Thrissur (Trichur) Projects thread [Archive] - Page 3

safarksalim

January 24th, 2008, 07:53 PM

Economy Bureau

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 The Union government has agreed to part-fund the Rs 20-crore quality testing facility in Thrissur for exporters of Ayurveda medicine. This time, it is department of Ayush, under ministry of health, that has offered 30% assistance for the proposed Ayurveda cluster in Kinfra park in Thrissur.

Care-Keralam (a consortium of 62 Ayurveda products manufacturers in Kerala the private partner of Kinfra’s PPP venture has earlier got Rs 29-crore assistance from the Centre’s Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Fund for its common facility project.

This time the ministry of health is sparing Rs 10 crore from its Rs 100-crore cluster fundkitty, primarily to ensure that the Ayurveda products donot raise any quality issues like lead contamination.

One may recall the public debate between CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat and Swami Ramdev that had put the inputs in Ayurveda medicines under clinical scanner. Probablilty of metal toxicity is also a matter of export concern.

The assistance for the Thrissur lab facility is expected to be sanctioned in a month, Kinfra sources told FE.

Any Ayurveda company or a member of the Care-Kerala will be able to get its products quality-tested at the proposed site, sources said.

The cluster anticipates a range of common facilities including raw material sourcing centre, quality control labortary, herbal park, documentation centre on ayurveda and R&D facilities.

It is to rekindle ayurveda, sidha, unani and homoeopathy industry that department of Ayush has earmarked Rs 100 crore for developing 10 Ayush clusters. Only two applicants - one in Thrissur and other in Pune - had got their proposals cleared.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Centre-to-part-fund-Ayurveda-testing-facility-in-Thrissur/264507/

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bartheius

January 25th, 2008, 08:36 AM

franclin

January 25th, 2008, 12:23 PM

Hey Guys anyone can tell why parking is not allowed in thekinkad ground if it allowed may be more than 1000 cars can be accommodate...Such a lot of even then free in if parking allowed so and by this way parking fee is applicable so lot of revenue coming for beautification of ground and thrissur...anyone can tell abt this.

It used to be. Now that old Parking are has been conveted to a Thekkinkaadu.
Now that Thrissir is not just restricted to ROUND, Corporation should find alternative ways for parking. Round also used to have huge billboards. Our former Chief Mininster late C. Achuthamenon along with many others stopped that also. even now it need lot of improvement.:nuts:

phaedrus

January 25th, 2008, 01:00 PM

^^ parking in the trichur round is just aweful, its not only inconvenient but very dangerous as well with all those people crossing the road.
with the town growing fast, the corporation has to come up with solutions to tackle this problem

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2008, 09:05 AM

Hey Guys anyone can tell why parking is not allowed in thekinkad ground if it allowed may be more than 1000 cars can be accommodate...Such a lot of even then free in if parking allowed so and by this way parking fee is applicable so lot of revenue coming for beautification of ground and thrissur...anyone can tell abt this

This is the main lung space in Thrissur. Many people go for walks in the Thekkinad maidan. If they allow parking then they would be no end to this.In future there might be a plan to widen the round which is not a good thing but could happen as the number of vehicles increase .Otherwise traffic in the round would come to a stanstill.As mentioned the Thrissur round is very dangerous . Drivers do not have any regard for pedestrians even at ZEBRA MARKINGS. Sad state of affairs in our country. No one is educated about safe driving. Licences are issued left ,right and centre if anyone is bribed!

bartheius

January 26th, 2008, 02:55 PM

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2008, 03:07 PM

Bcoz sure its wrong drivers not care abt zebra lines but what abt subways in round i saw many times when i am driving many fellows cross the road simply without using subways when it opened.. why this happend no need of care abt in this case? ! road like heavy traffic in round even with subways people not use subways ! many of tell subway is uotof order i not think so its enough clean leave the case of ladies why men not use it for crossing! then about footpaths in HIGHROAD its also well maintained compared to other places then too people walk sinmple through roads as wide spread is it good? and if people use one place for crossing like ZEEBRA line then all vehicles are stopped for it no probe but all peoples are crossed the road from the place which they like to be its not good practice first of all..

True to some extent. Jay walking is so popular in India . I used the subway many times in Thrissur especially the one near canara Bank near MO road. Very useful. They were clean as well.
I Had a bad experience on Palace road when I was with my son crossing on zebra line. The drivers just wouldnt care and stop.All they need to do is to stop for a few seconds for people to cross. That consideration for people and other traffic is lacking in our country . You will never see that sort of behaviour here in the West.At the junction of Shornur Road with the round there is a signal with a timer for pedesterian crossing. Drivers are so reluctant even to stop for a minute and they want to cross even before the signal has turned green.Unfortunately there are only limited number of subways !Pedesterians crossing are accepted all over the world . Why is India so different or indifferent ? More people die on Indian roads than in any othercountry. Don't we value human life?

sintoantony

January 26th, 2008, 06:51 PM

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Alukkas Bhavanam & Bazar Shopping Mall @ Olari , Trichur

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Alukkas Castle @ Ayyanthole , Trichur

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2008, 08:40 PM

Sinto

That looks posh!

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2008, 08:51 PM

scorpiogenius

January 26th, 2008, 11:36 PM

Sometimes I complain but I love India for all its good things.

Thats why we spent time in forums like SSC because we love our country and city that much. We want all the good things we see in these foreign nations to come to our city as well. :)

safarksalim

January 27th, 2008, 10:58 AM

Express News Service

T’PURAM: Major railway stations in the state will soon have AIDS detection and counselling centres.

Earlier, there was a statewide initiative to install condom vending machines at KSRTC bus stands and other public places, which would give three condoms for Rs 5.

The first machine was installed in Thrissur, but for some reason the initiative failed to catch the public imagination.

The Railways is also planning an air-conditioned dormitory for woman passengers in railway stations.

The first one will come up at Thiruvananthapuram Central and depending on its popularity the facility will be introduced at other major stations, Railways officials said.

The Thiruvananthapuram Division of the Railways is also re-introducing the ‘queueless system’ in reservation offices, which had fallen into disuse owing to inherent problems.

Another plan is to deploy mobile ‘gangs’ on selected trains to wash the toilets at regular intervals, Railways officials said.

Titus P Koshy, Divisional Railway Manager, Thiruvananthapuram Division, unfurled the National Flag and took the salute at the division’s Republic Day celebration on Saturday.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080126230022&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0

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safarksalim

January 27th, 2008, 11:25 AM

The restoration of the Sree Vadakkunathan temple in Thrissur is also contributing to keeping alive many other traditional vocational skills.

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Intricate web:The restoration of the wooden roof of the west gopuram in progress.

Ancient and rare architectural techniques and methods, almost forgotten by the building fraternity, are undergoing a revival with the conservation of the centuries-old Sree Vadakkunathan temple in Thrissur.

The conservation effort, based on age-old traditional systems, is of prime importance today as the ancient science of temple architecture is closely related to many rituals and allied sciences like geometry, iconography, astrology, vastu sastra, tantra sastra and mural painting with organic pigments.

The temple, owned by the Cochin Devaswom Board, is protected under the Archaeological Monuments and Archaeological Sites Remains Act – 1958 and it is mandatory to conserve it following the techniques used to build it originally.

According to the Superintending Archaeologist, Archeological Survey of India (ASI), Thrissur circle, Dr. N. Nambirajan, the temple was built between the ninth and the 14th century A.D. and shows a highly evolved tradition of architecture, wooden sculpture and mural painting.

Artistic marvel

Explaining the archaeological significance of the monument, he said, “Most of the other temples in Kerala show one or two of these evolved features but in Vadakkunathan all of them are near to perfect and this makes it unique.”

The outer walls of the main temple enclosure, called vilakkumadom like in other Kerala temples, are lined with lamps. In the centre of this main enclosure is a multi-shrine complex having three principal shrines dedicated to Shiva, Sankaranarayana and Rama. The Sankaranarayana shrine has beautiful 17th century murals delineating graphically the story of the Mahabharata. Two other murals in the surrounding cloisters — Phanivarasayana (Mahavishnu) and Nrithanatha (Nataraja) — are even worshipped regularly.

There are namaskara mandapams (spaces for special rituals and Vedic chanting) with beautifully carved wooden pillars in front of all the three central shrines. The temple theatre, known as koothambalam, has no parallel anywhere else in the world. The shrines and the koothambalam display exquisite vignettes carved in wood. A 41-day special programme of mythological story telling, Koothu and an ancient form of dramatic dance, Koodiyattom, is conducted in this theatre annually.

The temple establishes rich vastu precincts and according to the vastu expert, Kanippayoor Krishnan Namboodiripad, it has all the ingredients of a perfect structure.

The sprawling 64-acre Thekkinkadu maidan encircling the temple, along with the temple itself, plays venue to the famous Thrissur Pooram festival.

According to Nambirajan, the temple has not undergone any major conservation effort for the past many centuries, except for periodic maintenance. The first major conservation work in the temple was started by the ASI in 1997. In 2005, Venugopalaswamy Kainkaryam Trust (VGKT), Chennai, got a standing permission from the Director General ASI, Delhi to take up the overall conservation of the beautiful temple.

Unique process

However, if it was the matter of conserving a mere building, it would have been easy but conserving a centuries-old temple which is also a protected monument was a challenge, explains ASI conservation assistant K.P. Rajan, “The huge size of the monument and the difficulty of obtaining traditional building material make it a very tedious and time consuming work. The climate poses another challenge as six to seven months of rain makes the work difficult,” he further adds.

Prior to conservation the gopurams were in a bad condition, the sculptured pillars and the roof rafters had been eaten up by termites and the roof copper plates were corroded. The roof of the temple complex was leaking at many points during the monsoons.

The wall plaster had peeled off and applying the new plaster was not easy. According to tradition, the original plaster material was made out of powdered shells, nine different herbs and jaggery. The whole preparation, which took 40 days, required skilled traditional craftsmen which are very few. Keeping in mind the hugeness of the temple, a separate workshop had to be established and labour had to be trained to make the special plaster.

The wooden rafters required for supporting the roof are, on an average, 20 feet long and special care had to be taken to procure appropriate sized wood for it. Finding carpenters capable of such mammoth work was difficult as the skill of wooden joinery involved in the ancient temple construction has almost become extinct.

“The rafters on the main Sree kovil (temple) are 30 feet long and those on the gopurams are 20 feet. Often, before laying the rafters on the temple top, we join them on the ground to check if things are perfect,” said the head carpenter, P.K. Thankamani.

The traditional way of applying anti-microbial wood treatment is also unique and laborious. The wood preservative is prepared by boiling seven herbs in sesame oil and bee wax. The entire process of conservation goes in tandem with the rituals mentioned in tantra shastra, astrology and vastu shastra.

The ASI has undertaken the conservation of tidapalli (temple kitchen), murals, wood carvings and the south and west gopurams. The VGKT, which is involved in conserving many ancient temples in the country, has helped in conserving five shrines outside the main temple complex and the south end cloister inside. The trust, currently helping in conserving the remaining parts of the complex, works with a vision to preserve traditional architectural values for the future.

Needless to say, the conservation of Sree Vadakkunathan temple, also known as Thenkailasa (Kailasa of the South) not only helps conserve our rich, traditional architecture for future but also contributes to reviving many extinct traditions and preserving our rich cultural and social heritage.

Classic architecture

One of the largest temple complexes in South India and a classical example of the rich Kerala architecture, the temple is said to have been built by Parashuraman. Legend also has it that Adi Sankaracharya was born after his parents, who were childless for many years, prayed at the temple.

The idol of the principal deity Vadakkunathan (Shiva) is not visible, as it is covered under a 12-foot high mount of ghee, formed by the daily abhisheka (ablution) with ghee over the centuries. It is a wonder that the ghee, in spite of high temperature, doesn’t melt.

The main temple complex is spread over nine acres on a small hillock in the centre of the Thrissur town. The four magnificent gateways, called gopurams, and the lofty laterite wall around the temple quadrangle are an imposing piece of craftsmanship and skill. Each gopuram has beautifully carved out wooden pillars and wooden bracket figures.

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/01/27/stories/2008012750240800.htm

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ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2008, 03:16 PM

Dear Safar
Could you please keep your text short .You could please copy aparagraph or so and put the link. I am learning (Still) the hard way as advised by the moderators and now it is my turn to advise you.
Thanks,. No hard feelings here.
cheers
ajay

vinod_2007

January 28th, 2008, 01:22 PM

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2008, 02:52 PM

Do any one know about any new BIG MALLS coming up in thrissur ?

Do anyone know what building is coming up near ICICI Prudential in WestFort... seems like a Big one....

It's High time the Thrissur gets a NEW Shopping mall another than City Center and Center point..

