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donno whether its posted before . http://kunnel.com/plazagrandeur.html ...its coming up in kaloor .
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Tallest building of South India reaches 28th floor - Choice Paradise

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Tallest building of South India reaches 28th floor - Choice Paradise

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In today's The Hindu, it is mentioned that Heera Grace or so in Trivandrum will be the tallest building in Kerala with 34 floors. But ffrom long I have been hearing that Choice Paradise in Tripunithura will be of ~42 floors and now termed as tallest in South India (after completion). Any confusion regarding the both news??

Kindly update as soon as possible about which will be tallest building?. I am eager to know!!

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I dont think Gold Souk will be operational by Akshaya Thrithiya day on April 24, 2009. Any news about its inauguration.

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In today's The Hindu, it is mentioned that Heera Grace or so in Trivandrum will be the tallest building in Kerala with 34 floors. But ffrom long I have been hearing that Choice Paradise in Tripunithura will be of ~42 floors and now termed as tallest in South India (after completion). Any confusion regarding the both news??

Kindly update as soon as possible about which will be tallest building?. I am eager to know!!

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That may be Heera's claim. It is really hard for a 34 floor or 36 floor tower
to be as tall as 41 floor tower. It takes 20% more height per floor for a 35 storey to match
a 41 storey.
Heera has a similar claim about their 36 storey Global
City at Kakkanad - they claim Global City is the tallest in Kochi, which is certainly wrong.
There are at least 3 other 36 storeys in Kochi I know of.

To be sure, one has to see after construction. Choice construction is surely 41 floors with helipads as
it is already sold out projects. How far such projects go depends on many things including sales.
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I dont think Gold Souk will be operational by Akshaya Thrithiya day on April 24, 2009. Any news about its inauguration.

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I could see the work progressing fast during my visit. I don't know exact date of inauguration. A few weeks delays are common for such projects usually.

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Dream Hotel @ Elamkulam inaugurated


Best thing an an even bigger Dream hotel is under construction @ Silversand island, Vyttila.

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Vikram Chatwal to open up new hotel Dream Cochin on Sunday
Friday, April 03, 2009







(NEW YORK) Just as Lakme Fashion Week winds down, Vikram Chatwal gives aesthetes another reason to stick around in India. The hotelier behind the Dream Hotel concept is opening his newest property, Dream Cochin, this weekend in Cochin, India. The Bent Severin-designed property boasts 151 guest rooms, a 24-hour concierge, personal training, 3 restuarants, 2 lounges and all the bells and whistles one would expect. The inaugural Dream in India has already been accredited as a 5-star property by the Indian Ministry of Tourism. "As a continuation of the Dream brand, it was vital to stay in tune with the concept born in New York but simultaneously blend in the mysterious, exotic and relaxed personality that is Kerala," said Vikram Chatwal, president of Vikram Chatwal Hotels, in a statement. "What we plan to bring to India is the idea that a hotel can provide luxurious accommodations and unparalleled service while surprising the guest at every turn."
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Gold Souk

Thanks for the update.

Gold Souk was at last planned to open on Akshaya Trithiya day. I am waiting for it. It is really a huge MALL with 5 lakh square feet.
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I think its Heera Dreamz and they are probably quoting some old literature which needs to be updated - maybe when it was conceived, it would have been the tallest, but much has happened since then.

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In today's The Hindu, it is mentioned that Heera Grace or so in Trivandrum will be the tallest building in Kerala with 34 floors. But ffrom long I have been hearing that Choice Paradise in Tripunithura will be of ~42 floors and now termed as tallest in South India (after completion). Any confusion regarding the both news??

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CIAL profits are up again for the year ... this one keeps delivering good news.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/...100183235.html

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Thiruvananthapuram, April 22 (IANS) Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) Wednesday announced a pre-tax profit of Rs.60.32 crore (Rs.603.2 million) for the fiscal year 2008-09.
Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who is also chairman of CIAL, after a meeting of the board of directors said the profit after tax has seen a sharp rise from Rs.47.12 crore (Rs.471.2 million) in 2007-08.
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Big investments into multinational hospitality brands

5 multinational brands have pitched in Kochi for the upcoming seven greenfield 5* deluxe
hotel projects . Marriot, IHG Crowne Plaza, IHG Holiday Inn, Radisson, Hampshire (Dream),
Le Meridian
- Kochi is the only spot in the state to host them.

