I don't quite understand Soutik Biswas' new obsession with Kerala. First the article on alcohol and now this. He seems on a mission to throw dirt at Kerala. I didn't think the alcohol consumption rates he mentioned were alarming. It's quite comparable to averages seen in North American and Europe. A big factor being the Christian community in this state compared to any other parts of India where religious sentiments might not favour alcohol consumption.
But how much higher is it in Kerala's cities in comparison to other urban areas in India? Why am I so offended? Because my family comes from Kerala. So it would be in my interest to have the facts straight.
Mimi George, Canada. Over politicised. This article is one of best views of Kerala and its economy. The reality is only one matter "over politicised" every time voters think that next party current opposition party will change the on going problem in economy ,after they taken over they repeat the same thing again and the process repeat voters vote down the current ruling party and select the opposition party.
Green State Gods Own Country - As mentioned in the article, yes Kerala is a fully green state and it shouldn't be destroyed or modified it should. Keep like that. Still not far away if we start up we can bring some firms in Cochin or Calicut. Suggestion - Next 5 year or 10 year control by central government , voters will chose a third option in ballet to vote the parties or central rule.
Rahoof, India. The other ironic conundrum here is the proliferation of poor work ethic on account of cantankerous trade unionism. Anyone who has spent time in the Middle East knows that Keralites are an extremely industrious and dynamic people who add value to an employer's human resource department like no other. What the Kerala conundrum shows is that it's time for states and communities within India to take lessons from one another instead of constantly seeking to emulate the West.
All other states can benefit from learning about Kerala's social advances and their outlook on the environment, and Keralites can learn a fair share from other industry oriented states like Gujarat and Maharashtra. AM, USA. The idea of a utopian society is mythical. Analyse any society closely and flaws are bound to become apparent in some or the other aspect. So what if Kerala's economy is driven majorly by tourism and not by industry despite having the highest literacy rate in India.
The state that did not achieve industrial glory is also home to some of the most enterprising minds anywhere in India who found ways to convert its inherent scenic beauty and its highlights into a now burgeoning tourism business that is growing in leaps and bounds. In fact it is safe to say that the lack of industry has helped preserve Kerala's fascinating landscapes. It is true that the lack of industry means lesser number of jobs within the state.
So what if Kerala feeds off the remittances of more than 2 million of its expats settled across the world. Today the state probably has more expats per square mile than anywhere else in the country pumping much more money into the state than they would have been able to contribute by working within Kerala.
Politicians should learn to differentiate between State development and the exercise of electoral politics. In fact, set backs which the State is been experiencing severely since all these years is that it has only pure politicians with vested interest focusing on electoral mileage and Statesmen sincerely looking forward to the long terms interest of the State are more or less hardly to be seen or even none.
Sunny Varughese, UAE. This article is very relevant in Kerala today. Yes the Kerala people enjoy better social standards of living when compared to other states in India. I saw that the author attributed these higher social standards in Kerala to its early connections with European traders in the 16th century. Sorry, I cannot completely agree to this point since the caste system existed in the state at its peaks till the end of the 20 th centuray.
The caste and untouchability existed so worse in Kerala that prompted great Indian spiritual thinker and philosopher, Swami Vivekanantha to say that Kerla is a "Lunatics place". It was since the work of great social reformers like Sree Narayana Guru, Chattampi Swamikal and Ayyankali etc that social reforms and changes took place in Kerala during the begining of the 21st centuary. Sree Narayana Guru's teachings like, one caste, one religion, one God for man, Progress through education and Strengthen through organisation etc ran deep in to the social consciousness of Kerala's people.
With out the hard work of all these social reformers the present social status of Kerala cannot be achieved. They empowered people's thinking for a better way of life and for this reason that, when we say about Kerala's social life, the works of social reformers is more significant than business contacts with early European traders. The problem now in Kerala's ecomony is mainly due the inefficient way of governance. It could be better.
Corruption is a big problem, laws are more violated than respected for eg. The politicians are more concerned with their party and family business than common man's welfare.
I never saw a politician in Kerala saying Kerala's people that "I am committed to improve your lives and living conditions, I am committed to bring development and prosperity to the state, I will not be corrupt". On the contrary, we can see many Western Politicians telling their people that they are committed to improve the living standards of people. Politicians of Kerala lacks this fundamental feeling for people and takes more selfish attitude either to their party or to their business.
