TNPL Pugalur

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district = Karur
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TNPL Pugalur is a panchayat town in Karur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , TNPL Pugalur had a population of 5880. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. TNPL Pugalur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 64%. In TNPL Pugalur, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age. Its surface area is around 8 square kilometre.

Villages/Towns in Pugalur

Pugalur is the place where TNPL, a large paper mill is located.The other small towns/villages located in this panchayat are Pugalur, Pugalur [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugalur] ,Velayuthampalayam,Pandipalayam, Sokkankadu [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] , The big town close to Pugalur TNPL is Karur.Pughazhi malai is a temple situated on a mount Aarunaatan malai in the centre of the village. This temple is devoted to Murugan.

TNPL

Introduction

Pugalur TNPL [http://www.tnpl.co.in] [http://www.tn.gov.in/citizen/tnpl.htm] stands for Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited. TNPL [http://www.tnpl.co.in] was formed by the Government of Tamil Nadu in April 1979 as a Public Limited Company under the provisions of the Companies Act,1956 with loan assistance from the World Bank.The factory is situated at Kagithapuram(Pugalur) in Karur District of Tamil Nadu. The Corporate Office of the company is situated at 67, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032.

Eco-friendly

Today TNPL is the largest producer of bagasse (sugarcane waste from Sugar mills) based paper in the world and the 2nd largest paper producer in India. TNPL produces 230,000 tons of Printing & writing paper and consumes 1 million tones of bagasse every year.The largest eco-friendly paper producer in the world. Symbolic of TNPL’s commitment to the environment, the World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) has entered into a pact with TNPL to use the ‘Panda’ logo in TNPL’s branded products.

Employment

TNPL provides direct employment to 1725 people and indirect employment to around 5000 people.

Product

The broad product range of TNPL is given below:

NEWSPRINT, PRINTING & WRITING PAPER, Creamwove, Superprinting, Hitech Maplitho, Excel Maplitho, Ultawhite Maplitho, Magazine Printing, COPIER PAPER, TNPL Copier,TNPL OS 2000 &TNPL Eco-Friendly Note Books.

Newsprint is normally manufactured in 49 g/m² reels and directly sold by the company to the various newspaper establishments such as The Hindu, Malayala Manorama, Ananda Bazaar Patrika and so on.

Awards & Honours

TNPL has obtained the ISO 9001 - 2000 certification from RWTUV of Germany for development, manufacture and supply of Newsprint and Printing & Writing Paper.

The Business World, a leading business weekly, which conducted an employees’ involvement and motivation survey in India jointly with Grow Talent Company Ltd, New Delhi and the Great Places to work Institute of USA has selected TNPL as one of the top 25 Great Places to work in India. TNPL is the only one company from Tamil Nadu to get this coveted ranking.

Waste Management

TNPL is a socially responsible company. It has formed a society to grow sugarcane on convert|1600|acre|km2|0 near the plant. That gives employment to the people and raw material to TNPL. Also, water from the effluent treatment plant is provided to the farmers(TEWLIS Project). That apart, TNPL uses tankers to provide water to 25 villages surrounding the plant.The villages greatly benefited by this project are Moolimangalam [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moolimangalam] , Pandipalayam and Palamapuram.

Exports

Today, TNPL is exporting paper to Australia, U.K, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, Greece, Turkey, UAE, Jordan, Yemen, Egypt, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Nigeria and Malaysia.

Communication

BSNL, Aircel, Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone are the communication providers to this town Panchayat. The well penetrated landline connections are provided by BSNL again.The availability of internet is also very good(Mostly dial-up connections). Now BSNL has provided very good broadband internet connection.

Transport

The town has very good transport facilities in the form of Private Mini Bus, Government run buses, Autorickshaws.Private run Omni bus operate from the nearby town Velayuthampalayam to Chennai daily.

The pugalur(Code:PGR) has a railway station which is well connected to Erode, Coimbatore, Trichy, Chennai and cochin. Both passenger trains and express trains pass through this station. TNPLPugalur Railway station takes pride in the fact that all the express trains passing this station have a stop in this station except the Shathabdi Express. TNPL has its own separate track diverting from main line which facilitates its freight services.

The nearest airport is in Trichy (90 km). Major Airport is located at Coimbatore (115 km). The nearest major sea port is at Chennai (450 km).

Governance

It is governed by Directorate of Town panchayat which has chairperson, Vice-chair and 12 ward councillors. They are the elected representatives of the town. Elections are conducted once in 5 years.

Education

The town Panchayat has three primary Tamil-medium schools one each in Moolimangalam, Masagoundanpudur and Kurukkapalayam. The most famous school in the town is TNPL Matriculation & Higher Secondary School located within the TNPL Housing colony. Its students have entered the top medical and engineering colleges of the country. Many of its students are employed in big firms located in USA, UK, Australia and other countries of the world.

Entertainment

There is only one functional cinema theater by name 'Annai Theater' which is few kilometers away from the town. Most of the town residents have access to almost all Television channels. TNPL housing colony has excellent facilities inside the campus.

Banking

The TNPL colony has State Bank of India within the campus. Its ATM is located just outside the housing colony which caters to the employee of the company and also the general public. Indian Overseas bank, Bank of India and Lakshmi Vilas Bank are located few kilometres away from the town.

Famous Persons from TNPL

1. Mr. Justin Antony -- An Ex-Principal of TNPL School.2. I.Parvathinathan (known popularly as Mr. IPN) -- A former English Teacher in TNPL School.

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