Four of them are already under construction

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Rs. 1300 crore investments in 7 five star deluxe hotels at Kochi

Courtyard Marriot (300 suite 5*Deluxe) - Edappally @ Lulu campus - under construction
opening December 2010


IHG Crowne Plaza (250 suite 5*Deluxe) - Kundanoor, under construction (opening early 2010)

IHG Holiday Inn Express (200 suite 5*) - Palarivattom, under construction (opening early 2010)

Dream Hotel (300 room 5* deluxe) - Silversand Island, Vyttila, under construction (opening 2011)

Radisson (200 room 5*) - by Pheonix group near Vyttila

By Muthoot (250 suites 5*) - at Edappally, the brand to be announced soon.

Atkins Spence (5*) - details to be announced
News from Metro Manorama 17/04/2009

And this still leaves out Taj Gateway under construction at Kakkanad by Muthoot.



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Go Air blue colored Airbus A 320 flying from Cochin to Delhi as G8 112 Delhi departs.




Jet Airways 9W 408 operated by 737-700 departs to Mumbai, well behind schedule.
The distant glow is from Air India Express IX 204, a 737-800 from Mumbai to Cochin,
peeping through the clouds




Indigo A 320 depart to Delhi via Hyderabad while a kingfisher ATR lands




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New Domestic Terminal at CIAL gets go ahead

This seems in addition to the expansion of the new arrival block of the existing domestic terminal
for which works have been awarded already
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New Domestic departure Terminal to cost of Rs.84 crore

Cost suggests that this is terminal - exclusively for departure - at least 400,000 sq ft in area, taking CIAL terminal area
to more than 1.2 million sq ft !!


Existing terminal is also being augmented with a new arrival block. Here is the details of bids invited by CIAL for the construction works
of this.


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MRO Hangar @ CIAL to open by October

Global majors eager to partner in the facility

So many expansion projects are underway at CIAL with totally no assistance
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CIAL planning to open MRO unit

Nedumbassery: As part of entering the aircraft maintenance sector by launching an MRO unit (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul), Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) is planning to provide line maintenance services for aircraft operating services to the airport, CIAL Managing Director C.G. Krishnadas Nair has said.

Line maintenance services are short-term check-ups as per the DGCA norms carried out on aircraft during its brief stay at en route stations.

At the Kochi airport, these works had been executed by a licensed station engineer of the SriLankan Airways, which recently stopped its operations here.

“We have applied to the DGCA for starting a line maintenance facility and is aiming to launch it before the opening of the proposed MRO unit on the airport concourses. A DGCA team is expected to carry out its first visit next week and we hope to get the licence after three or four such inspections,” he said.

He added that the company needed to recruit some experienced AME-certified engineers before launching the facility.

The maintenance hanger of the airport company is expected to start functioning before the end of the ongoing fiscal with the construction of superstructure scheduled to be completed in September
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Dr. Krishnadas Nair said that the company was in search of an investment partner with experience in aircraft repair technology and business development.

In the MRO unit, the new associate would be given 49 per cent of the total share with CIAL remaining the majority stakeholder, he added.

“A final view could be evolved only by the end of this year but the company director board has decided to invite global tenders. We have already been approached by two companies but a competitive bidding could be carried out with much higher number of bids and we expect that once the infrastructure is completed,” he said.

The director board has decided to invite global tenders for installing an integrated airport management system to link up airport operations, revenue, flight schedules to an information technology-based system as in the new generation airports.

By setting up the project worth Rs.13 crore, the airport will be lifted to global standards by achieving higher managerial efficiency standards, Dr. Krishnadas Nair said.
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The Bottomline on Kochi's Economic growth

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Published: April 25 2009 03:37 | Last updated: April 25 2009 03:37

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Cochin has become popular with second home buyers

In Cochin, India, spider-like cranes holding fishing nets dip into the water from a palm-fringed shore that has barely changed since ancient times. Meanwhile, on the opposite bank, stand shiny new skyscrapers and apartment blocks, symbols of modern Kochi, to take the city’s new, though less-used, name. This picture of old and new, tradition and modernity, captures the rapid changes happening in India – and particularly in this busy port on the Arabian Sea.

The global recession has taken its toll on the country this year, knocking three percentage points off economic growth, paralysing the mortgage market and bringing construction to a standstill. Yet Cochin, a former British and Portuguese colony on the south-west “spice coast”, remains the business capital of the lush Kerala province. And international property experts still regard the city as a “rising urban star” with a housing market poised for long-term expansion.

“The demand is there because India is moving its population from an under-developed state to a developed state very quickly and, in the process, the middle-class is growing at a very fast rate,” says MG Girish at DLF Homes, one of the largest developers in India.

