http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article551693.ece[/QUOTE]

I just do not understand why some sections of Media wants to derail the development of the city.I do not think this happens in other cities or atleast to this extent.

Keltron bags order for Rs 25 crore (http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article551055.ece)

Rajesh, please refrain from putting up all but the most important news directly related to urban and infrastructure development on this thread. Keltron or another firm bagging an order has no bearing on this, unless they are setting up a new facility or so. Thanks.

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I totally agree with you. But this is not just me who is posting such news. If you scroll back few pages how many news and pictures are the real 'Projects'. And one more thing , Here everyone is interested in creating new thread once some project/ building started . Some times I am really confused because most of the important events/ activities in this city has got its own thread. So what exactly comes under Projects thead unless it is a duplication of same news.

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I totally agree with you. But this is not just me who is posting such news. If you scroll back few pages how many news and pictures are the real 'Projects'. And one more thing , Here everyone is interested in creating new thread once some project/ building started . Some times I am really confused because most of the important events/ activities in this city has got its own thread. So what exactly comes under Projects thead unless it is a duplication of same news.

Rajesh, you have hit the nail on the head. There are focused threads for most major projects in the city. However, that does not mean that the main Projects thread is a catch-all. Instead, it can be used to report the most important news of projects that either do not have a sub-thread or when the news is noteworthy enough to be highlighted in the main thread which has the highest readership and tends to be checked first by casual readers.

IMHO, except maybe for the General Discussions thread, everyone needs to be selective in what they post even in the sub-threads. For example, a school cultural day or the opening of a coaching center need not be posted in the Education and Research Thread. This is an international forum, so a subjective call on what is note-worthy and what is not needs to be taken by each one of us.

Of course, it's not my call to shape anyone's opinions, just take it as a spot of advice and a request from a guy who's probably been on here longer than anyone else.

On that note, I am happy to note that seven very exciting and informative years have gone by since joining SSC! :)

Thiruvananthapuram: The City Road Improvement Project (CRIP) will not meet the deadline, this time too. As June 30, the deadline set for completion of the remaining Phase II and Phase III works, is nearing, a number of road works have hit a roadblock. Issues ranging from failure to acquire land to non-cooperation of various government departments are the reasons behind the hurdle.
Works of Thakaraparambu flyover, Medical College-Ulloor, Ulloor-Kochulloor, Model School-Ponnara Park, G G Hospital-Venpalavattom and Peroorkada-Vazhayila are progressing. According to officials of Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB), except Thakaraparambu flyover, which would take another three years to complete, road works would be over in two-three months. However, some issues remain unaddressed.
The ongoing work of Thampanoor bus stand is one of the major hurdles for the widening of Thampanoor-Overbridge Road. The temporary sheds constructed for the commuters need to be removed for the construction of drains. However, KSRTC has not heeded to the request of KRFB so far. The Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL), concessionaire of the CRIP, said work cannot progress without the construction of drains. The issue of water-logging in this area could be resolved only through the joint effort of TRDCL, KSUDP and the Railways.

Work on the nearby Thampanoor-Model School stretch is stuck for years owing to the Kerala Water Authority’s (KWA’s) sewerage works and JICA-assisted water works. However, TRDCL project engineer Anil Kumar Pandala said the Thampanoor-Model School stretch would be ready for tarring in two weeks.
KWA plays villain in the works on Ulloor-Kochulloor stretch too. In August 2010, TRDCL took over the stretch to complete works in a three-month period. However, the work got delayed indefinitely. Now, when road work is nearing completion, work of JNNRUM has hit the junction improvement project at Ulloor. On the Medical College-Ulloor stretch, land belonging to the Housing Board is yet to be acquired.
Along the Vanchiyoor-Old Collectorate road, protest against felling of 64 trees for the road development is the major issue faced by the road developers. The plan is to widen the road by covering concrete slabs over the Amayizhanjan canal. Adviser to CRIP Dr N S Sreenivasan is expected to review the revised plan, which proposes to save as many trees as possible, in July.
The land acquisition issue at Pattoor cemetery area is still unresolved as the Corporation is yet to take a decision on the complaint raised by Pharmacy Council Employees’ Union against construction of a vault near a compound wall of their institution.
Unless KRFB and Railways form a consensus on the Railway Overbridge at Pettah, the stretch will remain a major bottleneck. Land acquisition is a major issue on a number of stretches, including MG Road, Peroorkada-Vazhayila, Medical College-Ulloor etc.
“We use batch-type hotmix plant, which is worth Rs 3 crore. The capacity of the plant is 1,000 metric tonnes. Already, it is operated on loss. If we go ahead with the work ignoring small stretches, the renovation of the stretch, in a later stage, would be a costly affair,” said Pandala.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tpuram-crip-to-miss-june-30-deadline-too/268307-62-133.html

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Nice photo, would have been better if that lamp/electric lines were not there infront of lens.

Btw this photo will suit the ' Roads/Infrastructure thread' in TVM forum rather than projects thread

This is one of the photograph that I saw about a street in Kerala without the image of any political party flag..

good and nice photo..

Nice photo, would have been better if that lamp/electric lines were not there infront of lens.

Btw this photo will suit the ' Roads/Infrastructure thread' in TVM forum rather than projects thread

the photo itself tells the story...well planned... Nice capture

Priyadarshini planetarium to get major facelift soon

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Visitors can hope for better stargazing soon, as the Priyadarshini Planetarium in the city is on for a major facelift through its modernisation drive. Plans are afoot to construct a permanent astrodome to place its 14-inch reflective telescope currently placed in a make shift mobile hut for night sky observation.

"The permanent astrodome will be a huge hemispherical dome with six meter height and six meter diameter having an upper hemisphere to rotate on a spherical dome. The telescope installed could be rotated to trace the stellar space for enhanced celestial observation," Kerala State Science and Technology Museum (KSTM) director Arul Gerald Prakash told TOI on Saturday.

Tenders will be invited for the indigenous construction of the dome and for modernisation of the galleries at KSTM.

Though the hemispherical dome will cost Rs15 lakh, if indigenously manufactured it will incur only Rs 6 lakh. Once the construction work starts, it would be completed in about two months, he said.

As part of modernization, the existing galleries on electronics, popular science, mathematics, mechanical, automobile, bio-medical engineering, computers, solar energy, and space will have more surprises and interactive science quizzes on touch screen kiosks.

It is also planned to set up a model of Idukki dam at the science park, so that visitors and students can feel an arch dam and study different aspects of a dam. The Butterfly Park and Cacti Park will be developed further, the officials said.

It would incur an expenditure of Rs 9 crore to take up the works as part of modernisation, said officials at KSTM housing the Planetarium. "The funds have been earmarked but KSTM is yet to receive that to begin the modernisation works," the officials said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Priyadarshini-planetarium-to-get-major-facelift-soon/articleshow/14537356.cms

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View from infy 2nd ship 6th floor :)

Depz1, Can you please post the pictures of the SDB 4 from the same angle. Piling started for the same, thats what i could see last day. I saw two hydraulic rigs also in the site. :)

PRS Lakeville updates

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Depz1, Can you please post the pictures of the SDB 4 from the same angle. Piling started for the same, thats what i could see last day. I saw two hydraulic rigs also in the site. :)

vivek, i think you might have saw the piling rigs for food court 2 which is under construction.SDB4 construction will start only after completion of SDB3.Foodcourt is designed mainly for SDB3 and SDB4

Sindhoor new restaurant coming up @shangumugham...a good move by Sindhoor

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Outstanding View of Vizhinjam... The future lies here... :cheers:

VIZHINJAM...beautiful

True. :banana:

Outstanding View of Vizhinjam... The future lies here... :cheers:

Outstanding View of Vizhinjam... The future lies here... :cheers:

future lies on its right side. Anyway amazing pictures.

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:cheers::cheers::cheers:

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:cheers::cheers::cheers:

http://medianewsgroup.in/news.php?news_id=84
Railways puts bullet train project on fast track

NEW DELHI: Railways' ambitious project of running bullet trains in six select corridors has been fast tracked as the state-run transporter is ready with the Cabinet note for setting up of a high speed rail authority.

The authority will be empowered to decide on whether a particular corridor project will be implemented on PPP or non-PPP mode based on pre-feasibility study. Sources said that the authority will have the power to decide on ownership and management of each high-speed corridor. Besides, it will take a final call on project packaging, such as operator, fixed infrastructure and rolling stock.

Tenders for the study of Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam- Thiruvananthapuram corridor are under finalization.

Railways believes that Japan, which runs the high speed train Shinkansen, can show India the way as both nations face a similar situation as far as population density and station-to-station distances are concerned.

It is being estimated that dedicated high speed corridor will cost about Rs 100 crore per km.
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Adoor Kazhakkoottam road to be declared safety corridor


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Source- Kerala Kaumudi

Roses to Greet Visitors to Museum (http://t.co/8SJqBCf6)

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In a few months’ time, your visit to Museum will have another special reason. A sea of roses will smile at you from the new rose garden which is getting ready at the C Kesavan Traffic Island opposite the Museum.

The garden is being set up by the Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL) in association with the Kerala Rose Society.

TRDCL is now busy setting up cement platforms at the island to plant rose plants. “Platforms are being placed to give more visibility to the roses. The entire 1,000-square feet space will be turned into a garden containing a variety of roses. The roses will be supplied by Kerala Rose Society. They will maintain the plants, while the TRDCL will do the watering, fencing etc,” said TRDCL project director Anil Kumar Pandala.

The expenses for the Rose Garden would come to around Rs 3-4 lakh. TRDCL is voluntarily carrying out the project without funding from the Kerala Road Fund Board. “The original plan was to landscape the island. It was based on a request of the C Kesavan Foundation that we thought of doing something more. Then, TRDCL voluntarily agreed to turn the island into a rose garden,” said Madhavan Pillai, project engineer of KRFB.

Pandala said unlike erecting statues at the island, projects like rose garden will be helpful for the future development of the city. “Statues will pose major hurdles when land acquisition is needed for projects like monorail,” he added.

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Source: Metro Manorama

I wonder what will happen to the Ganapathy temple in front of the Railway Station. I can imagine that the modernization of the front area of the existing building and the Ganapathy temple cannot coexist.
I remember even in olden days the temple devotees creating traffic jams in front of the station. Now the situation must be worse.
I feel that the temple must be relocated in a suitable place so that devotees can visit the temple and do their offerings.

Cheers!!!

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Two escalators and a foot over bridge at Thampanoor are the dream project of the Capital?

Manorama strikes again!!!

ബിരിയാണി നമ്മള്* കഴിച്ചിട്ട് രണ്ട് എല്ലിന്* കഷണം പട്ടിക്കിട്ടു കൊടുത്തിട്ട് മോനേ നീ കോളടിച്ചല്ലോടാ എന്നു പറയുന്ന പോലാണല്ലോ ഇത്-- from the movie Indian Rupee.

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ബിരിയാണി നമ്മള്* കഴിച്ചിട്ട് രണ്ട് എല്ലിന്* കഷണം പട്ടിക്കിട്ടു കൊടുത്തിട്ട് മോനേ നീ കോളടിച്ചല്ലോടാ എന്നു പറയുന്ന പോലാണല്ലോ ഇത്-- from the movie Indian Rupee.

Nice comparison...tht means a lot...!!!!
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Nice pic......:cheers:

this pic remembers me of Bangalore in 2000. Hope Trivadrum will not be another bangalore in the case of greenery.
Trivandrum is the greenest city in India - always......

KWA set to give city its first green building soon (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/KWA-set-to-give-city-its-first-green-building-soon/articleshow/14723379.cms)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city will soon get its first green building. The building, which will come up on the Kerala Water Authority premises, will house the Central Control Unit of KWA.

The building has been designed by architect G Shankar of the Habitat Technology group. "The building will have all the facets of a green construction that will foster efficient use of energy and water," said Shankar.

The 10-storeyed-building, in addition to a central control unit will also house the managing director's block, the boardroom and the administration block. "There is also a plan to allot space to occupy the Jalanidhi office, the sister organisation of KWA," said KWA managing director Ashok Kumar.

The Rs 33 crore project will be located in the plot lying parallel to the Manaveeyam-Vellayambalam road. The total built up area will be 10,000 square metres. The building materials used in a green building would be mostly recyclable and renewable. Half of the curtain walls of the building would be made of mud blocks.

The building will employ solar energy to reduce power consumption. Other than this, water harvesting and conservation methods too will be used to construct the structure. "It would have an energy efficient cooling system rather than air conditioners that eat a lot of power," said Kumar. The rainwater will be used for flushing, washing, gardening purposes.

Other facilities in the building include e-toilets, cafeteria, recreational spaces and a gymnasium. The green area doesn't confine to the gardens, the balcony space in all the floors would have plants too. Apart from the plan also has an extensive parking area.

KWA will invite tenders for construction of the building in two weeks and the project would be completed in about 12 to 15 months, said Kumar.

Technopark Phase III is Green; so this cannot be 'first'

Hope Trivadrum will not be another bangalore in the case of greenery.


Bangalore or on a macro scale, the deccan plateau is not a green region; and can never be compared euth Trivandrum. It is an elevated, arid, dry, cool plateau whereas Tvm is a tropical lush green, wet & warm region.

When you zoom down to the Indian Peninsula in google earth you can see that the western coast is dark green, TN side is little green whereas Deccan is brown. You can also see the difference when you fly over TVM & Bangalore.

The greenery & gardens of Bangalore are all created, esp in the CBD areas during the time of British Raj as well as during Hyder Ali/ Tipu Sultan. You can notice the difference as you move to the newer developing areas of the city, esp Devanahalli.

Technopark Phase III is Green; so this cannot be 'first'

infosys first ship building is the first one with LEED certification platinum where as TP phase3 got gold rating is the second ...Infy next building SDB2 is the third one tht too with platinum rating..so the KWA building may be 4th...

Thanks for the info:-)

Bangalore or on a macro scale, the deccan plateau is not a green region; and can never be compared euth Trivandrum. It is an elevated, arid, dry, cool plateau whereas Tvm is a tropical lush green, wet & warm region.

When you zoom down to the Indian Peninsula in google earth you can see that the western coast is dark green, TN side is little green whereas Deccan is brown. You can also see the difference when you fly over TVM & Bangalore.

