FEATURE ARTICLE
Master Plan to leap ahead
The draft ‘ Master Plan ’ for Thiruvananthapuram city stresses on various development activities to be carried out over the coming 20 years .
V Viswanath
Thiruvananthapuram has been marching ahead to a higher position among cities with a wide range of projects in the last decade . Thiruvananthapuram being the capital city ; setting up of one of Asia ’ s largest IT hubs Technopark ; completion of Thiruvananthapuram international airport ; envisaged international deep-sea container transshipment terminal at Vizhinjam ; increased tourists to the international beach destination Kovalam ; the revelation of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple being one of the richest temples in the world – all these have propelled the city to the centre of attention nationally and internationally . This in turn is accompanied by increased inflow of people in to the city . The
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
July 2013
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