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Choice Paradise is a residential skyscraper located at Tripunithura, Kochi, Kerala belonging to the Choice Group. It is the second tallest building in Kerala. It can withstand earthquakes to the intensity of 7.2 on the Richter Scale. [3] It was commissioned by actor Mohanlal in 2012. The construction started in 2008 and completed in 2010. [2]
Nearby also is the Mountain View Unit, which houses all Texas female inmates on death row. Crain Unit's regular program houses around 1,500 women, and it is one of Texas's main prisons for women. [2] Female prison offenders of the TDCJ are released from this unit. [3] With a capacity of 2,013 inmates, Crain is the TDCJ's largest female prison. [4]
The city is popularly known as the Queen of Arabian Sea [2] [3] [4] as it has the natural harbor on the Arabian Sea coast [5] and was the centre of the world spice trade for many centuries. Old Kochi (presently called West Kochi), loosely refers to a group of islands which comprise Willingdon Island, Fort Kochi, Mattancherry etc.
SmartCity Kochi is an information technology special economic zone in Kochi, Kerala, India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A joint venture company named Smart City (Kochi) Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. was formed by Government of Kerala (16% holding) and Dubai Holding (84% holding) to implement the project. [ 3 ]
The Kochi City has a population of 596,473 as per Indian Census 2001. Kochi witnessed a rapid population growth during the past 30 years. The average decadal growth in Kochi Corporation is 7.83% whereas the nearby municipal areas registered decadal average of 18.65%, and the adjoining panchayaths had an average decadal growth of 12.13%.
A view of the Kochi harbour mouth from Willingdon Island. Kochi is located on the southwest coast of India, in the southern state of Kerala. The city lies at the sea mouth of seven major rivers which start from the Western Ghats and travel through Kerala's midlands, lowlands and coastal areas, to drain out into the Arabian Sea.
Until the 1980s, the Shanmugham Road was the literal marine drive with the Kochi Lake and the adjoining Arabian Sea to its west. In the 1980s, GCDA started the Kochi Marine Drive project (following from the Bombay Marine Drive) and thus the whole of the present Marine Drive (part of the Kochi Lake, west of the Shanmugham Road to the present Marine Walkway) was claimed from the Kochi Lake.
As of April 2016, only 5 Jews live in Fort Kochi. [citation needed]. Timing to visit the Mattanherry Synagogue is from 10:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m and then it again opens from 5:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m. There is a strict dress code for both men and women. Men have to wear full shirts and trousers and women have to wear skirts below knee length .