The greenery & gardens of Bangalore are all created, esp in the CBD areas during the time of British Raj as well as during Hyder Ali/ Tipu Sultan. You can notice the difference as you move to the newer developing areas of the city, esp Devanahalli.

Thank you very much Sudheesh for your reply.....

Actually I was expressing my sentiment about TVM. That's all. You are right. But, the rate at which buildings are buld across Kerala cities typically gives an impression that the greenery is lost rapidly. In that case, we may have to plant new trees like in Bangalore to compensate the lost greenery.(take the case of CRIP in TVM)

Anyway, as our cities grow into UAs and metros, more pressure on land esp. in CBD area will deplete greenery. But finally, we should see that this trend will not make way for TVM becoming like Mumbai or the likes where people crave for open spaces and green lungs.......

Its heard from reliable sources that Gold's Gym will soon make its foray to Trivandrum.

Enthonnu rajeshe, ee news duscussions threadil itta pore, projects threadil enthina?

I agree many posts in this thread will not match the criteria...

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infosys first ship building is the first one with LEED certification platinum where as TP phase3 got gold rating is the second ...Infy next building SDB2 is the third one tht too with platinum rating..so the KWA building may be 4th...

I believe that one of SFS' projects near Shasthamangalm has IGBC Green rating for residences and the ANERT HQ building next to the Vikas Bhavan bus terminus is also IGBC rated. These damn reporters should at least run a cursory Google search before they send the so-called reports to the press! :lol:

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CM to open PMA chapter in Trivandrum (http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article562123.ece)

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the 13th chapter of Project Management Associates (PMA) here on Monday.

Vice-Chairman, Kerala State Planning Board, K M Chandrashekhar will deliver the keynote address. Chief Secretary K Jayakumar will deliver the special address. Adesh Jain, president, PMA, will preside.

PMA’s aim is to see a ‘Project-oriented India’ where, through sound processes and techniques, resources are optimised and costs minimised, while ensuring timely delivery of projects.

This is imperative not only for the private sector and the Government, but also the NGOs delivering a slew of projects in the social sector. Kerala is set to benefit from this changed mindset.

Ajay Bhattacharya, executive director, PMA, said that the huge economic and social costs of delayed projects could very easily be avoided by using the project management systems, processes and tools, a body of knowledge that is available with Project Management Associates.

PMA India, a non-profit registered society established in 1993, has been serving tirelessly with the aim of strengthening project management in India. PMA is the vibrant Indian member association of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), which comprises 55 countries worldwide and is the only global federal structure-based association.

PMA has made significant progress in creating massive awareness amongst CEOs, practising managers and academia about project management, especially the importance of balancing time, cost and scope with quality (which needs to be built-in) and meeting the diversified expectations of various stakeholders. Completion of a project ahead of the schedule merely by one day can result in savings of crores of rupees.

PMA believes that the project mindset needs to be created at an early stage of professional life to be more effective. Ideally, project thinking should be introduced right from the early education ie, school-level, maturing in the college and university.

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The Trivandrum Corporation will set up its own fuel station at Jagathy. The Deputy Mayor Happy Kumar announced that a shopping complex and a petrol pump will be setup neat Jagathy at the one acre land owned by the Corporation. Thus the Trivandurm Corporation will become the first and only corporation in the state to own a fuel pump.

The pump will be set up in a BOT venture and is expected to make revenue for the corporation and also a place for the corporation owned vehicles to refuel.

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The Trivandrum Corporation will set up its own fuel station at Jagathy. The Deputy Mayor Happy Kumar announced that a shopping complex and a petrol pump will be setup neat Jagathy at the one acre land owned by the Corporation. Thus the Trivandurm Corporation will become the first and only corporation in the state to own a fuel pump.

The pump will be set up in a BOT venture and is expected to make revenue for the corporation and also a place for the corporation owned vehicles to refuel.

Vilapissla adchal pinne aalkaarku pani vende....?
Enna pinne oru shopping mall thenne aayikotte.
Parking fees vachu shambalam ondakkam. :)

What Trivandrum needs is a Municpal/Private-cum-Private Bus Stand at Peroorkada /Vazhayila,Vattiyoorkavu,Jagathy/Poojapura,Thirumala,Pattom.
Vyapaara Bhavans can be constructed in these sites to promote small business.
A marine-drive or nicely lit walk-way from Shangumukham to Veli lake.

Speedy process to santions for proposed Malls (rather than constructing own mall).

Junkar Services or Kadathu accross main rivers in the city,where bridges are not there.

Proposals and Land identification for New Industrial Estates in city suburbs to create new jobs.

Improving the conditions of corporation roads.,.....

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Skyline Cedar Park,Vattiyoorkavu

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The Trivandrum Corporation will set up its own fuel station at Jagathy. The Deputy Mayor Happy Kumar announced that a shopping complex and a petrol pump will be setup neat Jagathy at the one acre land owned by the Corporation. Thus the Trivandurm Corporation will become the first and only corporation in the state to own a fuel pump.

The pump will be set up in a BOT venture and is expected to make revenue for the corporation and also a place for the corporation owned vehicles to refuel.


Valathum Nadako?

Where is the "PALAYAM Area Development project ( Market, Shopping Mall & Four Star Hotel)" E- project vanapazum, Corporation eppo parayunna pollae tanane allae parnjae!!

Hello All

I believe our city achieved a good mile stone. We are in number 19 for the most competitive cities in India

Link :> http://competitiveness.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/India_City_Competitiveness_Index_2012_Rank.pdf

The study is conducted by institute for competetiveness.
http://competitiveness.in/publications/reports/state-competitiveness-report/

The fifth edition of the India City Competitiveness Report is based on a model that has been established by celebrated management guru, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrance University Professor, based at Harvard Business School.

Many cities dropped their ranking and we went up swiftly..
NDTV article.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/india-s-most-competitive-city-hint-mumbai-s-no-2-242070?pfrom=home-otherstories

Vilapissla adchal pinne aalkaarku pani vende....?
Enna pinne oru shopping mall thenne aayikotte.
Parking fees vachu shambalam ondakkam. :)

What Trivandrum needs is a Municpal/Private-cum-Private Bus Stand at Peroorkada /Vazhayila,Vattiyoorkavu,Jagathy/Poojapura,Thirumala,Pattom.
Vyapaara Bhavans can be constructed in these sites to promote small business.
A marine-drive or nicely lit walk-way from Shangumukham to Veli lake.

Speedy process to santions for proposed Malls (rather than constructing own mall).

Junkar Services or Kadathu accross main rivers in the city,where bridges are not there.

Proposals and Land identification for New Industrial Estates in city suburbs to create new jobs.

Improving the conditions of corporation roads.,.....

first of all, corporation should hand over the assignment of putting modern streetlighting in all roads owned by it to private sector (with permission for advertisement on the streetlight poles). Preference should be given to vellayambalam-thycaud stretch the first four laned stretch in the city which still lies without good streetlighting.

1 റഹ്മാനിയ (പണ്ടത്തെ പേര് കേത്തൽ) , ടെണ്ടർ ചിക്കനും ചപ്പാത്തിയും നാരങ്ങ വെള്ളം ബ്രാഞ്ച് എറണാകുളത്തും കോഴിക്കോടും തുടങ്ങിയിട്ടുണ്ട്
ചാല മാർക്കറ്റിനകത്ത്,
ഈസ്റ്റ്ഫോർട്ട് പരിസരം

2 മുബാറക്ക് ഹോട്ടൽ,* മീൻ ഐറ്റംസും ഊണും
ശ്രീപത്മനാഭ തീയേറ്ററിനു പിന്നില്*,
ഈസ്റ്റ്ഫോർട്ട് പരിസരം

3 മാഞ്ഞാലിക്കുളം റോഡിലെ ഹൈലാന്റ് ഹോട്ടൽ ബിരിയാണി

4 പടിഞ്ഞാറേ നട(kottakakam ) വെങ്കടേശ ഭവന്* അട അവയല്* (ദോശ + അവയല്*) ,കാര വട

5 ഹോട്ടല്* രാജ - തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തു നിന്നു വെഞാറമ്മൂടു പൊകുന്ന വഴിയില്* വെംബായം ജംഗ്ഷന്* കഴിഞ്ഞാലുടന്* വലതു ഭാഗത്തു ഉച്ചക്കുള്ള ഊണും, ഒപ്പമുള്ള പല തരത്തിലുള്ള മീന്* വിഭവങ്ങളും

6 ഹോട്ടല്* നാരായണ,സ്റ്റാച്യൂ സെക്രട്ടരിയേറ്റില്* ജെനെറല്* ഹോസ്പിറ്റല്* പോകുന്ന വഴി ചിക്കന്* പിരട്ട്

7 ഗുരുവായൂരപ്പന്* (പേര് ഇതാനോന്നു ശെരിക്കും തീര്*ച്ചയില്ല) .. TVM ഗാന്ധാരി അമ്മന്* കോവില്* നു എതിര്*വശം പുളിമൂട് അബ്ദുല്* കലാം TVM ആയിരുന്നപ്പോള്* ഡെയിലി ഫുഡ്* കഴിച്ചിരുന്ന സ്ഥലമാണ്.. ഒരു പാട് പ്രശസ്തരുടെ പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട സ്ഥലം.. ചെറിയ ഹോട്ടല്* ആണ്

8 കൈതമുക്കില്* ഉപ്പിടാംമൂട് പാലം ഇറങ്ങി വരുമ്പോള്* ബാലണ്ണന്റെ തട്ടുകട ചിക്കന്* ഫ്രൈ

9 തിരുവനന്തപുരത്ത് കൈതമുക്കില്* (പാസ്പോര്*ട്ട്* ഓഫീസ്) കരാള്* കടക്കു എതിര്*വശം ഒരു ചെറിയ ഹോട്ടല്* കഞ്ഞി പയര്* ചമ്മന്തി ബീഫ്

10 കിളിമാനൂര്* (TVM മഹാദേവ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിനു എതിര്*വശം ഒരു സദ്യാലയം ഉണ്ട് (മഹാദേവ വിലാസം സദ്യാലയം എന്നാണ് പേര് എന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു ഉച്ചക്ക് മാത്രം ഊണ് മാത്രമേ കിട്ടൂ.. വളരെ പ്രശസ്തമാണ്...ടീവിയിലും പത്രങ്ങളിലുമൊക്കെ വന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഊണ് എന്ന് പറയുമെങ്ങിലും ഒരു സദ്യ പോലെ തന്നെ വാഴയിലയില്* എല്ലാ കറികളും ഉണ്ടാവും (ചില ദിവസങ്ങളില്* പായസവും)

11 വെമ്പായം കന്യാകുളങ്ങര (കിളിമാനൂര്*-തിരുവനന്തപുരം റൂട്ടില്*) മാര്*ക്കറ്റിനു സമീപം 'കൊച്ച്' റസ്റ്ററന്റ് നാടന്* കോഴിക്കറി,മട്ടന്* മസാല, ലിവര്* മസാല

12 അമ്പലപ്പാട്ട്' മസാലദോശ (ഇവിടുത്തെ ഇഞ്ചിയൊക്കെ ചേര്*ത്ത കട്ടിച്ചമ്മന്തിയാണ്* സൂപ്പര്*)
പട്ടത്ത് LIC ഓഫീസിന്* എതിര്*വശം

13 ശ്രീലക്ഷ്മിനാരായണ, ദോശ ഐറ്റംസ്
അരിസ്റ്റോ ജംഗ്ഷനു ശേഷം, കൈരളി തിയേറ്റര്* എത്തുന്നതിന്* മുന്*പ്, ബാറിനു സമീപമായി.

14 ഹോട്ടല്* മുരളി, ഊണ്*
മാഞ്ഞാലിക്കുളം റോഡില്*, ഗുരുവായൂരപ്പന്* ഹോട്ടലിന്* എതിര്*വശം

15 നെടുമങ്ങാട് ടാക്സി സ്റ്റാന്റിന്റെ പുറകിലായി അസീസിന്റെ തട്ടുകട തട്ടു ദോശയ്ക്കും പെറോട്ടയ്ക്കും ഒപ്പം ചിക്കൻ / ബീഫ് ഫ്രൈകൾ (വെളിച്ചെണ്ണയിൽ വറുത്തു കോരുന്നവ. അണ്ടിപ്പരിപ്പ് എന്നിവ ചേർത്ത് ക്യൂ നിൽക്കേണ്ടിവരും. ഒരു ചെരിയ ടെക്സ്റ്റൈൽ ഷോപ്പ് എടുത്താണ് നടത്തുന്നത്. അതിന്റെ കൌണ്ടറുകളിൽ ഇലയിട്ടാണ് കഴിക്കേണ്ടത്. അത്യാവശ്യം നല്ല ചൂടുണ്ടാവും.

