On record
Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) approved ₹12 crore in April 2023 to modernise the Karikkamuri KSRTC bus stand into an integrated terminal for KSRTC and private buses, appointing the State Construction Corporation as executing agency in January 2024. But a land-exchange dispute between the Transport Department and Local Self-Government Department, followed by CSML shifting policy to require central government funding approval and then CSML's own tenure expiring in January 2025, left the project "practically defunct" with no funds and no construction, as of mid-2025.
The official record states: "Kerala Industries Minister P. Rajeeve had pledged in a meeting that "construction would begin shortly," but no action followed; CSML's Managing Director declined to comment on the collapse of the project."
“Twelve crore approved, a further ten re-tendered, and the bus stand modernised only in the minutes.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
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“Twelve crore approved, an executing agency appointed, and the only thing modernised at Karikkamuri was the file.”
“The land exchange stalled, the funding policy changed, and then the smart city company's own tenure expired. The bus stand outlasted the mission.”
“Now a further ten crore is being re-tendered for the same work, which is how a twelve-crore project becomes twenty-two.”
