Kozhikode Discussions

[passionfruit12]

KOZHIKODE: A detailed report on the waste disposal mechanism practiced in US will be submitted to the state government by the representatives of North Malabar Zone of the World Malayali Council (WMC).

North Malabar Zone president of the WMC C E Chakkunny and Kozhikode zonal secretary of the WMC C N Radhakrishnan will submit the report in a week. The team visited New York, Washington DC, Orlando, Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco and held discussion with the authorities about the waste disposal mechanism in those regions.

The team visited the US as WMC has agreed to provide financial aid to the government to implement the waste disposal system across the state with Public Private Participation (PPP).

A delegation of state government had already visited Germany to study the waste disposal model in that country.

C E Chakkunny said the waste disposal and segregation were made with the active participation of the public in US.

"The public themselves separate the waste. The vehicles carrying waste also have special stops to collect the wastes from the houses. The specialty of the vehicles is that it will convert the wastes into capsules while moving to other destinations to pick up wastes," he said.

"The report will be submitted once we get details from the WMC members in US. We have also put forth our demand for the inclusion of Kozhikode district in the advanced waste disposal mechanism proposed by the WMC with the help of government," said Chakkunny.

from timesofindia: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/14916823.cms

[passionfruit12]

KOZHIKODE: The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is reeling under heavy loss from its mini-bus services that was introduced three years ago to cater to the residents of hilly regions in the district. Though one of the reasons for the losses is attributed to frequent rescheduling of the buses due to its shortage, the losses incurred so far has forced the corporation to stay away from launching more such services.

Officials say all the 15 mini-bus services operating from three depots - Kozhikode, Thiruvambady and Thamarassery - in the district are loss-making. According to V J Saju, zonal officer of KSRTC, the average collection per day of a min-bus is Rs 6,000 whereas the operating cost is Rs 9,000. "Though there is a huge dip in the collection, the existing ones will not be withdrawn as most people from hilly areas especially of Thiruvambady and Mukkam depend on these short-wheel base buses," he said.

One of the main reasons for the losses is the fact that though there is no difference in operating cost of a mini-bus and a regular bus, the revenue from a mini-bus is almost half of that of ordinary buses. Another reason is loss incurred due to frequent rescheduling and cancellation of services from the depots.

Indukumar, secretary of city unit of Kerala State Road Transport Employees Association, said the shortage of mini-buses is forcing them to reschedule services. He said the mini-bus service on the city-Kulakkuth route was shifted to City-Payimbra route due to shortage of buses. "The high price of spare parts also affects the operating cost," he said.

Officials allege that people's representative force the corporation to start services to interior regions of the district even if it is not economically viable.

from timesofindia: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/14916476.cms

[K@PP!R!S]

Guys.. Check this out..
This was shown on tv last sunday on "Times Now" channel..

Part 1:
http://www.timesnow.tv/Meals-on-the-...ow/4406321.cms

Part 2:
http://www.timesnow.tv/Meals-on-the-...ow/4406324.cms

Part 3:
http://www.timesnow.tv/Meals-on-the-...ow/4406325.cms

[simpliCITY]

Nice post K@PP!R!S, Can you post it in Cuisine Thread??

[Irshad]

Proposal to have urban corridor project connecting Malappuram and Calicut..
Envisages Mega Metro concept merging calicut and Malappuram...
May be (if realised) we will see most affluent urban cluster area in india...

[simpliCITY]

യൂനിവേഴ്സിറ്റിയിലും എയർപോട്ടിലും ഒക്കെ കണ്ടപോലെ പദ്ധതികൾ നേടിയെടുക്കാനുള്ള ഒരു പേര് മാത്രമാവും കോഴിക്കോട്. പ്രോജക്റ്റ് ഒക്കെ മലപ്പൊറത്ത് തന്നെവരും.

[Irshad]

Originally Posted by simpliCITY

യൂനിവേഴ്സിറ്റിയിലും എയർപോട്ടിലും ഒക്കെ കണ്ടപോലെ പദ്ധതികൾ നേടിയെടുക്കാനുള്ള ഒരു പേര് മാത്രമാവും കോഴിക്കോട്. പ്രോജക്റ്റ് ഒക്കെ മലപ്പൊറത്ത് തന്നെവരും.

