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India’s first, largest indoor go-karting track is coming as CSML bags Rs 24 crore order

Complete Sports and Management India Ltd secured a significant ₹24 crore order. This project will develop India's first and largest indoor go-karting facility. The company will handle the complete design, development, and construction of the venue. This expansion highlights the growing demand for indoor entertainment experiences across India. The order…

The Economic Times · Sep 21

Bumpy carriageway: bus operators threaten to boycott Vyttila Mobility Hub

Bus operators threaten boycott of Vyttila Mobility Hub due to dilapidated carriageway, demanding renovation within a week.

The Hindu · May 12, 2024

Minister takes stock of CSML projects

Minister M.B. Rajesh evaluated Smart Cities Mission projects in Kochi, emphasising advanced technologies for urban safety and management.

The Hindu · May 11, 2024

Truck-mounted sweeping machines launched to clean Kochi city roads

Kochi Corp. launched truck-mounted sweeping machines to clean roads, using ₹10.98 crore from CSML funds. Machines have 6,000-litre capacity, GPS tracking, CCTVs & 5-yr O&M contract. Initially deployed to cover 35 km, they can also clear small stones. Jetting-cum-suction machine already procured to declog drains. Mobile pothole repair machine proposal…

The Hindu · Dec 8, 2023

Decision on integrated bus terminal at Karikamury likely by year-end

VMHS to ink MoU with KSRTC, CSML offering ₹12 crore for the first phase of the project. Reports from NATPAC, CWRDM to be submitted soon. Funds likely to be sourced from KIIFB or VMHS. Commercial complex in 4.50 acres to be built in PPP mode. Delays due to archaic procedures,…

The Hindu · Nov 18, 2023

Kochi Corporation hopes to complete Thuruthi housing project by February

Kochi Corp. plans to complete two housing complexes for economically weaker sections by Feb. 2021. The ₹44-crore project has received ₹18.24 crore aid under Rajeev Avas Yojana and ₹21 crore from CSML. The Corpn. has chipped in with ₹39.2 crore. Each apartment has 300 sq ft. area.

The Hindu · Nov 15, 2023

Call gets louder for bigger ro-ro ferry, underwater tunnel in Vypeen-Fort Kochi corridor

With the government not handing over ₹10 crore announced in the Budget to procure the third ferry, it was decided earlier this month to source the sum from Cochin Smart Mission Limited

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2023

CSML may fund purchase of solar ferries for SWTD

CSML to fund solar-powered ferries for SWTD; ₹10 cr for 3rd ro-ro ferry; ₹12 cr for KSRTC bus terminal; solar ferries to reduce fuel bills & carbon footprint.

The Hindu · Aug 16, 2023

CSML warns firms of invoking ‘risk and cost’ clause in case of delay in completing projects

Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) has warned contracting firms that incur delay in completing many smart road and other infrastructure projects of invoking the ‘risk and cost’ clause if any project has to be re-tendered, the agency’s new Chief Executive Officer Shaji V. Nair has said.

The Hindu · Jun 9, 2023

Renovated Jail of Freedom Struggle opened at Fort Kochi

‘Many freedom fighters had the fortune of unfurling the Tricolour from the jail on the morning of August 15, 1947’

The Hindu · Aug 14, 2022