Kochi Marine Drive & Skyline pictures - I [Archive]

scorpiogenius

October 14th, 2009, 05:32 AM

^^wonderful marine drive..i like kochi city. BTW i still dont understand one thing, why southern cities like kochi has taller buildings than any gujarat cities. like i cant see even single building in vadodara over 15 floors even though it is bigger than kochi nonetheless ahmedabad (four times bigger than kochi) dont have any building taller than 20 floors. ya, one can count gujarati cities at top in terms of banglows/villas and mid rise complexes...

the only answer i come upto is bcoz of its geographically earthquake prone situtation, i guess...

Not exactly the reason. Mysore, Bangalore, Coimbatore etc are located in the same Earth Quake zone as Kerala. The density of population, lifestyle and lack of space have helped in the evolution of apartment culture. Cochin hosts the best skyline in India after Mumbai, especially when it comes to waterfront development.

The long and tall skyline is not just limited to Marine Drive; Chilavannoor lakefront has taller apartments along the lenght of it though not as classy as Marine Drive. The only drawback I could see in Marine Drive waterfront is that the highrises are topped out at 15-16 floor heights because of the presence of Navy Airport in the neighbouring island.

shreyas1684

October 14th, 2009, 08:49 PM

after seein some pics, atleast i can say tat gujarati cities are much denser than kochi or other southern cities but i am buying your lifestyle thing..yes, lifestyle and mentalities are different in both regions..

sudheeshnairs

October 14th, 2009, 09:10 PM

^^Shreyas, Kerala is unique in many respects when compared with other states in India.

It is one of the states with the highest density of population. So the pea shaped State is just like a single urban conglomeration from South to North, esp in the coastal areas/midlands.

If you drive from Trivandrum in the South to Calicut in the north, you will never come across 'rural' areas in the real context which you find in other parts of India.

Apartments in Kerala are not for 'mass housing'. As Scorpio said it is more of lifestyle and luxury. And there is a floor rise of about 10-20 rs per sft as you go up. The top floors get filled up first. The views you get is a bonus in Kerala

You will see towns with 1 lakhs population having 20+ floor apartment complexes.

BTW this trend is not common to 'South Indian' cities. Kerala cities/towns are different/unique in this. There is no visible highrise development in any south indian city other than Mangalore. And here the most important thing is the 'proportion of highrises' to total number of buildings. Chennai only had the 15 floor LIC building for so long, only now they are getting some 30 floor towers by Heeranandani in the suburbs. Bangalore is slightly better, has some apartment complexes with 20 floors, and now going on to the 30+ league.

shreyas1684

October 14th, 2009, 10:07 PM

ya u r right i guess..

_GrapeWine_

October 15th, 2009, 08:39 AM

You will see towns with 1 lakhs population having 20+ floor apartment complexes.

Very true. People in Kerala have a higher tendency to go and live in highrises...plus all the major cities have seafront. This is not the case with most of Gujrat or Maharashtra cities. Why to live in apartments when you don't have any added advantage in any terms... plus we have plenty of land.

I always wonder why Chennai doesn't have seafront development when it has such a huge potential...:|

chennaidesi

October 16th, 2009, 03:29 PM

Looks like most of the Highrises in Kerala are residential apartments with small base plate are there any commercial buildings. If not then any specific reasons for that.

sudheeshnairs

October 16th, 2009, 05:22 PM

^^As of now, even India doesn't have much commercial highrises over 20 floors, except in Mumbai. Bangalore is getting northstar with 31 levels.

When there are not enough highrises above 15+ floors even in residential for most parts of India, we cannot that expect that in Kerala alone.

Anyway Cochin has a 24 floor commercial building, Express Towers at Kaloor, eventhough the floor plate is small. L& T is planning a 20 floor IT Twin Towers, Signature Towers in Infopark, Cochin.

Leela Infopark, Technopark, Trivandrum is a 14 floor commercial building with 5 lakhs sft. Tejaswini, Technopark, Trivandrum is a 12 level commercial building with 6 lakhs sft. There are several mixed use structures well within 15-20 floors.

On a related note Cochin also has the tallest u/c residential apartment outside Mumbai, Choice Paradise with 40 floors at Tripunithura. Two projects of 36 floors towers are u/c in Trivandrum.

KMC

October 16th, 2009, 05:52 PM

Not exactly the reason. Mysore, Bangalore, Coimbatore etc are located in the same Earth Quake zone as Kerala. The density of population, lifestyle and lack of space have helped in the evolution of apartment culture. Cochin hosts the best skyline in India after Mumbai, especially when it comes to waterfront development.

The long and tall skyline is not just limited to Marine Drive; Chilavannoor lakefront has taller apartments along the lenght of it though not as classy as Marine Drive. The only drawback I could see in Marine Drive waterfront is that the highrises are topped out at 15-16 floor heights because of the presence of Navy Airport in the neighbouring island.

Imagine once Purva Marina and Dewa Project get completed , How the marine drive will look like ?

Also I really wonder why highrises are not coming up on bolghatty , vypeen , vallarpadom, Mulavukad .. That will make the view breathtaking. Its only matter of time .
Btw , seems in Bolghatty , land price is 25lacs per cent . There was an ad in manorama , . The land dont even have road frontage , still owner is quoting 25 lacs / cent . Exorbitanat rates>

chennaidesi

October 16th, 2009, 06:02 PM

One more thing I dont understand why Finance districts have highrises what is the unique advantage for finance and High rises.

Happy Diwali Guys. Have a safe celebrations.

sudheeshnairs

October 16th, 2009, 06:47 PM

There is height restriction in Marine Drive area due to the Naval Airport. I do not remember the exact height, but am told that the limit is the height of crane at Shipyard.

Bolgatty, vallarpadom etc will also fall under this zone.

Also I really wonder why highrises are not coming up on bolghatty , vypeen , vallarpadom, Mulavukad

antriksh_sfo

October 17th, 2009, 07:55 AM

KOCHI Skyline, green cover, waters look awesome.
I hope there is no slum development in the main city area.
The autorities should take steps to develop the Kochi Waters for Yatch/Sailing Club infrastructure development, like we see in Singapore, Marseille etc.

I understand that the local population may not own gr8 number of these boats. But the foreign tourists (Who are huge in number) can hire these and likewise affluent locales would follow. A board walk can also developed with a small Amusment Park actvities as in the case of Pier 39, Keemah etc. The authorities seem to be doing things in piecemeal like Volvo Ocean Race and no further action.

An annual Kochi Water Sports Festival on lines of VOLVO Ocean race clubbed with tour package to Munnar, TVM can realy help Kochi being catapulted to the happening tourist destinations.