Untill, a change happens in this mind set of politicians to serve for the people, create them opportunities for a better lives, situation in Kerala will be no better. Many times, its not the problem of money to do things, but its final destination that its not reaching to the deserved.
Gijo Raj, France. The problem with Kerala is its politicians. They do not want Kerala's youth to have any employment. So they put all kinds of roadblocks on any plan to bring jobs to the state.
Because their power rests on the backing of the people. They need a following who will shout Ki Jay to their meaningless slogans, fawn on them, and depend on them for everything -- jobs, admission to schools, permits, etc.
If people are employed, they will not be at the beck and call of these goondas masquerading as politicians. Malayalis are hard working, industrious, and entrepreneurial. But not when they are in Kerala. When in Kerala they are lazy, with a sense of entitlement. Do you know that the Kerala government permits labourers who merely watch others doing a job to get paid just as if they themselves had done it?!!!! Kerala will improve only when its people wake up to the trickery of its politicians.
Thomas, USA. In Kerala, all the development happend because of individual success. The Govt did not make much progress toward the people of Kerala at all. Llook at education, the govt failed give quality education in Kerala.
If there is a state govt that failed in India it is Kerala. Chat Aickareth, India. I like the article. But couldn't agree with a lot of assumptions made by the author. He said all this achievement in Kerala were happened by the long trading connection with the west!!. I can't agree with this. Kerala started developing after the independence and also before by many revolutionary kings not by the west.
Early communist activities also helped the literacy in the state. Literacy eventually helped the state to progress. Tourism only cannot never uplift the standard of a state, a clear example is Rajasthan.
Is the author trying to please the west. Praveen, Canada. Excellent article. Captured pretty much the essence of the happenings in God's own Country. Just want to add that unions need to rethink their role in a global economy. I am sure Keralites as enterprising as they are will find a way. One can't help but wonder if this is what we have to look forward to in Western nations that have rampant interventionism that leads to creeping socialism.
Things look good for a while, but eventually they decline. You cannot continue to get fruit when a socialist ax is laid to the capitalist root. Brett Johnson, USA. New goals: 1. Really good road infrastructure like the ones build by the malaysian company who got driven out for sad politics. Better current voltage, which I assume should be solved once kudankulam nuclear station is in place. Focus on establishment of research driven institutions and companies rather than manufacturing.
This should help maintain the ecology from pollution. Full implementation of e-governence and better use of websites and technology. The current website is very difficult to go through. Most of all Good roads with clear road signs. Every one of us who lives in kerala wants this badly. Please if BBC can compile and make a document with suggestions and take it to Malayalam media it would be really useful. Josh, Kerala. Kerala has an extensive network of roads but no real highway.
The plan for an Expressway was ditched by the current government that was opposed to this idea when this was proposed by the previous government. Some of the arguments were that this would "divide" the state into two and that there was no need for traffic to go at such high 60 miles speeds! The Smart City project which when completed could have brought in tens of thousands of jobs to the city of Cochin has languished with the current government for several years now.
Again this project was initiated by the previous government, and so the current communist government finds it unpalatable. Kerala is a state where everything gets politicized. The state needs leaders that are more pragmatic and less ideological, both in the government and among the opposition. Until and unless its politicians change their attitude to development projects, Kerala would continue to languish economically. Kerala is a more communist state than any other states in India and the Trade unions are very powerful.
This is also a reason, why small and medium scale investors are afraid to invest here. Gokul, India. I'd be interested to know what the long history of trading contacts with the west have to do with Kerala's present condition.
A long history of contact with the west is more likely to result in poverty and problems, as in say Sindh or Bengal; and the greater the contact, the worse it is, those two regions being among the clearest examples. The high literacy and other benefits are known to be due to the social reforms carried out by the princely states in the early twentieth century, something that notably did not occur in parts of the subcontinent ruled by Europeans.
IM Chengappa, UK. Scandinavia reached a similar position in the 80's, yet has managed to maintain prosperity through adaptation and searching for products for niche markets it can produce. We should not draw the conclusion that Kerala is economically failing.
David Stein, USA. Remarkable article. I am from Kerala and living in United Kingdom. I complete agree with the writers observations. This article is very factual and true and something needs to be done about it.
