Capital awaiting a development boom
Monday July 23 2007 11:55 IST
T'PURAM: The development of the
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, complete with a glass terminal, will be completed by August 2008, Law Minister M Vijayakumar has said.
Construction company
Kitco has already been given Rs 15 crore for the construction of the flyover that leads to the entrance of the airport at Chakka
The Minister said that lots would happen in the city on the development front.
The tender process for the Vizhinjam terminal would be completed in three months, he said. An agreement will be signed with the qualified agency this year itself.
The development of the
IT corridor, which begins from Pallippuram, and the construction of the
International Convention Centre at Akkulam too will be expedited.
The international IT Fest will be held at Technopark this year, he said.
The capital city outskirts too have much in store.
The work on national institutes like
Indian Institute for Science Education and Research Centre at
Nedumangad and
ISRO’s space institute will begin this 2007.
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