According to McKinsey, the consultancy group, India’s middle class numbers roughly 50m people and is expected to increase ten times between now and 2025. And it is this predominantly youthful group that has been buying both second and first homes, fuelling recent booms. Although property prices in Cochin dropped 10-20 per cent last year, that followed a rise of 20-25 per cent per year from 2002 to 2007, according to international property services company Jones Lang LaSalle.

The city is helped by its well-educated population (Kerala has one of the highest literacy rates in India at 90.9 per cent); a vibrant information technology services industry; and a growing banking and finance sector, including offices of Ernst & Young, HSBC, Citibank and Standard Chartered. There are new bridges linking Cochin’s five main islands, including a new economic zone, and container terminals, and the business park in eastern Kakkanad is thriving.

Tourism is also growing and there are plans for a $2.4m modernisation of Port Cochin, on Wellington Island, which will include the construction of a new cruise ship terminal. A short ferry ride away, in the charming crumbling colonial island of Fort Cochin, elegant five-star hotels in former merchant houses and mansions happily co-exist with pepper, cardamom and chilli warehouses, fruit and fish stalls and ancient churches.

Before the recession, much of the residential property market action in Cochin was in Ernakulam, a modern district with gleaming apartment towers springing up along Marina Drive and a new, upmarket 60-acre residential zone built on reclaimed land overlooking Lake Vembannad. This is the site of one of DLF’s most prestigious developments – Riverside, a group of five towers housing 176 three- and four-bedroom apartments, 70 per cent of which are already sold – and eight other developers, including Abad and Prestige Properties from India and Emaar and DEWA from Dubai, are also building elegant, if densely grouped, blocks.

Many boast luxury flats with Villeroy & Boch bathrooms, Scavolini kitchens, Italian marble floors and prices ranging from R3,250 (£45) per sq ft (slightly above the average for a new home in Cochin) to R15,000 per sq ft. Waterfront properties meanwhile cost R6,000-R7,000 per sq ft, which adds up, on average, to R8m-R9m per home.

Of course, the average wage for semi-skilled work in the city is lower than in northern India at R4,000 per month. So, not surprisingly, the majority of buyers – up to 65 per cent in the case of Prestige Developments – are non-resident Indians (NRIs) who have been working and earning abroad, mainly in Dubai. About 10 per cent of the buyers also come from the UK and USA.

Currently, only NRIs and people of Indian origin (PIO) can buy property directly in the country but other types of buyers typically work around this by purchasing through a business, says Neil MacLeod of estate agency Savills. “A developer will generally set up a holding company for each property in Mauritius,” he explains. “As long as you do not mind owning a company that owns your house, it is simple.”

Other options for homebuyers in Cochin include smart new apartments, priced from R2.5m-3.5m, in more affordable north-eastern suburbs, such as Palarivattom, Edappally and the slightly higher-end Mamangalam, as well as traditional Keralan bungalows and cottages in upper-class districts, such as Panampally Nagar in the east, starting at around R3.5m-4m. Further afield at the protected Cherai Beach, 26km from the city centre, there are simple two-bedroom beach houses on sale for R5-R6m.

At Fort Cochin, close to the small beach, traditional three-bedroom Keralan houses on more than 4,000 sq ft of land command R7m-R10m, while larger villas now fetch R20m-R30m.

Dr Mohammad Naved, an opthalmologist who works and lives with his wife and three children in Northampton, England, grew up in Kerala – so it was only natural that he consider a second home in the city. Three years ago he paid R4.5m for a four-bedroom apartment in Abad’s Silver Crest block, which is located in a quiet, leafy neighbourhood. He now visits every other year, letting the property for the rest of the time. “It is a larger, luxury flat and well-constructed with good views and slightly away from the main part of the city,” he says. “Cochin has changed quite a bit in the last two years. People have more money; there are more [shopping] malls and more traffic.”

He reckons his flat is now worth R8.5m-9m, though he concedes the value might well drop a little. “The market has flattened out but it is not as bad as the UK,” he says.

Najeeb Zackeria at Abad Developers says he expects sales volumes in Cochin to drop 30-40 per cent over the next three years with price corrections of 5-10 per cent. And Annie Joseph at Prestige Projects confirms that times are tough. “Many NRIs are waiting to see whether they have a job or not [before buying],” she says. Although most apartments in the company’s new Neptune’s Courtyard are sold, “if we were to launch a project now, we would not have many enquiries”.

