Trivandrum Projects & Infrastructure :News

[ani07]

It was reported by both newindpress and hindu that MG Road Kochi has the highest land value in kerala-
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems...apuram&Topic=0

http://www.hindu.com/pp/2008/05/17/s...1750550101.htm

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Jet starts code sharing services from Thiruvananthapuram

Jet Airways adds two more India destinations

By MANDEEP SINGH

JET Airways, which began operating flights between Bahrain and India earlier this year, has added Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram to its list of destinations, it was revealed yesterday.

"We have entered into a code share with the national airline of Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways, which will enable Bahrain passengers bound for Delhi to fly to the UAE capital on Etihad Airways and then connect to Jet Airways flights to Delhi," he told the GDN.

"Also, Jet Airways ticket holders will be able to fly from Bahrain all the way to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi on Etihad via Abu Dhabi. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story...&IssueID=31085

[Sathyalal]

Originally Posted by ani07

It was reported by both newindpress and hindu that MG Road Kochi has the highest land value in kerala-
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems...apuram&Topic=0

http://www.hindu.com/pp/2008/05/17/s...1750550101.htm

The specified site (Gov site ) is telling a different story. You can check it. I have already posted the image. There are places around Technocity ranging 15 lakhs, 61 lakhs and one particular survey crossing 3.7 crores(which is near the entrance of the proposed Technocity). One thing is sure that it is not a typo since allmost all the survey numbers are going to double digits in lakhs.

Any way why should we waste time on this? My personal opinion is that thoses prices are highly unrealistic. Now let the gov fix it.

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Originally Posted by Sathyalal

The specified site (Gov site ) is telling a different story. You can check it. I have already posted the image. There are places around Technocity ranging 15 lakhs, 61 lakhs and one particular survey crossing 3.7 crores(which is near the entrance of the proposed Technocity). One thing is sure that it is not a typo since allmost all the survey numbers are going to double digits in lakhs.

Any way why should we waste time on this? My personal opinion is that thoses prices are highly unrealistic. Now let the gov fix it.

Thats right. Irrespective of a typo or bad arithmetic, Registration dept has announced that
these will be corrected way downwards in the final notification. Actually such mistakes have come up in many districts even though revenue minister
announced that highest value is at MG Road Kochi.

[Sathyalal]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An operating centre for trains starting from and terminating in the city would come up in the 12.14 hectares of land owned by the railways adjacent to the Nemom railway station.

Designed on the lines of Basin Bridge coaching depot, all the coach maintenance activities carried out in Thiruvananthapuram central will be shifted to Nemom. Commercial activities like shopping mall in the proposed world class railway station will be set up in the southern side of the central station.

Once the operating centre comes up, Thiruvananthapuram central will become a wayside station. Mainline Electric Multiple Units (MEMU) to take care of short distance travellers will commence operations from the central station. The car shed for MEMU operations will be in Kollam and Palakkad. Trains via Nagercoil will start operations from Kochuveli.

Estimated to cost over Rs.250 crore, the railways are planning 10 pit lines to take care of the maintenance of 30 trains, 12 stabling lines, sick lines and staff quarters at Nemom. “The concept is ready and had been cleared by the Chief Operations Manager, Southern Railway, Abraham Jacob. We now have to translate it into paper and funds is not an issue,” Divisional Railway Manager Titus P. Koshy, told The Hindu.

The central station is saturated and is handling trains two-and-a-half times more than the sanctioned capacity. Along with this, the delay in acquiring land at Kochuveli for creating more facilities has forced the railways to utilise the land at Nemom.

“As the existing land owned by the railways at Nemom lies in the form of an unwieldy triangle, we would have to acquire another 28.33 hectares along the track,” Senior Operations Manager J. Vinayan said. One more line will be laid from Nemom and Kochuveli to Thiruvananthapuram central to ensure smooth train operations.

The railways have initiated steps to set up an island platform (to receive trains on both sides), two more pit lines and a sick line at Kochuveli. With this, the number of platforms will go up to three. Already, a pit line and two platforms have been set up. The railways will be able to handle nine originating trains from Kochuveli once the minimum infrastructure is created at a cost of Rs.29 crore. The proposed operating centre at Nemom, the central station and the satellite terminal at Kochuveli would together constitute world class railway station of the capital, Mr. Vinayan added.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/15/stor...1554210400.htm

[chandrurajan]

Kristal tech park view(5 towers together)

Pic Courtesy : Nishant Nair SSC

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[PLUS]

TCS building - I guess this has been exempted from environmental clearance.
Can someone confirm ?




