Kerala Mission 2022 , Trivandrum Management Assosciation

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Rashin Rahim (IMK) rashinrahim92@gmail.com

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KERALA – THE UNDEREXPLOITED MINE
60 years has gone, ever since the state of Kerala was born. The linguistic based
division of the country has both happiness and sorrows for the state. But after these
many years of existence, our country has achieved significant landmarks. India is
on its preparation to become the next world super power.
But there are some relevant questions to be asked.
 Did the outstanding growth that the country witnessed have reflected in all
the parts?
 Has it been reflected from the State of Kerala?
 Where do we stand now in the journey to be the nation’s forerunners?
Well, its an extensive topic to have debates and discussions on
Many of the latest surveys and studies reports that Kerala ranks No 1,No 2, No 3
etc in HDI (Human Development Index), Infant mortality rate, No of Comfort
stations and Toilets, Individual life span etc. Just as these stats represent these are
quite visible as well. But didn’t we feel something missing from the list? In fact
some measurable quantities we would always look with anxiety? Yes It is. It is
very unfortunate that our state is behind by a very large margin in many
developmental aspects like Infrastructure, Transportation means, Industrialization,
Export etc. It is quite obvious to watch our neighboring states like Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka fly high and our fellow Keraliates watch them and come back only to
curse and blame ourself. The burst in technological advancement these states and
many other states in the country generated over the last few years is so high that
our state is never expected to catch them up in any near future.
It is no more that time for us to set back cursing the limitations. We need to foresee
a large future and make plans for it. Just like many big cities and civilizations came
up each individual need to be contributor towards the overall development of the
state and take credit. Ideas innovations and guts need to come in a greater quantity
to pre register for entering the elite group of future World destinations.

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The word Fastness in the growth of a state brings about a very wide definition. It
represents the fastness in getting a sanctioned decision to getting the job done
fully. Fastness is required in all the matter of affairs of the governing body. Quick
decision making is always taken as a better start for any activity. As far as the state
is concerned there is a serious missing of the word fastness in many sections.
Especially road and transportation infrastructure. Don’t get miss leaded as the state
is having a fair transportation network that could serve for the needs of the current
generation. However not enough for future.
The topography of Kerala is such that the entire state could be taken as a single
urban agglomeration. With only very small differences between the cities and
towns, one Master plan would be enough to address the issues of the entire state.
Projects like Metros, Monorails, widening of roads, expressways etc are the things
which should had come in place atleast 10 years before. Plans for many bypasses,
flyovers and underpasses came so late into discussion that the regions already
crossed the saturation limit. However the efficiency and expenses of these now will
be questioned as these projects should had seen light a decade before with more
future vision. Now instead of these regions based projects more mass transit
projects should come up. The suburban railway project that the state considered in
the model of Mumbai suburban system is one such. With rich water resources
inland waterways could be a cheap alternative for passengers as well as goods
logistics.
Millions of commuters travel in Mumbai suburban daily Inland waterways used to transport cargos

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Fastness however is not something
restricted to transportation and
infrastructure growth. As I mentioned
before decision making is one unique
section that require large mass of
prerequisite preparation. Thus a new
investor planning to double his earnings in
a social prosperous manner should be
handled with utmost care. Remember the
smart city project of Dubai business
tycoon group. It’s a known fact that
anywhere else in the world would have
seen the project already completed and started deriving benefits out of it. It is of
national shame that the changing government and legislation systems dragged the
project so late that it has hardly finished the first phase after almost 12 years from
the date of proposal.
The Kochi metro also holds another such tale. The
dream projects like Kochi metro, Vizhinjam port
and Kannur airport all need to be finished on time
to earn back the lost trust in the mind of people as
well as to earn recognition on a global scale.
Currently the government is working on monorail
projects in Trivandrum and Calicut should be
started immediately. With timely compensation
payment more land acquisition processes should
not be dragged and immediately the road
widening processes and suburban rail projects
should be started.

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Though there are criticism on Kerala’s industrial growth there is wide appreciation
on the growth of IT. Kerala is one among the first state in the country to bring on
digitalization and IT revolution in the state. The Technopark Trivandrum and
Infopark Kochi are one of the largest IT park in the country itself. Contributing
significantly to the country’s IT growth. Kerala give employment to more than
10000 employees in the IT sector. The smartcity project at Kochi is expected to
further increase the strength of IT export from Kerala. The incubators at Infopark
is considered as the best for startups in entire Asia.
It is of no wonder that a state with 100% literacy aiming towards great literacy
rates in computer knowledge. Though the left Democratic Front had been quite
hesitant towards replacement of computer in the offices, in the latter part of the
decade they too came with large no of IT projects including Starting IT parks in
every district. By 2010 almost all the government offices changed their platforms
to the modern technology. The Akshaya centres, state run firm for free computer
education and training to the masses had contributed lot towards the achievement
of computer literacy in the state
Kerala’s brand image took a shift with the establishment of Technopark (left) and infopark (right)