As Thrissur is Much Famous for the Success of City Center... which made others to think about mall in kerala.....

No new shopping malls in the near future(I mean two to three years).
I would consider centre point as a mere commercial complex and not a typical Mall.I have been there.
The multinational presence in Thrissur is nil. I would not say that is a good point or a bad point.Most of them sadly run sweat shops around the world and exploit labourers in third world countries,offer low price to farmers and push small traders out of jobs. It is the way how you look at it. I am sure Franclin will agree with me.

Yes if you want the hype of a shopping mall then Thrissur should get one but it is still far behind many other cities in this respect but things do change.

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2008, 03:22 PM

Few Things I need to know :

1) Why did the government change the color and looks of Transport Bus (As they look quite good before and horrible now).

2) Why is kerala shrinking to Cochin...Why don't the government improve other cities..

3) Is the Corporation in Thrissur not there ? as i can't see any improvement in road infrastructure nor any other.....JUST DEAD stage...

4) Is people in Kerala mad to stop big retailers ? who provide good stuffs for much smaller price...

What are they doing ?

Answer to question number 4.

To be very honest people have been very intelligent. If you are young then you wouldnt understand the ethical issues involved.It is true that 5% of our rich population would be able to shop oin these malls . what about the remaining 95%. True they reduce their prices but at what cost.Farmers paid low prices for their produce,small buisnesses thrown out of their jobs...creates problems in the society.Yes it has happended elsewhere in the world including the western countries. It has destroyed families. In India which is about 20 years behind ,things are only happening and we will see the effects in years to come.Big retailers resort to al unfair trade practices . Undercutting is just one of the. What we need is social equality and they do not do anything to restore that.Sorry I can go on and on but this is not a site for that.Please do a google search and you will get the answers.

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2008, 04:17 PM

sintoantony

January 28th, 2008, 06:50 PM

No new shopping malls in the near future(I mean two to three years).
I would consider centre point as a mere commercial complex and not a typical Mall.I have been there.
The multinational presence in Thrissur is nil. I would not say that is a good point or a bad point.Most of them sadly run sweat shops around the world and exploit labourers in third world countries,offer low price to farmers and push small traders out of jobs. It is the way how you look at it. I am sure Franclin will agree with me.

Yes if you want the hype of a shopping mall then Thrissur should get one but it is still far behind many other cities in this respect but things do change.

Hello Friends,

I Wonder why Mr.Ajay can make a statement like this. The road map for Trichur City Development is not with my friend, it seems like the shopping mall developers will have to take the permission from my friend. I have been noticeing him for the past few months,he always makes the negtive feed back for Trichur. My friend have to understand one thing,the major enterpernors of kerala are all from Trichur,so it is having the potential to grow any time.I travelled almost all places in India, i dont find any chamming place like my Little Town,where we enjoy all the facilities of a Big City. Hope all trichur lovers agree with me..

bartheius

January 28th, 2008, 07:13 PM

Hello Friends,

I Wonder why Mr.Ajay can make a statement like this. The road map for Trichur City Development is not with my friend, it seems like the shopping mall developers will have to take the permission from my friend. I have been noticeing him for the past few months,he always makes the negtive feed back for Trichur. My friend have to understand one thing,the major enterpernors of kerala are all from Trichur,so it is having the potential to grow any time.I travelled almost all places in India, i dont find any chamming place like my Little Town,where we enjoy all the facilities of a Big City. Hope all trichur lovers agree with me..

HEHE sinto 100 cheers 4 u ..... u r rite most of enterpeners ar from thrissur thrissur develops without any help from government side it seems that clear.....Richer city of kerala actually Thrissur... slowing process may be goood in future like modest skycrappers and well planned road for future METRO like banglore a round METRO kochi haven't that luck no city have it in kerala .... THRISSUR BEST OF LUCK and for AJAY YOU ARE WRONG BIG SHOOPING MALL AND FIVE STAR HOTEL INCLUDED IN SHOBHAS 60 ACRES SO NO NEED OF WAIT FOR 2 and 3 YEARS

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2008, 08:26 PM

Hello Friends,

I Wonder why Mr.Ajay can make a statement like this. The road map for Trichur City Development is not with my friend, it seems like the shopping mall developers will have to take the permission from my friend. I have been noticeing him for the past few months,he always makes the negtive feed back for Trichur. My friend have to understand one thing,the major enterpernors of kerala are all from Trichur,so it is having the potential to grow any time.I travelled almost all places in India, i dont find any chamming place like my Little Town,where we enjoy all the facilities of a Big City. Hope all trichur lovers agree with me..

Dear Friend
I havent made any negative remarks. What is it that you are objecting to?What statement of mine was negative. ?I just cannot understand you. Would you please send me a PM so that I could sort out your problems! You seem to have totally gone over the roof over my statements. I am personally not a big fan of Malls!I beleive in social equality.I am sorry I have to speak my mind and not write something to appease you! surprisingly you have kept quiet on Vinod's statements . I was only trying to throw some light.Do you want to know the story of Aswhini Hospital junction . You will be shell shocked!

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2008, 08:28 PM

HEHE sinto 100 cheers 4 u ..... u r rite most of enterpeners ar from thrissur thrissur develops without any help from government side it seems that clear.....Richer city of kerala actually Thrissur... slowing process may be goood in future like modest skycrappers and well planned road for future METRO like banglore a round METRO kochi haven't that luck no city have it in kerala .... THRISSUR BEST OF LUCK and for AJAY YOU ARE WRONG BIG SHOOPING MALL AND FIVE STAR HOTEL INCLUDED IN SHOBHAS 60 ACRES SO NO NEED OF WAIT FOR 2 and 3 YEARS

Sorry Bartheius

I did enquire about these projects in the previous page but there was no one to enlighten me on that!

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2008, 09:07 PM

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2008, 09:26 PM

Sorry Bartheius

I did enquire about these projects in the previous page but there was no one to enlighten me on that!

As far as I understand Soba city would be completed in 2013 and not before that! It is possible that EMKE projects would be completed before that.

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2008, 11:26 PM

Sinto's comments were not even worthy of replying. If I have ever hurt any Trichurean sentiments I am sorry. I am too old for petty narrow minded fights.
However honest criticism is a good thing. If people do not like it, then tough luck. We live in a free world!

Cheers

Aj

franclin

January 29th, 2008, 07:29 AM

Looks like everyone is sleeping there. No developmental works taken up as far as roads are concered. They are most unresponsive even to private people who are willing to help. If you read the ashwini junction story then you will put your head down in Shame. That is Thrissur corporation in short!

It used to be one of the most progessive of all the municipalities in Kerala. Alas, of late, it is too slow to react. Inertia crept in to their minds.

scorpiogenius

January 29th, 2008, 09:08 AM

HEHE sinto 100 cheers 4 u ..... u r rite most of enterpeners ar from thrissur thrissur develops without any help from government side it seems that clear.....Richer city of kerala actually Thrissur... slowing process may be goood in future like modest skycrappers and well planned road for future METRO like banglore a round METRO kochi haven't that luck no city have it in kerala .... THRISSUR BEST OF LUCK and for AJAY YOU ARE WRONG BIG SHOOPING MALL AND FIVE STAR HOTEL INCLUDED IN SHOBHAS 60 ACRES SO NO NEED OF WAIT FOR 2 and 3 YEARS
^^
Doesn't make much sense, especially the second part of the post.:lol::lol:

Ajay, cool it. And whats it all about the Aswini Jn? Please send a link to the incident or a PM if you dont mind.

RKPV

January 29th, 2008, 09:44 AM

Dear folks,
Plz come back to development related posts.

http://www.rajeshandambooken.com/Projects.htm

This is a link from Architects 'Rajesh and Ambooken' website. How many of these listed projects has been posted in this forum early ?
Any of the Thichurians, Please check it and post whichever is new.

sintoantony

January 29th, 2008, 05:37 PM

Are you suffering from some complex?If the moderators feel I have done something wrong then I will have it but none from you.

Dear Friends,

It is very difficult to give a reply to a person who keeps on posting questions and himself providing an answer to that.some times edit it again and providing another reply.I feel it is quite unusual scenario :ohno:

But yes, I had the Ego (not complex) being a Trichurian.I hope this forum is meant for those who are interested in Trichur's development & happenings. Those who are not interested about the same ,kindly go to the other city folders or to their own Blog.

It is true that, the development activities of Trichur corporation is become a stand still because of the negative thinking of the new Mayor and the team. But after implementing the ADB project hope the situation becomes better.

But i am quite sure my little city will shine in the global map soon or later.:)

vinod_2007

January 29th, 2008, 07:27 PM

Which is the ADB project?

Yes Sinto, I meant the same Corporation activities are in a stand still now... Ajay have mentioned the same.....

For what are we fighting for....?

We need good healthy developments in every cities in Kerala.... even in others in india...

Please stop fight and fight with the government and get everything needed for our cities,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

ajay ramchandran

January 29th, 2008, 10:29 PM

Dear Friends,

It is very difficult to give a reply to a person who keeps on posting questions and himself providing an answer to that.some times edit it again and providing another reply.I feel it is quite unusual scenario :ohno:

But yes, I had the Ego (not complex) being a Trichurian.I hope this forum is meant for those who are interested in Trichur's development & happenings. Those who are not interested about the same ,kindly go to the other city folders or to their own Blog.

It is true that, the development activities of Trichur corporation is become a stand still because of the negative thinking of the new Mayor and the team. But after implementing the ADB project hope the situation becomes better.

But i am quite sure my little city will shine in the global map soon or later.:)
I have the answer young man
A bit of old age, Wisdom and lateral thinking!
Why don't you send me a PM ? Being a doctor I have plenty of advice for you.But not here on the site.

ajay ramchandran

January 29th, 2008, 10:30 PM

phaedrus

January 30th, 2008, 12:03 AM

ajay ramchandran

January 30th, 2008, 07:36 AM

Ashwini Hospital,Maya Realtors,and the former Mayor of the corporation are all my neighbours.

Ashwini Hospital wanted to build a traffic intersection with automatic lights at the current Ashwini junction and were willingto fund the entire project plus maintainance costs.Some egoestic ,brainless mo....s tried to put an obstacle to the project for months and rumors are that they demanded bribe despite the fact that the Hospital was funding the entire project.Finally the hospital authorities went to the local press and the issue came out. Thrissur corporation issued a denial. Anyway bowing to public pressure and guilty they allowed them to set up a traffic island but not the lights.
Now the design for the island was given by the corporatiomn think thanks.For those who have seen the island/circle one thing looks obvious.Yes it looks beautiful but scientifically flawed because the diameter is so huge that it leaves little space for vehicles to move around considering the fact that it is now a busy island with the Big Bazaar near by.
A message to those young people in their twenties who are half my age. Shed off the ego's if you have one. You will prosper in Life !

Cheers

Ajay

ajay ramchandran

January 30th, 2008, 08:05 AM

Every city in India is different. Simply building skyscrapers and Malls is not going to take the city anywhere. Some of the large cities in India are virtually unlivable but life goes on as people have to earn their bread and butter.

Take the eample of Mysore. It is a city without big malls and skyscrapers but a very pleasant city to live in especially for retired people. Similarly Thrissur is very popular with retired people.Many people who have lived in other parts of the country virtually like to come and settle down.As it is a small place,getting around is easier and one can get all the conveniences of a big city.I have stressed it before .
There is no best or second best . It is what you are looking for and what you expect from a city. I personally like a city with good infrastructure,good roads,clean drinking water and efficient garbage disposal.
Let us hope Thrissur corporation come up with a blue print and implement these things. I think Calicut is doing it .

ajay ramchandran

January 30th, 2008, 04:16 PM

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20071129234436

The same fate befell the tender notice for implementing solid waste management projects in Kollam, Thrissur and Kozhikode corporations
Dear Friends

This is a news that came in 2007 November.I hope things have been resolved by now!
These are very important projects which will take the city forward though at a cost to the taxpayer.

vinod_2007

January 30th, 2008, 04:34 PM

safarksalim

January 30th, 2008, 08:05 PM

Staff Reporter

Thrissur: Public Works Minister Mons Joseph has said that work on the Thrissur-Angamaly four-lane road will be completed by April 2009. He was addressing a meet-the-press programme at the Thrissur Press Club on Tuesday.

“This is being planned as a six-lane road. Formalities to complete a six-lane road, including land acquisition, will consume a lot of time. Hence, it is being constructed as a four-lane road with provision for expansion in future,” he said.

The Minister said that efforts were on to make the Thrissur-Walayar road six-lane.