16 വെള്ളയമ്പലത്ത് ബുറാക്ക്, സാൽവഡൈൻ കോഴി പൊരിച്ചത്, ഗ്രിൽഡ് ചിക്കൻ, തന്തൂരി ചിക്കൻ

17 വെള്ളയമ്പലത്തെ തട്ടുകടകൾ തട്ടുദോശ, ചപ്പാത്തി, പൊറോട്ട, ബീഫ്, കോഴിക്കറി, കടലക്കറി

18 പ്രസ്ക്ലബിനടുത്തുള്ള ന്യൂ മീൻ വിഭവങ്ങൾ
മുബാറക്ക് ഹോട്ടൽ

19 സംസം ഹോട്ടൽ, MLA ഹോസ്റ്റെലിനു എതിര്* വശത്തു ഷവര്**മ, ഐസ് ക്രീംസ്/ഡസ്സര്*ട്സ്

20 സഫാരി ബാര്*, ഓവർബ്രിഡ്ജിനും ആയുർവേദകോളജിനുമിടയിൽ, എസ്, എം വി സ്കൂളിനു നേരെ ഓപ്പോസിറ്റ് ബീഫ് ഡ്രാഗൺ. ഡീപ് ഫ്രൈ ആക്കി തരാൻ പറയണം. -വൈറ്റ്- ഗ്രീൻ ചില്ലി സ്ലൈസ് ചെയ്തിട്ടത്

21 ബുഹാരി ഹോട്ടൽ, അട്ടക്കുളങ്ങര , മട്ടന്* ഐറ്റംസും പുട്ടും,
ഈസ്റ്റ്ഫോർട്ട് പരിസരം പോത്ത് (രാത്രി 8 മണി കഴിഞ്ഞു മാത്രം)

22 പാളയത്തെ എം.എൽ.എ. ഹോസ്റ്റൽ കാന്റീൻ കഞ്ഞി, പയർ, പപ്പടം, ചമ്മന്തി സ്പെഷ്യൽ

23 തിരുവനന്തപുരം-നെയ്യാടിന്കര റോഡില്* വെടിവേച്ചന്* കോവില്* നു പുറകില്* ഉള്ള റോഡിലെ വീടുകള്* മുറുക്ക്,അച്ചപ്പം,നെയ്യപ്പം,ഉണ്ണിയപ്പം

24 "പത്തായം",ബേക്കറി ജങ്ക്ഷന്*-വഴുതക്കാട് റോഡില്* പ്രകൃതി ഭക്ഷണ ശാല

25 കിഴക്കേകോട്ടയിലെ ഹോട്ടൽ പാരഡൈസ്, ബുഹാരി ഹോട്ടലിന്റെ എതിർവശത്ത് പുട്ടു, മട്ടൻ* കറികൾ, പപ്പടം പാതിരാത്രി തുറന്നിരിക്കും

26 ടെക്നോപാർക്കിനടുത്ത് രണ്ട് കിലോമീറ്റർ മാറി മൺ*വിളയിൽ ഒരമ്മാവൻ നടത്തുന്ന ഹോട്ടൽ 'പ്രഗില' ഊൺ സ്പെഷൽ

27 ഹോടല്* ബിസ്മി, ബാലരാമപുരം മട്ടന്* ചാപ്സ്,ലിവര്* ഫ്രൈ

28 അലാ കാർട്ട, എം ജി കോളേജിനു സമീപം ബിരിയാണി

29 കഴക്കുട്ടത്ത് "ദരിയ" ബിരിയാണി

30 കഴക്കുട്ടത്ത് മാളൂസ് കാടഫ്രൈ

31 പോങ്ങന്മൂട് ജങ്ക്ഷനില്* ഒരു ചായക്കട. next to the bakery when you go from Kazhakootam to city നല്ല പുട്ടും രസവടയും പയറും മൊട്ടയും പഴോം ചായേം കിട്ടും.

32 വെള്ളിയാഴ്ചക്കാവ്, ഫാമിലി കള്ളുഷാപ്പ്
വര്*ക്കല

33 പി എം ജി ജംക്ഷനിൽ നിന്ന് പ്ലാമൂട്ടേയ്ക്കു പോകുന്ന വഴിയിലെ ഒരു കുഴിയിലെ ഹോട്ടൽ റെജു ബീഫ് ഫ്രൈ

34 TVM പ്ലാമൂട് ജങ്ക്ഷനില്* ഒരു ചെറിയ ഹോട്ടല്* ഉണ്ട് (സുബൈദ എന്നോ മറ്റോ ആണ് പേര്). ഊണ് നല്ലതാണ്.. കപ്പ ഫ്രീ ആണ്. മൊത്തത്തില്* തനി നാടന്* മുസ്ലിം restaurent രുചി ആണ്

35 വഴിയോരക്കട,എം.സി റോഡില്* (നിലമേല്* ജങ്ങ്ഷനും കിളിമാനൂര്* ജങ്ങ്ഷനും ഇടയില്*) താറാവിറച്ചിയും മീന്*തലയും ഒക്കെ കിട്ടും,ചീനിയും നാടന്* കോഴിയും ആണ് സ്പെഷ്യല്*

36 ധന്യാ, രെ*മ്യാ തിയറ്ററുകൾ കഴിഞ്ഞ് കുറച്ചുകൂടി പോവുമ്പോൾ ഓപ്പൺഹൌസ് എന്നൊരു കട പൊറോട്ടയും ചിക്കൻ ഫ്രൈയും,ചില്ലി ചിക്കന്* വഴുതക്കാട് ആകാശവാണിക്ക് അടുത്ത് ഒരു ബ്രാഞ്ചും കൂടി ഉണ്ട്

37 തിരുവനന്തപുരത്ത്*, ചെല്ലം അംബ്രല്ലാ മാര്*ട്ടിനും, പാര്*ത്ഥാസ് ഷോ റൂമിനും നടുക്കായി ഒരു ഇടവഴി ഉണ്ട്. അവിടെ സൌരാഷ്ട്രാ എന്നൊരു ഹോട്ടല്* പൂരിയും ചായയും

38 തിരുവനന്തപുരത്ത് നിന്ന് എൻ എച് വഴി കൊല്ലത്തേക്കുള്ള ഭാഗത്ത് ആറ്റിങ്ങൽ ടൌൺ കഴിഞ്ഞ് രണ്ട് കിലോമീടർ മാറീയാൽ ആലംകോട് “സെന്റർ ഹോട്ടൽ” മട്ടൺ സ്പെഷ്യൽ

39 കരമന ജങ്ക്ഷനില്* നിന്ന്, നെടുങ്കാട് പോകുന്ന റോഡില്*, വലതു വശത്ത് ആദ്യത്തെ കട... തമ്പി അണ്ണന്റെ കട രസവട, പുട്ട്+പയറ്/കടലക്കറി/കിഴങ്ങു കറി

40 തളിയല്* മഹാദേവ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ മുന്*പില്* ഹോട്ടല്* മഹാദേവ, കരമന SSLPS സ്കൂളിന്റെ മുന്നിലുള്ള ശ്രീനിവാസ ഹോട്ടല്*, അതിനടുത് തന്നെ (നെല്സ്ന്റെ പച്ചക്കറി കടയുടെ അടുത്ത കട) ഹോട്ടല്* ഗായത്രി, ഇറക്കം കഴിയുന്നിടത്ത് ഹോട്ടല്* അന്നപൂര്*ണ്ണ. കരമന ശിവന്* കോവില്* കഴിഞ്ഞു അരശുംമൂട്ടിലേക്ക് പോകുന്ന വഴിക്ക് വലതു വശത്ത് ആശാന്റെ കടയിലെ വടകള്*, ബജികള്* രസവട

41 സ്റ്റാച്യൂവിലെ തട്ടുകട ചായ

42 കയ്മനം ടി.വി.എസ് കഴിഞ്ഞ് ഹോണ്ടയുടെ മുന്നില്* നോര്**ത്തിന്ത്യന്* തട്ടുകട ഫ്രൈഡ് റൈസ്,ചാട് ഐറ്റം*സ്

43 ഗായത്രി ഹോടല്*, പേട്ട പള്ളിമുകളില്* പോലീസ്*സ്റ്റേഷനു ഓപസിറ്റ് ഒറ്റമുറികടയാണ്

44 സാഗര, ' വഴുതയ്ക്കാട്* ശാന്താബേക്കറിക്കടുത് സീഫുഡ് സ്പെഷൽ... പൊടിമീൻ വറുത്തത്*, മീന്മുട്ട ഓമ്ലെറ്റ് എന്നിവ ഫെവറൈറ്റ്

45 ഹോട്ടല്* സിന്ദൂര്*, വഴുതയ്ക്കാട്*

46 പഴവങ്ങാടിയിൽ അജന്താ തീയറ്ററിലേക്ക് തിരിയുന്നടത്ത്, അന്നപൂർണ്ണ ഹോട്ടലിന്റെ മുകൾനിലയിൽ ആകാശ് ഹോട്ടല് പൊറോട്ടയും ചിക്കൻ*ചില്ലിഫ്രൈയും പ്രശസ്തം

47 കഴക്കൂട്ടം എസ്.ബി.ടിയുടെ പിന്**വശത്ത് മലങ്കര ഹോട്ടല്* നല്ല എരിവും പുളിയും സ്വാദുമുള്ള മദ്ധ്യകേരളം ഊണിനു നല്ലതാണ് പാര്*ക്കിങ് സൗകര്യവുമുണ്ട്.

48 നാഷണല്* ഹോട്ടല്*,കഴക്കൂട്ടം പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിനു എതിര്*വശം

49 കഴക്കൂട്ടം പോലീസ് സ്റ്റേഷനു നേരെ എതിർവശത്ത് ഒരു ദോശക്കട , ദോശ,പപ്പടം,കിഴങ്ങ് കറി,തക്കാളിക്കറി,ഉപ്പും മുളകും,പപ്പടം,പയർ,തൈര് വട,രസ വട....ദോശ പ്രേമികൾക്ക് പറ്റിയ ഹോട്ടൽ,ദോശ മാത്രമേ കിട്ടൂ രാവിലെയും ഉച്ചക്കും ഒക്കെ പോയാൽ അൽ*പ്പം വെയ്റ്റ് ചെയ്യേണ്ടി വരും അത്രക്ക് തിരക്കാണു

50 പാര്*ക്ക് രാജധാനി,ഉള്ളൂര്* ബുഫെ (179/- ഒരാള്**ക്ക്)

51 ബ്രദേഴ്**സ് ഹോട്ടല്* - പേരൂര്*ക്കട. കവലയില്* തന്നെ ബീഫ്* കറി

52 പ്ലാമൂട്. സോണി സര്*വീസ് സെന്റര്* ഇരിക്കുന്ന റോഡില്* അവിടുന്ന് സ്വല്*പം മുന്നോട്ട് പോയാല്* വലതുഭാഗത്തായി ഒരു വീട് കടയാക്കി മാറ്റിയത് ഊണും മീനും. നെത്തോലി (കൊഴുവ) പീരയോ വറുത്തതോ ഒക്കെ കിട്ടും.

TAAZ, a San Diego, California based technology company is starting an IT / Software Division in Trivandrum.

Source (http://wp.me/p1Mzly-1X0)

Thiruvananthapuram to get tunnel view of engineering marvel

Soon there will be more avenues for people to spend quality leisure time in and around the city.

Kerala Water Authority (KWA) is planning to construct a water works museum at Jalabhavan in Vellayambalam, as well as open to public two more British-era underground tunnels manned by them. It also has plans to develop and beautify adjacent areas of Aruvikkara and Peppara dams.

According to KWA officials, the move is part of the efforts to establish a link between water authority and the tourism department. "The water works museum will showcase miniature models of various water management schemes. It is part of the water circuit programme supported by the Union ministry," said KWA (south) chief engineer Krishnakumar K P.

According to Krishnakumar, the KWA plan to open the underground tunnels in front of the Salvation Army complex at Kowdiar and Peroorkada is part of a Central government-assisted initiative. The tunnels are 100-150 meters long. One such tunnel on Museum-Vellayambalam Road was opened to public during the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Wellington Water Works here in 2009.

The three tunnels and the water distribution system they house continue to remain a technological marvel even 75 years after they were commissioned. The most astonishing is the water distribution system that has been designed to derive force from earth's gravity to draw water.

The Central government has sanctioned (administrative) Rs 1.84 crore for the circuit project. KWA is planning to set up an open air auditorium at the maidan near Aruvikkara reservoir and beautify the park at the site. At Peppara, a viewing plaza and a walkway will be constructed.

Rs 26-crore project for fishing net factory

The State’s third fishing net factory will come up in Thiruvananthapuram, Ports and Fisheries Minister K Babu informed the Assembly on Wednesday. The factory will be established at a cost of ` 26 crore.

The project is being implemented through Matsyafed. The State Government had earmarked ` 2 crore for this project in the annual budget, and Matsyafed chalked out a detailed proposal for the ` 26-crore project.

Of the total amount, ` 23 crore will come as grant from the Centre’s Rashtreeya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), ` 2 crore from the State and ` 1 crore from Matsyafed funds.

The existing two factories in Kochi and Azheekal manufactured 450 tonnes of net last year. But this met only half of the requirement, prompting the Government to plan a third factory. The Government is on the lookout for land for establishing the factory, the Minister said

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article564963.ece

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Third Woodland showroom to come up at Pulimoodu after pattom and pazhavangadi.

Cactus boutique opened at press road

'Subway' near styleplus will get open by next week.

Actress Shrithi Hassan will inaugurate the 4000sqft ladies boutique and accessories showroom near styleplus on july21st.

New showroom of 'Mummy and Me' to start in the space of old 'Koutons showroom' near SMV school.

Exclusive Tata Nano dealer opened at Nedumangad, Kallingal Autos.

Work on 'MALL OF JOY' will start behind the existing joy alukkas showroom at Eastfort by October. Design is ready and waiting for approvals. They have 1.3acres there and will demolish the existing temporary structure.

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Great news as always from you :applause:

Third Woodland showroom to come up at Pulimoodu after pattom and pazhavangadi.

Cactus boutique opened at press road

'Subway' near styleplus will get open by next week.

Actress Shrithi Hassan will inaugurate the 4000sqft ladies boutique and accessories showroom near styleplus on july21st.

New showroom of 'Mummy and Me' to start in the space of old 'Koutons showroom' near SMV school.

Exclusive Tata Nano dealer opened at Nedumangad, Kallingal Autos.

Work on 'MALL OF JOY' will start behind the existing joy alukkas showroom at Eastfort by October. Design is ready and waiting for approvals. They have 1.3acres there and will demolish the existing temporary structure.

Adding n to it
Don kno if somebody still remember the spring city center project!!!
They have changed the plan and submitted the new plan for approvals
According to them if evrythin goes fine they will be able to start the work in another 3 months :)

New commercial complex coming up at Ayurveda College Jn

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Condor has started fencing their site at pattom. Anybody has any confirmed news or details about their commercial project? There is confirmed news that LULU has bought the land of Marikkar Motors adjacent to condor property. Can we expect any JV here?

Condor has started fencing their site at pattom. Anybody has any confirmed news or details about their commercial project? There is confirmed news that LULU has bought the land of Marikkar Motors adjacent to condor property. Can we expect any JV here?

Yes, I had seen construction boarding going up before I left on Tuesday. The 2.36 acre Marikar Motors plot has indeed changed hands at what may be the highest price ever paid for a large parcel in Kerala. Dunno if the two Gulf-based majors are getting into a JV or whether they are going it alone on their similar-sized parcels. Condor had been undertaking a redesign of their project for some time now.

Do you know the exact location of "Mall of Joy"?


Third Woodland showroom to come up at Pulimoodu after pattom and pazhavangadi.

Cactus boutique opened at press road

'Subway' near styleplus will get open by next week.