Note:
I had same views about Kolkata in 1998/99 seeing the pics of Victoria Hall, Maidan, Salt Lake, Vidyasagar Setu, Metro but when I reached Kolkata I found it was utterly opposite, the unclean stink around all the places in particular Howrah/Alipore, the Unionist attitude of Taxiwallahs to Household maids, the shabbiness of the Metro, Pathetic state of Road Transport within Kolkata (Wooden small privates buses Red & yellow) & South Bengal (105 Kms distance took 5 Hrs from Kolkata to a place called Haldia which is an Industrial Town with investment worth Rs. 30K Cr), a stagnation in ideas to demand for a better life. All in all it seemed like stagnation of developmental process from some 2 decades. I attributed this to the laidback attitude to the unopposed election of Communists for decades. Considering, Kerala is also a strong Communist bastion, hope this is not true and what we see in pix may be the same in real.

Any way Kochi has a gr8 opportunity to convert itself to be a Marseille, Singapore or Casablanca, Its the destiny of Kochi in the hands of its locals.
All the best KOCHI.

KMC

October 17th, 2009, 10:44 AM

There is height restriction in Marine Drive area due to the Naval Airport. I do not remember the exact height, but am told that the limit is the height of crane at Shipyard.

Bolgatty, vallarpadom etc will also fall under this zone.

already a 23 floor structuire is coming there ,

http://www.sargambuild.com/photo/Pearl-Kochi-buildzoom.jpg

scorpiogenius

October 26th, 2009, 04:44 AM

An attempt at Marine Drive pano from the Kochi backwaters
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India101

October 26th, 2009, 06:57 AM

already a 23 floor structuire is coming there ,

http://www.sargambuild.com/photo/Pearl-Kochi-buildzoom.jpg

Cool, but what project is this? :cheers:

sudheeshnairs

October 26th, 2009, 07:04 AM

Where? Bolgatty or Vallarpadom? Is it an u/c one or proposal? any links?

already a 23 floor structuire is coming there ,

India101

October 26th, 2009, 12:54 PM

Oh, thats Pearl Kochi. I think its comming up in Vallarpadom.

India101

October 26th, 2009, 12:54 PM

Went on it's website and found a location map. Here it is -

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ihsanmia

October 28th, 2009, 12:20 PM

Dear Friend,

THis is Sargam Builder's Pearlkochi project, which is going to launch by end of November, 2009.
The proposed plan is to build 21 floors, for that Naval has approved for 21 floors, but panachayat approval has got only for 10 floors.

Presently Naval has no restriction to build apartments upto 22, near to Baslica chruch. The mentioned area is not coming under fly path of Naval airplanes. .

Ihsan

Went on it's website and found a location map. Here it is -

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6226/pearllocationzoom.jpg

ihsanmia

October 29th, 2009, 09:01 AM

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great india

October 31st, 2009, 09:39 PM

^^Cant see pic...

Kochi2010

March 19th, 2010, 06:35 PM

India101

March 20th, 2010, 12:46 AM

Samundra Darshan

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I like how most developers I sticking to one form of architecture

Business Bay

March 20th, 2010, 08:01 PM

Any thoughts on the Desai's project at Marine Drive called Samdura darshan.? Also, anyone have any idea about the commercial and residential "so called ranking" of the all projects in Marine drive. Like most sought after commercial space and residential place etc.

My layman thought would be like
Commerical -> Abad's (Bay pride)[1],
Residential -> Presitge Neptune[1], Purvankara Grandbay[2], Abad bay pride[3], Abad Marine Plaza [4], Desai Samdura Darshan [5] etc

Any thoughts about these.? Thanks all for sharing you ideas.
Thanks

Appreciate

Good .

Only matter is the view from Abad Bay Pride and Desai Samudra is much better, being a long distance Sea view, upto Vypeen.

With the other Projects (near High Court), the view is more restricted ( Backwater view till Bolgatty).

Also, the supply in Marine Drive proper (Bay Pride and Desai) is limited, as no more open land is available.

In New Marine Drive (Abad Marine Plaza, Neptune etc) , there are many Projects in various stages of completion and in planning.

There will be too much supply coming in that area.

So, in my opinion, Bay Pride and Deasi are better than the others, although Neptune seems to be a sophisticated project.

Kochi2010

March 20th, 2010, 10:25 PM

Thanks for sharing your view. Agree that Baypride and Desai have better view. How about the style and construction. Since Prestige and Purvankara are better recognized names, their quality might be much better. Then there is Alliance, Link etc right there. Any thoughts guys. From the layout perspective I liked the Desai better since they have complete glass door view on the seaside.

If one have to buy/rent now, what would one go for.? That is why was asking about the so called ranking.

Also any thoughts on commercial properties there.? Like sqft pricing or going rent.?

Thanks for sharing.

samsoninfy

June 9th, 2010, 04:40 PM

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KMC

June 20th, 2010, 03:07 PM

Pearl Kochi has got approval for 24 floor tower at Vallarpadom ,.... piling will start this month end

Malayaali

February 15th, 2011, 01:49 PM

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March 1st, 2011, 05:11 AM

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March 1st, 2011, 06:29 AM

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March 1st, 2011, 06:31 AM

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June 9th, 2011, 06:03 PM

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e_arunsid

June 10th, 2011, 05:58 AM

Awesome shots

Malayaali

June 15th, 2011, 09:25 PM

Downtown Kochi Skyline: Shot on a drizzly Sunday morning from a top floor duplex in Riviera Suites, Thevara

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India101

June 22nd, 2011, 11:12 AM

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June 23rd, 2011, 02:36 PM

Malayaali

June 26th, 2011, 11:23 AM

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Latheesh_r

June 28th, 2011, 03:30 PM

Marine drive skylike looks great and I liked the design of Kettuvallam bridge. Kochi rocks!

Cov Boy

June 28th, 2011, 10:36 PM

Very nice photos!

India101

June 29th, 2011, 08:59 AM

Those pictures look to be taken around 2008. So much has come up since then.

mohammedirshad06

July 1st, 2011, 08:20 PM

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India101

July 2nd, 2011, 01:44 PM

Here is how Purva Oceana looks after they started painting, these are from May so it might be finished now.

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India101

July 14th, 2011, 04:26 AM

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JohnJoseph

July 14th, 2011, 05:42 AM

^^
Super Shot... Beauty beyond words..!!!

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August 25th, 2011, 12:01 AM

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NeeRaj_Chand

August 28th, 2011, 02:41 PM

New Entrance of Walkway
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India101

November 2nd, 2011, 07:44 AM

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Kochi Skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/renith/6301898887/) by renith_v (http://www.flickr.com/people/renith/), on Flickr

induzcreed

November 4th, 2011, 10:15 AM

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mohammedirshad06

November 6th, 2011, 03:11 PM

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Lets head to Kochi City..... View from sea, aiming to touch the skyline....

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The Marine Drive Extension with Abad Marina, Purva Apartment

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Lined with Apartments, this make a prefect cosy skyline.

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More apartments on its way and surely make one of the best coastal skyline in the country..

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Arunz

November 6th, 2011, 10:27 PM

Very nice, MI !!!

Malayaali

November 17th, 2011, 08:08 AM

Marine Drive Skyline shot @ night

Pics Courtesy: Arun Mathew - Kochi Now!