Any projects in Calicut -Malappuram corridor will indirectly benefit Calicut...thats my analysis

[Quraishie]

Originally Posted by Irshad

Any projects in Calicut -Malappuram corridor will indirectly benefit Calicut...thats my analysis

You are 100% correct.
See KINFRA food park, Neo Space & Calicut university are physically in Malappuram. Could you say these projects have any influence in the development of Malapuram town or Malapuram as a whole. Yes, i admit there is an influence on that particular locality like Chelari or Thenhipalam. But, mainly it helps Kozhikode only. And also these institutions are mostly named after Calicut only.
There are numerous industries in Pulikkal-Idimuzhikal area, most of them have placed their offices in Calicut only; and also they are mainly using Calicut rail facilities for their freight needs. These aspects, of course have an influence on Calicut economy.
Same way, the airport is in Malappuram, and the advantages of airport is mainly for Calicut (eventhough more passengers are from Malappuram); but in the case of inviting industries and institutions to Calicut, it was always helpful to show Calicut's own airport. Anyway we have no issues..
As there is such plans for Calicut-Malapuram 50 kms corridor ; these physical boundaries have no much importance. Let us look forward to the following future dream projects in this corridor:
1 - Calicut-Karipur-Malapuram mega metro rail project. (Note the distance from airport and Malapuram is only 25 kms; the proposed mono-rail/metro will already reach airport).
2 - Edu-health city - mega project comprising a Cancer hospital, engg. college, medical college, multi-speciality hospitals, IT/ITES industries, residential complexes, hotels etc. The site is just near to NH-213, 5 kms short to Malapuram, from Calicut side.
3 - English and Foriegn Languages university campus. (a part of Edu-health city)
4 - Proposed Aerotropolis near Calicut airport (approximately in the middle of this corridor).
5 - Cyber city/Cyber park in Calicut.
6 - Proposed Knowledge park, Calicut at Ramanattukara.

[rasib]

Originally Posted by simpliCITY

യൂനിവേഴ്സിറ്റിയിലും എയർപോട്ടിലും ഒക്കെ കണ്ടപോലെ പദ്ധതികൾ നേടിയെടുക്കാനുള്ള ഒരു പേര് മാത്രമാവും കോഴിക്കോട്. പ്രോജക്റ്റ് ഒക്കെ മലപ്പൊറത്ത് തന്നെവരും.

when calicut university formed the malappuram dist was not formed.. the region was part of calicut dist....
ningakk angane oru prasnamundenkil... tirurangadithaluk ningalangettedutho...
then kinfra, cu, all will be in calicut... it has many advantages
1) people of that region will love that desition as they can easily reach to calicut than malappuram... they verymuch depends on calicut they still consider calicutt as their town..

2) calicut city authorities can easily plan its merto region development in its metro region outside current dist boundry (i mean ucity calicut streach and calicut parapanangadi streach)

3) by this adiition calicut will be the largest UA in the state.. by this it may get conciderations from the central goverment.. like JUNRUMetc..

4) demand for bifractuating mlp dist can be cornered to an extent as most demnds a dist with tirurangadi, tirur, and ponnani taluks... pointing the backwardness of this coastel regions.. by the desition tirurangadi region will get good involvemnt in development with the influence of calicut city...

5) there would be protest from other parts of mlp... some problems are the kottakkal and vengara region will become far from dist hQ to avoid this take that regions, with some part of tirur taluk iun that area and malppuaram from from eranad taluk to make a malappuram taluk.. and let down the voice of people frm malappuram to have malappuram as taluk headQuters of its present taluk( eranad)
still malappuram would be dist having higest population.. one more suggetion to add karippoor region to calicut but people of malappuram dont agrree that... airport region people may not have any problem with that desition.. as they are closer to calicut as they 2 malappuaram...

[PPJ]

Originally Posted by rasib

when calicut university formed the malappuram dist was not formed.. the region was part of calicut dist....
ningakk angane oru prasnamundenkil... tirurangadithaluk ningalangettedutho...
then kinfra, cu, all will be in calicut... it has many advantages
1) people of that region will love that desition as they can easily reach to calicut than malappuram... they verymuch depends on calicut they still consider calicutt as their town..

2) calicut city authorities can easily plan its merto region development in its metro region outside current dist boundry (i mean ucity calicut streach and calicut parapanangadi streach)

3) by this adiition calicut will be the largest UA in the state.. by this it may get conciderations from the central goverment.. like JUNRUMetc..

4) demand for bifractuating mlp dist can be cornered to an extent as most demnds a dist with tirurangadi, tirur, and ponnani taluks... pointing the backwardness of this coastel regions.. by the desition tirurangadi region will get good involvemnt in development with the influence of calicut city...

5) there would be protest from other parts of mlp... some problems are the kottakkal and vengara region will become far from dist hQ to avoid this take that regions, with some part of tirur taluk iun that area and malppuaram from from eranad taluk to make a malappuram taluk.. and let down the voice of people frm malappuram to have malappuram as taluk headQuters of its present taluk( eranad)
still malappuram would be dist having higest population.. one more suggetion to add karippoor region to calicut but people of malappuram dont agrree that... airport region people may not have any problem with that desition.. as they are closer to calicut as they 2 malappuaram...

+1
You post reflect some reality and facts. Some people from malapuram still address them as part calicut (especially the erstwhile calicut district areas). Malapuram should be divided or reorganised to make the lives of the people better. Calicut metro region will undoubted will grow southwards faster than northwards. Areas under Tirur -kottakal-manjeri belt is highly related with calicut. I think that should go to calicut or even otherwise it will be still active hot spot which add to calicut development.

