Vallarpadam Terminal

It is time we put development ahead of politics and embraced the bid in order to develop the project without any further delay, in the best interests of the people of Trivandrum -- and of India as a whole.

Inaugurated in February this year, the Vallarpadam container terminal near Kochi is the country's first international container transhipment terminal. But recently it has come under the scanner of the Customs Department. The department claims there are many security loopholes in the terminal's functioning. In fact so worried is the department that...

It is time we put development ahead of politics and embraced the bid in order to develop the project without any further delay, in the best interests of the people of Trivandrum -- and of India as a whole.

Inaugurated in February this year, the Vallarpadam container terminal near Kochi is the country's first international container transhipment terminal. But recently it has come under the scanner of the Customs Department. The department claims there are many security loopholes in the terminal's functioning. In fact so worried is the department that...