The Kerala Government has submitted a proposal before the Union Shipping Ministry to set up a world class shipyard at Poovar in Thiruvananthapuram district on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border.
The proposal was submitted based on the directive from the Ministry to submit a viable location for a shipyard on the West Coast, Mr M. Vijayakumar, State Minister for Ports, said. He said that the Ministry had asked the State to identify a suitable area that would provide a waterfront of 2.5 km in length and with a depth of at least 12 metres. According to the Minister, it was only in the Vizhinjam-Poovar area could the prescribed depth be found. He said that the depth of the waters along this stretch varied from 12 metres to 22 metres in some places. The Union Government had also informed that about 1,000 acres of suitable land should be identified for building the shipyard, he said, adding that a preliminary examination had shown that the land would be available in the area. The area is easily accessible by rail, as the Kanyakumari-Thiruvananthapuram broad gauge railway line is passing less than 10 km away. Moreover, the upcoming port at Vizhinjam, which is about 10 km from the proposed site, can be used for the shipment of all the material required for the development and functioning of the shipyard.
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