2 June 2013 Kollam Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Sunday launched the country’s first seaplane service from the backwaters here. Initially, the six-seater Cessna 206 H amphibian aircraft will be utilized for this service, which will be launched officially for tourists in August. “By the end of this…
30 May 2013 Thiruvananthapuram According to officials from the Tourism Department, Government of Kerala, a proposal has been submitted to the Indian Railways to announce Bekal Fort station as the first tourist railway station in the state. A cultural centre of global standards will also come up at…
30 May 2013 Kochi Kerala Tourism on Thursday received a shot in the arm as the first seaplane which will connect the state’s most popular backwater destinations arrived at the Kochi airport. Minister for Tourism A.P. Anil Kumar, accompanied by State Planning Board Vice Chairman K.M. Chandrasekhar and…
30 May 2013 Thiruvananthapuram With the Cabinet giving the administrative sanction for the 22.2-km monorail project in the State capital, decks have been cleared for signing the agreement with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the Rs.5,581-crore elevated mass rapid transit system in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. DMRC…
26 May 2013 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Tourism Seaplanes that were to be started this month are ready to take off and is expected to reach Kochi soon, one of the base stations identified. International airports in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Mangalore will be the other base stations for the service….
23 May 2013 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala State Government have asked Kerala Tourism Department to start the Sea Plane Services aimed at linking remote tourist destinations by this month. The first seaplane for Kerala has reached New Delhi for the mandatory clearances from the Customs and the Director General of…
29 April 2013 Thiruvananthapuram ATTOI (Association of Travel Trade Organizations, India) has announced a first-of-its-kind travel and technology conference in India. Named International Conference on Travel Technology India 2013 , it is slated to be organized in Kovalam, Kerala during the month of June, 2013. The International Conference…
25 April 2013 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala’s seaplane project is progressing right on schedule, but seaplane operators say that they would prefer to wait out the monsoon before starting full-fledged operations. Bharat Aviation director P Joseph Doss said he was ready with a Cessna 208 but would prefer to wait…
25 April 2013 New Delhi Indian government has given the go-ahead for the introduction of visa-on-arrival (VOA) service at five more international airports – Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi in Kerala, Goa, Hyderabad and Bengaluru – with a formal notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs expected this week. The…
April 9 2013 Thiruvananthapuram The 10-day trial ‘Point Duty Programme’ introduced by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has turned out to be a hit. Authorities claim to have collected additional revenue of Rs 1.19 crore in the past one week after the programme was introduced.The programme…
April 9 2013 Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala High Court directive to the police on Monday to take action against unauthorised auto-rickshaw and taxi stands is expected to clear up space for pedestrians in the city. The direction is being viewed against the backdrop of the inaction by police, Motor…
8 April 2013 Thiruvananthapuram Hackers have once again had the last laugh, putting to sword tall claims made by the Kerala cyber police on preventing cyber attacks on government websites.On Monday, an unidentified group unleashed a malware on the official website of the Kochi Metro rail project (www.kochimetro.org),…
9 April 2013 Kochi A Rs.100-crore project to revive the old railway station (formerly the Ernakulam Railway Goods Station) located behind the Kerala High Court has been submitted to the Southern Railway. Announcing the proposal here on Monday, Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Railway Manager Rajesh Agarwal said the plan was…
8 April 2013 Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is contemplating a detailed study into the feasibility of using compressed natural gas (CNG) as a cheap alternative fuel to run its buses in view of hike in price of high speed diesel.The exhaustive study is being…
2 April 2013 Thiruvananthapuram Work on the second phase of the World Bank-aided Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP) to develop 367 km of State highways to global standards will commence on June 1. Eight road corridors will be taken up under this phase at a cost of Rs…
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