Mega Oceanarium Coming Up in PuthuVypeen, Kochi

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A Mega Oceanarium is coming up at PuthuVypeen, Kochi at an areaof 65 acres with an investment of Rs.300 crores.

District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish, said the survey of 65 acres of land identified to set up an oceanarium on the Puthuvype Island has been completed. When complete it will be the largest oceanarium in Asia!

Specialties of Oceanarium:

The Oceanarium will give a magical view of aquatic life in the Arabian sea through a glass tunnel beneath the sea. The Centrally-aided project will be implemented by the Fisheries Department. There will be an array of marine life including coral reefs, stringrays, turtles, sharks, and other fishes. Also the major attraction will be the Dolphin lagoon or pool!!

What Else??

Above the Oceanarium International Biological Research Centre will come up along with cafeteria and with amusement features. Also Centre for Marine Living Resource and Ecology, an Central Institute will come up besides the Oceanarium.

Advantage of Kochi?

Oceanarium is one of the major attraction of the Singapore tourism. Oceanarium coming up at Kochi, will be with much more facilities than that of Singapore. Formerly the venture to set up Oceanarium were failures in Mumbai and Goa, but since Kochi has got cenral clearance the Oceanarium will definitely be a reality in a few years.
According to Government reports Kochi will become the Number 1 Tourist Destination in India once the Oceanarium becomes a reality!!!

Also Aqua Park!!

Also Kerala Fisheries Minister S Sarma said on Aug 7,2007 that work on the country's first aqua-technology park, aimed at tapping the huge potential in ornamental fish production and marketing, would be completed by November 2008. Talking to the media, Mr Sarma said the aqua farms at Neyyar in Thiruvananthapuram, Parappanagadi in Malappuram and Pannivelichira in Pattanamtitta would be upgraded as satellite farms under the upcoming park.


RESULT

As a result of all these Kochi will get a status as "The Fisheries Capital of INDIA" .


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Shenoy!!Dec 18,1335 hrs.

Metro Rail Kochi - Latest News

LATEST ON METRO RAIL KOCHI!
The land acquisition process for the Metro Rail Kochi will start soon probably next week. The district Collector of Ernakulam is waiting for the orders from the Government of Kerala for freezing the land buying and selling proceedings around the areas through which the Metro will pass through!

This system of transport is absolutely inevitable for the growth of ever expanding city like Kochi! The city has seen such a kind of growth, that it never thought of! Hence, it was not prepared for the battle. But that is not an excuse and along with a metro rail what Kochi needs is to have Sub-Urban services up to Calicut. The feasibility of such system of suburban service is been studied in Kochi and also in the Capital City of Thiruvananthapuram.

The Metro rail planned for Kochi is unlike that of Delhi Metro Rail, as in Kochi it will be Light Mass Rail Transit System(given for cities with population of less than 4 Million) which will start from Aluva and pass through National Highway across Kalamassery, Edapally, Palarivattom, Kaloor, Kacherripady, M.G Road, S.A Road(considered to be one of the busiest arterial roads in Asia), Vytilla, and end at Pettah covering a total of around 26 kms for Phase I.

It has taken around 3 years for the Government to take a decision until which the project was in limbo. The construction work for Bangalore Metro has already started which was of course planned long after that of Kochi Metro. Anyway the kochi Metro will surely be a reality as the Government is showing keen interest in the Mega project of estimated Rs. 3000 crores.

Let us wait and see how fast all the things related to metro works!

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