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January 9th, 2012, 06:33 PM

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Malayaali

February 19th, 2012, 11:20 AM

Bird's eye view of Marine drive, Kochi

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KMC

February 19th, 2012, 03:11 PM

its turning to concrete jungle, cant wait to see dewa , tritvam to come up along with mighty lulu project.

arunks

February 19th, 2012, 03:51 PM

Bird's eye view of Marine drive, Kochi

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courtesy: Manorama Online

Wow.. a beautiful skyline in making .. its getting better and better.. :cheers: :cheers:

Prasanth_KCV

February 19th, 2012, 04:05 PM

Bird's eye view of Marine drive, Kochi

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Awesome:cheers: Splendid :cheers: Amazing :cheers: kidakkatte angine kure cheers

Prasanth_KCV

April 2nd, 2012, 06:43 PM

View of Marinedrive from Willington Island

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April 2nd, 2012, 06:46 PM

Underconstruction building in the middle with tower crane is Centre Square Mall

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Malayaali

April 3rd, 2012, 08:41 PM

^^

I am, for the first time, seeing this road in good condition! High time, 4 lane stretch is developed.

Prasanth_KCV

April 4th, 2012, 07:20 AM

^^

I am, for the first time, seeing this road in good condition! High time, 4 lane stretch is developed.

Bridge after Tharangini buildings (Navy flats) is to be developed into 4 line bridge and road till Goshri bridges is still 2 line only even though enough space is there to make it a 4 line road.

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April 4th, 2012, 06:50 PM

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Prasanth_KCV

April 4th, 2012, 07:08 PM

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/9541/p3270888.jpg
By prasanth_kcv (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/prasanth_kcv) at 2012-04-04

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By prasanth_kcv (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/prasanth_kcv) at 2012-04-04

sanjupalayat

April 15th, 2012, 09:43 AM

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/374112_406325356053919_129890600364064_1539808_1705547018_n.jpg

Malayaali

April 15th, 2012, 10:26 AM

^^

The perfect shot!

Prasanth_KCV

April 16th, 2012, 07:06 AM

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/374112_406325356053919_129890600364064_1539808_1705547018_n.jpg

awesome shot :cheers:

madrasi7777

May 2nd, 2012, 01:51 PM

I think this qualifies for the KOCHI banner. Looks really nice.

Malayaali

May 2nd, 2012, 02:17 PM

I think this qualifies for the KOCHI banner. Looks really nice.

+ 1

Prasanth_KCV

May 2nd, 2012, 02:32 PM

I think this qualifies for the KOCHI banner. Looks really nice.

+100

ak.army

May 16th, 2012, 07:46 PM

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/3166/fortkochinew.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9890/fortkochinew2.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6990/fortkochinew3.jpg

Prasanth_KCV

May 17th, 2012, 06:34 AM

Amazing pics ak.army :cheers:

manukarukail

May 17th, 2012, 06:39 AM

^^

awesome pics ak.army. look how sexy my city is:)

Malayaali

May 17th, 2012, 09:00 AM

Nice clicks Buddy :)

mohammedirshad06

May 17th, 2012, 09:08 AM

Excellent pics.... Really our city is becoming Katrina.........:banana::banana:

ak.army

May 17th, 2012, 10:54 AM

thanks frnds...clicked on my way to fortkochi.got more pics.wr should i post pics not related to marine drive?

Malayaali

May 17th, 2012, 11:01 AM

thanks frnds...clicked on my way to fortkochi.got more pics.wr should i post pics not related to marine drive?
You can select the best and post in Main thread and all in the cityscape (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=620504&page=24) thread.

ak.army

May 17th, 2012, 11:08 AM

^^^^
thanks..will do it.

KMC

May 17th, 2012, 01:55 PM

what an amazing skyline..... hard to replicate ..

truckin

May 17th, 2012, 03:25 PM

very nice skyline!
OT: is there a height restriction on the coastal buildings? All of them look capped at a particular height!

Malayaali

May 17th, 2012, 03:51 PM

very nice skyline!
OT: is there a height restriction on the coastal buildings? All of them look capped at a particular height!

Yeah. The height of buildings in the area is restricted by the presence of Southern Naval Command nearby.

ak.army

May 17th, 2012, 06:18 PM

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3844/fortkochi195.jpg

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5505/fortkochi4.jpg

arunks

June 2nd, 2012, 09:21 PM

I was facing the direction towards the shipyard and took it in multiple shots starting from the left and then moving towards the right.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5684/02062012071.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1830/02062012072.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4615/02062012073t.jpg

This one is from opposite direction and you can see Kochi's brand new hotel - The Park and not far behind, the Holiday Inn

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3826/02062012076.jpg

vjkrishn

June 3rd, 2012, 10:09 AM

^^

nice pics, arunks

Prasanth_KCV

June 3rd, 2012, 11:41 AM

Beautiful Pics Arunks

arunks

June 3rd, 2012, 05:55 PM

Thnaks guys.. One day I m gonna get my hands on a DSLR and snap some awesome pics... :cheers:

Latheesh_r

June 5th, 2012, 10:14 AM

Nice shots, best skyline in Kerala!

thanseem

June 6th, 2012, 02:57 AM

Yeah. The height of buildings in the area is restricted by the presence of Southern Naval Command nearby.

i dont understand the logic here..is their any height restrictions in Thevara, MG rd south end, kundannoor, Maradu area? the air distance from naval base might be some wat equal..then how about those giant RTGs at Vallarpadom and Shipyard?

It would have been a great skyline like that of Mumbai marine drive, if there was no restriction...

DileepKS

June 6th, 2012, 03:32 AM

The navy always object to anything more than 10 floors, and you need to work with them to clear the projects. Even after you may be called up to verify their permission. They OWN the airspace around here, and apparently they love to show that off.

I am not sure if the same attitude is shown by IAF.

vjkrishn

June 20th, 2012, 02:35 AM

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8306/doowmirg.jpg
PIC BY DOOWMIRG - FLICKR

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5012/tsundet2.jpg
PIC BY TSUNDET - FLICKR

Arunz

June 20th, 2012, 04:42 AM

^^ awesome !

Prasanth_KCV

June 20th, 2012, 06:24 AM

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5012/tsundet2.jpg
PIC BY TSUNDET - FLICKR

Superb pics :cheers:

Malayaali

June 20th, 2012, 06:40 AM

^^

The 2nd one is a cool click. I guess he might have taken that from any cruise.

induzcreed

July 25th, 2012, 11:06 AM

Kochi Marine Drive walkway - on a rainy day

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/547818_469589493060838_1618301035_n.jpg

Courtesy: FB page - Keralagodsowncountry

moncy

July 25th, 2012, 08:04 PM

http://i47.tinypic.com/351gubl.jpg

KETTUVALLAM PALAM under construction.

