Posted on 29 Jan 2009
Vizhinjam Transshipment Terminal project is likely to end up in another mess with reports that the Lanco Group, which has won the bidding to implement the project, had landed in great financial crisis.
There were reports that the group was...
Posted on 11 Feb 2009
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP leader M.S. Kumar has demanded the resignation of Port Minister M. Vijayakumar owning moral responsibility for the government’s failure in handling the bids for the Vizhinjam port project in a flawless manner.
He alleged...
Posted on 11 Feb 2009
KANNUR: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala has demanded an Assembly committee inquiry into the government’s decision to award the Vizhinjam project works to the Hyderabad-based Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd.
The...
Posted on 11 Feb 2009
KANNUR: Communist Marxist Party (CMP) leader and former Minister M.V. Raghavan has said that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s eagerness to award the Vizhinjam transhipment project to Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd. is puzzling.
Talking...
Posted on 10 Feb 2009
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a judgment of the Kerala High Court asking the State government to consider the bids of Zoom Developers for the construction of the Rs.6,000-crore Vizhinjam deepwater container transhipment terminal...
Posted on 31 Jan 2009
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on petitions filed by a consortium led by Hyderabad-based Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd., the Kerala government and others on the implementation of the Rs.6,000-crore Vizhinjam Deepwater...
Posted on 11 Dec 2008
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The United Democratic Front (UDF) members staged a walkout in the Assembly on Thursday alleging corruption in the selection of bids for the proposed Vizhinjam Deepsea Port and Container Transhipment Terminal Project.
Seeking...
Posted on 08 Dec 2008
Thiruvananthapuram: The State government is likely to move the Supreme Court against the Kerala High Court verdict on the award of tenders for the Vizhinjam deepwater transhipment terminal project.
Highly placed sources said a decision would be...
Posted on 04 Dec 2008
Kochi: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the State government and Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd. to reject the technical and financial bids submitted by the Mumbai-based Zoom Developers for the...
Posted on 22 Nov 2008
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State government was forced to withdraw its notification regarding takeover of land for the proposed port at Vizhinjam because the “nexus between the CPI(M) and the land mafia” was exposed, DCC president V.S. Sivakumar...
Posted on 19 Nov 2008
Thiruvananthapuram: The LDF government Wednesday gave its approval to acquire 120 hectares of land for the development of roads, railway line, work yard and work area for the Vizhinjam International Deep Sea Container Trans-shipment...
Posted on 21 Nov 2008
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister for Ports M.Vijayakumar said here on Wednesday that the government had started negotiations with private companies to develop a shipyard at Poovar near Vizhinjam.
Delivering the inaugural address at a seminar...
Posted on 20 Nov 2008
Fresh notification to cover only 120 hectares
Acquisition only for essential purposes: Chief Minister
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to annul the notification issued for acquisition of land for the Vizhinjam...
Posted on 19 Sep 2008
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Shipping Ministry too has given its clearance for the Vizhinjam Deepwater Container Transhipment Terminal proposed to be set up at Vizhinjam, 16 km from here.
The clearance is for executing the Rs.5,348-crore project with...
Posted on 06 Aug 2008
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to take steps for the development of roads, railway lines, warehouses, parking areas and other infrastructure for the proposed Vizhinjam international transhipment terminal in view of the...
