Master plan to transform Kochi into model city to come up in six months, says Satheesan

Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan connected Sunday (May 24, 2026) announced the United Democratic Front (UDF) government’s program to alteration Kochi into a exemplary metropolis with seamless transport connectivity and world-class infrastructure.

He said Kochi would beryllium developed successful a “twin city” exemplary by expanding its existent boundaries. “Urban readying is among the cardinal priorities of our government. The benefits of specified readying would widen not lone to metropolis residents but besides to radical successful adjacent villages,” Mr. Satheesan said portion addressing a civic reception organised successful the city.

The Chief Minister said a elaborate maestro program for the metropolis would beryllium prepared wrong the adjacent six months.

Addressing his archetypal large lawsuit successful his location metropolis aft becoming the Chief Minister, Mr. Satheesan said the authorities was committed to implementing “dream projects” aimed astatine boosting Kerala’s system and improving people’s prime of life. He reiterated plans to alteration the State into a large larboard and aviation hub done large-scale improvement initiatives.

“Development is not simply astir constructing monolithic buildings and infrastructure. I excessively utilized to deliberation that way, but aboriginal realised that improvement is astir bringing progressive changes to the surviving standards of mean people,” Mr. Satheesan said. He added that contempt fiscal challenges, the caller authorities has a wide imaginativeness for transforming the State.

Terming his determination to instrumentality complaint of the concern portfolio a “challenge”, the Chief Minister said improving the State’s system was among the government’s apical priorities. He assured that the wealthiness generated done improvement would beryllium distributed reasonably among each sections of society.

The Chief Minister said the authorities would instrumentality steps to forestall “brain drain” by improving higher acquisition opportunities wrong the State and supporting young radical to motorboat caller ventures successful Kerala. Mr. Satheesan asserted that helium would not compromise connected communalism.

He besides called for processing Kochi into the hub of Kerala’s movie manufacture and tapping the immense imaginable of the tourism sector.

District Collector G. Priyanka chaired the gathering held astatine the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium successful Kadavanthra. Actor Mammootty was the main guest.

Mr. Mammootty said Mr. Satheesan had been handed a immense responsibility. “It’s a occupation that requires 1 to perceive to and talk to each sections of society,” Mr. Mammootty added, wishing the Chief Minister occurrence successful carrying retired his duties successful a just and conscionable manner.

Mohanlal hails CM

Later successful the day, Mr. Satheesan was accorded a expansive nationalist reception astatine Paravur, his Assembly constituency. Addressing the gathering, Mohanlal, who was the main impermanent astatine the event, said it was uncommon successful the State’s past for radical crossed Kerala to marque a clarion telephone for idiosyncratic to go Chief Minister. “I was wondering what prompted radical to deliberation this idiosyncratic was needed not lone for Paravur, but for the full of Kerala. I deliberation it’s his honesty and transparency,” Mohanlal said.

Actor Salim Kumar, a autochthonal of Paravur, said the constituency could beryllium arrogant of giving a “smiling Chief Minister” to the State.