Cochin highrises, pictures and projects - II - Page 21

sowmya · #**401** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 8:34 AM**

Cheers to Kalamassery which is going to be a hotspot after Kakkanad since 800 crore Nest, Biotechnology park, SEZ for electronics, Sutherland SEZ are coming up.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/19/stor...1905692100.htm

sowmya · #**402** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 8:46 AM**

Now Kochi is going to have 5 hot spots

1) Vallarpadam and Vypeen- LNG and container terminal
2) Nedumbassery due to Airport projects and IT parks(Parsvnath,CIAL and Unitech
3) Maradu(Sobha Hi Tech City and 5 star hotels and malls)
4) Kakkanad(Infopark,CSEZ, Smart city or whoever sets up IT park in the area)
5) Kalamassery(Kinfra Hi Tech Parks, Biotech Park, Electronic SEZ, Nest SEZ).

If all these projects get completed within time schedule there will be no looking back for Kochi.Above that there are hot projects within the city like MM Tech Towers in Kaloor

KMC · #**403** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 9:42 AM**

[QUOTE=sowmya;2753260]KMC-i think the construction is scheduled to start in April 2007 and complete in April 2009. Hope Iam correct. So is it that the construction of terminal will start only after the road - rail connectivity is fully over or will both the road-rail work and construction of terminal go together simultaneously.

Road and Rail connectivity is Pre- Condition for the ICTT by DP. Since both these will be only over by 2009 april, It is presumed construction will commence by that time.

KMC · #**404** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 10:13 AM**

Wadhwan Group ( Housing Development Infrastructure LTd foray's into Kochi .

http://india.recruit.net/search.html...location=India

http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detai...p?newsid=13205
I was searching for a Job Change ,accidentally found this.

sowmya · #**405** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 10:49 AM**

KMC, Just now I got an article from DP World site that the terminal will become operational on April 2009 and that means construction will begin in April 2007 because once the construction begins it will take two years. Please read the article below
India - Vallarpadam

Overview
We are currently in the process of finalising designs for the new container terminal at Vallarpadam within the Cochin Port Trust administration. With the commissioning of the new container handling facility at Vallarpadam, the existing container terminal will be handed over to the Cochin Port Trust for developing it as a non-container facility.

The Cochin Port Trust is committed to developing road and rail links to the new facility in advance of the opening of the terminal in the first quarter of 2009. The proposed project site at Vallarpadam was notified as a Special Economic Zone by the Ministry of Commerce, Governement of India on 2nd November 2006. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India gave the environmental clearance on 9th November 2006 for the construction of the terminal at Vallarpadam.

The new terminal will be positioned not only to handle transhipment traffic by virtue of its strategic position close to the major Far East - Europe trade lanes, but also to benefit from growth in consumer demand in India's southern states, with transhipment traffic accounting for a relatively small portion of volumes.

Start up of operations in Phase 1A of the project is expected to take place no later than in the 1st quarter of 2009.

Contact Information
Suresh Joseph
General Manager
India Gateway Terminal Private Limited
PO Box 525
Subramanian Road
Willingdon Island
Cochin 682003
Kerala
India

Tel: +91 484 4080202
Fax: +91 484 4080250
http://portal.pohub.com/portal/page?...schema=POGPRTL

KMC · #**406** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 11:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by sowmya

KMC, Just now I got an article from a site that the terminal will become operational on April 2009 and that means construction will begin in April 2007 because once the construction begins it will take two years. Please read the article below
India - Vallarpadam

Overview
We are currently in the process of finalising designs for the new container terminal at Vallarpadam within the Cochin Port Trust administration. With the commissioning of the new container handling facility at Vallarpadam, the existing container terminal will be handed over to the Cochin Port Trust for developing it as a non-container facility.

The Cochin Port Trust is committed to developing road and rail links to the new facility in advance of the opening of the terminal in the first quarter of 2009. The proposed project site at Vallarpadam was notified as a Special Economic Zone by the Ministry of Commerce, Governement of India on 2nd November 2006. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India gave the environmental clearance on 9th November 2006 for the construction of the terminal at Vallarpadam.

The new terminal will be positioned not only to handle transhipment traffic by virtue of its strategic position close to the major Far East - Europe trade lanes, but also to benefit from growth in consumer demand in India's southern states, with transhipment traffic accounting for a relatively small portion of volumes.

Start up of operations in Phase 1A of the project is expected to take place no later than in the 1st quarter of 2009.

