Kochi, the Queen of Arabian Sea, which has been a shadow of its past for a long time, is now in the limelight as one of the most actively emerging cities not only in India but in South Asia.
Way back in 1999, Cochin International Airport was the first airport project in the country implemented under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model. Currently, it ranks as the 4th largest airport in India in terms of international passenger traffic—after Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai—and the 7th largest airport in terms of domestic passenger traffic. Cochin International Airport Ltd, the airport developer and operator, is now looking at replicating the successful model in other states and countries. It also wants to develop an Aerotropolis around the airport.(Read the interview)
Area in and around the International Airport is developing at a fast rate. The
projects coming up and under various stages are Aerotropolis, which means an Airport city that includes 18 holed Golf Course of International standards, Two Five star hotels and few budget hotels, trde and cultural village, exhibition and convention centres, amusement parks, food courts, multiplexes, shopping malls. Also it will include an IT park, BPO park and Biotech park.Airport authorities held talks with Cochin University of Science and Technology for establishing an aviation academy and also in talks with IIMs for a programme in aviation management.
Interestingly Airport is planning is to have a flying school. Flying School would like to use the old Cochin airport runway for a few hours a day and offer revenue share to the Indian Navy. Old Cochin airport is situated in Naval Enclave in Wellington Island area opposite to Vathuruthy.
Airport is setting up a Rs 60-crore centre for perishable cargo with a Rs 15-crore grant from the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, which will handle 30,000 mt of export-import cargo a year and held talks with airlines like Etihad and Emirates to start a dedicated cargo service from Cochin. They have started constructing an exclusive cargo bay for this centre.
The local panchayat, Nedumbassery is one of the highest revenue earners in the State in terms of collection local taxes / other taxes levied by the State and Central Govts. It is developing at fast rate to become perhaps into a town.
Two Four star hotels are coming up in MC road, One at Kalady and the other near Airport.
These developments are coming up only in Airport area alone even making Kochi city to feel shy. The mammoth developments in Airport vicinity is unimaginable for any other airport in the world, as Kochi has strong base in Tourism. No other airport in Kerala has even a percent of the majesty that this airport has! The passenger traffic has heavily declined in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode airport once the International airport started functioning.
100 FLOORED INTERNATIONL TRADE CENTRE:
The Board of Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) has appointed Mumbai-based Zoom Developers to provide full design consultancy services for the proposed International Exhibition and Trade Centre at Kalamasserry near Kochi. The trade centre is planned in the prestigious Kinfra Hi-tech Park cluster and is expected to be operational in three years.
The project is coming up on 40 acres of Kinfra land at Kalamasserry, 25 km from Cochin International Airport and 26 km from the seaport. The trade centre is to have world-class facilities and will be built in Kerala style of architecture, according to Kinfra officials. The exhibition hall and the convention centre are expected to have an area of 5.6 million sq. ft. The convention centre will be designed to be used as a theatre, if required.
The project will also include a 5-star hotel of 31 floors providing 400 rooms, a 100-storey office tower which will be one of its kind in India, and a shopping mall spread on six floors. The trade centre is coming up in a five-storey building. Other amenities include a club house, service apartments, restaurants, ATM centres, a post office, Internet café and multilevel car parking.
It is great to see that all these developments are coming up in Kochi. Now what Kochi needs is basic infrastructure developments. Projects are going ahead to cope up during monsoon. Usually in the past years during the rainy seasons Ern
akulam used to drown! But now its level is low and conditions improved. Recently East Fort in Thiruvananthapuram was in news as the area get fully drenched even if it rains for few minutes. Ernakulam doesn't have to face such shame now.The Kochi area also needs to be expended from the present meagre area. It should be expanded up to Kodungaloor, Cherthala etc and should comprise of many other areas like Perumbavur, Chalakuddy, Pallipuram(Cherai area) etc.
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VIVEK CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE!!!!
I ESPECIALLY LIKED WHAT YOU WROTE ABOUT THE AEROTROPOLIS
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Thanks for your applauds. I have gone through the website given by you.
But I am personally too sad that the projects in Kerala and especially in Kochi is been delayed.
