Rotary Club of Mettupalayam - Rotary India

About Us

METTUPALAYAM, Tamilnadu
INDIA
   A small Agricultural town in Southern India situated 996 ft above MSL at the foot of the western ghats,generally known as the Nilgiri hills or the Blue mountains . The Municipal area is around 4 square Km and the population just around 80,000 and is multilingual. The temperature ranges from 96’F maximum to 64’F minimum and the yearly rainfall is about 30 inches. The town is a major wholesale market for the produces grown in the hills namely vegetables and Tea. Major crops grown in and around Mettupalayam are Areca nut, Cocanut,Sugarcane and Banana. On the industrial front the surrounding areas have numerous Foundries, Textile Spinning mills, Handloom weaving products and cold storage units and in the Agricultural sector the major trade is Areca nut Curing, potato sorting, coffee curing and fertilizer mixing. A perennial river Bhavani flows through the town meeting the drinking water and agricultural needs of two major towns and numerous villages. Places of interest are ,a Tropical fruit research station at kallar 9km,Bhavani sagar dam 35 kms(the only earthen dam in India) Coonor hill station 35km , Ootacamund The Queen of Hill Stations 52 km,Kotagiri hill station 35 kms. The town also boasts of the first major water theme park in Southern India “Black Thunder”. South Indian Railways has its broad gauge ending terminus here and starting of the century old Nilgiri Mountain rail which has been accorded the world heritage status recently.
    
Rotary Club of Mettupalayam
President for 2023-24 is Rtn D.Srinivasanan,Secretary Rtn.Mahesh Chander Treasurer Rtn.Stephen and Club Admin/Executive Secretary Rtn.Akbar Ali
Club No:15868, District 3203
     Chartered on 19th May 1961, the club has completed 55 years of its existence and has done yeoman service for the upliftment of the community. The club selected literature and education as its main criteria for the community and started its major ongoing project the Metro Matriculation Higher secondary school, which is also District 3203‘s largest ongoing project.The school has completed 42 years and has met all the educational needs of the society and surrounding tribal villages. Another unique project of the club is the Vocational training center which proved to be an instant success in the community. Here all men and women below the poverty line are given vocational training in various fields for them to lead a self sustained quality life.The club at present has 62 members and is proud to have 100% retention. The club meets  on Every Tuesday at 7pm at the school Hall.The monthly bulletin of the club is Metrobul,As partners in service, There is Three Rotaract Club , Two Interact Clubs and a very active Inner Wheel club. We Sponsored a Two New Rotary Clubs, Rotary Club of Karamadai and Rotary Club of Sirumugai.
Metro School
  One of the best Community service Project undertaken by the club, commissioned in the year 1975, it has gone on to be the largest on going  project of the District. The distinguishing aspect of this project is that it is totally owned ,sponsored and managed by the Rotary club of Mettupalayam.This year the school has completed 401 years of its existence and has gone from strength to strength. The efforts of the Rotarians, School Correspondant.Rtn.Sidduram, School Committee Chairman Rtn.Thiagarajan and the Managing Committee  are laudable .
  • Currently the school has a strength of 2000 students, with more than 90 staff and 9 buses and two vans. Majority of the school children are from the nearby villages who have an opportunity to study in a English medium school. Our dream project ,an Auditorium to seat 500 people with all modern infrastructure is  complete, and The same building will be having 14 new class rooms and a full-fledged library and computer centre.
  • Vocational Training Centre
    Inauguration of the Vocational Training centre was on 15-08-2005,, The first batch of training is in the field of House wiring and motor coil winding for the gents and for the ladies it will be tailoring ,embroidery and beautician courses, the training would be imparted to all the people ,below the poverty line and free of cost. After six months the first batch of successful trainees passed out in the month of March 2006 and were given certificates and all other assistance for them to start their own ventures. We whole heartedly thank all the sponsors who supported this venture by giving material, sewing machines, furniture’s etc
    Due to the great success of the Vocational training centre, and the overwhelming response shown by the public, the need for extra space was felt. Hence it was decided to extend one more floor to ease the congestion. On his Official visit, on 25-4-2006, Governor K.S.Pillai Was happy enough  to inaugurate  the New Extension Block of the Vocational Training Centre, which had  cost about  Rs3 lakhs.
  • CREMATORIUM  "SHANTHIVANAM"
  • After many years of deliberations with the municipality and other authorities our club finally took a
    decision to take over the crematorium project and build it to a monument, which will be remembered
    for generations to come.With the kind support and advice from our senior Rotarians, Rotary
    Mettupalayam Crematorium Trust (RMCT) was formed and registered on 12.8.2011 in  the Presidentship of Rtn.Akbar Ali,  and Rtn. A. Somasundram as the Chairman,. Simultaneously on 26.8.2011 RMCT made an agreement with the Municipality to administer and maintain the crematorium for a period of ten years.The Municipality had
    already provided the main building with the required Machines and more over the developments had to
    be put in place RMCT decided to appoint an architect to give suitable plan and design and
    Mr.Jayakumar was appointed and he gave us a wonderful plan and design, which you are currently
    witnessing.To Execute the Project enormous fund were required .The RMCT took out efforts to
    mobilize the funds which was very successful .The Rotarians and the public in around Mettupalayam
    were very generous in their contributions. Initially things were quite smooth and we thought the project
    would be completed within six months. But unavoidably the compound wall had to be replaced which
    took a toll of almost all the funds collected at that time and proved to be a extra burden on us. We
    never lost heart and went on with the project. Apart from the main block, we added office block in the
    front and a very hygiene toilet at the rear side. We also constructed a stone bed and meditation Hall.
    We have also installed an Effluent Treatment plant to safe guard nature. The crematorium was
    inaugurated on 29-1-2013, and is currently catering to the needs of the community in and around
    Mettupalayam, We wish to Thank Hotel owners association for providing a back up generator worth 5 lakhs and thanks to Lorry owners association for providing a full fledged Mortuary van, Total project     cost is around 3 crores