An upcoming govt building

[Sathyalal]

International food chains are setting up shops inside Tejaswini
Dominos, Chick King,Subway,Pappa Panjo,Kabab house, Coffee Beans, Coffee day etc.



Some article on the changing life style of youth.

[Sathyalal]

Metro Manorama says..


1. Technopark contributes 80 % of the software exports from Kerala. 1050 out of 1300 crores(official data).
2. 140 out of 180 ITcompanies are operating from Technopark
3. It is growing in a such way to provide employment for all the students passing out from Engineering colleges in Kerala.
4. Tejaswini is the largest office building in Kerala
5. Leela is completing its IT park
6. Tata elxsi is completing 4 new buildings
7. Peepul park is TCS ‘s global training centre
8. Hotels, Apartments, Car showrooms, Shopping malls etc mashrooming around the park will shift the commercial nerve from the city to Technopark Area.
9. Infosys & US Tec campuses are under construction.

[chandrurajan]

Pic Courtesy & Info provided By Shafi in SSC

Total Area : 2,50,000 Sqft
Land Area : 2 Acres
Location : Near Ananthapuri hospital
Floor Plan : G+6 Floors
Status : Work to commence with in 2 weeks time
Architects : Fersh Ambience Architectural Design Firm, Palayam
Builders : Alfa Group

[rajkrish]

Cool one

[elm07]

any idea on when they are planning to start the MEMU services? Originally it was supposed to be Kollam-Neyyattinkkara, but the latest railway budget didnt allocate much for the Kollam MEMU stabling operations. Are they initially planning something within Trivandrum district? There was also a plan to have 4 railway lines from Trivandrum to Kollam, but I think this currently ends in Murukkumpuzha if I am right.

Originally Posted by Sathyalal

Once the operating centre comes up, Thiruvananthapuram central will become a wayside station. Mainline Electric Multiple Units (MEMU) to take care of short distance travellers will commence operations from the central station. The car shed for MEMU operations will be in Kollam and Palakkad. Trains via Nagercoil will start operations from Kochuveli.

[Sathyalal]

Rs.500-crore project for national games in State capital

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government has drawn up a Rs.500-crore plan for hosting the next national games in the capital, Sports Minister M. Vijayakumar has said.

He was inaugurating a development seminar organised by the city corporation for putting together the development schemes for the 11th plan period.

This plan includes setting up new stadia, an Olympic-sized swimming pool and other infrastructure facilities — outdoor and indoor — required for the national games. The Centre would provide Rs.100 crore for the Games.

“This is the first time that I am announcing that Thiruvananthapuram would be the main venue for the national games,” Mr. Vijayakumar said.

The Left Democratic Front government had democratised sports in the State. Sport has been placed on the forefront of the development agenda for the State, the Sports Minister said.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/30/stor...3058970400.htm

[chandrurajan]

Pic Courtesy:Sidewinder SSC


Varkey Mall : Next To Press Club and Opp To Central Stadium

[Sathyalal]

Youngters preparing for moon mission.

Last October, when former President A P J Abdul Kalam lectured at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s fledgling space technology institute in Thiruvananthapuram, he picked a Ned Washington-Leigh Harline number from the ・0s to pep up the eager-faced youngsters facing him. The lyrics are meant to ignite・

Then you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are/Anything your heart desires will come to you.・Prakhar Agarwal, 20, concurs. youngsters dreaming of a space career, you won’t get a chance like this anywhere else in the country. We are called the youngest members of the ISRO family, says the youngster from Lucknow.

Prakhar is one of 138 wannabe space techies handpicked by the ISRO for the inaugural batch of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) last year. All of them had figured in the 2007 IIT-JEE rank lists, but chose the IIST over the glamorous Indian Institutes of Technology.

by September, 2009, the ISRO plans to shift the facility from its temporary home at the VSSC, Thumba, to a permanent campus next to the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Valiyamala ・also in Thiruvananthapuram.

IIST is unique in the sense that it is the only academy dedicated to space science and technology, he says

http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/su...tlight&rLink=0

[Sathyalal]

9 IT majors in the race for developing Technocity
Wednesday July 2 2008 10:17 IST
Arjun Raghunath

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Larsen & Toubro, Raheja and Suzlon are among the nine major groups whohave come forward for developing the Technocity, the-state-of-the-art IT township being set up by the State Government on 500 acres in the state capital.