Source: Manorama

chekuthan

July 30th, 2012, 05:01 PM

Source: Hari Menon Photography (https://www.facebook.com/harimenonphotography)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/18341_427917025610_191177_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/18341_427917040610_7310419_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/18341_427917050610_4348269_n.jpg

Fort Kochi beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/18341_427917065610_3296508_n.jpg

Fort Kochi beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/18341_433251310610_7117890_n.jpg

Puthuvype beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/18341_433251325610_4422270_n.jpg

Cherai
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/18341_433251330610_3577156_n.jpg

Marine Drive
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/22741_478747125610_6741045_n.jpg

Goshree bridge
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/22741_478747140610_5981961_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/26510_10150130181465611_2931041_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/26510_10150130181470611_2381358_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/26510_10150130181480611_3257798_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/26510_10150130181490611_5960068_n.jpg

Cherai
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/24935_10150180858425611_7432897_n.jpg
Cherai
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/24935_10150180858430611_1860060_n.jpg

Vypin beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/31997_10150200665965611_6560820_n.jpg

Kumbalangi
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/31397_10150203468535611_3041448_n.jpg

Marine drive

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/27697_10150206377910611_8134427_n.jpg

Aroor
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/27697_10150207631080611_8142687_n.jpg

Kuzhuppally beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/31847_10150213497655611_6334184_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/58711_10150267589660611_7406949_n.jpg

Puthuvype beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166355_10150361328025611_3459425_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/163738_10150363931855611_7683728_n.jpg

Christmas at fortcochin
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/65880_10150367159520611_8263021_n.jpg

Marthandavarma bridge
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206581_10150571932235611_7627658_n.jpg

Thoppumpady bridge
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/225806_10150601846500611_353618_n.jpg

Fort Kochi
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/252567_10150656562105611_6753796_n.jpg

Fort Kochi
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/271110_10150713000830611_1650088_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/283197_10150715019720611_3161809_n.jpg

Munambam beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/263230_10150734194230611_7063242_n.jpg

Light house beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/390790_10151032429370611_45074106_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/166967_10151104538050611_2080456339_n.jpg

moncy

July 30th, 2012, 05:34 PM

^^ Superb :)

bijoy

July 30th, 2012, 06:25 PM

Nice pictures :)

Prasanth_KCV

July 30th, 2012, 07:01 PM

Wonderful pics :cheers:

malluland

July 30th, 2012, 10:26 PM

Wonderful pics :cheers:

+1

mohdshanil

September 22nd, 2012, 10:50 AM

http://i47.tinypic.com/351gubl.jpg

KETTUVALLAM PALAM under construction.

Source: Manorama

Any updates on Kettuvallam at Marine Drive??:)

induzcreed

September 22nd, 2012, 12:58 PM

http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/155192_459760997380531_54481908_n.jpg
Courtesy: Sajeev Ganeshan, FB

induzcreed

September 22nd, 2012, 01:01 PM

http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578730_446576142032350_1775599985_n.jpg

Courtesy: Sajeev Ganeshan, FB

induzcreed

September 22nd, 2012, 01:03 PM

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/528015_438882106135087_1121048104_n.jpg

Courtesy: Sajeev Ganeshan, FB

induzcreed

September 22nd, 2012, 01:07 PM

FortKochi
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/417417_436934202996544_1116478196_n.jpg

Marthandavarma Bridge, Aluva
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/396052_438881989468432_1521490228_n.jpg

Courtesy: Sajeev Ganeshan, FB

induzcreed

September 22nd, 2012, 01:09 PM

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/314740_432170163472948_1228417212_n.jpg

richard rajesh

September 24th, 2012, 08:19 AM

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/8708/54561918372576509621018.jpg

mohdshanil

October 4th, 2012, 07:34 PM

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/3698/52739941546063850770811.jpg

mohammedirshad06

October 4th, 2012, 08:06 PM

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/3698/52739941546063850770811.jpg

Thats not Kochi.... It seems to be floating around for so many times... I too posted same pic, a year back, only to be discovered later, it was old Madrasapattanam- the Chennai...

Its the famous LIC tower in Anna Salai....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/LIC_building,_Chennai.jpg/250px-LIC_building,_Chennai.jpg

LIC tower as of today....

Equally Sealord is just 8 storied bldg... In the old pic, you can easily count 12 towers... Height donot decrease as time passes...

The below is the current pic of Sealord hotel

http://www.sealordhotels.com/images/sea_lord/01.jpg

DileepKS

October 5th, 2012, 03:24 AM

Also, right next to the opposite side of the road was the kaayal in those days.

arunjith

October 10th, 2012, 08:46 AM

വിഷന്* 2030-ല്* ഉള്*പ്പെടുത്തിയ മറൈന്* ഡ്രൈവില്* ഡോള്*ഫിന്* പാര്*ക്കിന്റെ സാധ്യതാ പഠനത്തിനുള്ള നടപടികള്* ആരംഭിച്ചു. ഇതിനായി സിംഗപ്പൂരില്* നിന്നുള്ള വിദഗ്ദ്ധ സംഘം കൊച്ചിയിലെത്തും.

http://www.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=308357

Malayaali

October 10th, 2012, 08:53 AM

mohammedirshad06

October 10th, 2012, 08:58 AM

^^^^^^^^^^

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7982/kochidolphin.png

News about Kochi Dolphin Park in proposed expansion of Marine Drive-Phase 2.

mohammedirshad06

October 10th, 2012, 09:00 AM

^^

The Singapore team will visit the site to learn if the water is suitable to sustain Dolphins and they will close the project reporting the water is not even suitable for frogs! :rofl:

BTW, some of the team members will be taken to hospital after smelling the crystal clear water.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

True... Even an ordinary layman can understand the same......

In meantime, there are real dolphins in Kochi Kayal, which could be seen occasionally during a cruise.... Don't know whether its affected now, after dredging

sree_ec

October 10th, 2012, 10:07 AM

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

True... Even an ordinary layman can understand the same......

In meantime, there are real dolphins in Kochi Kayal, which could be seen occasionally during a cruise.... Don't know whether its affected now, after dredging

One of my friend told that he saw dolphins during a cruise.. It was 2 months back

DileepKS

October 10th, 2012, 10:57 AM

Those are wild dolphins who occasionally come in into the kaayal for a 'kick', like we going to the bar.

Being said that, the water near singapore is not good either. The dolphin tank at sentosa in fact stinks.

Malayaali

October 10th, 2012, 06:19 PM

Heli-Tour in Kochi

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/6077_449314638444810_385772529_n.jpg

Asskicker

November 3rd, 2012, 07:19 PM

[/IMG]http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/826/37494446769389993988310.jpg

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4731/54699446769402660653733.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3515/60408346769425660651410.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8043/52745146769499993977318.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2481/65388467695259939747205.jpg[IMG]

What is wrong pls someone help me; why the pics are not coming

mohammedirshad06

November 3rd, 2012, 07:27 PM

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/826/37494446769389993988310.jpg

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4731/54699446769402660653733.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3515/60408346769425660651410.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8043/52745146769499993977318.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2481/65388467695259939747205.jpg

What is wrong pls someone help me; why the pics are not coming

Friend, try to put / only before IMG in end bracket. The first bracket must carry only IMG, while the / must come before IMG in the end bracket.....

