SmartCity Cochin

Smart city Kochi is an infrastructure project which will provide facilities specifically for IT/ ITES based ventures to work efficiently and cost effectively with adequate supply of required resources for IT industry. It has been proved that Cochin has adequate human resource with technical knowledge. This is the main encouraging factor for starting a big project like Smart City in Cochin. Smart city Kochi is a joint venture company formed by The Kerala Government and TECOM Investments. In this venture Kerala Government owns 16% share while TECOM Investments is to own 84% of the share. Smart City Kochi is expected to create over 90000 direct job opportunities.

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The Smart City project is built in the city of Cochin in Kerala state near Kakkanadu. This is near by the Info Park campus area. In this there will be Sets of Building or group of buildings. These buildings will be lend out to companies mainly doing IT/ITES based jobs. All the facilities and arrangements required for the operation of these companies will be provided here by the Smart City Kochi Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. There will be Special arrangements made for Power, Internet and data communication facilities, Transportation, Security, Food etc in this area.

Event History

• 2004-Concept of SmartCity presented before public
• 2005-MOU signed between Kerala government and Dubai Internet City
• 13 May 2007-Kerala Government and Teecom signed the an updated framework agreement
• February 2 2011-Disputes between Kerala government and Teecom where resolved
• October 8 2011-Construction of SmartCity was launched

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First phase of the project is expected to be completed within 18 months after the works have started. It is sure that by the arrival of this project, the face of Cochin as well as Kerala will definitely be changed. The changes that will be created by such a big project are unimaginable. People of Cochin are enthusiastic about this project coming into a reality.

Tourism in Cochin

Situated in the center of Kerala the city of Cochin shall be called the heart of Kerala. A lovable place for people from different parts of the world, the city of cochin stands as one of the greatest tourist attractions of India. From centuries back onwards Kochi is the tourist destinations for people from different parts of the world.

Known by the name QUEEN OF ARABIAN SEA Cochin is a dream land for the tourists all around the world. Lying beside the Arabian Sea, city of Cochin possess an extraordinary beauty that astonish travelers all around the world. Since it lies along the sea shore it became a trading route centuries back itself and the route became famous among the foreigners especially the Europeans.  This was one of the main reasons for the city becoming popular as a tourist center.  As years passed by the place became more and more popular. Now Cochin is ranked top among the best tourist centers in India.

Starting from Fort Kochi there are the great heritage plazas which take us back to the colonial era. It gives a nostalgic feeling when one visits these places. The Mattanchery Palace is one of them, which was originally built by the Portuguese and later it was home to the Rajas of Cochin. Today, it is a portrait gallery of the Cochin Rajas and notable for some of the best mythological murals in India. Kochi Marine drive was set up in the in the 1980s by the GCDA (Greater Cochin Development Authority).This is a walkway along the Vembanad Lake starting from High Court Junction till the Rajendra Maidan. Marine drive serves a leisure area and the shopping establishments near by the marine drive gives a great shopping experience For both tourists as well as the local people. Bolgatty Palace is a Heritage hotel situated on the Bolgatty Island in Kochi which was originally built by the Dutch traders. After 1949 the palace became the property of Government. The Bolgatty palace faces toward the awesome backwaters by which tourists are attracted. To the eastern coast of the Bolgatty Island is situated the Kochi International marina. This is the only marina in India.

Main attractions

• Fort Kochi Beach
• Mattanchery Place
• Jewish Sybagogue and Jew Town Mattanchery
• Willingdon Island
•  Marine Drive
•  Bolgatty Palace
•  Kochi International Marina
•  Jawaharlal Nehru Interntional Stadium
•  Cherai Beach
• Museum of Kerala History
•  Hill Palace Tripunithura

Fort Kochi Beach

Mattanchery Palace

Marine Drive Cochin

Rainbow Bridge-Marine Drive

Marine Drive Walkway

Bolgatty PalaceCochin

International Marina

Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium

Cherai Beach

Museum of Kerala History

All these destinations in kochi makes it the queen of arabian sea. With efforts put in by the government and the Tourism Department it is sure that the Queen of Arabian Sea will attract more and more tourists in the coming years.