Valanchery nilambur, perithilmanna, mannaarkadu, pattambi, kuttipuram should form the new district.

[dinakar]

Originally Posted by rasib

when calicut university formed the malappuram dist was not formed.. the region was part of calicut dist....
ningakk angane oru prasnamundenkil... tirurangadithaluk ningalangettedutho...
then kinfra, cu, all will be in calicut... it has many advantages

that proposal ( i think raised by amitabhkanth the then collector of calicut) was there long back, and i think serious consideration will come only when if the so called division of malapuram dt is considered.

Anyway this corridor way of development looks promising.

[Irshad]

[RaufAzi]

Originally Posted by PPJ

+1
Calicut metro region will undoubted will grow southwards faster than northwards. Areas under Tirur -kottakal-manjeri belt is highly related with calicut.

What belt is that? How is 'Malappuram' related to calicut? Am asking this coz the belt you said not only includes majority of the district called Malappuram but also the district HQ. Ingane illatha belt undaki njangale mothathilangettedukkumo

[arunjith]

Originally Posted by RaufAzi

What belt is that? How is 'Malappuram' related to calicut? Am asking this coz the belt you said not only includes majority of the district called Malappuram but also the district HQ. Ingane illatha belt undaki njangale mothathilangettedukkumo

ബെല്*റ്റിന്റെ പേരും പറഞ്ഞ് ട്രൌസറും കൂടി അഴിചോന്ടു പോകുമല്ലോ

[RaufAzi]

Originally Posted by arunjith

ബെല്*റ്റിന്റെ പേരും പറഞ്ഞ് ട്രൌസറും കൂടി അഴിചോന്ടു പോകുമല്ലോ

Athe athuthanneyan njangalkum parayanullath

[PPJ]

Originally Posted by RaufAzi

What belt is that? How is 'Malappuram' related to calicut? Am asking this coz the belt you said not only includes majority of the district called Malappuram but also the district HQ. Ingane illatha belt undaki njangale mothathilangettedukkumo

I should have said excluding malapuram town. Its just my perception for the division. I dont want to get into why I chose such boundaries since it might go into political and religious discussions.

[RaufAzi]

Originally Posted by PPJ

I should have said excluding malapuram town. Its just my perception for the division. I dont want to get into why I chose such boundaries since it might go into political and religious discussions.

Now if you exclude Malappuram, there wont be such a belt which connects Manjeri with Tirur. ( I dont know how even Manjeri is related to calicut)

IMHO, those areas from malappuram which are nearer to and also dependent on Calicut are the places you can ask for. The rest, no matter whatever belt you make up will remain with Malappuram.


Coming to the proposal of Urban corridor, Its highly beneficial for both Calicut and Malappuram. The present Mono rail can be extended to Malappuram. Definitely Calicut is the third biggest city of Kerala (second biggest in future). But I don't think the present urban corridor can be compared to Delhi-Gudgav. As the Urban disparity is not that high between Calicut and Malappuram.

[RaufAzi]

Retail giants see Kozhikode as gateway to north Kerala

KOZHIKODE: The city is fast turning out to be the launch pad for a clutch of global retail giants who are making a beeline to grab a share of city's growing retail pie.

Marks and Spencer, one of UK's leading retailers in the premium clothing and home products range, will open an anchor store at the upcoming HiLITE City Mall by the end of 2013. Dutch retail major Spar International has already signed up to open a 60,000 sq ft hypermarket, their first shop in the state.

Lifestyle, a prominent retail brand in the Middle East, has also signed up to enter the retail sector of the city. They will be opening a 50000 sq ft department store. Among the other international retails that will touch down on the city are Cinepolis, a Mexican movie chain which will open a 8- screen multiplex.

The international brands see huge retail potential in the city which is likely to emerge as the retail hub for north Kerala. "The international retailers have zeroed in on Kozhikode as it has a good NRI population who has developed a familiarity with the stores and the brands during their stint overseas. Further there is a considerable employment generation taking place in the city which was ranked as the top employment provider among tier-III cities in the country by Assocham recently," R G Menon, general manage, sales, at Hi Lite Builders said.

The city currently has two malls, the RP Mall and the Focus Mall. Gokulum Galleria, a convention centre and mall project promoted by the Gokulam group is also coming up in the city.

[Sali_varakkal]

Souce : Madhyamam

KSRTC project waiting official nod from HeadQuarters. In this project City Bus ( Tiru-KOchi style) + Low Floor bus + A/C City/Suburb transport is considered. The Trichur City also comes under the proposal.

[simpliCITY]

Originally Posted by Irshad

This is a discussion thread, dear , You can post it in Project thread or in City scape thread. Nice Pic btw