Kochi-Kovai corridor gets fillip; 2k acres identified
KOCHI: The state’s dream to evolve as a potential industrial investment hub has got a major fillip as the drone survey of the 2,000 acres of land identified for the Kochi-Coimbatore industrial corridor in Palakkad was completed on Wednesday. Speaking to TNIE in an interview, Alkesh Kumar Sharma, who recently took charge as principal secretary, industries, Kochi-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, said the project also involves developing Kochi as a ‘global city’ at par with Hong Kong and Singapore focusing on non-polluting industries such as banking, insurance and IT over 500 acres in and around Ernakulam.
On the mapping in Palakkad, Sharma said the drone survey was done on the land spread across Kammanthra, Pudussery and Ozhalapathy.The Centre recently decided to extend the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor to Coimbatore and then to Kochi, thereby creating Kochi-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor. The proposed corridor will have NH 544 as its spine with the added advantage of the existing rail network, the natural gas pipeline, ports and airports in Kochi and Coimbatore.