Actress Shrithi Hassan will inaugurate the 4000sqft ladies boutique and accessories showroom near styleplus on july21st.

New showroom of 'Mummy and Me' to start in the space of old 'Koutons showroom' near SMV school.

Exclusive Tata Nano dealer opened at Nedumangad, Kallingal Autos.

Work on 'MALL OF JOY' will start behind the existing joy alukkas showroom at Eastfort by October. Design is ready and waiting for approvals. They have 1.3acres there and will demolish the existing temporary structure.

New commercial complex coming up at Ayurveda College Jn

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nice update dear..but who is gonna to come up with this commercial and wheres the exact location in Ayurveda college...

Do you know the exact location of "Mall of Joy"?

As Shafi mentioned, Alukkas has a large parcel behind the current showroom at Attakulangara. The new project is coming up here and will also include the area of the existing showroom, so should be about 1.5 acres or about 1.6 Lakh SF.

As Shafi mentioned, Alukkas has a large parcel behind the current showroom at Attakulangara. The new project is coming up here and will also include the area of the existing showroom, so should be about 1.5 acres or about 1.6 Lakh SF.

@Ajay, I think, they are going for 2 seperate projects as condor has completed their fencing activity today at their site. Hope we can expect a nice quality shopping area there.

@Ajay, I think, they are going for 2 seperate projects as condor has completed their fencing activity today at their site. Hope we can expect a nice quality shopping area there.

Thanks, Shafi, I heard the same as well. Just to be clear for everyone, Shafi was talking about Pattom, where Condor seems to have started development of its 2+ acre parcel, that is adjacent to the 2.36 acre parcel now owned by Lulu.

Yes, I am sure that Pattom, which already has a retail assortment comparable to M.G.Road will soon catch up and zoom ahead of the Statue-East Fort stretch. Other than Condor and Lulu, Parthas is expected to start work on its new showroom opposite the Kendriya Vidyalaya soon.

All I hope is that the concerned authorities put an end to 15 years of neglect of this arterial road and install median lighting on this 4/6 lane road.

Day View

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Dusk View

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Roof Top Swimming Pool @ Club House

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Unisex Gym and Open Party Area @ Club House

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Where would be the exact location?

As Shafi mentioned, Alukkas has a large parcel behind the current showroom at Attakulangara. The new project is coming up here and will also include the area of the existing showroom, so should be about 1.5 acres or about 1.6 Lakh SF.

Is it the plot adjacent to attakulangara-killipalam bypass near to joy-alukkas's second entry?? I saw some construction works going on there!

found interesting..not sure if i am duplicating
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Vellayambalam - Sasthamangalam Road ^^

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Photo: Anand Balachandran

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Almost a year since the corporation announced an ambitious project to give a new face to the street vendors in the city, the civic body is still on the lookout for companies to implement the scheme. The project was to recognize street vending as legitimate means of livelihood in compliance with the central government policy and to distribute mobile stalls for street vendors.

However, till date the corporation has not been able to zero in on a single company to provide the mobile stalls. "We tried out various designs and finalized on a design prepared by an official of Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL). Although we floated tenders for supplying the models, only five companies turned up," said welfare standing committee chairman Palayam Rajan.

It is learnt that the corporation is yet to give a final shape for the proposal, which is forcing the companies for a rethought. "Unless you lay down the norms and provisions regarding project estimate and cost clearly, none of the companies would take up the project. Also the garbage crisis has affected the project as the ruling council is keener on waste management rather than on any of the projects," said an official . The delay in the implementation of the scheme has meant that street vending continues to pose a major problem for both pedestrians and vehicular traffic. "Even the idea to issue licences to the street vendors has not made much progress. Even if the project to rehabilitate street vendors is to be implemented, the corporation should finalize the list of eligible vendors," an official revealed.

The corporation had also planned to issue health cards for the vendors. Besides, the mobile stalls were to be equipped with a solid waste collection unit. "We are trying to identify the company as soon as possible. The basic concept is to ensure street vending in clean, hygienic conditions," added Rajan.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Project-to-provide-mobile-stalls-for-vendors-hits-roadblock/articleshow/14969605.cms

Awesome Photo... Smart Roads, clean, night; What more.... Go TVM... :cheers:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article3646434.ece
The Kerala Congress has called upon the Union and the State governments to form a development authority for Sabarimala without further delay.Mr. Thomas said the Union government should bear the full cost of the Sabari Rail project.

He stressed the need to explore the possibility of a new railway line between Angamaly and Thiruvananthapuram, via Erumely, Ranni, Pathanamthitta, Konni, Punalur and Nedumangad, for the development of the hill regions.
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Awesome Photo... Smart Roads, clean, night; What more.... Go TVM... :cheers:

True... the change is really impressive

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The change in quality of the roads as from the pictures is amazing. Hope a similar change will happen to all the roads in the state some day.

True... the change is really impressive

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New R&D facility for HLL at Akkulam, ready for inauguration

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Gitanjali Diamonds will soon get opened at Heera Hilife at Keston Rd. We can expect SRK and Bipasha Basu(brand ambassadors) for the inaugural function on dec 2012.

http://www.gitanjaligroup.com/

Pankajakasthuri Properties, a sis concern of Pankajakasthuri group will soon be launching different residential projects in and around the city. The first one to be in MP Appan Rd, Vazhuthacaud and another at poojappura

Cella Properties new project at Thirumala. G+10 Floors

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True... the change is really impressive

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This is super coool!!!

Happen to see book brochure of Rose n colours , a complete lifestyle store for women.Its gonna come up adjacent styleplus ,will be inaugurated by Shruti Hassan on this Saturday.
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US to open business center in Thiruvananthapuram

The US Consulate in Chennai would open American Business Corners in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram to provide further impetus to the US-Kerala bilateral business relations, said Jennifer A McIntyre, US consul general in Chennai, on Tuesday.

Speaking at the interaction meeting organized by the Indo- American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) and the Malabar Chamber of Commerce here, she said the American Business Corners- or ABCs- will be opened in the two cities in September to coincide with the Emerging Kerala Summit. She also announced that the US consulate will participate in the summit and would host a country session on investing in the US. McIntyre said the business centres will act as a resource library to provide basic information on how to invest in the US and would facilitate business linkages between Indian and US firms.

"The centres are collocated with trade groups and businesses in tier II cities outside Chennai. They will also give local businesses contact information to reach our expert commercial services staff," she said.

The first two of these centres were opened by the Foreign Commercial Service under the consulate in Madurai and Coimbatore earlier this year.

Speaking at the function, vice consul Alexis Haftwani said students from India, numbering 1,03,000, made up the second highest international student group in the US after China.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/US-to-open-business-centers-in-KochiThiruvananthapuram/articleshow/15022125.cms

Total built up space - 7 Lakh sqft
GLA - 4.7 Lakh sqft
Management & Operation - Asipac
Promoter - MALABAR COMMERCIAL PLAZA LTD.
Location - Chacka, Trivandrum


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The Management & Operations consultant ASIPAC for this project is well known for their previous Mall ventures which includes the MANTRI Square and Brand Factory in Bangalore.

Total built up space - 7 Lakh sqft
GLA - 4.7 Lakh sqft
Management & Operation - Asipac
Promoter - MALABAR COMMERCIAL PLAZA LTD.
Location - Chakka, Trivandrum



Massive... :cheers::cheers:

The second Showroom from Nippon Toyota getting ready at Eanchakkal in a 1acre plot. Will be a state of art 3S facility.

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Truss work for the new bridge under construction, connecting KIMS North and South Block across the main road towards Southern AIR Command.

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Total built up space - 7 Lakh sqft
GLA - 4.7 Lakh sqft
Management & Operation - Asipac
Promoter - MALABAR COMMERCIAL PLAZA LTD.
Location - Chakka, Trivandrum

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Seems like a very big project. Seeing the perspective I feel, the left side of the building will be extended more towards backside since they have land extended towards that side.

The second Showroom from Nippon Toyota getting ready at Eanchakkal in a 1acre plot. Will be a state of art 3S facility.



Shafi, would you know what showroom is being built next to the BP pump at Thonnakkal?

Truss work for the new bridge under construction, connecting KIMS North and South Block across the main road towards Southern AIR Command.



A skybridge, interesting! Had seen these big truss segments getting unloaded last week and had wondered what they were for.

Originally Posted by Rajesh SM
Total built up space - 7 Lakh sqft
GLA - 4.7 Lakh sqft
Management & Operation - Asipac
Promoter - MALABAR COMMERCIAL PLAZA LTD.
Location - Chakka, Trivandrum

May be a silly question. What is GLA ? Is it "Ground Level Area"?

Thanks for your answer.

Cheers!!!

Total built up space - 7 Lakh sqft
GLA - 4.7 Lakh sqft
Management & Operation - Asipac
Promoter - MALABAR COMMERCIAL PLAZA LTD.
Location - Chakka, Trivandrum


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AWESOME! :banana::banana:

@Kannan, GLA should be Gross Leasable Area. So 4.7 lakh sq ft is available to be rented out; and that is huge.

Gross Leasable Area = Net Leasable Area (Carpet Area of retail units) + Common Area (Atrium et al)

Bhoomi pooja of Oceanus Elite is on 22-Dec-08.Sunny diamonds opening at Pattom on 29-Dec-08http://www.ardm.info/ht3.jpghttp://www.ardm.info/jh88.jpghttp://www.ardm.info/dh6.jpghttp://www.ardm.info/ht7.jpg

Shafi, would you know what showroom is being built next to the BP pump at Thonnakkal?

Mahindra...:)

Mahindra...:)

Gracias!

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Have you been sleeping for the past 3 years??? :nuts:

Seems like a very big project. Seeing the perspective I feel, the left side of the building will be extended more towards backside since they have land extended towards that side.

Shafi,

Is the perspective view for this project available?

Mahindra...:)


As far as I know, this showroom is for commercial vehicles and from concerned sources, it will be a massive showroom for Mercedes Benz Heavy Vehicles ( Bus, Trucks). I dont know whether it is an exclusive one!!!

As far as I know, this showroom is for commercial vehicles and from concerned sources, it will be a massive showroom for Mercedes Benz Heavy Vehicles ( Bus, Trucks). I dont know whether it is an exclusive one!!!
^^
I think it is Autobahn Trucking Corporation of Merc Benz.

Job Openings for the same is listed below:

http://jobsearch.naukri.com/job-listings-Works-Manager-Autobahn-Trucking-Corporation-Pvt-Ltd-Ernakulam-Kochi-Cochin-Trivandrum-6-to-9-years-020112000360

http://jobsearch.naukri.com/job-listings-Parts-Manager-Autobahn-Trucking-Corporation-Pvt-Ltd-Ernakulam-Kochi-Cochin-Trivandrum-6-to-9-years-030112000088

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I think it is Autobahn Trucking Corporation of Merc Benz.

Job Openings for the same is listed below:

http://jobsearch.naukri.com/job-listings-Works-Manager-Autobahn-Trucking-Corporation-Pvt-Ltd-Ernakulam-Kochi-Cochin-Trivandrum-6-to-9-years-020112000360

http://jobsearch.naukri.com/job-listings-Parts-Manager-Autobahn-Trucking-Corporation-Pvt-Ltd-Ernakulam-Kochi-Cochin-Trivandrum-6-to-9-years-030112000088

Bharat Benz is expected to launch it's products by September 2012. Wonder whether dealer is the same Autobahn in Mumbai- dealer for Skoda

The second Showroom from Nippon Toyota getting ready at Eanchakkal in a 1acre plot. Will be a state of art 3S facility.

Why a second one so close to the first???

Why a second one so close to the first???

Answer simple...... Market potential and better service.

The UAE consulate at Trivandrum will serve the states Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
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Mathrubhumi

Coast Guard plans air enclave in Trivandrum (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3660524.ece)

The Coast Guard is in consultation with the State government for setting up a “small” air enclave for the force within the Thiruvananthapuram airport to base initially two Dornier maritime recce aircraft and a Chetak search- and-rescue helicopter there.

“We are negotiating for land for the facility and have requested the State to give us a part of the domestic terminal to carry out our operations. We would require a part of the runway and parking space for our air assets … With the induction of new aircraft, the facility could further expand,” a top Coast Guard official told The Hindu .

The proposal is in view of the increasing need for air surveillance along the State’s coast. The agency understands that most coastal security establishments are based in Kochi. The air assets, once stationed in Thiruvananthapuram, will help augment coastal security by way of constant aerial surveillance currently being carried out by Naval and Coast Guard maritime reconnaissance aircraft from the naval air station in Kochi. The maritime domain awareness of the force will be tremendously enhanced with the integration of this with the chain of coastal static radars set to come up soon, Coast Guard sources said.

The air enclave in Thiruvananthapuram will be the second for the force in the State, which has already begun setting up a full-fledged air enclave within the Cochin International Airport. “The Union government has sanctioned Rs. 68 crore for the project, executed by the Military Engineer Services in three phases,” said an official.

The agency has acquired 27 acres of land in the area in which the air enclave, full with the operational base and supplementary facilities, will take shape over a 10-acre area. The 17-acre adjoining this has been earmarked for the Coast Guard “married accommodation project” for its personnel.

Simultaneously, the agency is seeking to augment its infrastructure at Vizhinjam, where it hopes to provide married accommodation facility for its personnel deployed in Thiruvananthapuram. “If the proposed container terminal here becomes a reality, we will have to further bolster our presence in Vizhinjam given its significance,” the official added.

Currently, the force operates two interceptor boats to secure the waters off Thiruvananthapuram. Another mammoth project for the Coast Guard, the setting up of a state-of-the-art training academy at Azhikkal in north Kerala at an estimated cost of Rs. 800 crore, is awaiting final clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Security.

Coast Guard plans air enclave in Trivandrum (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3660524.ece)

“If the proposed container terminal here becomes a reality, we will have to further bolster our presence in Vizhinjam given its significance,” the official added.



Shouldnt it be When and not If

Its good that the Coast Guard increases the presence in TVM. As soon as Vizhinjam develops, the presence will definitely be scaled up.

Shouldnt it be When and not If

Its good that the Coast Guard increases the presence in TVM. As soon as Vizhinjam develops, the presence will definitely be scaled up.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the ICG is skeptical, considering the way things have been going in the last two years or so.