“Projects for road surface repair on the Thrissur-Walayar stretch and protection of NH-47 at Kuthiran, which was affected by rain-triggered landslide last year, have been submitted to the Centre for approval. About 85 per cent patch work on roads in the State has been completed. The government will revive suspended activities of the KSTP.”

http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/30/stories/2008013051510300.htm

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safarksalim

January 30th, 2008, 08:14 PM

Staff Reporter

MALAPPURAM: The proposed Central University will be set up in north Malabar, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said.

Inaugurating the centenary celebrations of MSP Higher Secondary School here on Monday evening, the Minister said the demand for an IIT in the State would be strengthened.

He said efforts were being made to enhance the educational standards of the children of the State’s police personnel.

A Central School was already sanctioned in Thiruvananthapuram and another one was being sought at Thrissur, said the Minister.

Mr. Balakrishnan said though Kerala had achieved total literacy a few years ago, the standard of higher education in the State was still poor.

The State needed to do better in higher education, he said.

He warned that education should not be turned into a commodity where the poor have no role to play.

Minister for Local Self-Government Paloli Mohammed Kutty laid the foundation for the centenary building. M. Ummer, MLA, presided over the function.

T.K. Hamza, MP, laid the foundation for a new playground for the school. A.P. Anil Kumar, MLA, released ‘MSP Express,’ a journal brought out by the students of the school. Manjalamkuzhi Ali, MLA, inaugurated the launch of the pre-primary course.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/29/stories/2008012954650800.htm

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RKPV

January 31st, 2008, 07:19 AM

Yes.........

Thrissur is still a very good place to live, i can recommend Coimbatore and Mysore, as other good places to live in... Calicut seems to be good.. But doesn't have mixed community, (even if it is not a big problem). But still shops are closed during ramzan weeks and other things.....

Now i don't expect any fight in this forum as we are all friends... and it's high time we see/communicate using other means... and interact so that we may be able to do something other than comment on.....

This type of comparisons only invites fighting. :)

Thissur is one of the best place to live, but , myself, being a person from Coimbatore who knows Calicut and Thrissur very well , I'm totally disagree with this irrelevant comparison about these two cities and your findings abt Calicut. :)

Plz avoid comparisons
Cheers...

franclin

January 31st, 2008, 08:32 AM

South Indian Bank's new Corporate Office : Foundation Stone laid on 'Founders' Day'

For further details:
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/financial-services/200801307030.htm

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ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2008, 08:43 AM

This type of comparisons only invites fighting. :)

Thissur is one of the best place to live, but , myself, being a person from Coimbatore who knows Calicut and Thrissur very well , I'm totally disagree with this irrelevant comparison about these two cities and your findings abt Calicut. :)

Plz avoid comparisons

Cheers...

When you live in one place for a long time then you become emotionally attached to it and develop some sort of blind partiotism . This is true for me as well. Every place has its plus and minuses. Everone says they are the best. This is very true of countries.Here in the UK they say they are the best ,US people say they are the best,I will say India is the best! Then who is second? It comes to a stage where you tend to live in a cocoon unable to take criticisms. Too much patriotism is sometimes counterproductive.I have lived in different parts of India,Nepal and now in the UK. In these countries here they develop infrastructure first and scyscrapers next! Sadly in India it is the opposite or just skyscrapers and no infrastructure.All those youngsters please write letters to your corporation. It might help. I had the benefits after I wrote letters after letters to Mangalore corporation twenty years ago. My first letter to the corporation was in 1980 when I was in central school,10'th standard. I got a reply. Then there was no looking back!
This year it will be the first city in India to have underground drainage with more than 90% of the city covered.This should happen here in Kerala as well.

ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2008, 08:44 AM

This type of comparisons only invites fighting. :)

Thissur is one of the best place to live, but , myself, being a person from Coimbatore who knows Calicut and Thrissur very well , I'm totally disagree with this irrelevant comparison about these two cities and your findings abt Calicut. :)

Plz avoid comparisons

Cheers...

When you live in one place for a long time then you become emotionally attached to it and develop some sort of blind partiotism . This is true for me as well. Every place has its plus and minuses. Everone says they are the best. This is very true of countries.Here in the UK they say they are the best ,US people say they are the best,I will say India is the best! Then who is second? It comes to a stage where you tend to live in a cocoon unable to take criticisms. Too much patriotism is sometimes counterproductive.I have lived in different parts of India,Nepal and now in the UK. In the UK they develop infrastructure first and scyscrapers next! Sadly in India it is the opposite or just skyscrapers and no infrastructure.All those youngsters please write letters to your corporation. It might help. I had the benefits after I wrote letters after letters to Mangalore corporation twenty years ago. My first letter to the corporation was in 1980 when I was in central school,10'th standard. I got a reply. Then there was no looking back!
This year it will be the first city in India to have underground drainage with more than 90% of the city covered.This should happen here in Kerala as well and I am sure it will happen.

ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2008, 09:42 AM

Dear Friends

In many of our cities it is very difficult to get land within a range of 3-6 km or more from the city centre. TUDA road is one such road on which stands Kovilakkam residency. There are large tract of open spaces. Land is avaialble on the ring road . I know of a recent transaction (2007 may) on the ring road by a builder known to me.(small time promoter).
Private entrepreneurs are available in plenty in Thrissur (Alukkas,Kalyan,Elite etc). Although some of them are investing in real estate others have not taken a leap yet.EMKE and Soba group are currently the most prestigious projects . There has been rumours of Reliance buying the ACC land on MG Road in the business circles but I am not sure.
Hopefully Sudhir Gopi ( Universal Empire_)who has recently moved into real estate will do something for Thrissur. He is originally from Thrissur. Will definitely speak to him to find out if he has plans and let you guys know. I know that he has plans for Kochi.

vinod_2007

January 31st, 2008, 04:06 PM

ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2008, 05:02 PM

safarksalim

January 31st, 2008, 07:51 PM

http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&programId=1073753761&articleType=Malayalam%20News&contentId=3515508&BV_ID=@@@

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safarksalim

January 31st, 2008, 08:23 PM

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safarksalim

February 1st, 2008, 04:39 PM

Express News Service

THRISSUR: Works Minister Mons Joseph said that the age-old systems and norms followed by the PWD in carrying out construction and road works would be changed to suit the changed needs.

Addressing a meet the press programme here on Tuesday, he said that the proposed changes would be necessary not only to increase the efficiency of the PWD set up, but also to add durability of works carried out by the department.

The Minister said that the State Government has given priority for the development, repair and maintenance of roads and expansion of National Highways 47 and 17.

He said that the 75 percent of land acquisition for the Thrissur-Angamaly four-lane road as part of the expansion of NH 47 has been completed and the remaining portion of acquisition would be completed soon.

He said that the state support agreement with the Centre for the 56-km Walayar- Vadakkancherry and the 30-km Vadakkancherry- Thrissur stretches of NH 47 has been signed. He said that these two stretches of NH 47 would be expanded as six-lane.

The Thrissur-Angamali stretch was being expanded to four lanes at present. However, this stretch would also be converted to six-lane later, he said.

The Minister said that the State Government had submitted a proposal to the Centre for the renewal of Thrissur-Valayar stretch of NH 47 at an estimated cost of Rs 26 crore.

In another proposal submitted to the Centre, the State Government had sought the sanctioning of the Rs 68 lakh side protection work at Kuthiran, where major landslides has been disrupted the road traffic between Thrissur and Palakkad for months together during the last monsoon season.

The PWD Minister said that the World Bank-aided road expansion under the KSTP project would be treated as a separate project.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080130233231&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

February 1st, 2008, 05:18 PM

Lil old News, but not yet posted here....

Staff Reporter

THRISSUR: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Kamakshy Constructions and the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) to set up an IT park in Thrissur at a cost of Rs.100 crore.

The MoU was signed at an investor meet held here on Monday by the KSIDC, the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA) and the Department of Tourism.

The KSIDC also signed MoUs with Ramu Padickal of Guruvayur Payyambalam Beach Resorts to start a Rs.10-crore beach resort at Payyambalam and a Rs.10-crore three-star hotel at Guruvayur. MoUs were signed with Rekha Bhavadas of Devaragam Resorts to set up a Rs.8-crore three-star hotel at Guruvayur; with Suresh Babu of Southern Pet Plast (India) for a Rs.1.5-crore unit to manufacture PET pre-formats, and with Christo George of Hykon India Private Limited to establish a Rs.10-crore unit for the manufacture of linear light fitting and ballast.

The KINFRA signed MoUs with A.V. George of Dortech India Private Limited to start a Rs.20-crore glass manufacturing unit, with Safarali Ismail of Doors and Indoors, Dubai, to set up a Rs.5-crore furniture-manufacturing unit, with Krishna Chaturvedi of Malabar Food Stuff to institute a Rs.1-crore spice processing unit, with P. Hariprasad of CML Biotech Private Limited to begin a Rs.60-lakh medical kit unit, with Cheriyan of Glass-N-Class to set up a Rs.60-lakh unit to make glass interior products, and with Dennis Antony of Pioneer Paper Products to launch a Rs.63-lakh unit for making paper products.

Industries Minister Elamaram Karim said that a committee would monitor the progress of the projects for which the MoUs were signed.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/20/stories/2007022009700300.htm

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ajay ramchandran

February 3rd, 2008, 08:49 AM

Ok, Done no more comparisons, I just wanted Sinto to be proud :)....

And but our reviews can be said...

So then Ajay has a good option... How about sending a Letter to Thrissur Corporation, Who can give me points ?

Vinod,you do not seem to be on the PM address?
I typed vinod 2007 as there are several Vinod's.I can tell you of my wonderful experiences with regard to civic matters. Maybe I was at the right place at the right time.
Cheers
Ajay

sanjupalayat

February 3rd, 2008, 05:10 PM

Yes.........

Thrissur is still a very good place to live, i can recommend Coimbatore and Mysore, as other good places to live in... Calicut seems to be good.. But doesn't have mixed community, (even if it is not a big problem). But still shops are closed during ramzan weeks and other things.....

Now i don't expect any fight in this forum as we are all friends... and it's high time we see/communicate using other means... and interact so that we may be able to do something other than comment on.....

Vinod ur view on calicut is not at all correct..who told that shops in calicut are closed during ramzan:bash: where total muslim population is only 33% it may be relevant in the case of malappuram, calicut can become stand still when any thing happen like that..calicut is truly cosmopolitan wid all types of population..hope u know that there is a gujarathi street,gujarathi school, konkani community, zorashtrians, marvadies, tamil-telgu bramins at tali area....we all live together holding our spirit's high.....yes trichur is really good when compared to calicut in terms of good air u can breath in.....really like trichur....:)

ajay ramchandran

February 3rd, 2008, 09:27 PM

Vinod ur view on calicut is not at all correct..who told that shops in calicut are closed during ramzan:bash: where total muslim population is only 33% it may be relevant in the case of malappuram, calicut can become stand still when any thing happen like that..calicut is truly cosmopolitan wid all types of population..hope u know that there is a gujrathi street,gujrathi school, konkani community, zorashtrians, marvadies, tamil-telgu bramins at tali area....we all live together holding our spitites high.....yes trichur is really good when compared to calicut in terms of good air u can breath in.....really like trichur....:)

Hey Sanju

What is the problem with Calicut air? The worst is the Mangalore Air especially the northern part of the city? I am sure you know that!

sanjupalayat

February 4th, 2008, 04:57 AM

Hey Sanju

What is the problem with Calicut air? The worst is the Mangalore Air especially the northern part of the city? I am sure you know that!

Ajay its highly polluted nowadays...high vehicular density has contributed a lot to this...hope u know that calicutcity is conjusted to small area...i felt better when i went to trichur....its a cool place to walk around and drive...but i wont recommend calicut for the same...yup mangalore smells like any thing during summer days...huh..huh...

ajay ramchandran

February 4th, 2008, 07:48 AM

Ajay its highly polluted nowadays...high vehicular density has contributed a lot to this...hope u know that calicutcity is conjusted to small area...i felt better when i went to trichur....its a cool place to walk around and drive...but i wont recommend calicut for the same...yup mangalore smells like any thing during summer days...huh..huh...

Fish smell near Bunder area and Industrial pollutuion in the New Mangalore,Surathkal belt.(I like fish though)
Even the Thekkinad maidan around Vadakunathan temple is peaceful despite all the heavy traffic around it.When Shakthan Thampuran bus stand and the area was developed I just wondered what was there before less than 1/2 a km from the round. Were there fields there? The ring road will be an excellent road if it were maintained properly.Currently it is underutilised .

vinod_2007

February 7th, 2008, 05:09 PM

Vinod ur view on calicut is not at all correct..who told that shops in calicut are closed during ramzan:bash: where total muslim population is only 33% it may be relevant in the case of malappuram, calicut can become stand still when any thing happen like that..calicut is truly cosmopolitan wid all types of population..hope u know that there is a gujarathi street,gujarathi school, konkani community, zorashtrians, marvadies, tamil-telgu bramins at tali area....we all live together holding our spirit's high.....yes trichur is really good when compared to calicut in terms of good air u can breath in.....really like trichur....:)

Sorry, if i was wrong...... i agree if people calicut says about it. I too like calicut... more than cochin...