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In IT sector Kerala can be called as a self motiavated entity. however with the likes
of more competitive IT triad of Banglore-Pune-Hyderabad and further threats of
Ahmedabad and Chennai Lobbies, there has to be distinctive strategy that the state
should form. The internet infrastructure need to be more strong with more hotspots
and highspeed internet connections made possible. To attract more number of
foreign companies, the state policies should be liberalized more and make more
investor friendly.
The education sector of Kerala is also modernized
highly with more number of smart classes being
installed. The state should start thinking about the next
generation concepts immediately to stand distinct. So
far no part of the country has witnessed Robotics and
automatics significantly. Thus it might be good sector
where the state could focus on. Not only it will increase
the speed of activities getting done with precision but
more kiosks and robots to serve the common men in
public will be a great scene.
Another prominent sector in Kerala which need to
become more smarter is the Tourism. Globally Kerala
is a known tourist hub. With more service being offered
to the tourist the yearly growth will only project an upward trend. Government
controlled services synchronizing with internet facilities will protect them from
being miss leaded and exploited and make activities convenient for both the tourist
as well as the locals and government.
Digital information display boards and smart phone based services, more hotspots
will make the experience a lot more better. Some times we shouldn’t mind
replacing tradition or heredity with new and better if they could make things more
easier.
Kiosks in operation& robots

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Clean Kerala
Kerala has presumably attained a clean
state image over the years and there are
some serious truth in it. Having a large
group of highly educated and health
conscious population, Keralaite’s
maintain great concern over health and
cleanliness. Thus resulting more cleaner
households. But the irony is that nothing
can actually justify Keralaite’s public
cleanliness. The large heap of market
waste and impure river water and dusty
and plastic filled streets are contrary to the
cleanliness of the Keraliate’s.
Its immature to see that people keep their
own house and workplace premises clean
but wont mind to make others dirty. The
heap of wastes been deposited in the road
side corners and isolated localities are
factories to large number of airborne and
water borne diseases. The running water
streams side to the roads and biogas plants
are installed with great enthusiasm.
However it is seen that these enthusiasm
will be soon lost and especially once if
they get damaged they are gone and lost
forever. In this regard we have got enough
to blame the panchayath municipality
corporation and all levels of local
governing bodies.
Modern equipments which could Serveve
multi purpose are there. Which could be
used as a possible Alternative in the
collection Processing and disposal of wastes.

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Logos of clean kerala campaign
Kerala being a major tourist destination has to severely check on these aspects. Its
quite understanding that a tourist would possibly prefer less to go to a place that’s
untidy. The state actually outscores many neighbors in this regard. The mass
campaigning of PM Narendra Modi had been a great initiative. But its very
unfortunate that such a useful project didn’t see much of the light and carried
through later on. New innovative technologies are available and land conjestion for
disposal cannot be considered as a limitation anymore. Investments need to be
done in importing and installing these modern mechanisms and derive the best out
of it. Over all the attitude of the people is what that need to change the most.
“FOR A NEW REVOLUTION, NEW THOUGHTS SHOULD COME
FIRST”

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The fastness smartness and cleaness never come
cheap. Before investing and Installing huge money
projects it need to be primarly investigated. Land
acquisition problems for development are primarily
due to people are not properly addressed, Plus excessive lobbying by the
opposition groups against the ruling group .It could be seen as a result of people
not ready to accept your philosophy of the “development for them” plus this
lobbying. So there has to be campaigns to eradicate this faithlessness from the
mind of citizens and need to put the first installment as trust in their mind. Once
people start recognizing your actions as useful and loyal to them, they will
voluntarily come forward to support it.
The most challenging aspect of the Keraliate community is also this unacceptance.
Its worthy to mention that they are highly
welcome minded if they go abroad and out of
state. But in the state its very hard to earn
their trust to support. It could be said as a
failure of the governments that ruled the state
for many years. Its high time to restore the
lost trust in their mind. They would probably
take a new project as a matter of ineterst of
some corporate or political party and wont
believe things in the first shots. Especially
when used the particular phrase “FOR
YOU”. The perspectives and
misconceptions about proper maintenance
and timely completion as well as effective
management all need to be addressed and
convinced at prior to earn the trust of the
otherwise open minded community
Penetrating into the mind of
the people is the most difficult
task in any field. So to
penetrate and leave a mark in
their mind in highly educated
and backward moving Kerala
community would require
large amount of canvassing
and explanations with solid
proof.
Invest trust on your citizens
has been used as a moto to
endrose the feeling of
motivation and security
among the citizens in many
foreign countries.