Once the deep water port does come up, the Navy would also be stepping up its presence in Trivandrum, given its strategic importance from the perspective of control in the Indian Ocean region, where China has been trying to muscle in for a while now through its "string of pearls" set of naval bases.

Got this info from State Environment Impact Assessment Authority website on a new Commercial Complex project along NH Bypass and bordering TS Canal. From the location details this doesn't look like Travancore Mall, but something new. Any idea? Shafi, RajeshSM and co?

www.seiaakerala.org/

Since this has been submitted to SEIAA I presume it would not be another of those small and ubiquitous run-of-the-mill commercial complexes.

Application for obtaining environmental clearance for the proposed construction of a Commercial Complex Project at Village Pettah, Taluk Thiruvananthapuram, District Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala by M/s Yespeesons Enterprises (File No: 24/SEIAA/KL/970/2012)

Details:

Since the proposed site is near National Highway the committee raised concern regarding the traffic management. The proponent has provided provisions for entry through NH and exit through the side road of Parvathi Puthanar r. Parking facilities provided in 5th floor and terrace is by way of ramp.

Got this info from State Environment Impact Assessment Authority website on a new Commercial Complex project along NH Bypass and bordering TS Canal. From the location details this doesn't look like Travancore Mall, but something new. Any idea? Shafi, RajeshSM and co?

www.seiaakerala.org/

Since this has been submitted to SEIAA I presume it would not be another of those small and ubiquitous run-of-the-mill commercial complexes.

Application for obtaining environmental clearance for the proposed construction of a Commercial Complex Project at Village Pettah, Taluk Thiruvananthapuram, District Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala by M/s Yespeesons Enterprises (File No: 24/SEIAA/KL/970/2012)

Details:

Anish,

This is for the 'Grand Mall' project promoted by SP group. Currently it is in design process by a renown architect in Kerala .

Total built up space - 7 Lakh sqft
GLA - 4.7 Lakh sqft
Management & Operation - Asipac
Promoter - MALABAR COMMERCIAL PLAZA LTD.
Location - Chacka, Trivandrum

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5605/malloftravancore.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/malloftravancore.jpg/)

Any idea where in Chackai is this coming up ?

^^ Right opposite Airport flyover. Browse the previous pages; the forumers have even posted pix of the site

Anish,

This is for the 'Grand Mall' project promoted by SP group. Currently it is in design process by a renown architect in Kerala .

WOW! Another mall :) Thanks for the info Rajesh

Railways to set up more water plants

(http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article3641433.ece)

Getting packaged drinking water has been a problem for passengers on trains and at railway stations.

Even the Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by T. R. Baalu in its report tabled in the Rajya Sabha in May 2010 had expressed concern that there was a shortage of packaged water on moving trains and that the sale of water bottles was being done without the prescribed manufacturing labels and information about manufacturing and expiry dates. To meet this shortage, the Railway Board will now set up six more water treatment plants across the country.

These plants, which have recently been approved by the Board, will be in addition to three water treatment plants in Delhi, Danapur (Bihar) and Pallor (Tamil Nadu), which jointly produce 3.8 lakh water bottles per day and another plant in Ambernath (Maharashtra) which will become operational by the end of 2013.

These plants, which produce “ Rail Neer” , are run by the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC).

The six new plants for production of packaged drinking water will be in Ambala, Amethi, Nashik, Mul, Thiruvananthapuram and Farakka.

IRCTC Public Relations Joint General Manager Pradip Kundu accepted that the three plants have been unable to fulfil 20 per cent drinking water needs of the passengers. “The present production of 3.8 lakh bottles per day caters to just less than 20 per cent of the total need.”

Railways to set up more water plants

(http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article3641433.ece)

Getting packaged drinking water has been a problem for passengers on trains and at railway stations.

Even the Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by T. R. Baalu in its report tabled in the Rajya Sabha in May 2010 had expressed concern that there was a shortage of packaged water on moving trains and that the sale of water bottles was being done without the prescribed manufacturing labels and information about manufacturing and expiry dates. To meet this shortage, the Railway Board will now set up six more water treatment plants across the country.

These plants, which have recently been approved by the Board, will be in addition to three water treatment plants in Delhi, Danapur (Bihar) and Pallor (Tamil Nadu), which jointly produce 3.8 lakh water bottles per day and another plant in Ambernath (Maharashtra) which will become operational by the end of 2013.

These plants, which produce “ Rail Neer” , are run by the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC).

The six new plants for production of packaged drinking water will be in Ambala, Amethi, Nashik, Mul, Thiruvananthapuram and Farakka.

IRCTC Public Relations Joint General Manager Pradip Kundu accepted that the three plants have been unable to fulfil 20 per cent drinking water needs of the passengers. “The present production of 3.8 lakh bottles per day caters to just less than 20 per cent of the total need.”

Our demands are for the development of Kochuveli and Nemom station developments and Not some onakka Projects such as Water bottling Plants. If Balu does not want it for his state , then suggest moving it to a more centralized location in the state , keeping in view the policy of the dispensation that has control over the state govt

Not just bottling plant, nemom & Kochuveli but rail medical college, central station to world class and the list goes on.. all remain in paper only.. GoK seems to have no time to push Tvm projects and rail minister seems busy with his pet projects..:bash:

Muthoot Plaza upgradation works going on:
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Yes, I had seen construction boarding going up before I left on Tuesday. The 2.36 acre Marikar Motors plot has indeed changed hands at what may be the highest price ever paid for a large parcel in Kerala. Dunno if the two Gulf-based majors are getting into a JV or whether they are going it alone on their similar-sized parcels. Condor had been undertaking a redesign of their project for some time now.

^^Absolutely correct,bro. Got info from a very reliable source that the price paid by Lulu was 1 crore/cent, ie 236 crores for the parcel !!!! :nuts::nuts::nuts:

^^Absolutely correct,bro. Got info from a very reliable source that the price paid by Lulu was 1 crore/cent, ie 236 crores for the parcel !!!! :nuts::nuts::nuts:

Is it a Mall Project or Hotel ?
2.36 acres is less for a Mall from group like Lulu.

waiting eagerly for atleast 1 mall... :|

^^Absolutely correct,bro. Got info from a very reliable source that the price paid by Lulu was 1 crore/cent, ie 236 crores for the parcel !!!! :nuts::nuts::nuts:

Woaaaa!!!! 1cr per cent ??? thats the top real estate price in the state!!! and 236crore for 2.6 acre is just a galactic sum!!!! Cant imagine how'll it reach in the post VISL era!!:cheers:

Saw few projects for trivandrum in emerging kerala session planned for this septemeber.

This one for commercial complex in trivandrum
http://www.emergingkerala2012.org/pdf/Trade%20&%20Retailing/Commercial%20Complex,%20Trivandrum.pdf

http://www.emergingkerala2012.org/pdf/Trade%20&%20Retailing/Commercial%20Space%20at%20Thampanoor.pdf

Marina at poovar..
http://www.emergingkerala2012.org/pdf/Ports,%20Shipbuilding/Ship%20repairyard%20&%20Marina,%20Poovar.pdf

Hope we find some investor...

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Source: Metro Manorama

Saw few projects for trivandrum in emerging kerala session planned for this septemeber.

Shocking, there are mega-projects worth tens of thousands of Crores in Trivandrum, and this is all they could come up with? A couple of shockingly poor quality project briefs and a single slide pitch? Amazing!!! :applause:

Shocking, there are mega-projects worth tens of thousands of Crores in Trivandrum, and this is all they could come up with? A couple of shockingly poor quality project briefs and a single slide pitch? Amazing!!! :applause:



He saw only a Marina at Poovar,but a Shipyard is also in the list !Aerospace Park at Kadinamkulam and some seaplanes over lakes is mooted :lol:.The Life Science Park,Monorail project and our biggest project Vizhinjam is in the Mega projects column :nuts::nuts: :)

^^ Some projects from Trivandrum that were initially in the list but then removed:

- Technocity
- Veli Tourism project

He saw only a Marina at Poovar,but a Shipyard is also in the list !Aerospace Park at Kadinamkulam and some seaplanes over lakes is mooted :lol:.The Life Science Park,Monorail project and our biggest project Vizhinjam is in the Mega projects column :nuts::nuts: :)

Lol, sure, investors will flock in with untold Billions of dollars at a one-line mention!

Btw, I wonder why Vizhinjam was included in the so-called list long before the bid process even reached the current impasse.

Pankaj Enclave

Type A

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Type B

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Type C

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Type D

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Type E

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Location Map

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Btw, I wonder why Vizhinjam was included in the so-called list long before the bid process even reached the current impasse.

+1. "Maybe for the sake of "somebody" wanting to get a pie from Vizhinjam..:)

http://www.yentha.com/news/view/news/central-govt.-representatives-visit-tagore-theatre
Central Govt. Representatives Visit Tagore Theatre
Jul 25, 2012
A team representing the central government visited and studied the progress on the work being carried out at Tagore Theatre.

The renovation work would add three more cultural venues, including two mini-auditoriums and an open-air amphi theatre to the complex. The theatre would be upgraded with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, acoustic panels, aircraft quality sheets, projection facilities and reflective ceilings. The renovation works would add a total of 7000 sqft to the existing 32000 sqft theatre complex.

Work is expected to be completed by the end of 2014.Tagore theatre is being renovated at a total cost of Rs.47.3 crores, of which, the Centre would be contributingRs.24.6 crores.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Had it shown the fervour to kick off one of its thoughtful proposals in the last budget, the City Corporation could have evaded a lot of rebuke it faced in the stale food scare issue. The Corporation had set apart Rs 50 lakh in the budget to start ‘Cafe Ananthapuri’ hotels, a chain of hotels to be supposedly run by Kudumbashree women promising healthy food at fair prices.
However, in the last many months, the Corporation had forgotten its own proposal, until the food scare woke it up. ‘’The present situation is enough motivation for us and we are thinking of taking the initiative to start at least one hotel. But, you know, it is easier said than done. We need land, we need the resources and we have to keep any possible allegations at bay with regard to choosing the stakeholders and so on,’’ said Deputy Mayor G Happykumar.
The Corporation has been sitting on the proposal, reluctant to take it up owing to the need of land for the project. The local body, which showed the spunk to involve a women-run hotel in its annual budget, however, did not show the nerve to actively follow up on the idea. ‘’The fact is that we had felt the need for such hotels serving good food even at that time. Though we had not expected such a turn of events, we had hoped to set a model in hygiene and affordable price through our hotel,’’ Happykumar said.

It was the Kudumbashree catering units and the Cafe Kudumbashree eateries at some places that had motivated the Corporation to think along the lines of starting a hotel serving fresh food. The plan was to engage a ten-member women unit with the running of the hotel with the assistance of the Corporation. Though a chain of hotels was planned, there has been no move to open even one.
The death of student Sachin Roy Mathew, allegedly after consuming shawarma from a city hotel, has stirred up a hornet’s nest with the Corporation washing its hands of the responsibility of ensuring hygiene and good food in hotels.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tpuram-cafe-ananthapuri-to-start-soon/274957-62-133.html

Perhaps the Corporation would well to do a half-decent job at its core mandate such as urban infrastructure development and services before venturing into fields far outside it such as F&B!

Both the state and local governments are running around like headless chicken. No clue about priorities. Hope God will save his own country.

Meet held on city’s development agenda (http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article577917.ece)

A high-level committee headed by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will have the final word on the recommendations submitted by five sub-committees on the subject of capital city development, sub-committee convener and Health Minister V S Sivakumar said on Friday.

He was addressing a meeting at the Secretariat which discussed the development agenda. Friday’s meeting also discussed issues related to various development zones in the city, preparation of reports for projects that envisage the development process required for another two decades, funding and budget share.

The meeting also discussed traffic systems in developed cities abroad. The development of 42.06 kilometres in Thiruvananthapuram, undertaken by the Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Ltd (TRDCL), is nearing completion. The meeting further discussed the subsequent development of link, radial, inner ring, outer ring and coastal road networks.

A major suggestion put up at the meeting was the appointment of NATPAC and KELTRON as implementation agencies for junction improvement works and signal systems respectively. Cooperation among various agencies was essential in expanding water supply and drainage systems in the city, the meeting said.

Chief Secretary K Jayakumar, who also heads the empowered committee, TRIDA chairman P K Venugopal, INKEL managing director T Balakrishnan, NATPAC director Dr B G Sreedevi, department secretaries and the chief town planner attended.

Thiruvananthapuram: Fresh life is being ‘pumped’ into the much-delayed work of establishing a distribution system for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted water supply scheme in Thiruvananthapuram, and if things go as planned, the entire project should be over here by December this year. The technical bid of a prospective new contractor for the distribution system work was cleared on Tuesday. The financial bid will be opened next week, a top official of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) said.
The work had been hit midway following delays. And the subsequent termination of the original contractor for the work forced the KWA to re-tender it. The JICA-assisted water supply scheme was envisaged in four packages and two have been completed. The fourth is in the final stage, but the third package had presented a severe headache for the KWA. Since pipes were to be laid through the city, KWA had faced stiff opposition from road development agencies as well as telecom services whose cables passed under the roads that were to be cut up.
"In fact, 50 per cent of the work on the distribution system has been completed so far. But now, the District Collector also has assured us that arrangements will be made to ensure that the pipes are laid without trouble,’’ JICA project (Thiruvananthapuram) chief engineer T S Rajendra Babu said.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency-assisted water supply scheme should be ready by December.

^^ - Sajith, could you please make sure that articles that you post have not already been put up by someone else on another thread? Thanks.

^^ - Sajith, could you please make sure that articles that you post have not already been put up by someone else on another thread? Thanks.

Sorry Ajay, i didn't see this in another thread

Sorry Ajay, i didn't see this in another thread

It was posted in the Water Supply, Sewerage and Irrigation thread a couple of days ago. This tends to happen with the number of active threads and formers that we have, let's just do a cursory check going forward. Thanks! :)

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/railways/railways-to-set-up-corporation-to-focus-on-bullet-train-project/articleshow/15250635.cms
Railways to set up corporation to focus on bullet train project 29 Jul, 2012
The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC) will be constituted shortly and focus on execution of the bullet train project, including tendering, pre-feasibility study and awarding contracts, among others, Railway sources here said.

The high speed corridors, considered to be a flagship infrastructure project, has got the nod from the Prime Minister's Office, which has announced a roadmap for implementation of the project.

