The current power supply crisis in Kerala has forced KSEB Limited to accelerate the switch to Smart Grids. It has called for detailed project reports for smart grids in Kozhikode, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.

The state government is allegedly mounting pressure on Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEB) to purchase power from a Kochi-based company at exorbitant rates.

Kochi has been witnessing mega infrastructure development projects like Metro Rail, but some of the basic facilities like uninterrupted quality power supply

The Kerala State Cabinet on June 12 gave its approval to an ambitious project to develop 22 new roads/flyovers in various parts of the state and the State capital Thiruvananthapuram. Flyovers will be built at Palarivattom, Vytilla and Kundanoor on the Edapally-Aroor stretch of the National Highway and at Kalamaserry Apollo junction, as part of the project. The Cabinet also sanctioned Rs 5 crore to the Horticulture Department for intervening in the open market to contain the rise in prices of ess

In Kottayam, the delay in relocating the electric posts and transformers on the MC Road from TB Junction to Nagambadom is proving to be a major impediment to the work on widening the road on this stretch.

Vizhinjam International Seaport (VISL) has signed three separate agreements with the State Bank of Travancore, Rail Vikas Nigam and Kerala State Electricity Board for the first phase of its project.