Trivandrum Projects VI

[Tri Man]

Originally Posted by beam

Scorpiogenius, I am disappointed to say there are rumours around that a opposition MLA is pulling strings for the stadium to his constituency.

The polytechnic ground is one of the best locations available within city limits compared to LNCPE which is officially outside city limits.

The present biggest stadium in the state i.e. the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is located at Kaloor, well within Ernakulam city limits.

And there is enough govt. land around polytechnic grounds- staff quarters, nirmithi kendra, peroorkada village office etc. that are small structures that may be removed for the stadium and relocated. Private property, if any, that needs to be aquired may only be a minimum. Considering that the land around Polytechnic is within city limits, one cannot expect 100's of acres but only land enough for a big stadium.

At Polytechnic grounds, I can imagine a stadium with maximum land utilised for the tracks, ground and seating; remaining minimal land used for multi level car parking & shopping complex outside on either side of the ground.

As for the high voltage line, yes it is there passing to ISRO installed at a large height above ground level . Though I didnot quite understand why it is an issue for an open stadium.

Let us wait for the report. I only hope the government sticks to the announced location unless otherwise there are convincing reasons.

My suggestion is that ,the ideal place would be near Kazhakkuttam or somewhere near Bypass.
Big events will attract huge crowd and traffic ,which can create traffic congession inside the city.
An Approach Road from stadium to both NH47 and MC Road will reduce the traffic density.
Outstation audience(from Kollam/Kottarakara Side) coming for events/matches can reach stadium without entering/congesting the city.

Vatiyoorkavu Poly Ground can be ubgraded for better activities such as synthetic track for athletics....or.....something more useful (viz.,pvt IT/BT/Electronic Park,....)

[shafi]

1st Block structure will be ready by end of January and Food Court By end of March.

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[shafi]

As per the AAI official First phase will be thrown open to public by March End and second Phase by October End. The interior work for the first phase is fast progressing along with electrical works. The ACP and Gypsum ceiling work will commence shortly as the materials will be reaching there by tommorrow.

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[shafi]

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[Rajesh SM]

Originally Posted by beam

Scorpiogenius, I am disappointed to say there are rumours around that a opposition MLA is pulling strings for the stadium to his constituency.

Personally I feel stadium should remain at Vattiyoorkavu as announced by the sports minister. Surely, he would have seen many positive factors in announcing the location. Any change in location at a later stage is bound to invite criticism and may also set a bad precedence in future. The polytechnic ground is one of the best locations available within city limits compared to LNCPE which is officially outside city limits.

The present biggest stadium in the state i.e. the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is located at Kaloor, well within Ernakulam city limits.

And there is enough govt. land around polytechnic grounds- staff quarters, nirmithi kendra, peroorkada village office etc. that are small structures that may be removed for the stadium and relocated. Private property, if any, that needs to be aquired may only be a minimum. Considering that the land around Polytechnic is within city limits, one cannot expect 100's of acres but only land enough for a big stadium.

At Polytechnic grounds, I can imagine a stadium with maximum land utilised for the tracks, ground and seating; remaining minimal land used for multi level car parking & shopping complex outside on either side of the ground.

The biggest advantage of Polytechnic grounds is that there are two main approach roads from either side. One is the Vattiyoorkavu Aruvikkara main road and the other being the Vattiyoorkavu- Peroorkada proposed ring road.

As for the high voltage line, yes it is there passing to ISRO installed at a large height above ground level . Though I didnot quite understand why it is an issue for an open stadium.

Let us wait for the report. I only hope the government sticks to the announced location unless otherwise there are convincing reasons.

Beam,

Why are you so much dissapointed? Doesnot Kariyavattom belongs to Trivandrum? I think kariyavattom is the best option by considering a numerous factors.