Asskicker

November 3rd, 2012, 07:36 PM

^^^^^^^^

ThanQ mohd rshd :)

Prasanth_KCV

November 4th, 2012, 05:30 AM

Nice pics :cheers:

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4731/54699446769402660653733.jpg

Satyrias

November 9th, 2012, 09:32 AM

Who is the owner of the Sea Lord hotel?

mohammedirshad06

November 9th, 2012, 10:05 AM

Who is the owner of the Sea Lord hotel?

Thushar Vellapally- Son of Vellapally Natesan of SNDP.....

Satyrias

November 9th, 2012, 01:15 PM

Thushar Vellapally- Son of Vellapally Natesan of SNDP.....

Was he the original founder of Sea Lord?

alamzada2007

November 9th, 2012, 04:05 PM

Was he the original founder of Sea Lord?

No, Johar was its founder member who also managed Malabar hotel (present Taj malabar) in Willington island. Later it changed many hands including Issac group (saritha, sangeetha, savita)

alamzada2007

November 9th, 2012, 04:22 PM

Presently Sealord is in a dilapidated/outmoded state which needs extensive renovation including parking facility to sustain

Satyrias

November 9th, 2012, 05:16 PM

Thanks alamzada.

About 25 yrs ago, I remember a tall building under construction at the Marine Drive sea shore on the right-hand side of the Shanmugham Rd when we drive in the south direction, just at the corner where it curves into Broadway, standing there with only RC frames.

It appeared that the construction was stopped for some reason and was all covered in moss at that time. I think that it has more than 10 storeys and might have been under a stay order.

Is it still there or demolished? Do you know what was the problem with that building?

rkpai13

November 9th, 2012, 07:10 PM

[QUOTE=Prasanth_KCV]
By prasanth_kcv (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/prasanth_kcv) at 2012-04-02
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9605/p3270840.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9227/p3270841.jpg
By prasanth_kcv (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/prasanth_kcv) at 2012-04-02
^^
That under construction building is now Taj Residency Hotel. Building seen in the above pictures posted few pages before in this thread only

DileepKS

November 10th, 2012, 02:00 AM

The building started off by KTDC, and after all the graft, it stood there dead fir a long time, giving background to a lot of movie scenes. At last, it was given to Taj, and they opened it as Taj Residency sometime in early 90s.

alamzada2007

November 10th, 2012, 09:01 AM

mohammedirshad06

November 10th, 2012, 09:28 AM

Kindly refer to post of Dileepks (no 169) regarding ur query. Murky affairs of the alleged controversial transfer of lease to Taj Residency can't be divulged here due to obvious reasons.

Friend, there is no need to see everything red when comes to business in Kochi.... The land is not transferred with Taj. Its still vested with Govt. The Gateway Hotel in Marine drive- Kochi is a JV between Kerala Govt's TRKL and Tata group. Its also a PPP venture......

DileepKS

November 10th, 2012, 09:51 AM

alamzada2007

November 10th, 2012, 02:40 PM

I guess you would have been extremely happy if the building had continued to be the eyesore (or a third class hotel by KTDC).
തീർച്ചയായും ദീലിപേ, ഇതു കണ്ടപ്പോൾ എന്റെ കണ്ണിലെ കരടു പോയി കിട്ടി.. കണ്ണിനു കുളിർമ്മ നൽക്കുന്ന കാഴ്ച......
http://www.mediafire.com/conv/3a6977c421f12dc97e507eb64ee76255f4a64a03619c8d6fc8b8e7d9c6fd50674g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?23jjxxp88abf2kv)
http://www.mediafire.com/conv/3a6977c421f12dc97e507eb64ee76255f4a64a03619c8d6fc8b8e7d9c6fd50676g.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/conv/4d7594721bdc475f896f3d0b03164f340319ff9e6465418a80fb7f0457221f8a4g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?4yoorj6hg7eeo96)
http://www.mediafire.com/conv/4d7594721bdc475f896f3d0b03164f340319ff9e6465418a80fb7f0457221f8a6g.jpg

alamzada2007

November 10th, 2012, 02:49 PM

Friend, there is no need to see everything red when comes to business in Kochi.... The land is not transferred with Taj. Its still vested with Govt. The Gateway Hotel in Marine drive- Kochi is a JV between Kerala Govt's TRKL and Tata group. Its also a PPP venture......
അതു തന്നെയാണു ഞാനും പറഞ്ഞു വന്നതു... സർക്കാർ ലീസിനു കൊടുത്തു ഒരു ഭൂമിയും തിരിച്ചു പിടിക്കാൻ സാധിച്ചിട്ടിട്ടില്ല.കോവളത്തെ കൊട്ടാരവും സ്ഥലവും ഇനിയൊട്ടു കിട്ടാനും പോകുന്നില്ല. Both UDF and LDF are hand in glove with each other in this regard
Effective public-private partnership in healthcare: Apollo as a cautionary tale
Very few in the medical fraternity, if any, would have been surprised by the Delhi High Court panel finding that Apollo Indraprastha Hospital, New Delhi was not honouring its mandate to provide 33% of its beds free of charge to the poor and indigent. In 1986, the Delhi Administration invited proposals to establish a multidisciplinary, super speciality hospital on "a no profit no loss" basis. Two years later, the government leased prime property to the Apollo Hospital Group (AHG) on a token payment of one rupee a year, to set up the Indraprastha Hospital. The hospital is a joint venture with the Delhi government. By the terms of this agreement, the government provided 15 acres of land and Rs 16 crore. In return, the AHG agreed to provide free services to patients occupying at least one third of its 600 beds and to 40 per cent of those seeking outpatient care (1). A landmark public-private partnership (PPP) was thus embarked upon. A review of the terms of agreement clearly indicates that the expectation and agreement were not for the AHG to render "charity" or even to engage in corporate social responsibility. Rather, the Delhi Administration had established a legal obligation for the AHG to provide certain clearly specified services for its citizens in return for a substantial financial subsidy to the company. In practice, the AHG failed to provide any such service.
http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/181ed2.html
Public-Private Perplexity
Touted as a panacea for all ills in infrastructure projects, many PPPs are now being questioned for scam potential
MisDIAL T-3 terminal, Delhi
India’s showcase PPP project built by GMR-led DIAL has come under a CAG cloud. DIAL denies contract violation, but there’s no denying that a controversial levy has made domestic travel from here more expensive.
No Clarity On Terms: Take a recent example, the T-3 terminal of the Delhi airport, developed by the GMR-led DIAL. There is a lot of ambiguity about the terms given to the private developer. While GMR asserts that it went by the book and the government added projects post the contract, there is no doubt that DIAL overstepped boundaries in some areas. In its report on the project, CAG listed out a number of anomalies: the lack of valuation of government assets, the quantity of land given out at nominal rates, and no estimate of the benefit accruing to the public. While it has been argued that partner Airports Authority too benefits from revenues, there are other big concerns. For instance, the government granted an automatic extension of the lease for 30 years after the completion of the first 30 years, with no provision for performance review.
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282113