Besides the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route, the seven other high speed corridors which have got in-principle approval are Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad- Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, Howrah-Haldia, Chennai-Bangalore- Coimbatore-Trivandrum, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Allahabad-Patna and Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Jodhpur.

Except Delhi-Amritsar and Delhi-Jodhpur, pre-feasibility study has been undertaken for all the corridors.

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Pet company of Kerala's leading daily to start a major IT project in Trivandrum. Activities for the same will start with in next two months.

For past six months or so some people were wondering about the so called daily's sudden twist towards the IT projects in Trivandrum. Now every thing is clear :)

Pet company of Kerala's leading daily to start a major IT project in Trivandrum. Activities for the same will start with in next two months.

For past six months or so some people were wondering about the so called daily's sudden twist towards the IT projects in Trivandrum. Now every thing is clear :)

TECOM aano? Rajeshe pedipikalle .. :(

TECOM aano?
:puke:

TECOM aano? Rajeshe pedipikalle .. :(

No need to worry Jomy :). It is not TECOM(EDY)

No need to worry Jomy :). It is not TECOM(EDY)

Thank you Rajesh for the info and clarification. With the success of Leela Infopark, more private players are seeing the potential and importance of being present in Trivandrum. After all, who would want not to have names like Oracle and Capgemini in their tenant list?

Recently heard that a real estate company based in central Kerala whose management is known for not missing any opportunity to belittle and mock at Trivandrum, is now planning a project exclusively for CXOs in the city !!! :)

Pet company of Kerala's leading daily to start a major IT project in Trivandrum. Activities for the same will start with in next two months.

For past six months or so some people were wondering about the so called daily's sudden twist towards the IT projects in Trivandrum. Now every thing is clear :)

:applause::applause: Great news... Am sure that this company will start their IT park in 5-6 acres there. I doubt whether they are starting it in TP Phase III or Technocity.

Things gonna change soon. Even the TVM bashing newspapers are slowly changing their attitude nowadays. Otherwise it would be very difficult for them to survive. :lol:

:applause::applause: Great news... Am sure that this company will start their IT park in 5-6 acres there. I doubt whether they are starting it in TP Phase III or Technocity.

Things gonna change soon. Even the TVM bashing newspapers are slowly changing their attitude nowadays. Otherwise it would be very difficult for them to survive. :lol:

Hmmm....I believe this company was part of the list of allottees of land in Phase III. That said, this firm - if my guess about its identity is correct - has a lot of assets in Trivandrum already, the Capital city has emerged as a dominant base of operations.

Recently heard that a real estate company based in central Kerala whose management is known for not missing any opportunity to belittle and mock at Trivandrum, is now planning a project exclusively for CXOs in the city !!! :)

Kaattu maari veesi thudangiya kaaryam ipozhaayirikkum avarum arinjathu... Anyhow they already lost a good number of customers/business units. But still the market is there, this proposed project will sure be a huge hit... :cheers:

IAF Quarters: Work to begin soon
(http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article580547.ece)

It’s ‘home-making’ time in the city for the youngest command of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

The Southern Air Command (SAC) will soon begin construction of a married accommodation facility for its personnel at Muttathara. The SAC is facing a space crunch with the number of personnel growing over the years, Air Marshal S P Singh, who stepped down as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, SAC, on Tuesday, said.

‘’Our strength has grown. The married accommodation will come up at Muttathara on land allotted to us,’’ he said. Although the youngest command of the Air Force, the SAC has grown in strategic importance over the years and men and equipment are being added to it on a regular basis.

The State Government has earmarked around 20 acres for the IAF on the land at the Muttathara Sewage Farm. It is here that land has been allotted to the fledgling BSF unit also.

The land for the IAF is in exchange for the plot next to the BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (BATL) at Chakkai now occupied by the Signals Unit. BrahMos requires this plot for its second phase development.

ROAD WOES
The SAC has repeatedly requested the Government to get the roads leading to its HQ at Akkulam repaired. The narrow road is in a shambles and the edges have collapsed in many places. Air Marshal Singh said that the issue had been taken up with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as well as Shashi Tharoor MP. ‘’They were extremely positive about the issue,’’ Singh said.

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Source: Malayala Manorama

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Source: Malayala Manorama

We can expect one more station from Kerala soon. :)

Technopark Phase III – 21 Lakh sqft (20 acres approx)


Mall – 3.25 Lakh sqft
Hotel – 2.1 Lakh sqft
IT (4 plots) – 15 Lakh sqft


Technocity – 56.5 Lakh sqft (55 acres approx)


Mall – 5.5 Lakh sqft
IT (4 plots) – 51 Lakh sqft



Infopark Kochi – 11.12 Lakh sqft (10 acres approx)


IT(3 plots) – 11.12 Lakh sqft


Cyberpark (Kozhikode) – 8.17 Lakh qft (10 acres approx)


Mall - 0 .74 Lakh sqft
Hotel – 0.36 Lakh sqft
Residential(2 plots) – 1.3 Lakh sqft
IT(3plots) – 6 Lakh sqft

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In a major boost to the city’s power distribution system, the Union power ministry has decided to include Thiruvananthapuram in the Restructured Accelerated Power Reforms & Development Programme (R-APDRP) mooted by the Centre.

The Rs 50,000-crore project is part of the power ministry’s nationwide pursuit to bring down ATC ( aggregate technical and commercial) losses to 15% in project areas, which translates to over 1,400 towns in the country.

The Union power ministry has allotted Rs 179 crore for introducing the scheme in the capital, according to a press statement issued by Union minister of state for power K C Venugopal here on Sunday. Earlier, Rs 90 crore was allotted by the ministry for implementing the first phase of the project.

The minister said that the capital city can now avail about Rs 269 crore in terms of envisaging and realizing most advanced power distribution schemes. He added that the extent of the scheme which is currently being implemented at Attingal and Varkala will also be enhanced.

The programme aims at bringing revolutionary changes in power transmission like laying underground cables for eletric supply, formation of a common network that establishes connectivity among all electricity offices, a swift system to address the grievances of the consumers and online billing system.

Part A of the programme involves extensive use of IT-related applications to create baseline data of both consumers and infrastructure. Part B will involve strengthening of the physical power distribution infrastructure.

Under the Part A, the quantity of power loss during transmission will be calculated and measures will be devised to regulate the power loss.

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Source: Kaumudi

Efforts on to integrate scientific research in Thiruvananthapuram (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Efforts-on-to-integrate-scientific-research-in-Thiruvananthapuram/articleshow/15381583.cms)

The Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is planning to set up a research park, which will be an advanced inter-disciplinary scientific research centre, in the city.

A high-level committee of scientists and heads of research and development organizations here is chalking out an action plan for the park to be submitted to the government, former KSCSTE executive vice-president A E Muthunayagam told TOI on Saturday.

"With dedicated scientists like Dr V S Jayakumar among others at the leading scientific and research institutes in the city, it will not be difficult to set up an advanced research centre," said Muthunayagam, a veteran ISRO scientist and rocket propulsion expert.

"The recommendations of the committee with an action plan will be forwarded to the government for its nod," KSCSTE executive vice-president Prof V N Rajasekharan Pillai said.

Currently, independent research is being carried out by various scientific organizations in the city and efforts are on to integrate these research activities, said Dr Jayakumar, a committee member and reader with the department of physics at the Mar Ivanios College. "The park will enable advanced research through institutional collaboration," he added.

Plans are afoot to set up a research park in city

Efforts on to integrate scientific research in Thiruvananthapuram (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Efforts-on-to-integrate-scientific-research-in-Thiruvananthapuram/articleshow/15381583.cms)

The Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is planning to set up a research park, which will be an advanced inter-disciplinary scientific research centre, in the city.

A high-level committee of scientists and heads of research and development organizations here is chalking out an action plan for the park to be submitted to the government, former KSCSTE executive vice-president A E Muthunayagam told TOI on Saturday.

"With dedicated scientists like Dr V S Jayakumar among others at the leading scientific and research institutes in the city, it will not be difficult to set up an advanced research centre," said Muthunayagam, a veteran ISRO scientist and rocket propulsion expert.

"The recommendations of the committee with an action plan will be forwarded to the government for its nod," KSCSTE executive vice-president Prof V N Rajasekharan Pillai said.

Currently, independent research is being carried out by various scientific organizations in the city and efforts are on to integrate these research activities, said Dr Jayakumar, a committee member and reader with the department of physics at the Mar Ivanios College. "The park will enable advanced research through institutional collaboration," he added.

Plans are afoot to set up a research park in city

Encouraging news. Let it be a stepping stone and a boost to bring the knowledge city to our place.

Cheers!!!

Corporation’s radio tagging project to cover other departments too (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Corporations-radio-tagging-project-to-cover-other-departments-too/articleshow/15381675.cms)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The service of radio frequency identification system (RFID) of the city corporation, which was originally intended to monitor waste collection in households, may now be used by KSEB, KWA or police department.

As per the original project, the cleanwell workers in the city were to be equipped with readers with the help of which the corporation would be able to monitor their attendance at different homes every day. However the project failed to take off once the waste collection came to a halt in the city following the closure of garbage treatment plant at Vilappilsala in December 2011.The corporation has almost completed the installation of RFID tags in about two lakh households in various wards.

The Information technology department of the corporation is now preparing a new project which will open up the benefits of RFID tags to other departments. "We will go ahead with the project even though its main objective has to be revised. KSEB, KWA or police can avail of the benefits of RFID tags now. For instance, the departments can procure their readers at a very cheap rate and monitor their employees when they attend to the grievances of the public," said an IT official.

Deputy mayor G Happy Kumar said that the project was diverted in such a manner that any department that provides essential services to the city residents could make use of it. "The corporation plans to tie-up with other departments so that the ambit of the entire project can be widened. Since the entire cost is being met by the corporation the other departments will be free of any kind of financial burden," he said.

The corporation is also keen on preparing a data base, which could be maintained in such a manner that the police department can have immediate access to the information regarding the details of residents in a particular household within the city limit. "A central server will soon be installed at the corporation office. We will feed the server with data regarding the essential details of residents in a household. A bylaw will be introduced by means of which those who rent out their houses to tenants will have to furnish the details in the corporation office, every time the owner lends the house to a new occupant," the official explained.

The Rs 1.25-crore project is expected to play a key role in assisting the police with regard to keeping a tab on criminals who occupy houses in the city. "Once the system is ready, the city police can have access to the corporation server and they can avail of certain basic information on the occupant of a particular house," added the official.

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Kochi: If everything goes well, the work of the ambitious Rs 1.8 lakh-crore high speed rail corridor project from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod will begin by January 2014. It will take eight years to complete the project. The first phase of the project from Thiruvananthapuram to Ernakulam, with an estimated cost of Rs 45,000 crore, will be completed in five years.
Another three years are required to complete the project from Ernakulam to Mangalore, T Balakrishnan, chairman and managing director, Kerala High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (KHSRCL), has said. He was talking to reporters at a function organised on the INKEL (Infrastructure Kerala Limited) campus in Angamaly on Thursday. “The survey for the project is in progress. Tunnels have been planned in cities for the project,” he said.
“We are hopeful of completing the project without much protest so that Kerala will be the first state in the country to implement high-speed rail. Japanese Shinkansen technology is being used for the project and it will be accident-free,” he added.

On completion, the high-speed rail will enable people to travel from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod in 142 minutes, covering a distance of 526 km. “Thrissur will be a common hub station for the high speed rail project and the proposed rail corridor project from Chennai to Thiruvananthapuram,” Balakrishnan said.
There will be eight stations between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod - Kollam, Chengannur, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Thirur, Kozhikode and Kannur for the high speed train. An estimated time of 43 minutes is required for the bullet train to reach Kochi from Thiruvananthapuram.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tpuram-work-on-high-speed-rail-corridor-to-begin-in-2014/280934-62-133.html

Two HSR links to Tvm sanctioned by planning commission & PMO as per below report.^^

I welcome both Kerala and India HSR running in seperate alignments serving different target segments instead of some stupid proposal to club these two by some vested interests..:)

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http://www.yentha.com/news/view/1/keralas-high-speed-dilemma
Kerala's High Speed Dilemma
The state is expected to get not one, but two high speed rail links, with Trivandrum being the terminal point for both | Mukesh Venu Aug 08, 2012
Kerala’s road system is grossly inadequate to hold the brimming vehicular traffic growing at the rate of 10% per annum. High density of population, a narrow land strip (30 – 120 km in width), and an extended shore line of 560 kilometres make the state perfectly suited for a high-speed rail link.

The Kerala High Speed Rail Corporation was formed in September 2011, to speed up the initial works on the proposed Rs.1.18 lakh crore high-speed rail corridor between Trivandrum and Kasargod.

The central government has also envisioned a similar project with steps being taken to form a National High Speed Rail Corporation to expedite the ambitious task of creating a high speed rail corridor linking seven major regions in the country. Trivandrum is also part of the project, with the city being included in the Chennai – Bangalore – Coimbatore – Trivandrum corridor

Both the projects have been given clearance by the Planning Commission and the Prime Minister's office. :cheers: The trains from the two separate projects are proposed to have their terminal stations at Trivandrum, the oldest functioning station building in India, which already stands choked under the bursting rail traffic.
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The trains from the two separate projects are proposed to have their terminal stations at Trivandrum, the oldest functioning station building in India, which already stands choked under the bursting rail traffic[/B].
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The new rail system will use existing railway infrastructure, I think, is a mere conjecture of the reporter. This will be more clear as the project evolves.

I guess reporter meant terminus for both HSR rail links @ existing Tvm rail station & good if so. Tvm is best suited for a full fledged HSR terminus due to being southmost city of India.

India HSR, by all likelihood, may choose existing rail stations as HSR terminus for easy interchange & Tvm may be no exception. For instance,Ahmedabad-Pune HSR seem to go for HSR terminals at existing railway stations only though Mumbai location seem not finalised.

Lol, the entire thing is a wild day dream. So better not hold our breath till it happens! :lol:

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Shot Using Nokia C7 (http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6791/nokiac7.jpg) on 11.08.2012

I do not know whether someone posted this already or not...


Thiruvananthapuram new gateway to India

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God’s Own Country will soon become the fifth gateway to India for holidaymakers from 11 countries who can get tourist visa on arrival (T-VoA) as the international airport here will join the airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata in issuing this passport to a dream vacation.