You know, with the beauty of Kerala and the atmosphere Kochi should have been way ahead. But alas!!!!Here we are...
But I am sure everything will come on right path as time moves on!!
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Guys,
Fantastic!!!! Are all the floors above ground level or below???? The major cities of globe viz Newyork, London, Paris, Kakkanad, Berlin, Hongkong etc reallly require buildings of this type. May smaller towns like Dubai, Sydney, Amsterdam etc….etc…. copy the development of Kakkanad and start prospering!!!!!
100’s of sweet dreams
Manoj
Jeddah
Thanks for reading the blog..All the details given are with proof and not bluffing...
Regards,,
Vivek Shenoy
Keralites rarely understand their potential and ability. Beleive in our land and our culture..
We lack faith and strong beleif..hence many work for Arabians in Gulf..
I beleive that all projects will come true as it is on its way..It will take 4 months to get clearence for Trade Center.
Regards,
Vivek Shenoy P
Dear
I understand your potential dream and the potential of my state as well. Can you just imagine how tall a 100 floor building is? Further, what is the “potential” of Kerala to have such a tall building? Please explain.
Your remarks on Keralites working in Arabia are also reflects the “potential” of Kerala. Do we have a work culture? Again, I am referring to Kerala and not on Keralites. People like you from Cochin are trying to copy Mumbai wherein you are probably unaware of strong economic base of Maharashtra.
Imagine if due to some reason, “Arabian” money is not reaching Kerala for the next six months. What is your alternative for food? Is it the new generation eating outlets you referred on your various posts? Or will your stomach gets filled by counting those 100 floors?
If Mumbai youth wears red stripes shirt, the next day you too copy it and call yourself Metro.
My dear, come down from the 100th floor to ground realities. The need of the hour is food for all, clothes for all, houses for all……. If your city had achieved these parameters, then you are gifted.
You say…… We have this…..we have that….. Malls, hangouts….shopping….
All of them are money eating business. Think from where the money is coming from.
Is it from your Cochin port? Malayala Manorama? International Cricket Stadium? Airport? ……
It’s the NRI money pumping into, and nothing else is doing for the cosmetic development for Kerala, especially for Cochin. You know how to waste the hard earned money.
You might say IT….Smart City etc…But international guys are smarter than you. Without any big investments they are doing their business. And at any time they can pull out from here when any other tier III city becomes smarter.
Development has different versions. Some refers to 100 storey, some boast on the level of Carbon monoxide……..but my yardstick is different.
Manoj
Jeddah
The 30 million residents of Kerala has a government and 70% of its revenue is from Cochin. And govt expenditure shows that
90% of the tax revenue goes to feeding government employees !! And does govt employee produce anything that can be sold and earns revenue ? No !
And where are most of these government employees located ? Such places suffer
when govt employees go on strike. Not even tea shop becomes profitable there during govt employee strikes :)
Obviously, Cochin is not the place which suffers when Govt employees go on strike. It produces, earns and thrives on it !
The % of tax money collected from any location is directly related to the % of investments made there. This is quite natural.
Since Kochi accounts to more than 75% of our state’s industrial investment, it is bound to generate the output at that rate. There is no question of generosity here. And for your information, Kerala is losing much tax money too – manifold times of collection - by way of manipulation and fraudulent practices followed by your fellow city mates.
Government machinery all over the world has a purpose to serve and nowhere it is evaluated with a profit and loss account!!!! It has a social obligation and that’s why public transport services like KSRTC operates even at late night just for the sake of few passengers and private busses are off the road during then. If you evaluate this as poor management by government and waste of tax money, then you are an odd breed deserving no reply.
To wrap-up, we all had seen the pathetic conditions of “private” employees widespread, during the recent economic crisis, facing retrench without even served by notice. You can see many of them in your own “metro” too, eagerly waiting their call, praying for global economic scenario to improve. Surely, government employees are not with any “on-call” assignments.
hi vivek,
i am sanil from cochin itself,i also agree with you regarding the delaying of projects in kerala,i have Msc in Biotechnology.
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