mohammedirshad06

November 10th, 2012, 03:07 PM

അതു തന്നെയാണു ഞാനും പറഞ്ഞു വന്നതു... സർക്കാർ ലീസിനു കൊടുത്തു ഒരു ഭൂമിയും തിരിച്ചു പിടിക്കാൻ സാധിച്ചിട്ടിട്ടില്ല.കോവളത്തെ കൊട്ടാരവും സ്ഥലവും ഇനിയൊട്ടു കിട്ടാനും പോകുന്നില്ല. Both UDF and LDF are hand in glove with each other in this regard
Effective public-private partnership in healthcare: Apollo as a cautionary tale
Very few in the medical fraternity, if any, would have been surprised by the Delhi High Court panel finding that Apollo Indraprastha Hospital, New Delhi was not honouring its mandate to provide 33% of its beds free of charge to the poor and indigent. In 1986, the Delhi Administration invited proposals to establish a multidisciplinary, super speciality hospital on "a no profit no loss" basis. Two years later, the government leased prime property to the Apollo Hospital Group (AHG) on a token payment of one rupee a year, to set up the Indraprastha Hospital. The hospital is a joint venture with the Delhi government. By the terms of this agreement, the government provided 15 acres of land and Rs 16 crore. In return, the AHG agreed to provide free services to patients occupying at least one third of its 600 beds and to 40 per cent of those seeking outpatient care (1). A landmark public-private partnership (PPP) was thus embarked upon. A review of the terms of agreement clearly indicates that the expectation and agreement were not for the AHG to render "charity" or even to engage in corporate social responsibility. Rather, the Delhi Administration had established a legal obligation for the AHG to provide certain clearly specified services for its citizens in return for a substantial financial subsidy to the company. In practice, the AHG failed to provide any such service.
http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/181ed2.html
Public-Private Perplexity
Touted as a panacea for all ills in infrastructure projects, many PPPs are now being questioned for scam potential
MisDIAL T-3 terminal, Delhi
India’s showcase PPP project built by GMR-led DIAL has come under a CAG cloud. DIAL denies contract violation, but there’s no denying that a controversial levy has made domestic travel from here more expensive.
No Clarity On Terms: Take a recent example, the T-3 terminal of the Delhi airport, developed by the GMR-led DIAL. There is a lot of ambiguity about the terms given to the private developer. While GMR asserts that it went by the book and the government added projects post the contract, there is no doubt that DIAL overstepped boundaries in some areas. In its report on the project, CAG listed out a number of anomalies: the lack of valuation of government assets, the quantity of land given out at nominal rates, and no estimate of the benefit accruing to the public. While it has been argued that partner Airports Authority too benefits from revenues, there are other big concerns. For instance, the government granted an automatic extension of the lease for 30 years after the completion of the first 30 years, with no provision for performance review.

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282113

I would like to ask you first a BASIC QUESTION

WHY SHOULD GOVT RECOUP A LAND WHERE A BUSINESS IS SUCCESSFULLY RUNNING AND PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT TO OTHERS? Why should Govt ruin something that contributes economy?

Bare land donot contribute anything to govt, isn't it?

Say, in case of Halycon Castle-Kovalam? Why should govt recoup a successfully running property? What will govt do with it? Museum? For what sake? What is its Historical value? When you have many historical properties in ruins, what historical value does that structure have? Honeymoon stories of Karthika Thirunal and GV Raja? Or should we celebrate bed relations of the last queen of Travancore, by taking away from it, where a prestigious hotel brand is running which provides not only employment, but also a key factor that made that region grow?

Same coming to Marine Drive. You have land in Marine Drive opposite to Armed Police Command area. What value it gives to society? Does it contribute anything to Kochi's economy?

Whereas thro' a JV, Taj could create some value of the land to its property. Gateway Hotel Kochi, was recently declared as best business hotel in the country. Its one of the premium hotel property, which has almost 80% occupancy rates, providing employment to 300 to 500 people. Many of its staff later got good jobs in prestigious international properites. It plays a key role in tourism scenairo.

Does a barren land or ownership record holds more value than successful business?

People of Kerala, living in Kerala, sometimes appears so nuisance, that they want to ruin a successful business in name of making papers records pucca and history, when thousands of papers, including housing/land rights of others in bad shape and 1000 of historical structure in ruins.......

DileepKS

November 10th, 2012, 04:27 PM

OK. Let us take back all those "public resources" "occupied" by the "mindless capitalists" and build a "socialist heaven", where everyone owns everything, and everyone contributes as they can and gets as they need. (and by the way, nothing gets done)

alamzada2007

November 15th, 2012, 03:28 PM

I would like to ask you first a BASIC QUESTION

WHY SHOULD GOVT RECOUP A LAND WHERE A BUSINESS IS SUCCESSFULLY RUNNING AND PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT TO OTHERS? Why should Govt ruin something that contributes economy?

Bare land donot contribute anything to govt, isn't it?

Say, in case of Halycon Castle-Kovalam? Why should govt recoup a successfully running property? What will govt do with it? Museum? For what sake? What is its Historical value? When you have many historical properties in ruins, what historical value does that structure have? Honeymoon stories of Karthika Thirunal and GV Raja? Or should we celebrate bed relations of the last queen of Travancore, by taking away from it, where a prestigious hotel brand is running which provides not only employment, but also a key factor that made that region grow?

Same coming to Marine Drive. You have land in Marine Drive opposite to Armed Police Command area. What value it gives to society? Does it contribute anything to Kochi's economy?

Whereas thro' a JV, Taj could create some value of the land to its property. Gateway Hotel Kochi, was recently declared as best business hotel in the country. Its one of the premium hotel property, which has almost 80% occupancy rates, providing employment to 300 to 500 people. Many of its staff later got good jobs in prestigious international properites. It plays a key role in tourism scenairo.

Does a barren land or ownership record holds more value than successful business?

People of Kerala, living in Kerala, sometimes appears so nuisance, that they want to ruin a successful business in name of making papers records pucca and history, when thousands of papers, including housing/land rights of others in bad shape and 1000 of historical structure in ruins.......
Are you putting forward a bizarre hypothetical suggestion that we should let out/hand over our own ancestral or self-acquired vacant/barren/fallow lands and buildings to those filthy rich tenants for paltry amount on perpetual lease who could change the “face of our country”, provide employment opportunities and generate income to government by way of taxes? As this is a forum meant for promoting the virtues of skyscraper cities, I am constrained to limit/contain my words for the sake of brevity

thanseem

November 29th, 2012, 08:09 AM

Cochin Marine drive in early 80`s..tune to 0:06..tharangani apartments under construction!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RgZ4H2o_Ow

in early 70`s! seen is the old verapoly diocese building where the joy alukkas centre stands now! present day `marine drive` was not yet reclaimed..at 2:07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ya28hg4CCw

Satyrias

November 29th, 2012, 12:25 PM

In the first video at 0:06, that is Asoka Apts opposite to High Court.