Nevertheless, many feel Cochin can ride out the storm. “The fundamentals are still strong,” says Avinash Mirchandani at Jones Lang LaSalle. Financial Times story

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The National Housing Bank has completed work on the price index for residential property with the inclusion of 10 cities. K.A. MARTIN says the inclusion of Kochi is recognition of its prominence in the realty business.

Kochi is among the 10 new cities for which the National Housing Bank (NHB) has completed work on a price index for residential property.

The NHBResidex, as the price index has been named, is on the lines of other price indices used in the country. With its twice-a-year updates, the NHBResidex promises planners, government and the public a better perspective on the real estate business in Kochi and its surrounding areas.

Kochi and nine other cities have been included in the index in the second phase of the ongoing and ambitious programme to bring all 63 cities covered by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) within the purview of the property price index.

The inclusion of Kochi, along with Hyderabad, Faridabad, Patna, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Lucknow, Pune and Surat, in the second phase of the NHBResidex preparation, is recognition of the city’s rising prominence in the realty business in the country.

According to the NHB, the property price index will systematically track residential property prices.

“It tracks the movements of residential property prices and can be used to estimate the house wealth, which is an important component of an average Indian’s personal wealth,” says S. Sridhar, who was the Managing Director of NHB at the launch of NHBResidex in July 2007.

The NHBResidex will be a useful tool for banks and financial institutions in evaluating portfolios. As of now, there is no reliable price index for real property in Kerala as a whole, says a senior government official, who was formerly with the Town Planning Department.

The new price index augurs well for Kochi, which has been at the centre of Kerala’s economic development.

From the point of view of potential investors, the price index is a welcome development, says Antoney Kunnel of Kerala Builders’ Forum.

He says that with such reliable data, it will be possible to get a better perspective on real property development. Tracking how property prices have moved will now be possible. Indeed, this is a welcome development.

Raj Pal, Principal Adviser to NHB, told The Hindu that the NHBResidex, expected within a week, had used 2007 as the base year and that there would be an index for 2008 and two half-yearly updates.

Mr. Sridhar had hailed it as “one of the first indices in the world for a developing country.” Developed countries such as the U.S. and the U.K. had well-established housing price indices, he had said.

It has been hard work for the small team in the special division led by Mr. Pal at the NHB, considering that capturing data on the real estate business in India proved an enormously difficult task.

Reliable data on the realty business in the country has been hard to come by because of several factors that come into play once one sets out to take a closer look at the industry.

It has been widely known for long that the actual price of property is not disclosed. Only the transacting parties are privy to it as they try to circumvent taxes, registration fee and stamp duty.

The NHB involved property brokers to get a real picture of the market. Data from them will be involved in the future too as the bank went about working on more urban centres in the country.

The NHBResidex was launched in July 2007 after the pilot project included the metros Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Bhopal. The preparation of the first index as part of the pilot project was spread over 2001 and 2005. 2001 was taken as the base year.

It was decided then that indices will be prepared for 35 cities/towns in the country with a population of a million or more as per the 2001 Census.

NHBResidex was well received by the government, banks and the industry, said Mr. Pal. The index was quoted twice in the Economic Survey, a measure of its reliability. The consideration before the NHB was that keeping an eye on the house prices could provide useful data for different interest groups.
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India's gateway transhipment terminal construction in final stage


ICTT Vallarpadam can easily handle even the largest mainline vessel from Nov 2009.
Dubai Ports World - worlds biggest port conglomerate - has kept the words. Only once
was the date of commissioning rescheduled by six months, due to the delay by govt in
starting road, rail connectivity works - impeccable record in itself in India where such
mega infra projects get delayed inordinately.

Already this has attracted a Rs.20,000 crore investment to Kochi in addition to the amount
invested by DPW.

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വല്ലാര്പാടം പദ്ധതിയുടെ നിര്മാണം അവസാനഘട്ടത്തിലേക്ക്

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കൊച്ചി: കേരളത്തിന്റെ വ്യാവസായിക വളര്ച്ചയ്ക്ക് കുതിപ്പേകുന്ന വല്ലാര്പാടം അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര കണ്ടെയ്നര് ടെര്മിനല് പദ്ധതിയുടെ നിര്മാണം അവസാനഘട്ടത്തിലേക്ക്. പദ്ധതിയുടെ 60 ശതമാനത്തിലധികം നിര്മാണം പൂര്ത്തിയായി കഴിഞ്ഞതായി നടത്തിപ്പുകാരായ ദുബായ് പോര്ട്ട്സ് വേള്ഡിന്റെ ജനറല് മാനേജര് സുരേഷ് ജോസഫ് 'മാതൃഭൂമി'യോട് പറഞ്ഞു.