Even TVM is a good place for air.......:banana:

tree alround...

more trees around the roads more good gods on country will be.

KMC

February 10th, 2008, 03:34 PM

Trissur: Bustling with commercial activity

http://propertybytes.com/?p=1933

KMC

February 10th, 2008, 03:35 PM

delete

safarksalim

February 12th, 2008, 03:30 PM

BS Reporter

The Indian biotech industry is set to grow and occupy 140 million square feet by 2010.

“Even though the country presently holds a minimal market share of 2 per cent of the global biotech market, it has immense potential to develop as a key player by 2010 and is expected to generate $5 billion revenues, creating employment for a million by 2010 through its products as well as services,” said international real estate consultants Cushman & Wakefield in its ‘Bio Reality in India Report 2008’.

In addition to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Mumbai, tier II and tier III cities like Vadodara, Coimbatore, Goa, Mysore, Madurai, Kolkata, Gurgaon, Thrissur, Nagpur and Thiruchirapalli have emerged as the preferred destinations to set up a biotech facility.

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http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=1&subLeft=6&chklogin=N&autono=313385&tab=r

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safarksalim

February 12th, 2008, 03:37 PM

Express News Service

GURUVAYUR: The first phase of the development works at the Punnathur Anakkotta where 65 elephants of Guruvayur Devaswom are being sheltered will be completed in 11 months, Tourism secretary, V. Venu said here on Sunday.

Tourism secretary made an on-the-spot study at the Punnathur Anakotta owing to the delay in implementing the multicrore development project.

The Rs 4-crore development project was initiated by the former Devaswom and Tourism minister K. C. Venugopal and the central tourism had allotted the money in 2006.

Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan formally launched the development work in 2006 and the work was assigned to the KITCO.

The agreement between Devaswom and the KITCO was also signed in the beginning of 2007 and the development works was moving at a very slow pace owing to minor issues.

The tourism secretary arrived here to sort out the minor issues and held discussion with Devaswom chairman Thottathil Raveendran, administrator V. Ratheesan and live stock superintendent.

The tourism secretary later discussed the issue with the tourism directorate officials and the KITCO officials.

He issued directives to speed up the project to ensure the completion of the first phase in a time-bound manner.

The Tourism secretary will make monthly review of the progress directly.

The further development project amounting to Rs 1 crore will also be completed on time.

The third phase of the development works will be directly done by the Devaswom, Venu said.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080210233527&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

February 12th, 2008, 07:24 PM

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safarksalim

February 13th, 2008, 10:01 AM

Express News Service

PALAKKAD: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will acquire land in 19 villages for the Walayar-Vadakkencherry stretch of the NH-47 and the compensatory cash disbursements for those who had surrendered their land in the Pudussery East village will begin from February 19.

This was stated by NHAI Project Director Venugopal at the review meeting convened at the collectorate conference hall which was chaired by District Collector K S Srinivas here on Tuesday.

He said that the stretch from Vadakkencherry to Walayar will be 45 metres with a five-metre median and the stretch from Vadakkencherry to Thrissur will be 60 metres. However, he added that it was proposed to create a service road on either sides with a width of 5.5 metres to 7 metres.

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080212225429&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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RKPV

February 13th, 2008, 02:23 PM

Elite Group hailing from Trichur planning for a IT Park in 25 acres on their own land at Thrichur.

Base : The Economic Times 13/02/2008

Let's see more projects announced at Thrissur this year, cos Kochi becomes congested with projects and concrete jungles, and also the easy connectivity of Thrissur with Nedumbassery and Vallarpadom.

Aslesh

February 13th, 2008, 06:00 PM

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Apne yeh kis se pooch kar copy kiya? Is pe mera copyright hai bhai. :bash:

safarksalim

February 13th, 2008, 08:24 PM

BS Reporter

Thiruvananthapuram: Life insurance player Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company has lined up major expansion plans in Kerala.

The company, which currently operates in Kozhikode and Kochi, opened its third branch in the state in Thiruvananthapuram this week.

The company plans to expand its presence in the state to 13 branches - Kottayam, Thrissur, Kollam, Kannur, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Palakkad and Thiruvalla by December this year.

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http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu1&subLeft=1&autono=313644&tab=r

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sintoantony

February 15th, 2008, 08:50 AM

Who is deleting the post, if the moderator, what is the reason ???

sudheeshnairs

February 15th, 2008, 08:56 AM

^^Nobody other than MODS/ADMINS can delete posts..

Hope the reason is obvious and you all are aware of a warning issued by Suncity some weeks ago in TVM and Kochi threads.

The newbie who started it now is excused only becuase it was his first post.

safarksalim

February 15th, 2008, 08:57 AM

Kanoos Business India today stands as an epitome of professional success with its highly diversified and expanding business empire spanning the globe. The inspiring success story dates back to hard toil of K S Kader Pillai, managing director of the group. Based in Kochi, Kanoos group activities today transcend geographical boundaries to reach Kuwait and Iraq. Ranked as one of the biggest Indian-owned conglomerate in the Gulf region, the group employee profile offers a snap shot of multi-ethnicity, employing more than 2500 people through their Kuwait operations, Al Hokook International General Trading & Contracting Company, which caters to Kuwait and Iraq. In Kerala they have Kanoos Convention Centre at Chullickal, Kanoos East Fort Hotel & Shopping Complex at Palghat, and have real estate properties of different ranges which could cater to tailor - made furnished accommodations or offices.

The latest venture from the group is The Kanoos Residency situated in the centre of Guruvayoor. It is one of the tallest buildings in the locality. This recently operational property is only 20 minutes by road from Thrissur, one and a half hr from Palakad and two hrs from Coimbatore. The two international airports in Cochin and Calicut are about 75 kms from the hotel. Speaking to Express TravelWorld, Kader Pillai said, "Guruvayoor is one of the most important pilgrim destination in Kerala. We plan to get into pilgrim tourism in a major way with the beginning of this property".

Kanoos Residency is totally distinct from other hotels in Guruvayoor. Imported Belgium classic blue glass - Gaverbell with imported aluminum steel cladding gives an ornamental front view to it. The built-in area is about 75,000 sq ft and is divided into two different sectors viz shopping complex and the hotel with independent entrances. The hotel has nine floors from the common basement of car park. There are 55 rooms, out of which 43 are superior rooms, six are executive rooms, four suites, two Colossal Rooms (six bedded suite). It has a marriage hall of approx 3,500 sq ft that can host a marriage function for 200 guests. It has a dining hall and a satellite kitchen. The hotel has two restaurants - a pure vegetarian and a multi-cuisine restaurant with an independent kitchen. It also has a pastry n coffee shop, which will operate on a 24-hour basis. The terrace area/ gymnasium on the ninth floor of the hotel will leave the visitors spellbound with the panoramic view of the west coast lines, romantic sunset and mountain view on the east.

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safarksalim

February 15th, 2008, 09:48 AM

Chittilapilli, a small town located about seven kms from Thrissur town will get a new property shortly with the opening of Vishnu Resorts & Gardens. Surrounded by a fantastic view and atmosphere in an unspoiled nature, the property promises to be a perfect place offering ultimate relaxation and health programs in a beautiful style and environment. The salient feature of the resort being the water filled paddy fields forming the backdrop of resort, supporting boating most part of the year, or else, during the crop season the lush green paddy fields ensures a light gentle breeze throughout the year. The resort is promoted by Das a builder by profession, with varied interests and presence in the field of construction, real estate and plantations in the southern states of India - Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.

The facilities and amenities at the resort compare with the finest to be found anywhere. Offering the perfect holiday stay, ayurvedic rejuvenation programme, adventure tourism, horse riding and a wide-range of event management activities are undertaken. The resort also boasts of an ayurvedic spa, state-of-the-art conference hall, auditorium, pool and facility for boating.

A modern construction without compromising on the traditional Keralite architectural splendour, the resort retains the elegance and beauty of yesteryears' home building skills, a rarity in today's world. Beautifully designed and maintained gardens, with cottages in the middle, provide a real exotic feel. No efforts are spared in offering luxury, coziness and privacy to guests. Here you are at the liberty of cooking food for yourself using the kitchen with all modern facilities, as well as, the choice of traditional cooking alternatives. Or, else on advance notice, the catering team would deliver food of your taste.

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safarksalim

February 15th, 2008, 10:02 AM

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safarksalim

February 16th, 2008, 10:42 AM

Special Correspondent

Wins the Swaraj Trophy for 2005-06

It includes a cash prize of Rs.5 lakh

Special plan assistance of Rs.25 lakh

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Adatt in Thrissur district has won the Swaraj Trophy for the best grama panchayat in the State during 2005-06.

Local Self-Government Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty told a news conference here on Friday that the panchayat would get the trophy, a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh and a special plan assistance of Rs. 25 lakh. At the district level, Karakulam in Thiruvananthapuram; Nedumbana and Panayam in Kollam; Bharanikkavu in Alappuzha; Mutholi in Kottayam; Vellathuval in Idukki; Kadappuram and Veloor in Thrissur; Thiruvegappuram and Koppam in Palakkad; Padinjarethara in Wayanad; and Mangattidam and Karivelloor in Kannur have been chosen for the trophy. The Minister said Nilambur, Pazhayannur and Ithikkara block panchayats had received the first, second and third prizes, respectively, among the block panchayats.

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http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/16/stories/2008021653740500.htm

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/15/stories/2008021553090400.htm

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safarksalim

February 17th, 2008, 06:31 PM

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safarksalim

February 17th, 2008, 06:38 PM

http://www.madhyamamonline.in/local_dist_news_details.asp?id=8&nid=92938&page=&nt=

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safarksalim

February 17th, 2008, 06:44 PM

Staff Reporter

Bizlist will be introduced in 12 cities

Kochi: A multi-telecom, multi-colour, commercial telephone directory brought out by GETIT Infoservices Limited was released here on Friday.

Titled GETIT Bizlist, this is claimed to be an updated version containing a lot of information pertaining to various business, according to Jacob Thomas, GETIT Inforservices.

Business telephone subscriber from all the telecom service providers like Tata Telecom, Reliance, BSNL, Hutch and Airtel would get a ‘one-line free listing’ in the Getit Bizlist, he said.

In the first phase, Bizlist would be introduced in 12 cities, including Ernakulam, Thrissur, Bangalore, Mangalore, Coimbatore, Mysore, Chennai, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Erode and Thiruvananthapuram.

It would be introduced in Mumbai and Delhi later, he said. In the book, Kochi city is divided into five zones.

The first few pages contain emergency services, civic amenities, public utility services and places of worship.

Information on travel and tourism related centres in Ernakulam and nearby towns has been included.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/17/stories/2008021755771700.htm

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vinodtnt

February 19th, 2008, 12:09 PM

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safarksalim

February 19th, 2008, 04:19 PM

Sun TV Network Ltd has announced the launching of its FM Radio Stations at Thrissur and Mangalore under the brand 'S FM' from February 20, 2008 and February 21, 2008 respectively through its Subsidiary Kal Radio Ltd. These Stations can be heard at 93.5 MHz frequency in Thrissur and Mangalore and will cater to the audience of all age groups.

With the launch of these FM Stations, the total operational FM Stations of Sun TV goes up to 24 as it already operates at Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Tirupati, Madurai, Tuticorin, Lucknow, Bhopal, Pondicherry, Kozhikode (Calicut), Indore / Vijayawada, Varanasi, Tiruchy, Rajahmundry, Kanpur and Thiruvananthapuram.

The Company hold licenses for 45 FM Radio Stations across India, and will be one of the largest radio broadcasters in India when all the remaining 21 stations become operational.

Source: Equity Bulls

http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=25655

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Aslesh

February 19th, 2008, 05:44 PM

When will they launch at Kannur. :bash: Thrissur has the same set of FM channels as Kannur. Any FM listeners here? Here at kannur asianet club FM is just a bunch of crap. They have good songs but programs are too boring. There are phone in programs where they talk with the callers for 10 mins just asking things like "ravile breakfastinu entha kazhiche? Puttano? ". :nuts: I think kiran tv will be better. How is club FM at Thrissur?

safarksalim

February 21st, 2008, 12:44 PM

The Travancore Devaswom Board will set up a Medical College Hospital in Pathanamthitta district and the Guruvayoor Devaswom is planning to set up a super-speciality hospital.

In a bid to smoothen policing, Kollam and Thrissur police districts will be bifurcated into city and rural police districts.