I hope it gets wide publicity in Kerala and we take some step towards change. It is high time. Kerala is better than West Bengal thanks to the remittances. In both places wealth generation through manufacturing has regressed due to the flawed social equality ideal practiced by the Indian Communists.
They have virtually driven out enterprise from the state. Communism is a failed concept. Both Russia and china have shelved the concept long ago. Indian communists have also seen the writing on the wall. It is only their ego which is keeping them back. Already many workers have deserted the parties and the top are floating in the clouds. They are losing ground and to make it up are sacrificing their ideals by trying to team up with parochial political entities.
It is very certain that in the coming years the communists along with their new friends will be left on the wayside by the electorate. People of Kerala are fully aware of this an they are clever enough to correct the situation. It is a matter of time. Ramamurthi, India. I think you fail to understand and subsequently fail to make clear to the ignorant readers who take your word for it that Kerala's earliest trading connections were with the Portugese and Dutch.
If you read your history right, you would know that long before this the Arabs from the Levant to the Southern arabian peninsula traded with southern indian states and that's how Islam first reached the shores of India as well.
Owais Qadeer, United Kingdom. Irrespective of the colour of the flags and ideals of the parties, majority of the current leaders of the political parties in Kerala have just one reason in common for working in a political party: "Make Money".
They do this in various ways - working as Trade Union leaders, as social service activists, as brokers between the bureaucrats and the common man, etc etc. The highest damage to the economy of Kerala has been done by the unbridled militant trade unionism. One of the best examples of the worst form of trade unionism is the one that prevailed until recently in The Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Limited, better known as FACT, a Government of India enterprise, which was started several decades back in Cochin, the business capital of Kerala, as a pioneering fertilizer company, a multi-product, multi-divisional corporation aimed at self reliance in engineering and technology with interests in petrochemicals, hydro-metallurgy, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, with huge investments from the Government of India.
The company was so infested with leftist militant trade unionism that almost every activity in the company was controlled by the trade union leaders who were paid by the company just for trade union activities, not for working for the company. And the motto of the union was "minimum work, maximum perks". Besides, mechanisation. With the tacit support of the leftist government, this and similar mal practices infested the unions in other business organizations also, both in the public as well as private sectors, thus leading these to huge losses.
Gradually, many of the public sector enterprises became white elephants, perennial loss makers, gulping huge amounts from the public money, while private sector enterprises closed down their units and moved to neighbouring states where the atmosphere was much more investor friendly.
As a side effect of the easy money resulting from the unbridled trade unionism, workers became lazy and alcoholic. The work ethics of the people has suffered so badly that it seems the workers of Kerala now need a blood transfusion to get their attitude to work changed!
This situation has infested the agricultural sector also. The agricultural labour unions are so strong that they are reluctant to work sincerely, and will not allow mechanization and automation in this field either. As a result, hundreds of thousands of hectares of cultivatable land are lying unutilised and agricultural production is suffering badly. Similarly, even the trading sectors are infested with unionism and lobbying in such a way that the basic economic principle of demand-supply mechanism controlling the market prices is not allowed to work.
Even when there is abundant supply of goods, these traders engage in black marketing and profiteering by creating artificial scarcity and keeping the prices up.
So, it is the middle class people who suffer most in Kerala. Of course, there are several other factors as mentioned in the BBC article, but I think this is the most important one. Sebastian Thomas, India. How can an entrepreneurial society flourish in a corrupt socialist environment where learning is by rote, advancement is by seniority not merit , the heavy hand of bureaucracy lours over everything, and any economic advance is plundered by the state? Most of all: "Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Inflated unaffordable wages, pension and other employment benefits for those who get away with low work ethics are impediments for economic advancement of the state. The government should encourage food production and smaller but sustainable private enterprise. For health reasons and control of increasing cost of medical care, sale and consumption of alchol should ne strictly controlled. White man's burden? Marx was white too! Rama Devasthali, US. David G, USA. I could not agree with the above comments more.
The so called communisum , which nobody even China do not follow these days , is dragging the state and with it the people of kerala down in a manner that can only be categorised as disastrous. Binoy Joseph, India. Poor work ethic fostered by trade unions and communist party is the enemy of private investments in the state and the state's local economic growth.
They need to learn poor work ethics is not social forwardness but a societal damage. If this is resolved then the state will economically develop very well. The strange thing though is that, the Keralites who come out of the Kerala for work, are usually workaholic.
