COCHIN OVERSEAS FUND SOCIETY

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WELCOME TO THE COCHIN OVERSEAS

Our goal is to bring awareness of the infrastructure shortages that the city of Cochin is facing and the need for private capital along with state funds or PPP(Public Private Participation) in financing these projects.

COCHIN OVERSEAS FUND SOCIETY

Cochin is a major destination for IT and ITES companies, ranked by NASSCOM as the second-most attractive city in India for IT-based services.Availability of cheap bandwidth through undersea cables and lower operational costs compared to other major cities in India, has been to its advantage. Various technology and industrial campuses including the government promoted Cochin Special Economic Zone operate in the outskirts of the city. Several new industrial campuses for research, trade and development in biotechnology, electronic hardware and information technology are in various stages of construction in the suburbs of the city. SmartCity,which on completion, would rank among the largest such ventures in the country. The Cochin International Airport a novel venture in the history of civil aviation in India where Government of Kerala, NRIs, Travelling Public, Financial Institutions, Airport Service Providers and others joined hands in the equity structure.Our goal is to get NRI's more involved in Cochin its growth and infrastructure development.The CIAL(Cochin International Airport Limited) is a success story that is being copied by other cities in India and being studied by Sociology and Economic professors in Harvard University in the United States.There is a URGENT!!! need to create some more Public Limited Companies with private capital and participation to take care of the infrastructure problems that the city of Cochin is facing.CIAL like pubic limited companies must be created to raise private capital for infrastructure in and around the city of Cochin.These companies should be started as wholly owned subsidiaries of CIAL or as a joint venture between Cochin Corporation and CIAL.
A online community for all Cochin enthusiasts to raise funds for its growth and infrastructure development.The CIAL is a result of initiative taken by Overseas Indians who contributed donations and interest free loans for a Cochin International Airport Society. Our goal is to raise money for the creation of CIAL Companies to address other critical infrastructure needs and shortages the City of Cochin is facing.


A map of COCHIN Metro and its proposed stops going from Alwaye to Pettah in Tripunthara

A map of COCHIN Metro and its proposed stops going from Alwaye to Pettah in Tripunthara
There will be a station after each kilometer.Aluva, Pulinchode, Companypady, Ambattukavu, Muttom, Apollo Tyres, St.Mary's Church, Kalamassery, Pathady palam, Edappally Toll Junction, Edappally, Palarivattom, International stadium, Kaloor, Lissie Junction, Madhava Pharmacy, Maharaja's Ground, Ernakulam South junction, GCDA Junction, Fathima Church, Elumkulam, Vyttilla, Thykoodam, Poonithura and Pettah. The proposed speed for Cochin metro train is 36 Km per hour, which is almost equal to the city buses which have a limit of 35 km per hour.The Cochin metro will be expanded in the future adding places like Kakkanad,Fort Cochin,Vypeen,Cherai Beach,North Parur,Angamaly including the COCHIN AIRPORT AREA OR AEROTROPOLIS.

COCHIN OVERSEAS FUND SOCIETY

This is a blog devoted to Cochin, Kerala, India. Cochin also known as Kochi is one of the fastest growing cities not only in India but in Asia. The city is in danger of having severe shortage in meeting its Infrastructure needs. There is a need for getting contributions from NRI'S for funding and financing infrastructure projects in and around Cochin using the PPP equity structure which was successly implmented in the creation and the execution of CIAL(The Cochin International Airport Limited)

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Cochin has many more infrastructure projects to be taken up like widening of Elamkulam bridge


Elamkulam bridge to be widened soon



K.S. Sudhi



Many more infrastructure projects to be taken up










KOCHI: The widening of the bridge near Elamkulam along the Sahodaran Ayyappan road, the first road infrastructure project to be implemented for Kochi, will begin within a fortnight.

Kochi is banking heavily on the projects that are implemented with the support of the Asian Development Bank and the ones sanctioned by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for materialising its infrastructure dreams. Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP) is the nodal agency for the projects sanctioned by the two agencies.

The Rs. 3.5 crore-bridge widening project at Elamkulam will be completed within 18 months. The project is expected to ease the traffic along the road by widening the road and bridge in the area, according to authorities.

Other than the bridge widening project, projects for widening some of the important roads connecting major roads and those between MG road and Chittoor roads have also been planned. These projects will be implemented without acquiring any land. The improvement of the inter-connecting roads will be taken up by the KSUDP. The following are the roads that would be benefited from the scheme:

Karshaka Road (first 150 metres from South Road overbridge), Palarivattom-Vyttila road, Chittoor road, road between MG road and Chittoor road from Padma junction, road between MG road and Chittoor road from Ground Junction, road between MG road and Chittoor road from KSRTC junction, road between MG road and Chittoor road from Jose junction, Thoppumpady-Paravana-Fort Kochi road, Paravana-Mattanchery, TD road, Church landing road, Durbar Hall road and Mullassery canal road.

The KSUDP has also proposed six projects for improving key traffic junctions in the city. The junctions that have been identified for the project are the following: Jose junction, Maharaja College junction, Padma junction, Kacheripady junction, Park Avenue with Hospital Road Junction and Kathrikadavu junction.

The Rs. 9.78 crore surface water drainage scheme proposed for Kochi has failed to evoke much enthusiasm like the Rs. 131 crore Basic Services to the Urban Poor scheme. It is the escalating cost of building materials, it is learnt, that has been discouraging the contractors from taking up the projects.

Proposals for setting up conventional water supply scheme, seawater desalination project, a special water supply scheme for Eloor, Kalamassery and Rain Water harvesting are also in the pipeline. A major sum has been spent already by the authorities towards the setting up of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant.

The Hindu

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