1. one of the fast development regions in kerala.
2. Well connected by road and rail(NH 47, NH Bypass, MC link road etc)
3. Land utilisation rate will be more when considering the plainess of the land than vattiyorkavu

So no need to debate for the location because IL&FS had already informed GOk that vatiyookkavu is not suitable for the project and thus vattiyookavu's candidature is now over

[jaleelmalik]

Originally Posted by Rajesh SM

Beam,

Why are you so much dissapointed? Doesnot Kariyavattom belongs to Trivandrum? I think kariyavattom is the best option by considering a numerous factors.

1. one of the fast development regions in kerala.
2. Well connected by road and rail(NH 47, NH Bypass, MC link road etc)
3. Land utilisation rate will be more when considering the plainess of the land than vattiyorkavu

So no need to debate for the location because IL&FS had already informed GOk that vatiyookkavu is not suitable for the project and thus vattiyookavu's candidature is now over

Infrastructure wise & on logistics basis, Karyavattom would be more preferred.

[sudheeshnairs]

Shafi, thanks for the action. One Picture is worth a thousand words.

[beam]

Originally Posted by Tri Man

My suggestion is that ,the ideal place would be near Kazhakkuttam or somewhere near Bypass.
Big events will attract huge crowd and traffic ,which can create traffic congession inside the city.
An Approach Road from stadium to both NH47 and MC Road will reduce the traffic density.
Outstation audience(from Kollam/Kottarakara Side) coming for events/matches can reach stadium without entering/congesting the city.

You are right in many points and that is why the games village is proposed to be built at Kazhakuttam in the first place.

Vattiyoorkavu is on the eastern part of city. It is a junction with roads connecting to Vellayambalam , Karamana and a proposed ring road to Peroorkada, civil station, MC road and NH47. It is an ideal place to disburse off the traffic into various parts of city.

Originally Posted by Tri Man

Vatiyoorkavu Poly Ground can be ubgraded for better activities such as synthetic track for athletics....or.....something more useful (viz.,pvt IT/BT/Electronic Park,....)

what was proposed at Vattiyoorkavu by the minister was the inaugaral stadium in addition to the games village at Kazhakuttam. Why dilute that proposal for Vattiyoorkavu? I dont think the polytechnic grounds may be the best location for an IT park or BT park .

[beam]

Originally Posted by Rajesh SM

Beam,
Why are you so much dissapointed? Doesnot Kariyavattom belongs to Trivandrum? I think kariyavattom is the best option by considering a numerous factors.

Please no need to compare Kariyavattom & Vattiyoorkavu as both are important regions of the capital city. Being from Tvm, We all know that Kariyavattam region is ahead in terms of projects and infrastructure compared to Vattiyoorkavu.

Many residents are excited on a world class stadium announced by our sports minister at Vattiyoorkavu. Definitely, it will be disappointing news for these people including myself if it is not going to come up there. I have no doubt about Kariyavattam's potential to host the stadium if a need arises but that is not the issue I raised.

Originally Posted by Rajesh SM

So no need to debate for the location because IL&FS had already informed GOk that vatiyookkavu is not suitable for the project and thus vattiyookavu's candidature is now over

Are you sure that GoK has decided formally anything on this?

[beam]

Shafi, Nice photos of infy & TIA

[sunilananda]

Originally Posted by scorpiogenius

Main venue with 50, 000 capacity would probably come up in Karyavattam. The proposed site at Vattiyoorkavu deemed unsuitable to fit the purpose.

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This would probably be what the doctor ordered for the city. Kazhakkuttam, as a rapidly evolving satellite of Trivandrum is a fitting enough location to host the big sporting event.

A new city devlopment plan has to be formulated to decongest the city for all times .We are seeing a tendency to house all the important offices and institutions within the city thereby putting lot of pressure on the city roads and transport.This concentration may be of great interest to commercial establishments in these areas which are few in numbers.The benefits accrueing to the public will be much higher than the commercial reasons if the decongestion of the city happens on a radial basis.The movement of the civil station fromvanchiyoor to kudappanakkunnu is a visible example.The benefits of this shifting is already happening with the new offices becoming Smarter technically and aesthetically.A sports village has greater ramification with relation to the decongesting of the city.All it requires is a collective will to make it happen.