Karthik Sethupathy, USA. As a Keralite and a person who has been living outside the state for quite some time now, I have to agree that the article points out some of the hard facts about the state. The major reason for this is a lack of vision and radical actions from the administration.
The government has to focus only on infrastructure and in facilitating quality investments from the private sector. The decision making process is painfully slow and implementation happens very rarely. Secondly, all kinds of industries are not suitable for Kerala, a small state with high real estate value. As rightly mentioned, Tourism is one major area and the administration has to have a long term strategy to tap all kinds of tourism including, MICE, medical and educational apart from the regular ones.
Thirdly some of the other high potential areas include making the state a destination for international quality education with Indian and International universities competing with each other in selected areas with world class infrastructure. One small example is Dubai's Knowledge village. Only difference is, Kerala needs to invite high class institutions and not just everyone. Kerala badly needs a visionary leader who has the power to make the vision come true.
We are a state with a small town in every 5 Kms. We need world class roads, Metros, water transport, uninterrupted power supply and a responsive public administration. I wish someone take notice of the situation and make this small and beautiful state, blessed with a lot of envious nature and resources, make it truely God's own country.
Yes, Kerala can be truly a world class destination. Rajesh, India. The story is factual. Topic is really serious but its handling appears to be defective. Journalism is said to be "literature in a hurry".
The State is dangerously dependent on neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Andhra for its food supply, ranging from rice and chicken the staple food to the plantain leaves on which we serve food!!! Some politicians of Tamil Nadu recently threatened with a Lorry Blockade, when Kerala stood in favour of a new Dam at Mullapperiar diverting Kerala's water to Tamil farmers,freely instead of the existing century old dilapidated old one which has been a perceptual threat-Water Bomb- to the life and properties of 40 lakhs Keralites.
Rajagopal, India-Kerala. The reason for Kerala's development paradox is simple, Kerala lacks a political structure that is interested in creating incentives for people to be productive. Rules, norms and enforcement matter. See latest book by Douglass North et al.
Thomas George, USA. Successive Communist governments in Kerala have managed to imprint on the psyche of Keralites that private enterprise is to be shunned and opposed. This has resulted in hardly any many business or manufacturing activity taking place in the state.
That leads to the Public Government sector. Here too Unions control everything, their only objective is 'more wages at decreasing productive". How can Kerala succeed? Gopal, New Zealand. It is pretty scary to see a state with so much potential, ruining itself because of a combination of the lack of leadership, dirty old politicians, and oversmart people, who doesn't know how to vote intelligently.
Dileep Chandran, USA. Kerala has problems because it has communist system. All states having communist system have the same problem: economic backwardness, they are not able of economic competition with non-communist states,etc. Why 2 million people of Kerala work abroad and send money home? Because in other states there are better non- communist conditions for making business and for earning money.
Mila Jebava, Czech republic. Too many political parties in Kerala who don't care about people at all. Trade unions block almost any developments. Kerala needs a bold and visionary leader who can take this state in to different level but with too many political parties to please I am not optimistic.
Some of those political leaders some education as well. Send them to Canada I am from Kerala to learn, how we do things here. We have a similar population. Raj, Canada. Geez Soutik - you're columns are going from really bad to sheer garbage. Where would we be without the "civilising" influence of the west and its missionaries.
Do you ever bother to research your articles before posting such tripe on your blog as well as here? The BBC seriously lacks journalistic talent if you're their main India face - perpetuating colonial stereotypes. Grow up BBC! Pritam, India. I do agree with most of the opinion aired by the author of this article. What is missing is a first hand knowledge of the Kerala situation. As the author correctly says, the state have achieved its its goals far ahead of majority of states in India.
Yes, and no initiative from the political leadership to put forward an agenda. The present requirement of Kerala is to set up a Elders group like an Upper House For assembly to sitdown and chalk out a directive principle on social,Economical,Religious , Educational, Cultural and political Fronts. That should be the guiding philosophy of Kerala Polity. It is time to think of a new society,with new morals and ideals since we lost our original ideals.
Mohanan, India. Blame communism, not the people. Kerala is not an exception. All communist nations and communist states have been able to achieve their goals of social equality and education by rather brutal force. The wagon stops right there. There is no economic growth because there is no economic stimulus. Communism may be an inevitable starting point for a society plagued historically with social injustice caused by imperialistic government, or with religious beliefs.