Contact Information
Suresh Joseph
General Manager
India Gateway Terminal Private Limited
PO Box 525
Subramanian Road
Willingdon Island
Cochin 682003
Kerala
India

Tel: +91 484 4080202
Fax: +91 484 4080250
http://portal.pohub.com/portal/page?...schema=POGPRTL

Lets be practical , This is a Huge project and several things have to be settled , so there will always be delays . This is not US or UK where you can beat the deadline , But Ultimately Vallarpadam is gonna rise as all the procedural clearances are received , its only how fast the present commies can execute the project ( Road & Rail connect), as it is known well that the present govt or any govt in kerala is utter worst in executing projects withing time

KMC · #**407** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 11:11 AM**

Muthoot Started recruiting for their 5 Star deluxe Hotel project

http://www.jobs.keralaglobal.com/jobDetails.php?id=6082

any one applying !!!!!

sowmya · #**408** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 11:28 AM**

In which location is the Muthoot Hotel coming up? And is it completed?Is it the one which is under construction in K.P Vallon Road ,Kadavanthra?

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Originally Posted by KMC

Muthoot Started recruiting for their 5 Star deluxe Hotel project

http://www.jobs.keralaglobal.com/jobDetails.php?id=6082

any one applying !!!!!

pramodusnair · #**409** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 12:11 PM**

AIG Global Real Estate and RMZ Corp to develop office space and hotels

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Currently present in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune RMZ Corp will be expanding its operations to Mysore, Mangalore, Coimbatore, Kochi and Nagpur.

http://www.domain-b.com/industry/rea...9_develop.html

elm07 · #**410** Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 10:49 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by sowmya

Now Kochi is going to have 5 hot spots

1) Vallarpadam and Vypeen- LNG and container terminal
2) Nedumbassery due to Airport projects and IT parks(Parsvnath,CIAL and Unitech
3) Maradu(Sobha Hi Tech City and 5 star hotels and malls)
4) Kakkanad(Infopark,CSEZ, Smart city or whoever sets up IT park in the area)
5) Kalamassery(Kinfra Hi Tech Parks, Biotech Park, Electronic SEZ, Nest SEZ).

If all these projects get completed within time schedule there will be no looking back for Kochi.Above that there are hot projects within the city like MM Tech Towers in Kaloor

I thought Unitech was near Kakkanad area. Is it coming up near Nedumbassery?

pramodusnair · #**411** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 12:41 AM**

Unitech's IT sez is in kizhakkambalam.

pramodusnair · #**412** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 3:12 AM**

You missed out
1.Ambalamugal-----FACT's 500acre IT park,Biotech and food processing park.
2.Eloor

3.Puthuvype-GAIL's 7000crore gas cracker& gas based petrochemical complex(will be commisioned along with the lng terminal),which will act as the anchor refinery for the proposed PCPIR.Each PCPIR will receive billions of dollars in investment.
Soon Perumbavoor and Muvattupuzha would join this list once they are connected to Kochi by the newly sanctioned NationalHighways(Ernakulam will get 3 new national highways).

pramodusnair · #**413** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 4:01 AM**

NeST group's hardware park inaugurated

ReNik · #**414** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 12:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by KMC

Lets be practical , This is a Huge project and several things have to be settled , so there will always be delays . This is not US or UK where you can beat the deadline , But Ultimately Vallarpadam is gonna rise as all the procedural clearances are received , its only how fast the present commies can execute the project ( Road & Rail connect), as it is known well that the present govt or any govt in kerala is utter worst in executing projects withing time

KMC

Vallarpadam has strict time schedules stipulated in the contract. Since both road and rail
connectivity has started DPW is bound to start work now. According to the contract, road-rail connectivity should be complete before the terminal opens. But connectivity is complete DPW is also bound by the contract to complete it within April 2009. As of now there are no more hindrances. I read in news that DPW was about to issue
construction tenders in Feb 2007. So it must be starting this month.

sowmya · #**415** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 12:50 PM**

Another news from Hindu
KOCH: Industries Minister Elamaram Karim said here on Monday that the Government planned to set up an electronics hardware manufacturing hub each in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram and that the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) was in the process of acquiring land for the proposed facilities.

The Minister was speaking after laying the foundation for the Kalamassery Hi-Tech Electronics Hardware Park with the status of a special economic zone being promoted jointly by Kerala State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) and the Kochi-based NeST group.

The Minister said that 250 acres each were needed for the proposed hubs to get them product specific special economic zone status. In Kochi, the KSIDC had already located sufficient land for the project, he said.

The Minister said the Government was committed to reviving the State-promoted Keltron and to restore it to its old glory. For the purpose, the Government had drawn up a proposal for a one-time settlement of all the bank dues of the company. A sum of Rs.7.5 crore would be paid as the first instalment this year. The rest of the dues would be paid in three years. With this settlement, Keltron would come out of the red, the Minister said.