Emaar MGF, Maytas, Sun Forrester, SREI, Brigade and Ramki are the other major groups that have responded to the request-for-qualification’ (RfQ) invited by the Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited (KSITI) for developing IT and IT-Enabled Service projects at the Technocity as well as the third-phase of the Technopark. The RfQ was released on May 28. The last date for submitting applications was June 30.

A committee headed by Chief Secretary P.J.Thomas will scrutinise the applications. The committee will have secretaries of IT, Industry, Finance and Law Departments and chief executive officers of the Technopark and the Infopark as its members. Those who do not satisfy the conditions prescribed in the tender notice would be rejected. The Cabinet should approve the final list of developers for the Technocity.

IT Secretary Ajay Kumar said that the land acquisition process for the Technocity at Pallipuram, around five km away from the Technopark, was progressing and the construction works were expected to begin within six months. The Technocity would have all the facilities of a town, including a school and a hospital, on its premises.

While 70 percent of the space would be utilised for IT-related activities, the remaining area would be utilised for other supporting infrastructure. The projects would be developed on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)-basis with the KSITI holding 26 percent equity.

The developers will have to form a `special purpose vehicle’ (SPV) for executing the project. The SPV will be responsible for designing, engineering, financing, procurement, construction, marketing, operation and maintenance of the project.

The project will be carried out in three different ranges - IT/ITES project for parcel size up to 50 acres; IT/ITES Project for parcel size greater than 50 and up to 100 acres; IT/ITES Project for parcel size greater than 100 acres.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems...puram&Topic=0&

[SREEKUMAR]

Great News.. Looks bigger than smart city.. 500 acres .. I read recently that total area of Technocity will be 20 million Sq.ft which is huge…

God knows when this will happen? We are hearing about Smart city for the last 5 years and is not yet started. We have to wait another 10 more years for the completion..

Originally Posted by Sathyalal

9 IT majors in the race for developing Technocity
Wednesday July 2 2008 10:17 IST
Arjun Raghunath

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Larsen & Toubro, Raheja and Suzlon are among the nine major groups whohave come forward for developing the Technocity, the-state-of-the-art IT township being set up by the State Government on 500 acres in the state capital.

Emaar MGF, Maytas, Sun Forrester, SREI, Brigade and Ramki are the other major groups that have responded to the request-for-qualification’ (RfQ) invited by the Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited (KSITI) for developing IT and IT-Enabled Service projects at the Technocity as well as the third-phase of the Technopark. The RfQ was released on May 28. The last date for submitting applications was June 30.

A committee headed by Chief Secretary P.J.Thomas will scrutinise the applications. The committee will have secretaries of IT, Industry, Finance and Law Departments and chief executive officers of the Technopark and the Infopark as its members. Those who do not satisfy the conditions prescribed in the tender notice would be rejected. The Cabinet should approve the final list of developers for the Technocity.

IT Secretary Ajay Kumar said that the land acquisition process for the Technocity at Pallipuram, around five km away from the Technopark, was progressing and the construction works were expected to begin within six months. The Technocity would have all the facilities of a town, including a school and a hospital, on its premises.

While 70 percent of the space would be utilised for IT-related activities, the remaining area would be utilised for other supporting infrastructure. The projects would be developed on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)-basis with the KSITI holding 26 percent equity.

The developers will have to form a `special purpose vehicle’ (SPV) for executing the project. The SPV will be responsible for designing, engineering, financing, procurement, construction, marketing, operation and maintenance of the project.

The project will be carried out in three different ranges - IT/ITES project for parcel size up to 50 acres; IT/ITES Project for parcel size greater than 50 and up to 100 acres; IT/ITES Project for parcel size greater than 100 acres.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems...puram&Topic=0&

[rajkrish]

Petition against the award of tender to Lanco has been rejected by the High court today morning. So decks are cleared for construction.

[scorpiogenius]

Buil-Tech Vista
10 floors
Mangottukonam




http://builtechengineers.com/

[Sathyalal]

Toonz Infrastructure is co-developer for Kifra Animation Zone.
First animation SEZ in India.

Toonz will immediately start construction once co-developer status is approved in Jul 18th meeting.
Accel is building its studio
Compact Disk had requested one acre and 10000 sq feet built up space.

Kerala animation-gaming exports will increase exponentially once the park is ready.




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