sions. The city development should also be linked with the major Vizhinjam Port Development project, for the future.
The beautiful Shangumugham and Veli should be developed as world class public recreation areas.
Above all, we should think of the continued management and preservation of the city. We need to develop“ Thinking Forums” involving experts from this region for continuous thinking for development. Planning should have a sociological phase involving the citizens and social groups and segments of stakeholders in the developmental process. draft plan talks about the new methods for garbage disposal, new technologies are not discussed. New global technologies have to be acquired for garbage disposal, sanitation and hygiene.
Trivandrum used to be a city with the highest number of educational institutions and students population. Trivandrum could any day be projected and sustained as a knowledge city as already envisaged by the Master Plan. Tourism is a major activity in this region and the city will gain much because of this industry. All the tourist
www. metromartdaily. com centres in and around the city including Kovalam should be integrated well for developing an intraregion circuit. The beautiful Shangumugham and Veli should be developed as world class public recreation areas. Fixed locations should be allowed for exhibiting hoardings, posters and billboards, and they should not be allowed at any other places. Face-lifting of roadside vendor outlets can itself be an attraction.
The city should have habitat centres, convention centres and community centres of different dimen-
Tourism industry including tour operators, hotels, airlines, media, and various service providers would always be ready to be part of this development initiative of the city.
It should be noticed that recently 35 leading hotels in Delhi have signed a document with the Delhi administration that they would go‘ green’ by introducing eco-friendly facilities and practices in their institutions to integrate with the Delhi development. The tourism industry would choose to pioneer and go green first, as part of making the city green.
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