With efforts in full swing to accord a grand reception to the first vessel that called at the Vizhinjam international seaport here, the government has come under pressure to utilise the full potential of the project for the development of the capital district.
Awake Trivandrum (AT), an urban development think-tank focussed on the rapid growth of the city and the suburbs, has stressed the need for the region to go beyond port activities, to maritime and non-maritime industries.