What is that building seen at 2:06 in the second video? Isn't it the Sealord hotel?

alamzada2007

December 3rd, 2012, 01:05 PM

In the first video at 0:06, that is Asoka Apts opposite to High Court.

What is that building seen at 2:06 in the second video? Isn't it the Sealord hotel?
Yes. Absolutely right. How did you identify it from an evergreen memorable and meaningful nostalgic song?

Satyrias

December 3rd, 2012, 02:38 PM

Yes. Absolutely right. How did you identify it from an evergreen memorable and meaningful nostalgic song?

As for the Asoka Apts, my family owns an Apt there since its inception about 32 yrs ago. So, I know that building very well.

As for the other building in the second song, logically I know there was no other tall building at that time on that road when that movie was made in 1971. Also, that building has about 9 storeys and I have been to their roof top restaurant in 1977. However, this is the first time I have seen that movie through the link in the previous post though that song is very familiar to me while I was young.

But the original poster talked about Verapoly Diocese building, so I was confused. Anyway, I don’t even know where is that building on Marine Drive.

thanseem

December 4th, 2012, 02:49 AM

In the first video at 0:06, that is Asoka Apts opposite to High Court.

What is that building seen at 2:06 in the second video? Isn't it the Sealord hotel?

r u sure?

the same building can be seen from 1:30 also. There u could see a bus coming from the left side of the building..i guess its coming from Banergy rd and the building stands near the banergy rd-shanmungham rd jn.

i think its the old verapoly diocese building where the joy alukkas centre stands now! ..that building starts to incline a bit in late 80's and was a security concern...there was a Jesus statue on the top..its also clearly seen in the video..("pravaachakanmaare parayoo"..thats y they r showing it!)

also..that navy apartments is called asoka? i c..i thought its tharangini..

DileepKS

December 4th, 2012, 05:54 AM

The building shown from 1:20 to 1:40, and also around 2:08 is the Verapoly building that sunk down, demolished, and then replaced by JoyAlukkas, and then burned down.

Satyrias

December 4th, 2012, 11:39 AM

r u sure?
also..that navy apartments is called asoka? i c..i thought its tharangini..

The Navy apt complex is not Asoka. Asoka apt complex was the first one built by GCDA. OK, you are talking about the building on the left of Asoka, that is Tharangini. Sorry for confusing you.

Regarding the other building, my assumption was based on the number of floors. The Sealord has about 8 floors; the building in that movie also has about 8 floors. From 2:06 to 2:08 it shows the skyline far out along the shoreline; I didn't see any other building. So I assumed that way.

Last time I visited that place was in 1985, so it is all from my memory.

Maybe you are correct since a bus is coming out of a road in that corner. There is no bus route through the adjacent side of Sealord that I can remember.

The Sealord was built in 1964; this movie was in 1971.

Was the Verapoly building built before 1971?

alamzada2007

December 27th, 2012, 07:23 AM

The Navy apt complex is not Asoka. Asoka apt complex was the first one built by GCDA. OK, you are talking about the building on the left of Asoka, that is Tharangini. Sorry for confusing you.

Regarding the other building, my assumption was based on the number of floors. The Sealord has about 8 floors; the building in that movie also has about 8 floors. From 2:06 to 2:08 it shows the skyline far out along the shoreline; I didn't see any other building. So I assumed that way.

Last time I visited that place was in 1985, so it is all from my memory.

Maybe you are correct since a bus is coming out of a road in that corner. There is no bus route through the adjacent side of Sealord that I can remember.

The Sealord was built in 1964; this movie was in 1971.

Was the Verapoly building built before 1971?

I am not sure whether the verapoly building known as Stella Mary was in existence in 1971. But I had visited the bar hotel in 1973 which was conducted in 'leaning pisa tower' of Stella Mary of Arch diocese of Verapoly (when I was doing 1st year B.A[economics] in St.Albert's college)
അച്ചന്മാരുടെ മേൽനോട്ടത്തിൽ നടത്തിയിരുന്ന ബാർ ആയതു കൊണ്ടു തട്ടിപ്പും വെട്ടിപ്പും അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല.. പിന്നെ അതൊരു സ്ക്കാൻഡൽ (നാറ്റ കേസായി മാറിയതോടെ) ആയതോടെ അച്ചൻമാർ കള്ളു കച്ചവടം നിർത്തി. അവരുടെ ബിനാമിയായിരുന്ന നടത്തിയിരുന്നതു...

Satyrias

December 29th, 2012, 01:16 AM

അച്ചന്മാരുടെ മേൽനോട്ടത്തിൽ നടത്തിയിരുന്ന ബാർ ആയതു കൊണ്ടു തട്ടിപ്പും വെട്ടിപ്പും അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല.. പിന്നെ അതൊരു സ്ക്കാൻഡൽ (നാറ്റ കേസായി മാറിയതോടെ) ആയതോടെ അച്ചൻമാർ കള്ളു കച്ചവടം നിർത്തി. അവരുടെ ബിനാമിയായിരുന്ന നടത്തിയിരുന്നതു...

Why do some of the Malayalam letters appear so weird?

For example, look at this one, "മേൽനോട്ടത്തിൽ"

I am trying to understand this word, "സ്ക്കാൻഡൽ"

What is it?

alamzada2007

December 30th, 2012, 04:13 PM

Why do some of the Malayalam letters appear so weird?

For example, look at this one, "മേൽനോട്ടത്തിൽ"

I am trying to understand this word, "സ്ക്കാൻഡൽ"

What is it?
മേൽനോട്ടത്തിൽ ( under the supervision)
സ്ക്കാൻഡൽ ( നാറ്റ കേസ്) അതായതു മോൻ ഒരു പീഡന കേസിൽ അറസ്റ്റിലായാൽ മൊന്റെ കുടുംബത്തിനു മൊത്തം ബാധിക്കുന്ന ഒരു സ്കാൻഡൻ (scandal) ആയി മാറും... ഇനിയും വ്യക്തമായില്ലെങ്കിൽ ഞാൻ പി എം മുഖനേ വ്യക്തമാക്കി തരാം. (Both in English and Malayalam as I belong to a clan of legal luminaries of Kerala High court)

DileepKS

December 30th, 2012, 04:21 PM

I think Satyrias don't have the right fonts installed, and he is complaining about the FONTS, not the words.

Satyrias

December 31st, 2012, 12:47 PM

Dileep , you’re right. I was talking about the fonts but only few letters. I can see all the consonants and vowels of Malayalam letters but only those diacritics appear weird. It is FireFox and uses dynamic fonts. So, there is no need to install Malayalam fonts like in the olden days. If it were for the Malayalam fonts, then I would have seen only full garbles.

