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Vizhinjam – The proposed ICTT Terminal

A 5500 cr Port is proposed. Vizhinjam is a Deep Sea Port. It is on the Asia – Europe route. There is a natural depth of 18 metres here. This Port will be able to accomodate ships with displacements about 300, 000 tonnes. Other ports are hard pressed to accomodate ships of even 200,000 tonnes ! A 5 metre dredging can mean that Vizhinjam can accomodate the biggest ship in the world, with a displacement of more than 564 K tonnes !

The Vizhinjam Port can handle supertakers and the biggest container mother ships with ease.  This Port is closer to the international shipping line than any other Indian port, which makes it all the more economical for ships to call here. This opens up avenues for refueling or bunkering of ships as well as ship repair. On the crude transshipment front, a transshipment facility with a storage complex and docking piers will reduce the turn around time for ships. Crude is India’s biggest import and Vizhinjam lies very close to the Persian Gulf – Far East shipping lanes used by most supertankers.


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VALLARPADAM, the Lovely Island


Vallarpadam is one of the two main islands of Kochi, the other being Willingdon Island. It is situated next to Bolgatty Island on the West and linked to the mainland by the Goshree Bridges. It is about 3.5 km in length in the north south direction and hosts a population of 10 K people. It is about one km away from the mainland.

Vallarpadam and the proximate island New Vypin holds tremendous development potential. because of its nearness to the international east west trade route between Asia and Europe. It is situated in the 200 km long Vembanad Lake, known as the Lake of Kochi.

Vallarpadam is connected via Rail with the Edappally Railway Station with a 4620 m long Rail Bridge. This rail connectivity is for transporting containers from the ICTT.
These are some of the photos of the ICTT at Vallarpadam

Vallarpadam is flanked on the east by Bolgatty Island.
and on the West by Vypin Island.

These are two beauteous islands  on the Kochi Lake, the Wembanad Lake. Tourists find these islands heavenly. Experience it for yourself !


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How to make Dal Vada !

How to make Dal Vada

Grind the dal in a mixie ( not too much). Add sliced onions and chillies. Also curry leaves. Make it into balls. Flatten the balls and put it it boiling oil and lo ! you have Parippu Vada !


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My trip to Thirunavaya





I reached Thirunavaya at
about 0830. The rains were there till 0730 and I could do the Sraddham without
rains. When I left Thirunavaya it was not raining. The Nila has only some
water, but the priest told me that after Makiryam Njattuvela is over, after 14
days, the water level will rise 12 steps high ! 
Below is a photo of the
Ponnani Estuary, where the Ganges of Kerala, the Bharatha Puzha, flows into the
Arabian Sea !



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A Prelude to Makiryam Njattuvela !





Tomorrow Makiryam Njattuvela starts. Now it is raining heavily in
Guruvayur ! The sky was brimming with pessimistic prophecies and now the rains
are coming.

Last year’s Makiryam Njattuvela wrought havoc. For 36 hours
it rained non stop and we had a darkened atmosphere. It devastated rural Kerala
!

Tomorrow I am off to Thirunavaya for my Mother’s Sraddham. Hope rains
will not hit Thirunavaya tomorrow.

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The Pagan Roots of Environmentalism




All talk about Environmentalism derived
from Paganism. Dasa putro sama druma – One tree = Ten sons, averr the Veda.

Trees are carbon storage units, they absorb Co2 and give out Oxygen.
Trees and water reservoirs enable Evapotranpiration in the Water Cycle. Trees
are very important and no wonder our ancestors, who lived in harmony with
Nature, hailed trees as sons !

Today is the World Envrionment Day.
Let us plant trees and go green !

It is said of Kerala that She is a
state clad in a green Silk Saree, Pacha Pattudutha Keralam. So magnificently has
Nature landscaped her in greenish hue. The primary cause of this phenomenon is
that she gets 3 Monsoons, the South West, The North East and the Summer
Monsoons. She gets more than 3000 mm rains per year. The definition of a desert
is a place which gets less than 250 mm rains annually. No wonder Koppen, the
German climatologist, called her Tropical Wet  and one of the best rainfall
areas in India ! The entire Malabar Belt of 825 km gets these three Monsoon and
is green !


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Rohini Njattuvela Strikes !




There were not much rains yesterday, but I awoke at 0300 AM to see the lights go
off. The reason was obvious. It was raining. It rained for half an hour. This is
characteristic of the solar transit of Rohini 4 or the fourth quarter of Alpha
Tauri or Aldebaran. Makiryam Njattuvela begins on 7th and rains are expected to
intensify.

On 21st, Thiruvathira Njattuvela will take over and there
will be many sunny interludes to accompany the intermittent downpours. Thank God
it is raining every month in God’s own country !

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Bali Tourism !


One of the temples in Bali.

92% Bali is Hindu and Bali
is home to more than thousand temples.  People here practise Balinese Hinduism.
With a population of more than 3 million, Bali is home to Indonesia’s Hindu
minority. She is the largest tourist destination of Indonesia. She is renowned
for her well developed arts, including dance traditional and modern, painting,
leather, sculpture, music and metal working. 


80% of Bali’s economy depend on Tourism. Tourism is now the single largest industry and Bali is one of Indonesia’s rich regions. An offshoot of tourism is the burgeoning real estate industry. Five stars hotels are under development in the Bukit peninsula. Foreign and domestic investment in other areas also continues to grow. 



Bali gets 2.5 million FTA or tourist arrivals. India gets only 6
million ! We have to step up Marketing. Indian Govt had ignored Tourism
Marketing earlier, saying that it is a pastime of the rich ! We have to change
!

Indonesia as a whole gets 6 m tourists, but then India is bigger
than Indonesia !



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Astro Meteorology is right again !

Astro Meteorology’s prediction that rains will start from Rohini Njattuvela ( Solar Transit of Aldebaran ) cam true, as it rained well at night in Trichur. Now the sky is overcast and rains can come at any time in Kerala. The South West Monsoon hit the Andamans on 20th and is expected to reach Kerala on 29th. We will have torrential rains !