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080221020656&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0

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safarksalim

February 21st, 2008, 01:51 PM

SRK Meghadoot - Thrissur

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SRK Govardhan Enclave - Guruvayoor

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safarksalim

February 24th, 2008, 08:38 PM

Staff Reporter

Of total, five are public limited cos

41 companies registered in Ernakulam district

11.32 p.c. relates to manufacturing sector

KOCHI: A total of 159 companies, with authorised capital of more than Rs.60 crore, were registered in Kerala in January this year under the Companies Act.

A communication from the Registrar of Companies, Kerala, said here on Saturday that out of the 159 companies registered, five were public limited companies with total authorised capital of Rs.16.15 crore and the remaining were private limited companies, accounting for a total authorised capital of Rs.46.99 crore.

In January, V-Guard Industries Limited also filed red-herring prospectus for its first public issue. The issue secured encouraging response from the public.

Forty-one companies registered in Ernakulam district during this period. This is the highest in the State for the month. Thiruvananthapuram registered 37 companies and Thrissur 19.

As many as 31 companies were registered in the Industrial Classification Business Services.

Thirty were registered as trading companies while 29 real estate companies were registered.

Of the total registrations, 11.32 per cent formed the manufacturing sector, while 19.50 per cent of the companies were in the business service sector, 11.32 per cent in the construction sector, 18.24 per cent in the real estate sector and 18.87 per cent in the trading sector.

During January, 12 non-government companies were registered in the category of companies with authorised capital of Rs.50 lakh and above.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/24/stories/2008022455431500.htm

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safarksalim

February 24th, 2008, 08:47 PM

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safarksalim

February 25th, 2008, 03:17 PM

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Excise and Labour Minister P.K.Gurudasan delivering the inaugural address at the ‘Skill Fest’ and `Job Fair’ at Thrissur.

THRISSUR: Excise and Labour Minister P.K.Gurudasan stressed the urgent need for providing employment- oriented training to generate skilled workers to take up jobs coming up in the context of globalisation within the country and abroad.

Inaugurating the Skill Fest and Job Fair organised by the district administration with the cooperation of the Labour Department here on Sunday, he said that although the state had achieved considerable progress in general and higher education, the required attention had not been given for providing training in various skills for the workforce in the state to make them fit for taking up the jobs.

He said that as the people in the state were educated, making them skilled workers would be comparatively easier.

The Minister said that realising the shortfall, the government had introduced various programmes including upgradation of Industrial Training Institutes (ITI).

He said that as part of the programme, seven existing Industrial Training Institutes would be upgraded to first grade this year so that they could be made centres of excellence next year.

He said that in addition, a new Industrial Training Institute would be set up at Eriyad in Kodungallur taluk of Thrissur district this year with Central Government fund as part of implementation of the Sachar Committee report.

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080224225913&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

February 25th, 2008, 03:24 PM

G.Rajiv

T’PURAM: There are 283 hospitals in the state offering 24X7 service of which 76 are community health centres (CHC), 57 are primary health centres (PHC) and 39 are block primary health centres.

Catering to the women of the state, there are 115 hospitals offering maternity services.

All these were traced out in the firstever census conducted on the government hospitals across the state.

With no data being maintained on the hospitals offering speciality services all these years, the Health Department conducted an extensive census to find out the exact statistics.

Ernakulam district tops the chart with 62 hospitals offering round-the-clock service, followed by Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam and Alappuzha.

Interestingly 22 PHCs in Ernakulam district are offering 24X7 service.

In offering maternity services, Kozhikode tops the chart with 15 hospitals, followed by Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Thrissur.

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080224232751&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0

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safarksalim

February 25th, 2008, 03:26 PM

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has worked out a plan to develop IT parks in all districts in the state as part of its efforts to enhance its presence in the Information Technology sector.

A state-sponsored company called Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd (KSITF) had been formed for this and consultants Pricewaterhouse Cooper entrusted to work out the project details, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told the assembly during question hour on behalf of Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan.

The proposed IT parks would be in addition to the existing Technopark in the state capital, Infopark in Kochi and the joint venture Smart city coming up in Kochi, the Minister said during question hour.

Some districts like Alappuzha, Palakkad, Kannur, Kasargod and Kozhikode had already submitted site proposals which were being examined by the government.

The IT department had drawn up a set of norms for the sites for the IT parks which included proximity to rail, road and air connectivity, basic needs like uninterrupted power and water supply and housing facilities. One park required at least 50 acres of land.

Right now, 49 companies were located in Technopark and seven in Infopark, employing 22,517 people directly.

Source : www.kaumudi.com (http://kaumudi.com)

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Suncity

February 26th, 2008, 06:00 AM

Click the Link for Photograph around Trichur City. Sinto

http://picasaweb.google.com/sintothazhatha/TrichurAround

Really cool photos Sinto...

These two are nice

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safarksalim

February 26th, 2008, 06:57 AM

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The Government commissioned 31new FM radio channels during January taking the total number of operational such channels to 187.

Government received a sum of Rs 9,94,21,745 as licence fees from the private FM radio broadcasters during this period, a release here today said.

The newly commissioned FM radio channels are 'OOLALA' by Positive Radio for Agartala and Shillong.

'S FM' by Kal Radio for Pondicherry, Rajamundry, Trichur, Trichi, Varanasi and Vijaywada while BIG FM launched, by Adlabs films, is for Jodhpur, Mangalore, Pondicherry and Rourkela.

http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=5327%20&%20section=11

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safarksalim

February 27th, 2008, 09:12 PM

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safarksalim

February 27th, 2008, 09:19 PM

Economy Bureau

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 ING Vysya Life has decided to ramp up its Kerala presence, even officially launching its latest product ING Guaranteed Growth Unit-linked Plan in the state. The product had a softlaunch last fortnight, L Murli, regional vice president (Tamil Nadu and Kerala) said.

Beyond its home turf in Andhra Pradesh, it is in Tamil Nadu and Kerala that ING Vysya Life has been posting its best performance. "Kerala has enough income and under-covered persons to interest life insurance business," Murli said.

The company has 2,500 advisors attached to 38 branches spread across 31 urban centres in the state, including Alapuzha, Kozhikode, Guruvayoor, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Palakkad, Pattanamtitta, Tiruvalla, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod. Among private insurance players, it has a market share of 3% in a short period in Kerala.

Despite a late entry to Kerala, the company has registered a growth of approximately 75% in the number of policies in the region. The new product ING Guaranteed Growth Plan, according to ING Vysya Life officials, offers the highest 5% guaranteed investment growth, with upto 40% equity exposure. The policy also allows two partial withdrawals on completion of five policy years.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/ING-Vysya-Life-ramps-up-Kerala-presence/277939/

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?tab=r&autono=315185&subLeft=1&leftnm=2

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/28/stories/2008022850981900.htm

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safarksalim

February 27th, 2008, 09:29 PM

Staff Reporter

27 per cent have life insurance cover

KOCHI: A study conducted by Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited in Kerala has revealed that only 27 per cent of households in the State own life insurance policies though 91 per cent are aware of life insurance.

While 56 per cent prefer to keep savings in bank deposits, only 2 per cent prefer to invest in life insurance.

Further, 94 per cent of urban households are aware of life insurance, but only 39 per cent own it. The rural scenario is that though 89 per cent are aware of life insurance, only 23 per cent own it. This was disclosed by Rajesh Sud, executive director, distribution, Max New York Life Insurance.

He said the State was an important market for the company. An office was opened in Kochi on Wednesday.

The company is opening offices in Kottayam, Thrissur, Kannur, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam shortly. The company has 233 offices in 155 cities across the country. It has sold 21 lakh policies with sum assured of over Rs.62,000 crore. The company has more than 30,000 insurance agent advisers.

Mr. Sud said out of a billion people in the country, only 24 per cent owned life insurance policies. The picture presents a robust insurance growth scenario.

Private insurance companies enjoy 35 per cent of the market in the country, according to him.

Max New York Life is a joint venture between Max India Limited and New York Life, a Fortune 100 company. The company offers both individual and group life insurance policies.

Rajender Sud, senior vice-president (Agency west and south), and Karun Menon, head of Kochi office, were present.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/28/stories/2008022851091900.htm

http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&programId=1073753761&articleType=Malayalam%20News&contentId=3634042&BV_ID=@@@

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safarksalim

February 27th, 2008, 09:44 PM

The electrified network will be extended over the Golden Quadrilateral and its diagonals, and in all directions from Kashmir to Kanniya Kumari and Guwahati to Amritsar by the end of the 11th Five Year Plan. Electrification of Thiruvananthapuram-Kanniya Kumari, Thrichur-Guruvayur, Tiruchirapalli-Madurai, Barabanki-Gorakhpur-Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati and Jallandhar to Baramullah sections will be completed during the 11th Five Year Plan. In the first phase, electrification of Jalandhar -Jammu, Barabanki-Gorakhpur-Barauni and Tiruchirapalli-Madurai sections are proposed to be taken up in 2007-08. Similarly, doubling and electrification of Pune-Wadi-Guntkal and electrification of Daitari-Banspani, Haridaspur-Paradeep new lines will be undertaken by Indian Railways’ Public Enterprise RVNL in the coming years.

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http://www.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb262008/national2008022654308.asp?section=updatenews

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ajay ramchandran

February 28th, 2008, 08:24 AM

The photos by Sinto and sun city were superb.Next time I will click a few photos from the pentark apts near Sakhthan Tamburan . The view from there is very good although I must admit I am not a good photographer.

safarksalim

February 29th, 2008, 10:23 PM

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safarksalim

February 29th, 2008, 10:48 PM

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safarksalim

March 4th, 2008, 05:30 PM

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T’PURAM: The Medical Council of India has sanctioned new PG courses in different Medical Colleges in the state. The council has also reinstated certain PG seats that had lost recognition in the past.

For the first time, two postgraduate seats in MD Transfusion Medicine have been sanctioned to the MCH, Thiruvananthapuram. After the All- India Institute of Medical Sciences, the MCH here has been allotted Doctor of Medicine course in Pulamanology.

The Alappuzha MCH has been sanctioned six seats in General Medicine postgraduate course. For Kottayam MCH, courses have been sanctioned for Neurosurgery and Nephrology.

The DM course in Cardiology which was derecognised has been restored. The MD course in general medicine and MS course in orthopaedics at Thrissur MCH have been reinstated.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080304004028&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 4th, 2008, 05:48 PM

Dr V.A.Joseph ,Chairman & CEO of South Indian Bank (SIB) launched the ‘Money Lender-Free Village” pilot project of the Bank at Meloor in Trichur District of Kerala.Quoting Mr.Muhammed Yunus,the Nobel Peace prize winner ,”poverty is a threat to peace”, Dr.Joseph said that SIB, being a responsible corporate citizen ,has started this initiative as the Bank is convinced that the chances of peace can be enhanced by poverty reduction and also inclusive growth.

The main objective of the Project is to replace the non-institutional, usurious, exploitative rural credit mechanism of private lending with lending through Self-Help Groups (SHGs)and direct lending by SIB. Under this initiative, SHGs act as an extension of SIB to reach out to villages in even the remotest locations.

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http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/financial-services/200803047820.htm

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vinod_2007

March 4th, 2008, 07:35 PM

more and more projects.......... should come...

before that all major roads should be four lane.........

Comon Thrissur Dikadho........:)

safarksalim

March 4th, 2008, 09:28 PM

Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore (SBT) opened 10 ATMs in Kerala in February.

The new ATM are at Thrikkodithanam, Ettumanoor and Kothanallur in Kottayam district; Perumpilavu in Thrissur district, Kollengode in Palakkad; Mattanchery and Kalady in Ernakulam; Maruthankuzhy in Thiruvananthapuram, and Kayyur in Kasaragod. — Special Correspondent

http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/02/stories/2008030255720400.htm

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safarksalim

March 4th, 2008, 09:36 PM

Country Vacations, a division of Country club, plans to foray into the international market. The group plans to develop five star hotel properties in Malaysia, New York and Singapore. The properties are likely to be launched within six months.

According to Aneesh Joseph, Branch In-charge, Country Vacations, Kerala, the group plans to start a new office at Kozhikode in March 2008. It also plans to open offices at Kottayam and Thrissur, later this year.

http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=633&sid=1

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safarksalim

March 4th, 2008, 09:39 PM

The expansion of Intel Learn programme, which was first introduced in the Malappuram district, will also be held on March 2. V.S.Achuthanandan will officially declare the extension of this computer learning programme to Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kollam, Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta districts.

Around 29,000 learners have benefited from the 60 hour Intel Learn training in the district," said K.A.Jacob, the state coordinator of the programme. The scheme is implemented with the help of Kerala IT mission.