പൈലിങ്ങ് ജോലികള് ജൂണോടെ പൂര്ത്തിയാകും. 200 മീറ്റര് വാര്ഫിന്റെ നിര്മാണവും അവസാനഘട്ടത്തിലാണ്. ജൂലായ്യോടെ ഇത് പൂര്ത്തിയാക്കാനാകുമെന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം വ്യക്തമാക്കി.

പൈലിങ് ജോലികള് പൂര്ത്തിയായാലുടന് ചരക്കുകള് കയറ്റാനും ഇറക്കാനുമായുള്ള ഭീമന് ക്രെയിനുകള് സ്ഥാപിക്കും. ചൈനയില്നിന്നാണ് ഇത് കൊണ്ടുവരുന്നത്. ഇതിനായുള്ള ഓര്ഡര് നല്കിക്കഴിഞ്ഞു.

പദ്ധതി നവംബറില് തന്നെ കമ്മീഷന് ചെയ്യാനാവുമെന്നാണ് പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നത്. ഇക്കഴിഞ്ഞ ഏപ്രിലിലാണ് പദ്ധതി കമ്മീഷന് ചെയ്യാന് നിശ്ചയിച്ചതെങ്കിലും റോഡ്, റെയില് പാതകളുടെ നിര്മാണം വൈകിയതുമൂലം പദ്ധതി പൂര്ത്തീകരണം പുതുക്കി നിശ്ചയിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു.

കൊച്ചി തുറമുഖ ട്രസ്റ്റിന്റെ നേതൃത്വത്തിലുള്ള ഈ പദ്ധതി 'നിര്മിച്ച് പ്രവര്ത്തിപ്പിച്ച് കൈമാറുന്ന (ബിഒടി)' രീതിയില് ദുബായ് പോര്ട്സ് വേള്ഡാണ് നടപ്പാക്കുന്നത്. നിര്മാണം പൂര്ത്തിയാകുന്നതോടെ പ്രതിവര്ഷം 30 ലക്ഷം ടിഇയു ചരക്ക് കൈകാര്യം ചെയ്യാന് ടെര്മിനലിന് ശേഷിയുണ്ടാവും.

8,000 കേവുഭാരമുള്ള ഭീമന് ചരക്കുകപ്പലുകള്ക്കു വരെ നങ്കൂരമിടാന് സൗകര്യമുള്ള തരത്തിലാണ് ടെര്മിനല് സജ്ജമാക്കുന്നത്. ഈ പ്രദേശത്തെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ ട്രാന്സ്ഷിപ്പ്മെന്റ് ടെര്മിനല് ആയതിനാല് അയല്തുറമുഖങ്ങളിലേക്കുള്ള ചരക്കുകളും വല്ലാര്പാടം ടെര്മിനല്വഴി കൊണ്ടുപോകാനാവും.

3,000 കേടി രൂപ നിക്ഷേപവുമായാണ് പദ്ധതി യാഥാര്ത്ഥ്യമാക്കുന്നത്. പദ്ധതിക്ക് അടിസ്ഥാനസൗകര്യമൊരുക്കാന് മറ്റൊരു 1,200 കോടി രൂപ കൂടി ചെലവഴിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്.

ടെര്മിനലിന്റെ ഭാഗമായി റോഡ്, റെയില്പ്പാതകള് നിര്മ്മിക്കുകയാണ്. റോഡ് നാഷണല് ഹൈവേ അതോറിട്ടിയും റെയില്പ്പാത റെയില് വികാസ് നിഗം ലിറ്റഡുമാണ് നിര്മിക്കുന്നത്.

കപ്പല്ചാലിന്റെ ആഴംകൂട്ടുന്ന ജോലികളും അവസാനഘട്ടത്തിലാണ്. 14.5 മീറ്ററായാണ് ആഴംകൂട്ടുന്നത്. മദര്ഷിപ്പുകള്ക്ക് വരാന് സൗകര്യമൊരുക്കുന്നതിനാണിത്.

വല്ലാര്പാടം ടെര്മിനല് പൂര്ത്തിയാകുന്നതോടെ അനുബന്ധമായി വന്തോതിലുള്ള നിക്ഷേപമാണ് കൊച്ചിയിലും ആലപ്പുഴയിലുമായി പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നത്.
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