Citizens of Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia can get T-VoA. The Union Ministry of External Affairs has approved it for the citizens of France, Germany and Russia, and nod from the Bureau of Immigration (BOI), which functions under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, is awaited.

Being introduced as part of a plan of the Union Ministry of Tourism to double the number of foreign tourists visiting the country in three or four years, T-VoA is expected to give a fillip to the burgeoning tourism sector of Kerala. The State registered 7,32,985 foreign tourist arrivals in 2011, earning Rs. 4,221.99 crore in foreign exchange. The recently unveiled tourism policy of the State targets 30 lakh foreign tourist arrivals by 2021.

The Airports Authority of India has informed the State government about the move to introduce the visa. The authority, which manages the airport, has informed the BOI that it is ready to allocate a facilitation centre, an exclusive visa desk, facilities for taking photographs of the visiting foreign nationals, a foreign exchange counter, a holding area, signboards and other infrastructure at the international terminal, official sources told The Hindu.

Thiruvananthapuram figures along with Goa and Bangalore on the shortlist of the BOI for granting T-VoA. Since the AAI has informed the bureau that the facilities sought are in place, T-VoA is expected to be introduced soon, sources said.

The bureau has approached the State police to get officials of the rank of sub-inspector deputed to the visa desk.

A tourist can get a visa on arrival with a maximum validity of 30 days. BOI norms say the objectives of the visit should only be recreation, sightseeing and meeting friends or relatives and no other purpose or activity. Those applying for the visa should not have a residence or occupation in India and should hold a passport with minimum six-month validity.

It's already been poster on the TIA thread.

DOMINOS PIZZA'S NEW OUTLET OPENING SOON AT SUN SAPPHIRE, KESAVADASAPURAM, NEAR TO F.C.I. OFFICE..

Civic body to set up multi-level parking facility at Thampanoor

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city corporation has finalized a proposal for setting up a multi-level parking facility at Thampanoor. The work on the project, to be implemented in cooperation with the state government, is expected to be launched by December, officials said.

"We have already held talks with the state government in this regard. The project has been included in the list of schemes to be implemented under the 12th five year plan," said Thampanoor councilor R Harikumar.

The corporation has set aside Rs 50 lakh from this year's plan fund for the project. Officials said that the corporation will undertake the project on a 'build, operate and transfer' (BOT) mode. "It will be a five-storey parking facility. Although parking will be our first priority, we will also look at other options like setting up small shopping centres within the building. This could turn out to be an additional source of income for the corporation," said deputy mayor G Happy Kumar.

The project proposal will now be sent to the chief town planner (CTP) to effect necessary changes with regard to space requirements and land area. "Once it is approved by the CTP, the corporation will initiate the tendering process. We are looking at expert private builders to undertake the scheme," added Happy Kumar.

The present parking area at Thampanoor was handed over to the corporation by the railways in return for a building near the railway station. "While handing over the land, the railways had allotted Rs 1.25 crore for setting up a good parking facility there. However, the city corporation could not utilize the funds according to plans since it had to be diverted for other purposes. With the city's main railway station and bus station both located at Thampanoor, it is essential to have a multi-storey parking facility there. The corporation will take steps to get the project rolling at the earliest," said Harikumar.

The initial estimate of the project will be jointly met by the corporation and the state government.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Civic-body-to-set-up-multi-level-parking-facility-at-Thampanoor/articleshow/15525698.cms

a parking space is really the need of the hour at thampanoor,east fort area

HEERA HOMES IS ALL SET TO LAUNCH THEIR NEW PROJECT "HEERA RESIDENCY" NEAR TO KIMS HOSPITAL

a parking space is really the need of the hour at thampanoor,east fort area

Unlike many others, cities in Kerala are constrained by relatively narrow roads. It would be a good idea to have multi level parking spaces developed at key locations, across the city.

Technocity master plan ready
(http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/article3786128.ece)

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The picturesque campus, located in 450 acres of land at Pallippuram, is conceived as an integrated IT township, offering IT/ITes infrastructure, residential apartments, shopping malls with multiplexes, hospitals, hotels, educational institutions and other support facilities.

Technocity will have up to 30-million-square-feet built-up space with multiple buildings for its tenant organisations. The estimated investment will be around Rs,5,000 crore.

The campus would focus on areas other than IT, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, high-end manufacturing and research and development, an official press note said

Change in design of Confident Phoenix III, Trivandrum

Confident Phoenix III

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The new one
G + 16 floors
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New launches from Confident Group

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^^

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source : http://www.technoparktoday.com/technocity-master-plan-ready/

The Technopark Masterplan apparently seems to not use the area effectively.
In my opinion ,a sector form of architecture (similar to Chandigarh) would have been better.
Provision for Railway Station / Mono Rail station (near by Technocity).
Long Distance/Interstate Volvo and Local Busstation/Stop,bus route,a green patch/park/joggers track,Common Effluent Treatment Plant...would have been better.
One of the sector can be dedicated to civil aminities...Hospital,Post Office,Police Station,Fire,Town Hall,Trivandrum Corporation Office Extention,........another sector for shopping,Multiplex,Hotel.... and so on,...
A minimum vertical space utilisation should be done atleast for 8 floors for all the buildings.
At least one of the building in technocity should be the tallest in Trivandrum.(40 floor +)
All buildings should have atleast 2 floors at top or under ground for parking.

SFS homes all set to launch its SFS Mall in Trivandrum.
Bhoomipooja scheduled on tomorrow(19.08.2012).

Is there any plan for Heera to build a hitech mall in Trivandrum similar to the proposed Highlife mall in Kochi???
According to current market scenario & huge boom in the IT & realty sector, there is a great demand for malls in Trivandrum.
Also, Heera is known for the delivering things with quality and within stipulated time and the Trivandrumites have acknowledged this as well. So we are expecting a great surprise from Heera.
If my memory is correct, you had some plan for a project in the Kesavadasapuram area.
Heera Grand villae also appears to a superb project along the sides of Akkulam lake.
HEERA HOMES IS ALL SET TO LAUNCH THEIR NEW PROJECT "HEERA RESIDENCY" NEAR TO KIMS HOSPITAL

That is a great news :cheers: Any updates in the perspective?
SFS homes all set to launch its SFS Mall in Trivandrum.
Bhoomipooja scheduled on tomorrow(19.08.2012).

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http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/News_latest.aspx?catcode=latest&newscode=101976

^^

source : http://www.technoparktoday.com/technocity-master-plan-ready/

The Technopark Masterplan apparently seems to not use the area effectively.
In my opinion ,a sector form of architecture (similar to Chandigarh) would have been better.
Provision for Railway Station / Mono Rail station (near by Technocity).
Long Distance/Interstate Volvo and Local Busstation/Stop,bus route,a green patch/park/joggers track,Common Effluent Treatment Plant...would have been better.
One of the sector can be dedicated to civil aminities...Hospital,Post Office,Police Station,Fire,Town Hall,Trivandrum Corporation Office Extention,........another sector for shopping,Multiplex,Hotel.... and so on,...
A minimum vertical space utilisation should be done atleast for 8 floors for all the buildings.
At least one of the building in technocity should be the tallest in Trivandrum.(40 floor +)
All buildings should have atleast 2 floors at top or under ground for parking.

A) Technocity already has a stop planned in Phase I of the monorail MRTS.

B) The "sector" based plans of Chandigarh and Gurgaon are outdated, the current state-of-the-art in urban design is fine-grained mixed use where different sorts of uses such as office, retail, residential and hotel are integrated closely together, often in one building.

C) Vertical mixed use and taller office-centric buildings are also becoming the norm world-wide.

To incorporate these and other best practices into the project, Technopark/GoK has to appoint a world-class design firm to do the project's master plan.

AFAIK, the model show above is just a representative layout and has no relation to the actual development plans, especially those of the massive TCS and Infosys campus.

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http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/News_latest.aspx?catcode=latest&newscode=101976

I wonder why this "concerned citizen" cannot file a PIL about the negligence shown by the State Government about the waste management issues, the delays in key projects like Vizhinjam or the monorail or doling out of multi-hundred Crore contracts without a due tender process.

I guess this gentleman may have been ticketed for speeding and holds a grudge against someone else being sanctioned to drive faster.

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http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/News_latest.aspx?catcode=latest&newscode=101976
Ithina asuvya ennum / moolakkuru ennum okke parayunnathu.
Ithe roadil ivenmarokke nadatthunna samarangalum,hoardingukalum,samarapanthalukalum okke appo niyama virudhamalle ?
Sabu annanun ithe roadil No Parking areayil vandi park cheyuthal athu motor vahana niyama langhanam alle ???

Ithina asuvya ennum / moolakkuru ennum okke parayunnathu.
Ithe roadil ivenmarokke nadatthunna samarangalum,hoardingukalum,samarapanthalukalum okke appo niyama virudhamalle ?
Sabu annanun ithe roadil No Parking areayil vandi park cheyuthal athu motor vahana niyama langhanam alle ???

one thing is sure, that he belongs to some other district, and that this is being done to prevent any advantage the capital city may get as a result of the conduct of the event. somebody is playing behind the curtain. he is only a tool..

This is not a surprise as the so called PIL(Public Interest Litigation) is fast turning into a Publicity Interest Litigation...Remember we all have to remove the sun films , which in my opinion, a stupid order is a result of this PIL drama itself...This moron is trying to grab attention from media and ppl...nothing else...I hope the court has enuf moolah to understand this and give the go ahead permission if we need any!!!..

Go Trivandrum...

This is not a surprise as the so called PIL(Public Interest Litigation) is fast turning into a Publicity Interest Litigation...Remember we all have to remove the sun films , which in my opinion, a stupid order is a result of this PIL drama itself...This moron is trying to grab attention from media and ppl...nothing else...I hope the court has enuf moolah to understand this and give the go ahead permission if we need any!!!..

Go Trivandrum...

^^ +1

That Punnaramon wants cheap publicity..

Govt of Kerala can Issue a Special Order by increasing the Speed Limit of the Road for this event

Pinne Talastanatinnu nalla Priority Government kodukunathu kondu, E-Event nadakum aennu oru Pratekshayum ella

Saw F1 race in ESPN ... Cars racing at speeds often in excess of 300 km/h with engines roaring like jet !!! come’on WTF …. This kind’a race cannot be allowed in our Kowdiar – palayam stretch !!!

I raise a PIL……. (Hahahah this seems to be what happened)

Saw F1 race in ESPN ... Cars racing at speeds often in excess of 300 km/h with engines roaring like jet !!! come’on WTF …. This kind’a race cannot be allowed in our Kowdiar – palayam stretch !!!

I raise a PIL……. (Hahahah this seems to be what happened)

What ever verdict the court gives applies to F1 rally in other cities including New Delhi......let us see.
Hope we Thekkanmar will get justice against the apartheid.

AAI seeks land for new terminal


The prospect of a new domestic terminal, adjacent to the world-class international terminal complex here, has brightened with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) approaching the State government again for 32.8 hectares of land to set up the terminal and ancillary facilities.

The proposed domestic terminal, adjacent to the terminal complex that had come up on the Chakka side, was part of the third and final phase of the ambitious master plan conceived by the AAI in the 1990s.

The delay on part of the State government to acquire and handover the land required (for the domestic terminal) had forced the AAI to go ahead with the construction of the international terminal and commission it.

At present, international operations were being carried out from the New International Terminal Building (NITB) and domestic operations from the old international terminal which was refurbished.

Airport Director V.N. Chandran had recently met Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and discussed land allocation and other issues concerning the airport.

As the domestic terminal and the cargo complex was on the Sanghumughom side, AAI sources told The Hindu that it had been creating problems for airlines and passengers. The construction of a new domestic terminal adjacent to the NITB would have benefited the passengers as it was close to the National Highway 47 bypass and the city. It would facilitate easier operations for the airlines, sources said. Of the 32.8 hectares sought, 39 cents would be from the coconut farm near Valiyathura.

The AAI had also demanded shifting of the Kaniyankara temple and the Chakka Oldage Home. The authority had also sought one hectare of land near the Arat gate, near Vallakadavu.

The State had also been asked to provide 2.4 hectares of land for the construction of a parallel taxiing track. AAI sources said the State had also been asked effect the essential changes in the Revenue records.

The State had spent Rs.41 crore for the approach road and a bridge across Parvathy Puthanar to the Rs.300-crore NITB. As much as Rs.100 crore had been spent to acquire land for the first and second phases. The functioning of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Development Society, set up to spearhead development works of the airport, had stopped a year ago.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/article3806444.ece

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filmed by my friend Roshan

CM to lay stone for BSF SHQ tomorrow

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will lay the foundation stone for the Sector Headquarters (SHQ) of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

The SHQ is coming up on 15 acres of land at the Sewage Farm, Muttathara. Currently, the BSF SHQ is operating out of temporary offices at Sasthamangalam. The Kerala unit of the para-military force was formed three years ago, and the SHQ controls BSF battalions in Thrissur, Kozhikode, Coimbatore and Karahalli in Bangalore.

The primary aim of the BSF unit in Kerala is to assist retired personnel and to provide aid to the state police in times of contingencies. Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan will lay the foundation stone for an administrative block.

Foundation stones will also be unveiled for mess facilities and a residential complex on the occasion. Mayor K Chandrika, IG (Frontier HQ, BSF) S A Khader, former DG BSF and Kerala DGP Raman Srivastava and DIG BSF Thiruvananthapuram George Manjuran will be present.

The State Government had earlier announced that land would be allocated to the uniformed forces at Muttathara. The Southern Air Command of the IAF also has been allocated land in this area, where they plan to establish accommodation facilities.

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article594287.ece

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Source: Malayala Manorama

Vision document ready; council awaits guidelines (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3810191.ece)

The city Corporation is still awaiting the State government’s guidelines regarding fund allocation and subsidies for the various schemes that the local body is envisaging as part of its 12th Five-Year Plan.

The recommendations made during a development seminar on August 18 will be examined and woven into the draft on August 23, when a meeting of the 19 working groups has been scheduled. Saturday’s seminar involved ward-level officials to scrutinise the report and offer suggestions.

“We cannot elucidate on the specifics of the plan without getting the allocation finalised by the government. Currently, what we have is a vision document identifying areas that needs work and we have also estimated the financial input required,” Corporation coordinating officer Ravindran Nair said.

