I s Kochi Worth Living!!

The Most Favorite Marine Drive at Ernakulam
Status of Kochi!!

In a recent survey conducted by Indicus Analytics across 100 cities in India ranks KOCHI as the best place to live in(though it does not mean it is the best city to earn in) followed by our own Kozhikode at Number 2 and the capital city Trivandrum at Number 4! So that is the reality these days!!Kochi is considered as the safest city in South India, followed by Thiruvananthapuram!

Then this is the article which enunciates about the rankings! http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2606004,prtpage-1.cms

What I feel is that Kochi is undergoing a mass change and with inauguration of work of International Container Transhipment Terminal at Vallarpadam, kochi and Smart City project at Kochi which placed Kerala in International Cyber map! When Smart City comes to a reality in 2009,the pace and lifestyle of kochi is not going to be the same! Also the IT export from Kochi is expected to be around Rs.10,000 Crores;compared to a dismal Rs.750 Crores from total Kerala,of which 75 % of export is from Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram!! Now the scenario is going to be different!

See this what the New York Times have to say about Kochi!!
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/travel/07next.html?pagewanted=1

Kochi is already the Commercial Capital Of Kerala and far ahead of any city in the state due to unbelievable developments which had occurred! It is usually said "If anything is happening in Kerala it is in Kochi"! The high rises in Kochi is enough to answer it! In 2009 come to kochi for sure, as it is going to see a dozen of Malls at least as the work is in progress for all of those! Already there is one mall in Kochi called the Bay Pride Mall (But without a cine complex)! Although Kochi is not familiar with Mall set up, it has seen many shopping complexes like the most famous GCDA shopping complex, Penta menaka in Shanmugham road and such other complexes in Kaloor and MG road!!

A new International Cricket stadium has been proposed to come up in Kochi which will be owned by Kerala Cricket Association!Also Kochi can boast of having the only stadium with synthetic track at Maharaja's Stadium!

Apart from the IT parks at smart city many others are there to come up like by CIAL, Shobha Group, Muthoot Group etc! So the private players are into it!!

All these factors have lead Kochi to be called as sought in destination! The foreign tourists flowing to kochi is an example of how famous Kochi is across the globe and the cruise ships arriving at Kochi strengthens the fact! KOCHI PORT IS THE NUMBER 1 PORT IN INDIA IN TERMS OF CRUISE SHIPS ARRIVAL SURPASSING THE DOYEN MUMBAI!!