Justice is the spiritual force that drives people to work. It may be also a quick solution to lack of basic necessities of life like food, shelter and education. But communism fails to provide the capital necessary for sustained economic growth beyond the minimum standard of living. Economic stimulus comes from capitalism. Capital is not a dirty word like the communists portray.
It is a mechanism of saving for the future. Capitalism is not merely an ideology, but a powerful economic force that provides incentive for the individuals to employ savings resulting from their past production activities into future growth.
In capitalism, every individual is encouraged to start his own enterprise, or to invest in the enterprise started by other individuals through stock certificates.
The private enterprise is the mother of capitalism. This mechanism of savings for future growth is lacking in communism. The government employees simply can not force the individuals to start new enterprise beneficial tor their local economy.
This is where the limitations of communistic society are now showing up in Kerala, as in all other communistic nations and states. Communism is a dead-ended street. To improve the economic standard of the people in Kerala, the people of Kerala must abandon communism and move towards free form of capitalism, learning from the failures of the old U.
Faster the move the better for the people of Kerala. Satish Desai, U. I absolutely agree with this shocking report. Kerala is reaping the benefits of outsourced human labour over the decades. It is sad that most of the Keralites lead a double life , life long refugee and a short time home visitor Jacob Abraham, India, Kerala. It is true That Kerala is over politicized. The work culture is abominable , in fact this is a state in which one has to pay a worker to merely 'observe' work , a crude system called 'Nookukooli'.
This state is slowly drowning itself in politics and laziness. A concerned citizen living in kerala. Arun Sreekumar, India. I am very sad to see my state being pulverised by the communist regime. Communist leaders are to be better called the "block officers" who do block the development of all kinds.
The inferiority complex of the "comrades" also play a vital role. Sooraj Pittappillil, Italy. Kerala has amazing wealth in many aspects, human resources, natural beauty,etc which are under utilised by the communist political parties for decades which do not have bigger ambitions for the state development. South Indian Expat, UK. Interesting column by Soutik, however i find his tone quite anti-Indian and specifically anti-Hindu. He seems to be glorifying the colonial past, and far from offering solutions to the current problem he is rubbing Kerala's nose in dirt.
I think the local govt needs to bring in tough anti-alcohol laws, ensure that the fruits of tourism filter down to the masses, the spices and fruits of Kerala need to be marketed aggressively and this should ensure a bright future for Kerala. Vipul, Delhi, India. How very angering it is to see the author sneering about women outnumbering men and having a higher life expectancy, as if these are triumphs of feminism.
The BBC is certifiably anti-male. Paul, UK. I think the problem stems not from the fact that there is minimal support from the Central Government but rather the state level policies lack the will to promote anything but tourism. The aspiration to always have white collared jobs that arise as a result of the high literacy rates is a contributing factor to kerala conundrum and also the frustration leads to alcoholism.
Another reason for alcoholism is the NRI funds that flow in to support the huge extended family and therefore the rest of the men would rather while their time than be productive. B Nambron, UK. The government especially the Communist government is to be blamed for the current situation in Kerala.
Let me also make it clear that Literacy doesnt mean that these people have the sense to make or understand the problems these politiians are creating. It is just that we have a sizeable number of people in the working class who in these days want to make money without working. Ashok Paul, Kerala,India. When ever I think of Kerala there are few things that always comes into my mind; reckless bus drivers including state owned drivers who doesn't give a dame about people walking on the road; private buses overtaking one another in high speed chase to get more people into their bus; going for strikes for almost everything; and again road accidents where the government doesn't educate or advertise the importance of ready safety.
Corrupt government employees, who want bribe just to do their jobs is also a problem in this state. The roads have to become much safer. The politicians have to stop calling for the strike otherwise multinational companies will NOT set foot in Kerala unless the strike culture comes to a stop. The government has to sack the corrupt employees not just suspension is enough, the government employees are well aware that if they get caught they will be suspended for few weeks and then back to work again.
Kerala will definitely become a model state of India if they can sort the above said problems. Otherwise this state will go more backwards than ever. Sabeer, UK. I guess I will have to agree on that fact that Kerala has become the "money order economy" state. I don't think I have any one of my classmates from school still in Kerala working and the over politicised scenario scares away most of the entrepreneurs.
