Posted on 30 Apr 2009
In the light of the Supreme Court verdict, the Kerala Government has decided to re-evaluate the tender submitted by the Mumbai-based Zoom Developers for the proposed container trans-shipment terminal at Vizhinjam.
The State Cabinet, which met on...
Posted on 13 Apr 2009
Dr. Sasi Tharoor (MP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram):
The Vizhinjam port project - the biggest in Kerala and one of the biggest in the country, which had been hanging fire for nearly two decades - has finally got the approval of the central...
Posted on 07 Mar 2009
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Kerala government to inform it by March 19 whether Hyderabad- based Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd is out of race for the Vizhinjam harbour project coming up in the State.
A Bench of Justice Arijit...
Posted on 14 Apr 2009
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday in the case filed by Zoom Developers on the Vizhinjam port issue was a vindication of the stand taken by the Left Democratic Front (LDF), Pannian Ravindran, MP, said here on Monday....
Posted on 13 Feb 2009
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The District Congress Committee (DCC) has called for an inquiry into the circumstances that caused the Supreme Court to cancel the contract for the construction of the container terminal at Vizhinjam that has resulted in a loss...
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...