[sunilananda]

The Kazhakkottam Karyavattom AkkulamTriangle seems to be the ideal locality to develop a sports zone for Trivandrum.This area is well endowed with all the resources to make the project happen.The presence of the LNCP within this area is the main draw for locating the facilities in this area.This national facility already has some infrastructure in place like the only velodrome and a poly turf surface for sports .These facilities were used during the first National games held in Trivandrum and other centers.A modern stadium with all the required facilities for hosting multidiscipline in sports and games if colocated with the LNCP can be a asset to the sporting fraternity of Kerala, by offering world class training on internationally accepted surfaces in real time once the games are over.Trivandrum can rightfully claim its place in the world of sports and games that has been denied for a long timebecause of the absence of a world class sport facility.The funding for this stadium can be sourced from the central ministry of sports under the central scheme for development of sports infrastructure fund.The denial or refusal of these funds should not lead to the dropping of plans.A Public -private initiative for building the stadium of world class standards can be launched with the private partner alowed to create a commercial space of international standards within the stadium structure that will allow the repayment or retirement of the project costs.Being located in the growth zone of the technopark area the commercial possibilities will definitely cover any expense incurred for the building of the stadium.Can we give it a try?...

[SajithVijayan]

Originally Posted by scorpiogenius

Request to moderator

I think some of the forumers here and their posts are doing more harm to this space than any good. This thread is slowly diminuting into a feckless balderdash continuously bombarded by essay-length narratives which majority wont bother to read. This has been the "projects and pictures" thread for the past 5 years and please let it remain that way.

If people want to discuss ideas and issues let it be done in the dedicated thread for it or in the "Chaibar" but lets not make this one a site for the trolls to type out their drivel.

Reiterating. Please avoid writing essays in the forum. Most of the people are busy with their work and in between they google into SSC to know the developments happening here. Nobody care to read the essays. Not mentioning the member names but try to understand.

[jpsnair]

Ajay mate
i remember you posting a report on the main happenings in tvm for 2007 last year in your blog. could you do a similar write up for 2008 here , if thats appropriate, or in your blog. that would bbe a nice gesture mate.

happy new year to all..

Jay

[Ajaypp]

Jay, the "Looking back at 2008" post will be up on the blog on the 31st, stay tuned!

[sunshine_p]

Originally Posted by jpsnair

Ajay mate
i remember you posting a report on the main happenings in tvm for 2007 last year in your blog. could you do a similar write up for 2008 here , if thats appropriate, or in your blog. that would bbe a nice gesture mate.

happy new year to all..

Jay

Ajay,

Please giv a detailed account of the projects that have come to a reality

looking forward for the post

[SajithVijayan]

Looks like Kovalam is not affected in terms of tourists flow though there was a slow down in the beginning. Foreign tourist number has increased to 2200 compared to the initial number of 600.

See the news about Kovalam:

http://www.mathrubhumi.org/flashpape...ate=2008-12-31

[Tri Man]

Originally Posted by beam

Please no need to compare ......

Many residents are excited on a world class stadium announced by our sports minister at Vattiyoorkavu.

Are you sure that GoK has decided formally anything on this?

Dear Friend,

Few years before we were staying very near to Kaloor Stadium.........it is really worse to live near a Stadium......it takes 30-45 min to travel just one Km during some match.

[kkvs2007]

Showroom opened

Thiruvananthapuram: Sunny Diamonds, importers of Belgium diamonds, has opened a new showroom at Pattom in the city. This is their second showroom in the State, a press release said. Sunny Diamonds is offering free insurance against theft and loss of diamond ornaments purchased from the showrooms, the release added.


http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/31/stor...3160330600.htm

[BabuCS]

(image from Taiwanderful website)

Here is a picture of Maokong Gondola, one of Taipei's latest completed projects. It was built by the French company Poma.

I was thinking about the Ponmudi and adjacent hills where a Gondola could be built and operated on a public-private model with Poma. This will immensely uplift the tourist potential of TVM.