He added that the Corporation had so far performed as per schedule, appointing the working groups, creating a draft plan, conducting a seminar — all for finalising the Five-Year perspective plan for 2012-2017, in addition to the annual 2012-2013 plan and the two-year rolling plan for 2012-2014. The new guidelines seek to make the implementation process more effective and cut down the time taken in formulating yearly programmes.

“In 2007, there were instances where certain programmes were fixed, but the government did not grant approval or the necessary subsidies, leading to the cancellation of a few schemes,” said Mr. Nair, emphasising that it was necessary to look through such details in the formulating period itself.

Suggestions put forth during the discussion held on Saturday included developing online facilities for zonal offices and cleaning up of ponds in the city. The meeting also addressed a lack of financial support envisaged for a few sectors, including agriculture, public works, and sports, Mr. Nair said.

As per government guidelines, each working group consists of a maximum of 17 members. This step will be followed by further scrutiny by the standing committees and the steering committee, before the council gives the final nod for the development plan.

This is not a surprise as the so called PIL(Public Interest Litigation) is fast turning into a Publicity Interest Litigation...Remember we all have to remove the sun films , which in my opinion, a stupid order is a result of this PIL drama itself...This moron is trying to grab attention from media and ppl...nothing else...I hope the court has enuf moolah to understand this and give the go ahead permission if we need any!!!..

Go Trivandrum...

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Lord Krishna Builders launched the first apartment project in Trivandrum, ‘City Cliff’ at Kaimanam. The complex with 125 units will be having apartments with sea and city view.

Groundbreaking ceremony (http://www.lordkrishnabuilders.com/gallery8.php)

Lord Krishna Builders launched the first apartment project in Trivandrum, ‘City Cliff’ at Kaimanam. The complex with 125 units will be having apartments with sea and city view.

Groundbreaking ceremony (http://www.lordkrishnabuilders.com/gallery8.php)

Sea View from kaimanam... OMG... Am surprised... :nuts:

City Ride from Overbridge to Kesavadasapuram in an AC Volvo Bus

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Sea View from kaimanam... OMG... Am surprised... :nuts:

I am almost sure that what they meant was water view since karamana river flows near the NH. Sea is far away from Kaimonom

Cheers!!!

^^
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As per the report the project is in a hilly terrain near Kaimanam and the apartments will have both sea and the city view. Total 125 flats in 5 blocks in 1.25 acres.

^^
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As per the report the project is in a hilly terrain near Kaimanam and the apartments will have both sea and the city view. Total 125 flats in 5 blocks in 1.25 acres.

Thanks Vinod, that is interesting.

Cheers!!!

^^ WTH? 125 apartments in 5 blocks???? That means 25 apartments in 1 block... Its hard forme to digest that it would be a highrise tower. As per my impression, it would be macimum five floor apartment block.

Any idea about the height of the towers???

Thiruvananthapuram to have its night life zone soon at Veli beach
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Thiruvananthapuram-to-have-its-night-life-zone-soon-at-Veli-beach/articleshow/15862483.cms)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The days when the entire city downed its shutters by 8pm will be a thing of the past soon. An exciting 'night life' with an eclectic mix of the tame, chic and racy, to rev up the city will soon be rolled out if a project in the pipeline moves as planned by the government. The 'night life zone' will be part of the proposed world class urban entertainment centre (UEC) to be set up adjacent to the Boat Club on the Veli beach.

A project mooted by Infrastructure Kerala Limited (Inkel) as a joint venture with Tourist Resorts Kerala Ltd (TRKL) with 74:26 equity participation, the UEC has been designed as an integrated tourist destination with a one-stop family entertainment centre, a night life zone and a retail zone with a mix of entertainment, commercial components and accommodation facilities under one roof. It is being planned in a public-private participation (PPP) mode with the support of private investors, financial institutions and banks.

"The project has received an in-principle approval from the state government. Further measures on dovetailing the project implementation by inviting bidders will be decided by the government and the tourism department," Inkel's executive director N Sasidharan Nair told TOI on Monday.

Tourism secretary Suman Billa said an entertainment zone with a night life zone, retail zone with multiplex, amphitheatre and amusement area with a marine aquarium and thematic restaurants are all planned as part of the UEC project. "We have obtained about 20 acres for the project and the cost is now estimated at Rs 300 crore. It would be an interesting project with a family-oriented entertainment zone with a dynamic mix of arts, leisure, learning, entertainment, amusement and retail. The zone will also include food courts and restaurants serving the best cuisine," he said.

"But the project design needs to be tweaked, for part of the land falls under the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) rules and without violating the norms, landscaping and gardening with cascading terraces of vegetation has to be set in that area. Only then the project can proceed and attract investors," Suman Billa said.

^^ - Since it involves INKEL, I wouldn't hold my breath till it gets off the drawing board. :lol:

Upcoming multiplex by Muthoot group??? @ Sasthamangalam
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KEK Towers opp: Trivandrum Club
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Artech Kalyani Manor??? @ Vazhuthacaud, opp: Sarada devi mandir, Vazhuthacaud

Hotel SP Grand days, Panavila Junction
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Keys Hotel, Housing Board junction. You can see the new office of Asianet News beside it.
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New Law College @ Trivandrum

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Source: Keralakaumudi

CM to lay stone for BSF SHQ tomorrow


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Source: Mathrubhumi

Heard from some locals that ICC Akkulam work will start after onam . I wish this is right .

Updates of ANERT HQ. (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-propertyplus/article2743269.ece) Status on 30-08-2012

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Proposed Building.
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thanks for the pics Ziyan.

Progress as on 22-6-2012

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Superb pics vinod :cheers:



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Sri Lanka to open Attach é and Public Management / Honorary Consulate in Trivandrum. (http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12A/Aug30_1346337903CH.php)

Aug 30, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has proposed to restructure diplomatic relations with India by expanding its presence in that country.

Sri Lanka's External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris has proposed to expand the diplomatic and consular representations in India, through expansion of the existing missions in India to "suit the present day needs."

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Minister's proposal.

The proposal calls for appointing two Tamil speaking officers from the public service to the office of the Deputy High Commission of Sri Lanka in Chennai.

Other measures, received approval are to appoint a senior officer from the Sri Lanka Foreign Service to head the Consulate General in Mumbai and to create an additional diplomatic post for a middle ranking officer from the Department of Commerce.

Creating an additional post at the Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi to exclusively deal with the country's bilateral, economic, investment and trade relations with India has also been approved.

The proposal also received the Cabinet's approval to open the Consulate General in Kolkata with the staff strength of Consular General, a personal assistant, a Sri Lanka Foreign Service officer, an Attach é and Public Management Assistant and appoint Honorary Consuls in Hyderabad, Lucknow and Thiruvananthapuram.
Following India's vote for the UN resolution against Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council sessions in March this year, the relations have been at low ebb and both countries are making an effort to enhance the bilateral relations.

At the Rio summit in June the leaders of both countries have pledged to nurture the long standing close ties between the two countries without allowing them to deteriorate and to amicably solve any contentious issue through mutual negotiations

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Finally, the dream of getting a missile integration plant set up at the BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (BATL) is reaching fruition.

If things go as planned, the plant will be inaugurated at Chakkai near here next month, giving a boost to the five-year-old subsidiary unit of the Indo- Russian joint missile project.

The inaugural date has been tentatively fixed as September 10, depending on the schedule of Defence Minister A K Antony, BATL officials said.

A building for the integration plant has been set up on an approximately five-acre plot provided by the Southern Air Command (SAC) next to the BATL property.

The project, for which the foundation stone was laid in February 2011, had been delayed owing to non-availability of land.

Recently, the IAF handed over a portion of land under its Signals Unit in exchange of State Government land at Muttathara.

Efforts to spot 50 acres of additional land in Thiruvananthapuram district have not succeeded.

BATL officials had checked out land at Kazhakootam, Thonnackal and Vithura, but nothing came of it.

BATL had explored the possibility of acquiring land on the Sainik School campus at Kazhakootam and the Jersey farm at Vithura. But both plans were dropped owing to various reasons.

Source: Indian Express (http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article598980.ece)

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Source: Kerala Kaumudi

Construction work beside IMA headquarters.
Can anyone confirm whether this is the BMW showroom or something else???
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Condor Cyber Gardens Cassia as on 02-09-2012:

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View of Artech Samrudhi Lake View from Akkulam bridge:
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Artech Futura, Venpalavattam
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^^ WTH? 125 apartments in 5 blocks???? That means 25 apartments in 1 block... Its hard forme to digest that it would be a highrise tower. As per my impression, it would be macimum five floor apartment block.

Any idea about the height of the towers???
Where in the report, is mentioned as it will be a highrise tower (in its class)? :nuts:

തോക്കിനകത്തു കേറി എന്തിനെടെ വെടിവെക്കണത് ചെല്ലാ :lol:

Where in the report, is mentioned as it will be a highrise tower (in its class)? :nuts:

തോക്കിനകത്തു കേറി എന്തിനെടെ വെടിവെക്കണത് ചെല്ലാ :lol:

May be its a typo error from the reporter. Instead of mentioning 625 (125 in each block), he just put 125. Hows that??? :nuts:

May be its a typo error from the reporter. Instead of mentioning 625 (125 in each block), he just put 125. Hows that??? :nuts:
Confirm with the reporter from your side and post the information here instead of any assumptions :)

Confirm with the reporter from your side and post the information here instead of any assumptions :)

Let me check... But am not sure that i can do it... U have any links??? ;)

Let me check... But am not sure that i can do it... U have any links??? ;)
If not sure...better keep quiet :lol:

If not sure...better keep quiet :lol:

So u meant that we have to deliver the news items only with the source??? WTH!!!

If not sure...better keep quiet :lol:

If i posted the news here and saying that it is confirmed with the reporter, then what would you say??? Thokkinu purathu ninnu vedi vakkaan parayumo??? :lol:

^^
അങ്ങനെ പറ്റുമെങ്കില്* ഒരു പത്തു വെടി വെച്ചോ? :lol:

A plan is being prepared by the District Industries Centre to convert the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium and the Swimming Pool complex land to Exhibition centres.

Source: Manorama Online (http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=12354457&programId=1073753760&BV_ID=@@@)

This is being included in the Emerging Kerala projects - link (http://www.emergingkerala2012.org/pdf/Urban%20Infra%20Devpt/Exhibition%20Centre%20at%20city.pdf)

Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry office being opened

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 4:

Industries Minister P. K. Kunhalikkutty will inaugurate the Thiruvananthapuram office of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Wednesday.

A chamber spokesman said here that Health Minister V. S. Sivakumar would be the guest of honour at the function.

Among those would speak are P.L. Prakash James, president; and Baiju Ramachandran, director, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thiruvananthapuram; James Golsen, principal commercial officer of the US Consulate; and K. Sasikumar, dean, faculty of commerce, University of Kerala.


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A plan is being prepared by the District Industries Centre to convert the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium and the Swimming Pool complex land to Exhibition centres.

Source: Manorama Online (http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=12354457&programId=1073753760&BV_ID=@@@)

This is being included in the Emerging Kerala projects - link (http://www.emergingkerala2012.org/pdf/Urban%20Infra%20Devpt/Exhibition%20Centre%20at%20city.pdf)

Its so sad to see such half baked proposals. I think school kids can write better business proposals for the capital city.
The water works swimming pool complex at Vellayambalam has been reduced to ruins in the name of national games and now this??? The city sorely lacks public swimming pool facilities. the so called swimming pools at Veli and aakkulam are so poorly maintained, less said the better.

Its so sad to see such half baked proposals. I think school kids can write better business proposals for the capital city.
The water works swimming pool complex at Vellayambalam has been reduced to ruins in the name of national games and now this??? The city sorely lacks public swimming pool facilities. the so called swimming pools at Veli and aakkulam are so poorly maintained, less said the better.
I have been to Veli tourist village recently after a very long gap .I feel the place is not even worthy to be said as "poorly maintained" as i didint see any maintenance. I saw a mismanaged facility left to its destiny totally ignored by the TOURISM dept or whoever is in charge of it ,as if they are on a war path with the facility. This would have been a heaven if it was in some other state of India republic. I didnt switch on my camera though I carried it with me. I wish the GOK included this tourist destination also in the EMERGING KERALA program instead of CSN stadium.

I have been to Veli tourist village recently after a very long gap .I feel the place is not even worthy to be said as "poorly maintained" as i didint see any maintenance. I saw a mismanaged facility left to its destiny totally ignored by the TOURISM dept or whoever is in charge of it ,as if they are on a war path with the facility. This would have been a heaven if it was in some other state of India republic. I didnt switch on my camera though I carried it with me. I wish the GOK included this tourist destination also in the EMERGING KERALA program instead of CSN stadium.

There's a proposal for an Urban Entertainment Center at Veli, although I wouldn't hold my breath for it to see the light of day!

Tourism dept alpam malayaleekarichu Th**rism Department ennu vilikkunathakum nallathu. Bunch of good for nothing morons.

A plan is being prepared by the District Industries Centre to convert the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium and the Swimming Pool complex land to Exhibition centres.

Source: Manorama Online (http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=12354457&programId=1073753760&BV_ID=@@@)

This is being included in the Emerging Kerala projects - link (http://www.emergingkerala2012.org/pdf/Urban%20Infra%20Devpt/Exhibition%20Centre%20at%20city.pdf)

They could have better revived Aakulam convention centre instead of Chandrasekharan Nair stadium which has become a hotspot for events and tradev shows.

Alternately,they can use the underpass side of connemara market.

Or Convert KSRTC city depot in East Fort.

This proposal is just a namesake proposal to convince fools of capital that government is sceeeriously considering deeeveloooopment of capital city.
Venamenkil Secreteriatil oru Airportum,Legislative Assembliyil oru Multiplexum,Ponmudiyil oru Seaportum,.. koode Amarging Karelayil ulpedutham.

Venamenkil Secreteriatil oru Airportum,Legislative Assembliyil oru Multiplexum,Ponmudiyil oru Seaportum,.. koode Amarging Karelayil ulpedutham.
Good proposal.Since,already some initial scripts were underway sometimes back by Pimp Contractor & Co.:lol: But we were unlucky to watch only in TV Channels.:bash:

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No sanction for Nemom rail coaching terminal till now..:ohno:

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