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080301011433&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 08:45 AM

Round

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 08:47 AM

Hotel Trichur Towers

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 08:49 AM

Hotel Casino

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 08:52 AM

Hotel Dass Continental

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 08:55 AM

Patturaikkal

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 08:59 AM

Shornur Road

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 09:05 AM

Sakthan

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 09:07 AM

Near Railway Station Road

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 09:09 AM

Near Koorkancheri

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 09:11 AM

Kokkala

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vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 09:13 AM

Big Bazar

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sanjupalayat

March 6th, 2008, 10:15 AM

^^come on vinod.....those where good ones dude...we want more thrissur pics...:cheers:

ajay ramchandran

March 6th, 2008, 10:43 AM

Vinod ,well done. Those were fantastic. Next time you have time,please take pictures of MG road,and TUDA road.

regards

ajay

vinodtnt

March 6th, 2008, 11:26 AM

Thanks sanju and ajay... definitely will try to post more... btw where is this TUDA Road...

vinod_2007

March 6th, 2008, 06:49 PM

If you need more... of thrissur.. the i'm coming to thrissur on 19th Mar.... Will update...definitely.... I can see my pics missing in the thread...

don't you think Sanju..................:D

vinod_2007

March 6th, 2008, 06:51 PM

Great pis from vinodtnt

skumarvclt

March 7th, 2008, 09:33 AM

Cuts Pics Vinod , Thrissur realy Beautiful :banana:

sanjupalayat

March 7th, 2008, 10:41 AM

If you need more... of thrissur.. the i'm coming to thrissur on 19th Mar.... Will update...definitely.... I can see my pics missing in the thread...

don't you think Sanju..................:D

definitely....

safarksalim

March 7th, 2008, 05:28 PM

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THRISSUR: Local people residing in the area welcomed the announcement by the Finance Minister in the Budget Speech that the work on the 17 km T h r i s s u r - K a n j a n i - Vadanappilly highway linking the NH47 and the NH17 will be started this year.

Murali Perunelli, MLA from the Manaloor Assembly constituency said that he will continue his efforts to ensure that the work actually commenced this year.

While welcoming the announcement, T. N. Pratapan, MLA from Natika said that the link highway was a dream of the people residing in the area and the non-allocation of fund for the project in the Budget has disappointed the people.

He said that the total cost of the project is estimated at Rs 16 crore of which Rs 6 crore is the estimated expenses for land acquisition.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080306223405&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 7th, 2008, 05:31 PM

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 11:15 AM

Express News Service

PALAKKAD: The government will convene a high-level meeting to constitute a task force under a nodal officer who would be a senior IAS officer to hand over the 1000 acres of land in Kanjikode to the Railways for the coach factory promised in the Railway budget, said N.N.Krishanadas MP.

Addressing mediapersons here on Friday, Krishnadas said that the meeting would be convened by Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan immediately after the Assembly session. He said that out of the seven IITs proposed to be set up in the Eleventh Plan, four of them has been announced in the General Budget this year.

The Human Resources Ministry had promised that one of the three remaining IITs would be located in Palakkad. Therefore the committee will be entrusted with handing over of around 1,300 acres to the government-1000 acres for the coach factory and 300 acres for the IIT, he said.

Subsequently, a memorandum of understanding has to be signed by the Railways and State Government.

He said an investment of Rs 6000 crore would be channeled for the coach factory. Kollengode-Thrissur rail line: Krishnadas said that the survey report for the Kollengode-Thrissur railway line had been submitted to the Planning Commission.

He said the Railways had submitted a wrong rate of return of - 8.45 percent after conducting the feasibility study. Once the Vallarpadom terminal was commissioned , the Kollengode-Thrissur line could be extended to Kochi so that an exclusive rail freight corridor to Tuticorin Port and to Chennai could be created, he said.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080308004756&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 11:18 AM

FAC

GURUVAYUR: Devaswom Minister G.Sudhakaran convened a high- level meeting at Sreevalsam guest house for a preliminary discussion on the proposed super speciality hospital of the Guruvayur Devaswom.

Guruvayur Devaswom managing committee will prepare a detailed project report regarding the multi-crore hospital and will be submitted to devaswom commissioner within three months.

The ten acres of Thuruthikkad land at Thiruvenkidam here will be utilised for the hospital project.

Devaswom managing committee members Gokulam Gopalan, T.R.Harry, Mallissery Parameswaran Namboothiripad, K.P. Divakaran, M.Vasudevan, administrator V.Ratheesan , Guruvayur municipal chairman M. Krishnadas, Thrissur deputy district medical officer Uma Maheswari, devaswom hospital superintendent Dr Vinod Govind among others were present.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080308222919&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 11:23 AM

Express News Service

MALAPPURAM: With an aim to tap the potential of the youth, Yuvasakthi, a project initiated by the Youth Welfare Board will be launched in the district by March 31.

100 village panchayats and five municipalities of the district would benefit from the scheme. This project would help strengthen government aided youth activities under various local self- government bodies, according to officials.

The new project, being implemented in association with local self-governments will institute coordination committees at the panchayat and municipality level.

The state Youth Welfare Board has drawn up an action plan for seven districts which includes Malappuram, Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram.

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080309011056&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 11:26 AM

Sreedevi Chitharanjan

KOZHIKODE: ViCTERS, the ‘Virtual Classroom Technology through EDUSAT for Rural Schools’ will be available state-wide as a 24x7 educational channel on local cable networks.

The ViCTERS, the first broadband interactive network of the IT@School project instituted by the Department of Public Instruction was launched in the year 2005.

The programme which aimed at introducing IT education in the government high schools is now available in more than 1,000 high schools across the state.

“The advantage of the programme is that the students can clear their doubts sitting at home. As a pure educational channel it will telecast 200 hours of comprehensive education programme specially designed to meet the immediate needs of SSLC, plus-two, medical/ engineering students,” said K.Anvar Sadath, executive director of IT@School Project.

The channel was launched in Direct-to-Home (DTH) mode. However, a decision to telecast the ViCTERS programme on local cable network was taken in a recent meeting convened by the Education Minister with the district collectors.

During the meeting majority of the cable operators had conceded to the demand to include the channel in their network.

“Some cable operators have already included the channel in the prime band,” said A.C.Nisar Babu, vice-president of the Cable Television Operators Association. Those who have not included the channel are expected to include it soon,” he added.

The cable operators in Wayanad, Kasargod, Kannur, Thrissur, Pathanamthitta districts have already begun to broadcast the programme.

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080309012020&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 11:30 AM

GURUVAYUR: The Railway Action Council for Guruvayur- Thanur railway line has welcomed the allotment of an additional amount of Rs 10 crore in the Railway Budget.

The action council president K.G. Sukumaran Master urged the state government to speed up the land acquisition for the proposed rail line.

Rs 4 crore and Rs 3 crore which were allotted and deposited earlier is lying with the sub treasury Chavakkkad and Malappuram district treasury from 2006.

The funds allotted earlier were deviated for other projects. It is high time for the revenue department who were delaying the acquisition to consider the issue seriously, Sukumaran said.-FAC

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080306223546&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 11:34 AM

Express News Service

GURUVAYUR: Devaswom Minister G. Sudhakaran will formally launch the construction work of the Panchajanyam annexe project here on Saturday.

The project will add another 58 rooms to the Panchajanyam rest house in south nada. Devaswom chairman Thotttathil Raveendran will preside over the function.

Guruvayur MLA, K.V. Abdul Khader, municipal chairman M. Krishnadas, Devaswom administrator V. Ratheesan and Devaswom managing committee members will address the gathering.

Minister’s meet: Devaswom minister G. Sudhakaran will hold a highlevel meeting at the Sreevalsam guest house on Saturday afternoon to finalise a super speciality hospital project of the Guruvayur Devaswom.

Thottathil Raveendran, Ratheesan, committee members, senior engineers and officers of the Devaswom, senior officials from Devaswom Department of the state, Abdul Khader MLA and the municipal chairman will also attend the high-level meeting.

Devaswom managing committee:The Devaswom managing committee headed by Thottathil Raveendran has completed the first-year year of its tenure on Friday. During a span of one year, the new committee was able to complete a few projects which were initiated by the previous committee.

The present committee has completed the construction work of the Devaswom auditorium which began five years ago.

The Panchajanyam annexe project initiated in 2002 by the then Devaswom Minister G. Karthikeyan is now being launched by the present committee and it is scheduled to be completed by May 2009. The clearing of the 25-metres of land around the temple was also successfully completed by the present managing committee.

The decision to allow the entry for women devotees wearing churidar to the temple and the conduct of a Devaprasanam at the temple kept aside by the previous committees were rated highest achievement of this committee.

The controversial statement on devotional poet Poonthanam while filing an affidavit before the court was the greatest mistake committed by the committee during the span of one year.

The committee has proposed various devoteeoriented projects which is scheduled to be completed by next year.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080308005149&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 11:37 AM

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Devaswom Minister G.Sudhakaran inaugurating the construction work of Panchajanyam annexe complex of the Guruvayur Devaswom.

GURUVAYUR: The construction work of accommodation complex Panchajanyam annexe was launched here on Saturday. Devaswom Minister G.Sudhakaran inaugurated the construction work at the project site at South Nada.

The 58-room complex at an estimated cost of ariund Rs 2 crore is scheduled to be completed within 12 months. Guruvayur Devaswom chairman Thottathil Raveendran presided over the meeting.

Guruvayur municipal chairman M. Krishnadas, Cochin Devaswom Board president T.G.Ravi, Guruvayur Devaswom managing committee members T.R.Harry, Mallissery Parameswaran Namboothiripad, Gokulam Gopalan, M.Vasudevan, K.P.Divakaran, Guruvayur Deavaswom administartor V.Ratheesan, deputy chief engineer Satheesan also addressed the Gathering.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080308223257&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 11:40 AM

GURUVAYUR: The Guruvayur Merchant Association (GMA) at a press meet here on Thursday urged the State Government to prepare a detailed and comprehensive masterplan for Guruvayur.

The association demanded that the devaswom should refrain from any further land acquisition without proper planning.

The devaswom should also ensure rehabilitation of the merchants and the public residing on the land while proposing the acquisition.

The land acquired by devaswom at different places was lying unutilised for many years.

Many projects proposed by previous committees were closed down with the foundationstone laying ceremonies and the foundation stones are the only reminders of the proposed project and the land acquisition made for it.

The GMA leaders alleged corruption and vested interests in the acquisition of land for the devaswom. The GMA demanded a Vigilance probe into various land acquisitions of the devaswom other than the land acquisition around the temple.

The GMA leaders alleged that the land mafia was manipulating the acquisition of land through a few senior employees in the past has resulted in the acquisition of land which is yet to be utilised by devaswom.

The GMA will stage a protest dharna on March 13 on the Manjulal premises. GMA president T.N. Murali and general secretary P.I. Anto addressed the media meet.-FAC

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080306223723&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 9th, 2008, 03:32 PM

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sakrishna

March 9th, 2008, 08:57 PM

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Nice pic. Mr. Safar.

safarksalim

March 11th, 2008, 08:16 PM

Sudhir Chowdhary, BV Mahalakshmi

A report by international real estate consultants Cushman & Wakefield says that the Indian biotech industry is set to occupy 140 million square feet by 2010. By this period, it is expected to generate $5 billion revenues and create employment for a million through its products as well as services. While Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Mumbai are the preferred destinations for setting up a biotech facility, tier II and III cities like Vadodara, Coimbatore, Goa, Mysore, Madurai, Kolkata, Gurgaon, Thrissur, Nagpur and Thiruchirapalli are catching up fast as well.

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http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Innovation-corridors/282418/

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safarksalim

March 11th, 2008, 08:24 PM

BS Reporter / Chennai/ Trichy March 12, 2008

Thrissur - headquartered (Kerala) Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) is looking at closing this financial year with a business of Rs 9,000 crore, as against Rs 7,700 crore in the previous year. Bank chairman and CEO R Venkataraman said, as of January 31, the bank had seen a business of Rs 8,700 crore.

It is looking at deposits of Rs 5,600 crore and advances of Rs 3,400 crore to achieve the target. The chairman inaugurated the bank’s 117th ATM in the city recently.

CSB plans to open 50 branches across the country over the next two years. By April, five branches would come up at Jamnagar (Gujarat), Hyderabad, Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Devanahalli near Bangalore.

As of December 2007, the net NPA stood at 1.92 per cent and efforts were on to reduce it to 1.80 per cent by the end of this fiscal. Venkataraman said they planned to bring 300 branches under the core banking system by December. The bank would also unveil mobile ATMs in cities like Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Chennai, Tirupur and Coimbatore.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?tab=r&autono=316504&subLeft=1&leftnm=2

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safarksalim

March 12th, 2008, 09:46 AM

IELTS, an international English test, run by educators in Australia and the UK has been approved for use in the UK immigration system.

