Calicut Life

Calicut Mini Marathon 2011

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, in association with Usha school of Athletics and District Sports Council proudly present “Federal Bank Calicut Mini Marathon 2011”- the only mini marathon of the city.The marathon will see thousands running shoulder to shoulder on the 6th of February 2011. With the theme “Transforming Lives”, the event will aim to mobilize the public to take up the cause of educating underprivileged children and creating awareness and sensitivity about the issue of social inclusiveness of differently abled children. All donations from the marathon will go to a few select NGOs in and around Calicut who are working for the cause.

Calicut Life

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it. ~Richard Whately

We will start with this meaningful thought by Richard Whatley, yes the morning hours are so precious and for a few citizens of Calicut like me the life starts by 5.30 AM, while majority of them will be still enjoying their dreams. People are becoming more health conscious these days and number of them coming out for activities in the early morning hours like Jogging, walk and yoga are increasing day by day.

In calicut, places like Sarovaram, Beach-side Promenade, Mini-bypass road etc are becoming popular places to start an healthy day. I can say in few months time, Mananchira will also re-join this group after renovations undergoing are over. Here i will post a few snaps which i took with my mobile cam today from Sarovaram Biopark.

Sarovaram walkway

"Friends of yoga" members undergoing yoga training.

MEGA PROJECTS

Hilite Marina

Arial View

MEGA PROJECTS

Hilite Marina, Mampuzha River Front, NH-17 Bypass.



Project Profile.

• Total built up space 9.58 Lac sq. ft.
• Total saleable area 7.00 Lac sq. ft.
• Shopping Space: 19000 sq. ft. of shopping area with access from NH By Pass.
• Total land area 450.15 Cents.
• Total floors Basement + G F + 19 floors.
• No. of Towers 3 (1+1).
• Total Apartments 410 Nos.
• Total Car Park 600 plus.
• Frontage to By Pass Road 76 mtrs.
• Distance from Thondayad ByPass Junction: 4.50 KMs.
• Distance from Arayadathupalam Junction: 7 KMs.
• Distance from Hilite Hills 1 . 5 0 KMs.
  

NATIONAL GAMES & STADIUM'S

Indoor Stadium, Chevayur.

Blooming Calicut Projects

'Pathummayudey Aadu'



Logan's 'Malabar Manuel'






Blooming Calicut projects are nearing completion, latest additions include, legendary character from Vikom Muhammad bashir's novel 'Pathummayudey aadu' installed opposite CSI Church, Manachira & a replica of Logans, 'Malabar Manuel' installed at City stand junction Mananchira.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Hospitality Management Institute
(on the premises of the old Kerala Soaps and Oils Ltd)

• Land area: 5 acres
• Built-up area: 1,40,000 sq ft
• Floors: 5
• Cost: 40 crores
• Architect: Chandramohan Associates

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Markaz Knowledge City


Markaz Knowledge City introduces centers of knowledge that are as important as fresh air. The city will feature educational centers that are qualified world wide. The city will be an International meeting for researchers and academics world wide.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Calicut City, Mini Bypass, now, four laned.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Arayidathupalam Flyover getting ready!!!

Keeping all the questions unanswered, the newest landmark in Calicut is getting ready and will be inaugrated by this month. The flyover, if works out as planned, is going to revolutionize traffic movement inside Calicut city. Critics still believe that this flyover is not wide enough to handle the heavy traffic on 4 lane Mavoor road, they still believe that, only a 4 lane flyover can solve the traffic problem here!! I personally beileve that, with the rate at which calicut traffic is growing this flyover is inadequate to handle the traffic, when we think about the future of our city. The number of vehicles registered from calicut is one of the highest in whole of kerala and we are not going to see any decline in this growth in the near future, so they could have planned a wider one keeping the future developments in mind!!! its so simple to define this one, i would call it, a Bottle Neck Flyover!!!!!

Reality unplugged!!!

MEGA PROGECTS

Hilite Metromax [ 20 f X 4 ], NH 17 Bypass.

Updates September 2009, 3 out of the 4 towers almost topped out!!!!

Picture courtesy: Coolclt

HIGHRISES

Satra Galleria, mixed use, Mall + Multiplex + Hotel [ 20+f ] , Mavoor Road, Calicut.


Update as on August 2009.


Picture courtesy- Deewana-Calicut.

PLACES OF INTEREST

Kappad beach.

MISS KERALA 2009

"Kozhikodans" for Miss Kerala 2009.

Sruthy Sathyan. Priyanka Sayinath.
Shrinka.

The Miss Kerala 2009 scheduled to be on august 5th is a well known and most anticipated event in Kerala is conceived and organised by Impresario Event Management India Ltd.

Miss Kerala has become an established and most sought after brand. This contest which is open to the Keralites gets participation from not only residents of India but also abroad. Impresario Event Management India is more than proud to train and harness the talent of the youth of Kerala and present to the world the state's most beautiful, talented and confident person,a winner in all sense.

We have three contestants from our booming calicut, namely, Sruthy Sathyan , Priyanka Sayinath & Shrinka. Hope these girls will bring glory to our home city which is known for its beautiful people. Good Luck girls!!!!

MEGA PROJECTS, UPDATES.

Hilite Metromax, 20 f x 4, NH-17 Bypass.

Update on August 2009.

Hilite Hills, 20 f X 3 + Hilte Plaza (commercial), NH-17 Bypass.

Update on august 2009.

COMMERCIAL STREETS

Cherooty road.
Cherooty road can be called as the commercial street of calicut, where u get almost all world class brands, u can see some of them in the above uploaded picture, and adding to it a lot of highrises are also popping up, as the one u can see in this picture, the 20 storied Galaxy Ellizium court, a slight face lift can do wonders on this road. Another main road which crosses this one is Redcross road which is also commercially rich with a lot of restaurants and cofee shops like, Cofee beans, EFC, Cafe cofee day, Reliance Fresh store etc.