Joint venture

He also said that the Board of Directors of the Central public sector National Thermal Power

Corporation had cleared a proposal from the State Government to float a joint venture with Transformers and Electricals Kerala (TELK) for a world-class transformer manufacturing facility. The State Cabinet had also cleared the handing over of the Thiruvananthapuram-based Hi-Tech Industries to the Union Government for the manufacture of defence-related products.

The Government was confident that an IT-based Smart City would be established in Kochi soon. A digital city was also being planned in Kochi as a joint venture between Kinfra and the newly floated Kerala Infrastructure Development Company, he said.

The Minister said Grasim Industries had proposed setting up a knowledge-based industry township in Mavoor. There were a lot of enquiries from investors and that Kerala's potential would be

fully realised, he added.

The Minister also announced that the Union Minister of State for Commerce Jayram Ramesh had approved in principle a proposal for setting up Kerala's second rubber park in Ranni taluk of Pathanamthitta district.

The rubber park was being proposed as a joint venture between Rubber Board and Kinfra. The State Government was also hopeful of reopening Travancore Rayons and South Indian Wire Ropes soon, he said.

N. Jahangir, Managing Director of NeST group, welcomed the gathering. K. Chandran Pillai, MP., K. Babu, A.M. Yousef and V.K. Ebrahim Kunju, MLAs, and V.M. Arifa, chairperson of Kalamssery Municipality, offered felicitations.

A.S. Suresh Babu, Managing Director of Kinfra, made a brief presentation on Kinfra projects.

T. Balakrishnan, Principal Secretary, Industries, and C.J. Mathew, Development Commissioner, Cochin Special Economic Zone, also spoke.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/10/stor...1019420500.htm

KMC · #**416** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 12:56 PM**

Another 5 star Resort coming to Kochi

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...0701690500.htm

I guess these days Kochi deals only in 5 star Luxury , People look mighty rich over there , tats why all these 5 star hotels coming up.

ReNik · #**417** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 12:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by KMC

Wadhwan Group ( Housing Development Infrastructure LTd foray's into Kochi .

http://india.recruit.net/search.html...location=India

http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detai...p?newsid=13205
I was searching for a Job Change ,accidentally found this.

KMC

This is the Dewan Group (Dheeraj Builders) of Bombay. I am hearing the name Wadhwan
only now. Have they changed name ?

HDIL's entry to Kochi was heard in news about a year back. But the announcement
has not come yet.

pramodusnair · #**418** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 1:04 PM**

Kochi LRTS is going to be funded by
1.JNNURM viability gap fund
2.Infrastruture Cess on per sq feet area of buildings in Kochi corporation region.
a)So to increase the cess collected from the builders corp would have to allow more FAR.There is a high probability that FAR will be increased and the State's chief townplanner's order on decreasing the FAR will be struck down.
b) Since the adminstration of corp is decentralized,only corp has the power/authority to pass orders on zoning,FAR,town planning etc.
Kochi is on a strong wicket here and we will soon see FAR reverted to the old value.

ReNik · #**419** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 1:20 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by pramodusnair

Kochi LRTS is going to be funded by
1.JNNURM viability gap fund
2.Infrastruture Cess on per sq feet area of buildings in Kochi corporation region.
a)So to increase the cess collected from the builders corp would have to allow more FAR.There is a high probability that FAR will be increased and the State's chief townplanner's order on decreasing the FAR will be struck down.
b) Since the adminstration of corp is decentralized,only corp has the power/authority to pass orders on zoning,FAR,town planning etc.
So the Kochi is on a strong wicket here and we will soon see FAR reverted to the old value.

Pramod

Has the JNNURM viability gap fund for Cochin Metro been approved ? Has it appeared in
the news.

DMRC chief had suggested increase of FAR. Townplanner's order was against this
proposal. So that idiot's order being thrown was always on cards.

sowmya · #**420** Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 1:26 PM**

Yes Renik that's what I meant.Rail and road connectivity should be complete before the terminal opens not before the construction of terminal begins. And Renik, Land filling and development should have already started in the island because I read in Feb that Land development will start within a month. Do you have any idea whether it has begun? It would be really great if any work has begun in the site for the terminal.

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Originally Posted by ReNik

KMC

Vallarpadam has strict time schedules stipulated in the contract. Since both road and rail
connectivity has started DPW is bound to start work now. According to the contract, road-rail connectivity should be complete before the terminal opens. But connectivity is complete DPW is also bound by the contract to complete it within April 2009. As of now there are no more hindrances. I read in news that DPW was about to issue
construction tenders in Feb 2007. So it must be starting this month.