flew from Chennai but ended its service in October 2011 due to low occupancy. Trujet started services to Chennai in March 2018 as a part of the Udaan scheme by Government of India as well as Air Odisha gives connectivity to Bengaluru and Pondicherry from June 2018.[19][20][21][22] The nearest major airports are Tiruchirappalli (152 km) and Coimbatore (148 km).

References

  1. ↑ "Districtwise GDP and Growth Rate Based at Current Price (1999-00) From 1999-00 to 2006-07 - Tamilnadu, India - knoema.com". Knoema. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ↑ "MEPZ SEZ — Tamilnadu". mepz.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ↑ "Salem District Town and Country Planning | Salem District, Government of Tamil Nadu | India". Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. ↑ Roy, Tirthankar (2020-01-28). The Crafts and Capitalism: Handloom Weaving Industry in Colonial India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-02469-2.
  5. ↑ "Salem Cotton". Isha Sadhguru. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  6. ↑ Nayar, M. K. K. (2014-02-24). Story of an Era Told Without Ill-will. D C Books. p. 204. ISBN 978-93-81699-33-1.
  7. ↑ Young India. Navajivan Publishing House. 1981. p. 334.
  8. ↑ "INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HANDLOOM TECHNOLOGY". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Salem Steel Plant | SAIL". sail.co.in. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "PROFILE OF SALEM STEEL PLANT (SSP)" (PDF). sg.inflibnet.ac.in. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 M, Prakash; M, Manickam (2014). "A Salem Steel plant an Overview". Research Journal of Commerce and Behavioural Science. The International Journal Research Publications. 3: 8. ISSN 2251-1547.
  12. ↑ Dutta, Indrani (2010-07-12). "Salem Steel's expansion set to be completed by September". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  13. ↑ "List of National Highway, National Highways of India, National Highways". Indiamapped.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "Two tier bus terminal to come up in Salem". The Hindu. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  15. ↑ "New bus port to come up at salem". Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  16. ↑ ISO, Salem. "Salem junction gets ISO 14001 certification". Times of India. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  17. ↑ Cleanest, Salem. "Salem among top 10 cleanest railway stations". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  18. ↑ Cleanest, Salem. "Proposal to make Salem Town an all-women railway station". DTnext. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  19. ↑ "Air Odisha - Flight Schedule". 2 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  20. ↑ "More flying schools land in Salem airport as commercial flights shut - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  21. ↑ Ananth, M.K. "Efforts underway to revive Salem Airport". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  22. ↑ "Chennai flight puts Salem on aviation map". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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