Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday opened Malabar Group’s ‘Mall of Travancore,’ the capital’s first state-of-the-art shopping mall that has come up near Chakka on the National Highway 66 bypass.

Spread over 6.5 lakh sq ft in three floors, the mall with over 150 stores of 300 brands has been set up at ₹400 crore on seven acres near the international terminal of Thiruvananthapuram airport. Seven multiplex theatres, Playaza — a 15,000 sq ft play area with 11 indoor rides, 9D theatre, 60 video kiosks — a hyper market, jewellery showrooms, electronics and home appliances showroom, showrooms of lifestyle products, and a food court with 22 multi-cuisine restaurants are the attractions.

Houses for homeless

Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan presided over the function. At the function, the Chief Minister also inaugurated the CSR Project of the Malabar Group, under which houses will be built for homeless people. MD (International Operations) Shamlal Ahammed and India operations MD O. Asher jointly handed over the funds to Mr. Vijayan for this purpose.

Showrooms of the different brands inside the mall were launched by Mr. Sreeramakrishnan, Ministers . E. Chandrasekharan, T.P. Ramakrishnan, K.T. Jaleel, A.K. Saseendran, K. Raju, P. K. Kunhalikutty, MP, and V.S. Sivakumar, MLA.

Mayor V.K. Prasanth handed over the Green Mall interim certificate to the management. Group Chairman M.P. Ahammed inaugurated the Carnival Group’s multiplex theatre.

Legislators O. Rajagopal, K. Muralidharan, K.C. Mammad Koya, A. Pradeepkumar, A.N. Shamseer, P. T.A. Rahim, P.K. Abdu Rabb, KPCC president M.M. Hassan and BJP State president Kummanam Rajasekharan were present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Thiruvananthapuram / by Special Correspondent / Thiruvananthapuram – March 23rd, 2018