As for this word, "സ്ക്കാൻഡൽ ", it is not a Malayalam word. That is why I couldn’t make it, on the top of that, two letters are scrambled. But I understood everything else.

This is the way I see it.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7087/lettersi.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/248/lettersi.jpg/)
Alamzada, please don’t take it as a personal swipe.

The Malayalam journalists and reporters often write English words with Malayalam scripts. The phonetics never gets correct and screws up the pronunciations of readers. And whenever I see some Malayalam TV anchors/reporters on Youtube, using few English words in Malayalam sentences, I always cringe upon their pronunciations. Same way, the Malayalam writers and reporters write English words in Malayalam letters in their articles the way they pronounce it. They should stop those practices and speak or write in full Malayalam words.

DileepKS

January 1st, 2013, 05:25 AM

Find the font AnjaliOldLipi and install. That is the best unicode font I know.

alamzada2007

January 4th, 2013, 04:49 PM

Find the font AnjaliOldLipi and install. That is the best unicode font I know.
ദിലീപ് പറഞ്ഞതിനോട് ഞാൻ പൂർണ്ണമായും യോജിക്കുന്നു. അഞ്ചലി ഫോണ്ട് 100% യൂണികോഡ് പിൻബലമുള്ളതാണു. കാർത്തിക യൂണികോഡ് (വിൻഡോസിന്റെ ഡിഫൊൾട്ട്) ഫോണ്ടിൽ ചില്ലക്ഷരങ്ങളും കൂട്ടക്ഷരങ്ങളും തെളിഞ്ഞു കാണത്തില്ല...

Satyrias

January 5th, 2013, 03:44 AM

Prasanth_KCV

January 5th, 2013, 07:13 PM

http://imageshack.us/a/img248/369/pc310713.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img12/9255/pc310712.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img401/7105/pc310711.jpg

alamzada2007

January 11th, 2013, 04:34 PM

Alamzada:

Since you are an expert in law, I have a question.

What are the Landlord / Tenant rights in Kerala?

As an example, if a landlord gives his land to someone for farming for few years, does the tenant have any legal right for compensation from the landlord for relinquishing the land?

I know many cases where the occupiers demand part of the land to give up his rights to hold. I don’t know if it is a real law of Kerala or India or a mere goondas village law.

I wonder the same could be applied to those condos in Marine Drive if anyone rents it out, hence popped up this question.

Would you shed some light on it? Thanks.
My deep felt profuse thanks for your compliments which in fact I don't deserve due to obvious reasons. I have no practical exposure to the Kerala Law Reforms Act, 1970 and Building rent and lease control Act of Kerala.
Providing a link which may help you in this regard. Now they have embarked on second reforms movement by forcibly entering and erecting huts on the land at proposed medi city in Cochin
http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.in/2011/09/communism-and-land-reforms-movement-in.html

1970 കളിൽ ഭൂപരിഷ്കരണ നിയമം നടപ്പിലാക്കിയപ്പോൾ അക്കാലത്തെ ജന്മിന്മാർ ഒരു സുപ്രഭാത്തിൽ തെണ്ടികളായി.. അവരുടെ കൃഷിയിടങ്ങൾ പാട്ടത്തിനെടുത്ത (പങ്ക് ഏർപ്പാടിൽ) യഥാർത്ഥ കർഷകരായ "കുടിയാൻ*ന്മാർ" പുതുതലമുറ ജന്മിന്മാരായി മാറി. 15 ഏക്കറിൽ കൂടുതൽ സ്ഥലമുള്ളവരുടെ ഭൂമിയിൽ ബലമായി കയ്യേറി കുടിലുകൾ കെട്ടിയുയർത്തി ആ ഭൂമിയിൽ നിന്നുമുള്ള ആദായങ്ങൾ അവർ കയ്യടക്കി. അങ്ങിനെ നല്ല നിലയിൽ നടന്നിരുന്ന നെല്ല്, കശുവണ്ടി, തെങ്ങ് കൃഷികൾ മുതലായവ അവർ മൂലം നാരായവേരു തോണ്ടി. ഏക്കർ കണക്കിനു തെങ്ങിൻ തോപ്പുകളിൽ കുടിയാന്മാർ കുടിലുകൾ കെട്ടി താമസവും ആദായമെടുക്കലും ആരംഭിച്ചു......."ഞങ്ങൾ വിതച്ച/ കൊയ്ത വയലേലകളെല്ലാം ഞങ്ങളുടെതു " എന്ന നയം നടപ്പിലാക്കി......

Satyrias

January 13th, 2013, 12:52 AM

A simple question. If you own a home anywhere in Kerala, do you rent it out?

If so, are you free by law to ask the renter to vacate the house at anytime as you wish or at the end of the contract if there is any at all? That is what I am trying to understand.

I know few cases of fights between the house owners and renters in Kerala to free their houses. They didn't get any help from the police to evict the renter.

One case I know very well is one doctor at TVM medical college. When he moved to Calicut medical college, he rented out his house to one local business man. After few years he returned to TVM, but the renter won’t move out. Then he hired few local goondas to force that guy out his house.

Is it like that even now?

DileepKS

January 13th, 2013, 03:31 AM

The rent control in KL is a mess. The available law is an act dating to the "soviet republic of Kerala" times, which calls for "Accommodation Controller" etc. It is no longer valid, because there is no such authority.

So, cases are considered based on "common law" principles. This gives a lot of leeway in decisions. Also, these things are decided by Civil courts, so cases can drag for decades.

The normal "sense of law" is that you can't kick out a tenant, as long as they keep paying rent, to rent to someone else.

The only 'reasonable' reasons you can kick out the tenant are:

1. You want to live in there, as you don't have another suitable place. So, if you are non-resident and then come back, you can evict.

2. You want to renovate the place. But the current tenant will have a right to rent it again.

3. Non payment of rent/damaging the property etc.

In reality, if the renter want to create hassle for you, they CAN. So, background checks are very much necessary.

Satyrias

January 13th, 2013, 01:37 PM

Can we raise the rent after the term of the contract to the existing tenant, if he doesn’t move out?

I know in 1980s the lodges in TVM, where renters had been paying the same old low rent on a monthly basis for decades. When the original renter moves onto another stage in his life, he gets his buddy to stay in the same room paying the same old rent. They never move out but paying the old initial rent.

One case that I personally know of a lodge near the Muscat hotel in TVM. The owner couldn’t raise their rent or force the renters to move out during his life time. His only son who died in his 40s survived by his wife and two daughters. When these two girls reached 20s, one day the mother and these two girls broke into the rooms literally with hammers and threw all their belongings into the yard while the residents were all at their offices. It happened in 1980s. There were about 40 rooms. It took the third generation to kick them out.

So, I assume Kerala has not changed in that respect even after all the economic reforms in India. I was thinking of investing money in condos to rent it out. Now I am done with it since I can taste the headache later in my life if there is no law to protect the owners in Kerala.