CIBER City a Mega City Project for Cochin

A Mega City project for Cochin City should come somewhere between the muncipalities of North Parur and Kodungaloor where there is alot of potential for future growth and expansion. The promoters of this project should be CIAL(airport company) and CUSAT(university).It should preferably called CIBER CITY which stand for Cochin Infotech Broadcasting Electronics and Research City. In Ernakulam District it should include parts of Vypeen island,Varapuzha,Puthenvelikara,Chennamangalam,Chengamanad,Manjali,Kottuvaly etc. In Thrissur Dist. it should include the muncipalities of Mala,Azhikode,Eriyad,Karuvapadna,Thekkukara,Muringoor and Kodungaloor muncipalities.The project envisages a self-contained, hi-tech complex with its own comprehensive infrastructure, including power, expressways, telecom networks, desalination plants, biotech parks, special economic zones (SEZs), IT/Biotech parks, industrial parks, hospitals, educational institutions, hotels and amusement parks.This proposed city must be 65,000 acres. The first phase 20,000 acres. It should be an ultra modern city built from the ground up. It should be built by a consortium comprising of Limitless LLC,Macquarie Bank of Austrailia,DLF Limited,Singaspore Jurong Corp and Semb Corp , Al Nakheel LLC which is owned by the Dubai goverment and Austrailias Springfield land corporation. It will become a national centre for IT and supercomputing, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, high-tech manufacturing industries, export oriented centres, media and telecommunications, tourism and entertainment, medical and health and finance and banking.The project will provide a platform to 500 companies to establish their branches in every field of manufacturing, travel, commerce, financial services, retailing and transportation.It would provide direct employment to 1.5 million people and indirect employment to another million. The project will develop a planned city with a population of 3 million people in 15-20 years. It will become a national centre for technology and innovations, information technology and supercomputing, hi-tech manufacturing industries, software development, biotechnology, bio-pharmaceuticals, advanced research and development, artificial intelligence, industrial robotics, high-tech manufacturing industries, export-oriented centres, media and telecommunications, education, finance and banking, tourism and entertainment, fine arts, medical and healthcare services.will be world-class and self-contained, with wide, international-quality roads, telecom networks, educational institutions, industrial clusters, hospitals and amusement parks.It will be world-class and self-contained, with wide, international-quality roads, telecom networks, educational institutions, industrial clusters, hospitals and amusement parks.The project will cover 25,000 acres of land in the first phase and the remaining 40,000 acres in the second phase.CIBER City will bea huge, ultra-modern, high-tech mega-'township' SEZ that shouldemploy over two million people and havefull government backing and legal green lightsand befunded by a very reputable foreign and domestic investors and feature "Worlds Tallest Structures"( more than just one) Springfield Land Corporation which has been actively looking at the growth of India for approximately two years are the designers of the most successful nodal city on the planet, Greater Springfield in Australia. This project if it materializes will benefit the inhabitant of Vypeen Island one of the most economically backward and most densly populated region in Kerala . Cherai beach in Vypeen Island is also the landing point for 2 submarine cables.Availability of cheap bandwidth through undersea cables and lower operational costs compared to other major cities in India, has been to its advantage. The University of Cochin was established in 1971 for the specific purpose of the development of higher education with particular emphasis on post graduate studies and research in Applied Science, Technology, Industry and commerce. The University of Cochin was later reorganized as Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in February 1986. The University’s basic philosophy and goals find eloquent expression in its coat of arms emblazoning the moto “thejasvi nava dhitamastu” which in essence means may learning illumine us both (the teacher and the taught). Starting from 1996- 97 CUSAT became international in student admissions and faculty exchanges. It is strengthening contacts and collaborative tie ups with international universities and institutions and is in the path of growth as a global centre for generation of new knowledge in frontier areas of learning. CUSAT has entered into academic collaborations and exchange programmes with many notable institutions across USA, Europe, Russia, Japan, France, Korea etc. Much to the delight of its shareholders, the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has become a ‘zero debt’ (debt-free) company during the financial year 2006-07.The company has registered a gross profit of Rs. 44.4 crore during 2006-07 as against Rs. 38.8 crore in the previous fiscal, thus registering a growth rate of 15 per cent. The net profit rose from Rs. 31.78 crore to Rs. 37. 19 crore. The passenger movement through the airport increased to 26 lakh, a growth of 27 per cent compared to previous fiscal. Flight movement registered a growth of 32 per cent as 31,000 flights used the airport during the period. The income from duty free shop registered a growth rate of 48 per cent, as it rose from Rs. 22 crore to Rs. 32.5 crore. The duty free shop now accounted for 30 per cent of the total income of the airport.The CIAL success story has already become a casestudy for professionals at the Harvard School of Economics.The Sri Lankan government has also approached CIAL toreplicate the Cochin model for them.Giving a boost to industry-academia joint ventures, Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) will throw open the doors its proposed aviation academy to students of Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) from next academic year. The aviation academy is part of the Rs.600-crore hangar facility coming up at Nedumbassery. From simulators to machine rooms and lathes, it will have state-of-the-art facilities matching international standardsCIAL and CUSAT with their expertise would be the ideal promoter of the consortium of companies to build this megacity project.CIBER CITY would also be ideal for those who went overseas to come back to because of all of the modern amenities that it would provide in addition to taking into consideration the number of Keralites working and settled overseas who are longing to come back home. It would be easier for them to readjust coming back to live in a township like this.