Keralam to press the Centre on Thiruvananthapuram airport land, Sagarmala funds for Vizhinjam and the Peppara dam

21 October 2026

Transport Minister C P John, the co-ordinating minister for Thiruvananthapuram, discussed the district's pending projects with Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor.
The demands include the remaining 22 acres required for the expansion of Thiruvananthapuram airport.
They include income tax exemption for the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation and possible assistance to it from MPLADS funds.
Utilisation of Sagarmala funds for Vizhinjam port, and development of the Vizhinjam and Valiyathura ports, were listed.
Other items were increasing the storage capacity of the Peppara dam and renovation of Akkulam Lake.
District Collector K S Anju attended the meeting, and Tharoor is to raise with the Union Government the demands needing central intervention.