This System attracted over 9 lakh candidates last year. Entries have almost doubled in the last three years, driven by university entrance requirements, new immigration policies and professional recognition throughout the English-speaking world. It is now of use in the UK’s new points-based immigration system.

IELTS is jointly managed by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations. IELTS tests are available up to 48 times a year at authorised test centres. They include a face-to-face interview with a trained examiner to assess each candidate's ability to communicate effectively in English. The British Council administers the test in 15 cities across South India including Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Kottayam, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Mangalore, Puducherry, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada.

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http://www.chennaionline.com/education/News/Mar08/02news63.asp

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sudheeshnairs

March 12th, 2008, 09:58 AM

^^Safar, it would be better if you post more of project news/cityscapes rather than general news items like this. This is not a thrissur specific news. People will loose interest and wont be visiting this thread if all posts are like this.

Quality is always better than quantity.

vinod_2007

March 13th, 2008, 10:25 PM

That's right..... But safar is doing some good job also...........

wanted to know about more projects....

Rajesh SM

March 14th, 2008, 05:04 AM

Oceanus is going to have a mini IT township in Thrissur. The project will have an IT tower-'GreenPark', a commercial tower-'Oceanus Mist', villas-'Oceanus Blossom', and a luxuary apartment tower-'Oceanus Snowshine'. The design of the IT tower looks quite remarkable and may this could change the sky of Thrissur. According to the current design the tower is 25 floors high.

apjustin

March 15th, 2008, 03:22 PM

sintoantony

March 16th, 2008, 10:24 AM

The first thing which has to be developed in Thrissur is the city roads. Apart from Swaraj Round and Model Road in Ayyanthole, there is no any widened or good looking roads which are the primary need of a city. Why doesn't the Corporation take care of these things ? The big cities in India take care of the roads and infrasturcture first and the development will come in it's own way !!!!

Hello Friends,

Now the first part of ADB loan for renovation of City Roads has been approved. The tender gone to the Gujarat based construction company. Hope they will start work soon. :)

http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/14/stories/2008031453450300.htm

bartheius

March 16th, 2008, 12:00 PM

Hello Friends,

Now the first part of ADB loan for renovation of City Roads has been approved. The tender gone to the Gujarat based construction company. Hope they will start work soon. :)

http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/14/stories/2008031453450300.htm

Hello sinto ,
Its only taring of roads not widening only kurapum road and MG road going to widening, look in the case of MG road 4 years later all told it going to model road 4 laning and take the places too and what happend ....now its end in widening of road ha ha . this state is not going to develope thats true. If like this after one year may be we cant drive through Trichur

Rajesh SM

where is the project place nice news it is . Hopefully wait for that bigge

safarksalim

March 16th, 2008, 01:37 PM

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safarksalim

March 16th, 2008, 01:45 PM

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Rajesh SM

March 16th, 2008, 02:44 PM

Rajesh SM

where is the project place nice news it is . Hopefully wait for that bigge

Bartheius, the advertisement of the project came on Hindu Trivandrum edition. They just only mentioned the location as Thrissur. The design of the IT tower was also there in the ad. It looks like a 25+ floor one. It looks like the most cosmopolitan hitech building in Kerala.

safarksalim

March 16th, 2008, 08:20 PM

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safarksalim

March 16th, 2008, 08:28 PM

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safarksalim

March 16th, 2008, 08:42 PM

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apjustin

March 17th, 2008, 09:42 AM

No any notable development will happen in Thrissur since Kerala Government considers only Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi as the cities in the state. They haven't divided the police district as city and rural in Thrissur yet !!!! The politicians should have long vision towards the development of a city !! I have been working in Bangalore for the last four years. Here, BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) is looking forward to the vehicle density after 50 years while constructing roads and fly overs. Let us share our ideas to develope and give beauty to our city of Thrissur here (I think it will be more beneficial and creative instead of uploading pics of some buildings). My ideas are

1. M.G Road, Palace Road, Kuruppam Road, Shornur Road, College Road, East Fort-Mannuthy Road, Manorama Junction-Thalore Road, West Fort-Olari Road and Punkunnam-Amala Nagar Road should be upgraded to Model Roads with four lane
2. The bottle neck state of the start of Pattalom Road should be cleared by shifting Post Office and Telephone Exchange to somewhere else.
3. There should be an outer ring road revolving around the corporation area
4. Solar Traffic Lights should be implemented in West Fort Jn, East Fort Jn, Sankara Iyer Jn, Kokkalai, Chettiyangadi Jn, Punkunnam Jn etc
5. The second gate in Thrissur railway station should be developed with fourth platform and additional reservation counter

These are a few ideas in my mind and everyone can share their own ideas !!!!!

sintoantony

March 17th, 2008, 01:13 PM

4. Solar Traffic Lights should be implemented in West Fort Jn, East Fort Jn, Sankara Iyer Jn, Kokkalai, Chettiyangadi Jn, Punkunnam Jn etc

Hi Justin,

I agreed all your opinion except the Traffic Lights. For implementing traffic lights,we need to widen the roads to 4 lane traffic otherwise the free left will not be possible. It is happend here in East fort Jn, while the traffic light is introduced, the queue gone up to 1Km.In fact the RTA people put up the traffic light in the middle of the road.You can see this types of traffic lights in Punkunnam Jn.,Kokkalai Jn.,Shankaraiyar Jn,and in Chettiyangadi Jn. probably you will find this type of traffic lights only here in the World. The traffic sign boards in trichur aslo pathetic. There are 17 radiating roads are coming to Swaraj round, and it is one way also. But no where it is mentioned. The traffic planning is engineering, but here it is implemented by the Advt. agencies , traffic police (headed by Sub inspector Level) and the RTA(Ridiculous Traffic Authority).

Cheers !!!

vinod_2007

March 17th, 2008, 09:33 PM

Ideas are all with us.............. Everyone here in the Forum has everything required to make places good and big.... But i hope we need to invite politician to this thread to get some response for our thoughts.....

I hate the government............. Corporation S**Ks.........

franclin

March 18th, 2008, 06:35 AM

Now I know you are my enemies, how can I survive if you implement all your good ideas for the betterment of society. :bash:

vinod_2007

March 18th, 2008, 12:46 PM

Now I know you are my enemies, how can I survive if you implement all your good ideas for the betterment of society. :bash:

Franclin, I did not get you there...........

Anyway you can except new picture eery soon

vinodtnt

March 20th, 2008, 11:55 AM

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The Building is Dist. Cooperative Bank HQ

phaedrus

March 20th, 2008, 05:58 PM

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nice pics safarksalim! thanks for posting

safarksalim

March 23rd, 2008, 07:47 PM

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

THRISSUR: The banking review committee meeting held here on Wednesday has decided to provide bank credit to the tune of Rs 3686 crore for different sectors in the district during the year 2008- 09.

The meeting, presided over by the District Collector, fixed the share of agriculture and related sectors in the total bank credit at Rs 1308 crore.

The total amount of credit proposed to be disbursed during the ensuing financial year is up by Rs 646 crore as compared to 2007-08.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080319234505&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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ajay ramchandran

March 24th, 2008, 06:31 PM

[QUOTE=apjustin;19080512]No any notable development will happen in Thrissur since Kerala Government considers only Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi as the cities in the state. They haven't divided the police district as city and rural in Thrissur yet !!!! The politicians should have long vision towards the development of a city !! I have been working in Bangalore for the last four years. Here, BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) is looking forward to the vehicle density after 50 years while constructing roads and fly overs. Let us share our ideas to develope and give beauty to our city of Thrissur here (I think it will be more beneficial and creative instead of uploading pics of some buildings). My ideas are

1. M.G Road, Palace Road, Kuruppam Road, Shornur Road, College Road, East Fort-Mannuthy Road, Manorama Junction-Thalore Road, West Fort-Olari Road and Punkunnam-Amala Nagar Road should be upgraded to Model Roads with four lane

Your Ideas are good. What you need to do is to just write a letter to the Thrissur corporation.They seem to be desperately short of Ideas.I have done it in Mangalore and do not see why it should not work in Thrissur.
M G road in thrissur is a very busy road and should really have been made four lane before the buildings on either side cropped up. Even today it is not too late. Otherwise it has to be made one way and so is the case with Shornur road.I can pity all those who have fallen in the open drains on Shornur road and all complaints to the corporation including those from the press have fallen on deaf ears.
Thrissur used to have traffic lights at various locations . All the tax payers money spent on these lights was wasted as no one took responsibility to maintain those. With so many big establishments (private) in thrissur it should have only taken a little PR exercise from the corporation to speak to these establishments but unfortunately the people sitting there have no vision.

As Thrissur is centrally located in Kerala it can easily be the third city after TVM and Kochi but for that the Corporation and the govt. have to do their bit and do more for Thrissur.
I have got my letter ready for the Thrissur corporation. I only hope they will take some time in reading it and not confine it to the bin.If all you youngsters send in your contributions then that would open up their minds.

ajay ramchandran

March 24th, 2008, 06:31 PM

KMC

March 24th, 2008, 07:25 PM

[QUOTE=apjustin;19080512]No any notable development will happen in Thrissur

Govt shoud exploit the closeness Trichur has with Nedumbassery , Nonetheless , it will happen in future . Given the fact that Govt is pressing ahead with 4 laning the Ankamaly- Trichur NH.
Already big buiders have considerable presence around nedumbassery , so its just matter of time before it breaks the border to TRICHUR . Just keep fingers crossed.

safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 05:23 AM

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

THRISSUR: Under the initiative of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Village Resource Centres (VRC) will be set up in selected locations in Thrissur and Palakkad districts.

This was disclosed by the head of Environment Study Centre of the ISRO Bangalore Dr B Manikyam at a `face-toface with farmers’ programme organised by the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) at Vellanikkara, near here on Wednesday.

He has promised support for the establishment of an automatic weather station and a VRC at KAU’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra. He said that the Village Resource Centres would help farmers adopt new farm techniques and to take precautions against possible changes in climatic conditions.

Dr Ahmed Bavappa, former head of Central Plantation Crop Research Centre inaugurated the programme. Head of KAU’s director of research Dr D Alexander presided over the function.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080321004307&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080321003131&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 05:30 AM

Girish Menon

Thiruvananthapuram: With the unprecedented summer rain acquiring the proportion of a natural calamity threatening to swamp the entire agriculture sector, the State government announced a series of fresh district and State-level measures to meet the situation.

Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran told The Hindu on Saturday that monitoring cells would be established in Alappuzha, Kottayam, Thrissur, and Malappuram districts headed by respective District Collectors to take calls from distressed farmers affected by the rain.

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http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/23/stories/2008032350030100.htm

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 05:49 AM

http://madhyamam.com/local_news_archive_details.asp?id=8&nid=96471&page=1&nt=0&dt=3/23/2008

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 05:54 AM

Hasbro Clothing Launches New Brand to Tap Mass Market for Branded Menswear

NewswireToday

Chennai based Hasbro Clothing, today announced the formal launch of Probase, targeted at the mass market seeking mid-priced, branded apparel.

In an interesting move bound to elate the fashion conscious mass market both in metro and tier II and III cities, Chennai based Hasbro Clothing, today announced the formal launch of Probase, targeted at the mass market seeking mid-priced, branded apparel. Priced between Rs 399 and Rs 750, Probase would feature a wide collection, from formal wear to relaxed casual wear and jeans wear, targeting young adults across age groups.

About HASBRO
Hasbro Clothing is among the leading men’s branded apparel manufacturer and retailer in India with 2 leading brands- Genesis and Basics in its portfolio. Genesis, a classic formal brand is the flagship brand of Hasbro Clothing and Basics is a fashion lifestyle brand, positioned to cater to young adults in the age group of 18-40, who emphasise on smart dressing, even while away from work. Hasbro retails its brands through its exclusive network of ‘Genesis Basics’ outlets spread across Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu; and in Pondicherry; Trivandrum, Cochin, Calicut, Trissur, Tellicherry in Kerala; Bangalore, Hyderabad, Secundrabad in the South and in Ahmedabad, Surat, Baroda, Noida and Delhi in the North. The brands are also available in Multi Brand Outlets & leading stores in these cities. Genesis and Basics brands are available through exclusive outlets in Sri Lanka and across the Gulf.

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http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/31709/

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 06:07 AM

Athirapally and Vazhachal Falls

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Vilanghan Kunnu

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Triprayar Temple

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Sakthan Palace

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Mammiyoor Temple

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sintoantony

March 25th, 2008, 06:42 AM

[[Your Ideas are good. What you need to do is to just write a letter to the Thrissur corporation.They seem to be desperately short of Ideas.I have done it in Mangalore and do not see why it should not work in Thrissur.]]