But I'm sure most of us still yearn to be in the gods on country Girish , UK. The political parties especially the CPM are to be blamed for the back wardness of Kerala. Being a Keralite,who migrated to Mumbai 40 years back with an Engineering degree and spending more than 20 years in the Gulf states, I am not nostalgic to get back to Kerala beyond occassinal visits.
I will live the rest of my life elsewhere. Kerala politicians in particular and Indian politicians in general do not see beyond their nose in matters concerning growth and development.
It is vote bank politics. Appeasing minority feelings and parochialism are the catch words. Political parties want their cadre unemployed and less educated and emotionally charged to defend their party and keep the votebank secured. Goonda criminals gangs are flourishing as they are sponsored by politicians and antisocial elements. Alcohol flow lavishly and they have no hesitation to cut limbs and maim unknown people.
Alcoholism comes from desperation and hollowness in future. The people are educated enough to see what is good life and eternal slogging, but are unable to find a bearing in the wilderness of limited opportunity. Alcoholism and suicides are the results. The few who scrape their way up through unscruplous ways flaunt their ilgotten luxuries while the vast majority of depri!
For the political parties it is the fertile field to sow thier ideology laden militancy. People are trapped in a social dilema. Basically being an aggrarian society, the marginalised famer has lost farming skills and never reached technical skills to meet the changing world. The erst while farmer has to buy all eatables from the market which is imported from neighboring states or abroad.
While Dubai can afford importing food, Dubai returned Malayalle cannot afford to buy farm products while his back yard land is lying wasted. Malayali has reached nowhere when he has not migrated to another place in India or abroad where he soon finds his orientation for a better life - sans politics.
Chacko Job, Kuwait. Do not worry, people in Kerala will never improve because as the state has been declared as the most literate state hence people out there think that they are superior to other people in india and hence would not even do menial jobs and one more thing politics is so heavy that these communists have destroyed this beautiful place and blaming america for all their problems and not all working Haridas, india.
The governments inability to execute big projects which would have created huge number of opportunities for Keralites, is the main problem the state is facing right now. The infrastructure across the state is iv a very bad condition and cannot be even compared to that of the rural states.
For example, Tamil Nadu has an excellent infrastructure for sgriculture and technology and the government supports the people by providing free electricity and water for industries. Where as in Kerala, a new industrial nit will have to face scores of problems from state owned infrastructure services, employee unions and political parties alike.
Industry cannot survive in this kind of environment. The state government fails to execute big and trivial projects immensely.
The Smart city project in Cochin, which has the potential to give close to , jobs for professionals, has not yet been started, even after nearly years of fights between the government and the Dubai Internet city.
The express highway which was supposed to run from north to south corridor was simply opposed by the politicians saying that it would divide the state into two halves. Many other trivial examples can be cited. I myself, studied in England and now works in Dubai. There are millions of educated young professionals like me working abroad using their talents and skills for another country. We would be happy to work back home if there are enough jobs for educated minds. But I am sure, it wont happen in the near future, as long as the government don't care for the welfare of the people.
Even if the government changes there "Lumbering Elephant" attitude, It will still take a lot of time for the people to trust the government and go for better options in the country itself. The Industrial Growth Centres at the above locations are under various stages of development and basic infrastructural facilities such as road, water, power, telecommunication etc are already put in place.
Steps are being taken to improve the facilities further. Industrial plots are available at these Growth Centres and entrepreneurs can get the same for setting up industrial units, on long lease for a period of ninety years.
Major Industrial Locations: Most of the industrial and commercial establishments in Kerala are concentrated in the coastal zone. Among the coastal districts, Ernakulam and Trivandrum have fairly large number of industries along the coast, followed by Alappuzha, Kollam, Kozhikode , Kannur, Kasargod and Malapuram.
Eloor- Edayar- Ambalamugal area is the major industrial area located in the coastal zone in the city of Kochi in Ernakulam District along the banks of the Cochin backwaters. Major Industries such as. The world famous Chavara placer deposits of the Kollam district support three major mineral industries in Kerala viz. These units are situated closer to the sea. The Excel Glass factory situated near Cherthala utilizes the silica sands of the coastal zone of Alappuzha district for the manufacture of glass.
Most of the seafood and coir industries in Kerala are located in the coastal area and are concentrated in Alappuzha district. These are areas that need to be fixed in a hurry lest Kerala miss the innovation and information technology bus. Home LifeStyle.
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