I have got my letter ready for the Thrissur corporation. I only hope they will take some time in reading it and not confine it to the bin.If all you youngsters send in your contributions then that would open up their minds.[/quote]

Hi,
It seems like Trichur Corporation does not have an idea what to do. Trichur having a master plan in 1970 itself. That master plan is planned for 30 years, with the involement of NATPAC and the Urban planning dept. But the sad thing is even after 38 years only few things they can implement it, mainly because of legal and fund shortage. I do not think a layman's idea is necessary for the Trichur corporation.

safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 07:02 AM

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 07:13 AM

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 07:23 AM

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 07:29 AM

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 07:34 AM

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 07:58 AM

Entrance Gate

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Location Map

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More Picz....

http://haritha.realestkerala.com/progress.htm

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safarksalim

March 25th, 2008, 08:11 AM

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skumarvclt

March 25th, 2008, 12:53 PM

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That's Nice Design, Very much Suitable for the Temple City :banana:

safarksalim

March 26th, 2008, 08:45 PM

R. KRISHNAKUMAR

A State government agency performs the role of facilitator so well that there is hardly a new project launched without its intervention.

According to Minister for Industries Elamaram Kareem, Kinfra is soon to implement 11 new projects that are expected to attract private investment to the tune of Rs.850 crore and would generate around 25,000 jobs. In the past two years, industrial parks developed by Kinfra have attracted investments worth Rs.102 crore with an employment potential of 7,500.

With development work under way on one of its most ambitious projects, the Biotechnology Park near Kalamassery in Kochi, Kinfra is now focussed on its new projects, the Integrated Textile Park in Palakkad district (at an advanced stage of planning and implementation on 350 acres), a Print Village in Thrissur district, a 350-acre mega Food Park in Wayanad district, the Spices Park in Idukki, a second Rubber Park in Pathanamthitta district and Advanced Technology Parks in Kozhikode and Thrissur districts.

No doubt, Kinfra’s signature mantra would have appeared over the top only the other day: “Inspiring Growth”. But today, confident Kinfra advertisements declare all over Kerala: “From food processing to animation, we have been the foundation for several success stories.” It has come a long way since the early 1990s.

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http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20080411250711600.htm

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safarksalim

March 26th, 2008, 08:58 PM

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safarksalim

March 26th, 2008, 09:02 PM

FAC

GURUVAYUR: The devaswom managing committee approved the annual budget of the Guruvayur Devaswom for 2008-09 here on Tuesday.

Devaswom administrator V Ratheesan presented the budget with an estimated income of Rs 116,26,40,000, expenditure of Rs 114,72,51,000 and with a budget balance of Rs 1,53,89,000 before the managing committee panel.

The panel unanimously approved the budget after a detailed discussion, said Guruvayur Devaswom chairman Thottathil Raveendran. The budget envisages various devotee-oriented development projects. An amount of Rs 3 crore for the proposed multi-level parking project and an amount of Rs 2 crore for the hi-tech super speciality hospital has been included in the budget. An amount of Rs 1 crore for the hi- tech security systems for the temple, Rs 1.5 crore for the 400- bed dormitory, Rs 2 crore for the Sreevalsam annexe project, Rs 2.25 crore for the Panchajanyam annexe complex, Rs 2 crore for the development of east and west Nadappuras of the temple, Rs10 crore for land acquisition, Rs 75 lakh for the proposed Poonathanam chair at University of Calicut , Rs 50 lakh for the construction of old-age home for the devotees and Rs 45 lakh for the developmental works at Vengad estate and Gokulam are the major proposals earmarked in the budget.

The budgeted expenditure for the routine functioning and celebrations at the temple was estimated at Rs 15,31,45, 000 and the administrative expenses for the next financial year was estimated at Rs 1,87, 90,00 in the budget.

An amount of Rs 30 crore as the interest received, Rs 24,28,90,00 as the income from the temple, Rs 24 crore from the hundi collection, Rs 1.7 crore from devawsom rest houses, Rs 1.36 crore as rent from various devaswom buildings and Rs 1.48 crore as revenue from Punnathur Anakkotta are the major receipts estimated in the budget.

The budget approved by the panel on Tuesday is considered to be one of the best budget. The present panel was able to complete many projects which were under construction for many years during the the current financial year. In addition to them, the committee is expected to initiate various other projects including a multi-store queue complex with all modern amenities for the devotees who visit the temple, at the South Nada. The multilevel parking complex spread in nearly four acres of land at South Nada will be one of the biggest parking complexes in Sotuh India. The complex will be able to accommodate nearly 100 buses and 1000 cars.

Retiring rooms, food court and shops have been included in the complex. Architects and planners Binesh Sukumar, Kochi, had designed the multi-level parking complex for the devaswom after conducting research and studies and had submitted the designs and drawings as offering to Sree Guruvayruappan, said Guruvayur Devaswom chairman Thottathil Raveendran.

The Melpathur auditorium and the kalayanamandapams also would be renovated in this year. The projects envisaged in the budget will be completed in a timebound manner within two years, said Raveendran. The provision for financial aid to various temples has been hiked to Rs 1.5 crore from Rs 1 crore in the budget.

Devaswom members Zamorin P K S Raja, T R Harry, Gokulam Gopalan, K P Divakaran, thantri Chennas Raman Namboothiripad, M Vasudevan and V Ratheesan attended the panel meeting.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080326000630&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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sanjupalayat

March 27th, 2008, 03:49 PM

Think these are better ones....
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Safar plz try to resize UR PICS for good visual impact...

vinod_2007

March 27th, 2008, 04:31 PM

Swaraj Round beautification work is going on....but only in the inner circle they have planted good load... rest are local grass which should look really bad after growing up....... They should have used good ones through out the circle..... Feels bad...

I got some good pics from the better area........

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Work in Progress

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vinod_2007

March 27th, 2008, 04:37 PM

LULU Shopping Mall is in progress opposite to Mathrubhumi

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Emmanuel Silk is creating wonders......Should be something to look for in the Sakthan Nagar area

I went through Thrissur this time... All i could see is many upcoming projects without no good road in front. All Thrissur as to do is convert all major and minor roads to four lane as fast as possible. It should'nt be one or two road but the majority........

safarksalim

March 27th, 2008, 04:44 PM

Express News Service

Visualising the requirement of power by residents and commercial establishments in the next 25 years, Thrissur Corporation proposes a master plan for the distribution of electricity within the limits of the Corporation. Addressing the councillors on Wednesday, Mayor R Bindu said that the installation of the Rs 7.8-crore 110 KV substation is almost over and before the Thrissur Pooram falling on April 16, the substation will be commissioned. She said that the work of the new 33 KV substation proposed at Shaktan Nagar will begin soon.

Later, Deputy Mayor M Vijayan presented the budget of the Electrical Section of the Corporation for 2008- 09. The budget envisaged total income including the surplus from last year at Rs 92.67 crore while estimated the expenditure at Rs 85.85 crore leaving a surplus of Rs 6.81 crore.

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080327013913&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 27th, 2008, 04:59 PM

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safarksalim

March 27th, 2008, 05:02 PM

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safarksalim

March 27th, 2008, 05:05 PM

http://www.madhyamamonline.in/news_details.asp?id=4&nid=183562&page=2

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sanjupalayat

March 27th, 2008, 06:00 PM

franclin

March 28th, 2008, 10:09 AM

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I got some good pics from the better area........

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One could see Pooram Exhibition preparation on the background. Am I right Vinod? Keep up dating. Where exactly is lulu centre? near chettiyangadi. next to old sona lodge?

bartheius

March 28th, 2008, 03:53 PM

No LULU Emke silks coming just back of KSRTC stanad and opposite to Mathrubhumi it Seems bigone

safarksalim

March 28th, 2008, 09:00 PM

Express News Service

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Emmanuval Silks outlet

THRISSUR: Creating yet another landmark in the cultural capital of Kerala, the expansive and modern showroom and retail outlet of Emmanuval Silks will be inaugurated by superstars Mammutty and Mohanlal at Shakthan Nagar on Sunday.

Talking to newspersons here on Wednesday, managing director Biju and others said that the outlet in a 1 lakh-square ft- area in a 6-storey building will have the largest wedding collection, kids wear, men’s wear, ready wear and dress material.

They said that the collections would consist of articles of styles and fashions vogue in different states of the country. Selection, quick service, quality and competitive price are the guiding principles of the establishment, said Biju.

He said that through direct purchase from the producers, the establishment would ensure competitive price to the customers. In order to help different classes of customers, the variety collections are segregated into premium and economy. The wedding collection will have 10 lakh saris in the price range between Rs 100 and Rs 1 lakh per piece. He said that the 9th establishment of Emmanuval group would offer a totally new purchase experience to customers. The entire ground floor of the newly constructed building is earmarked for vehicle parking.

Answering a query, Biju said that the total investment in the project is around Rs 100 crore of which the share of stocks would be Rs.20 crore.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080328004143&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 28th, 2008, 09:11 PM

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safarksalim

March 29th, 2008, 03:48 PM

FAC

GURUVAYUR: The LDF Government will never interfere in the rituals and traditions being followed in the temples. But the Government is committed to protect the wealth of the temples, said Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran on Friday.

The development of temples is a contemporary need considering the increase in the number of devotees. The Devaswoms while implementing the development works and acquisition of land for the temples should compensate the concerned people with due care, said Sudhakaran while dedicating the newly built Nadappura at the Sree Mahadeva temple at Mammiyoor.

The minister laid the foundation for the proposed pilgrim centre. Sudhakaran presented a memento to Thekkummuri Thankamma, mother of Thekkummuri Haridas who donated Rs 8 lakh for Nadappura.

Kunamkulam MLA Babu M Pallissery presided over the meet. Municipal chairman M Krishnadas, HR&CE commissioner P Purushothaman, devaswom administrator V Ratheesan and executive officer T C Biju addressed the gathering.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080329005531&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0

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safarksalim

March 29th, 2008, 04:08 PM

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Ravi Menon

March 31st, 2008, 04:09 AM

Hi Friends,

I just got back from Thrissur after a four weeks stay there in Feb/March. I was there after a 30 months gap. The developments/ improvements I could see were all due to private investors such as Shoba, Lulu, Kalyans, Joy Palace, Emmanuals, Pulimootil, Joy Alukkas, Sri lakshmi Silks and a host of private builders who were putting up good looking apartment buildings in places such as Pothole, Kokale, koorkancheri, Punkunnam,Paaturaickal etc.

In my opinion, the City Corporation had done nothing worthwhile for the betterment of the city. I would have concluded it was non- existent but for the campaigning for a by- election necessitated by the untimely death of a councillor. There were no improvements to major roads and the so called model road from Naduvilal is still a dream. Old buildings were still there at Naduvilal providing an ugly foreground to the partially completed new building under construction by the City. The traffic arrangements, signals, garbage removal etc. need a lot to be desired. They are in urgent need of attention and modernization.

No attempt had been made to maintain in good shape even those roads which were wide enough. All that these roads need are proper tarring utilizing the full available width, setting up of edges and boundaries, proper markings and drawing of dividing lines. There were a few roads which were done up well like the ones in front of the collectorate and Aswini hospital thanks to the initiative of a few persons but a lot more need to be done and could have been done by the City in an organized systematic manner.

The corporation stadium is a sad story and so is the swimming pool nearby. They are over a quater century old with no change or improvement. All the City buildings at junctions such as Patturaickal and West fort are in bad shape needing a coat of paint and other repairs.
The traffic islands and signals maintained by the city are a joke.

There is good scope for development at Sakthan stand. It is attracting businesses and buildings and has plenty of land for road widening and new buildings but it is a big mess right now with accumulated garbage, bad roads, vendors customers and vegetables spilling over to the roads, open markets, badly maintained traffic islands and unpaved and badly paved areas of roads getting dirty when it rains.

The Corporation certainly cannot claim credit for improvements made or being made to Vadakke Chira,
Sakthan palace, Thekkin Kad, Vadakkunnathan temple etc. since these are being done by some other agency responsible for protecting cultural heritage sites.

I did see work going on as part of the Thekkinkad beautification program but I am afraid whatever is being done will be wiped out by the uncontrollable crowds in the Pooram in mid April.

I really do not know why the administration is weak and ineffective. May be we all should move in to Thrissur from wherever we are and become councillors in order to protect our dear Thrissur and earn for it a good place as a model City. I visited Ernakulam but it is in a deeper mess compared to Thrissur and I ran away from there.

Good news is shobha is going really fast and they will complete the integrated city in five years or less as they promised and this is really going to change the face of that area in Thrissur. Perhaps this will inspire other private investors to come up with attractive projects nearby.

Thanks to all of you who are updating this thread with positive news and please continue to do the same.

Ravi Menon