KIIFB Project – Reformation of Damaged Sunken Sea Wall at Chellanam Using Tetrapods and rubble in Between CP Stone 976 and 1052 for 10km Stretches Along Chellanam Coast in Ernakulam District – Phase I for a length of 7/350 km in between CP 986 and CP 1026.

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The Government of Kerala, through the Revised Budget Speech for 2021-22, has announced a project for ₹1500.00 Crore for the protection of vulnerable coastal reaches across Kerala through Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) funding during this year. Chellanam being the worst affected area by sea erosion among the 10 hotspots identified by Irrigation Department, it has been given top priority.

Chellanam beach area in Ernakulam district is one of the worst affected areas in Kerala. In this context, vide the Government Order G.O.(Rt) No. 395/2021/WRD dated 29.07.2021, Administrative Sanction has been accorded for the project titled ‘Reformation of Damaged Sunken Seawall and Construction of Groyne Field at Chellanam, Ernakulam District’ for an amount of ₹344.20 Crores and entrusted Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (KIIDC) as Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). The 42nd Board Meeting of Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), accorded financial sanction for the project vide Order No. WRD008-01/APR-6/2021/KIIFB dated 07.09.2021, to be implemented by KIIDC as SPV for a total outlay of ₹344.20 Crore. Technical Sanction committee which met on 22.10.2021 issued Technical Sanction for the Phase I work ‘KIIFB Project – Reformation of Damaged Sunken Sea Wall at Chellanam using Tetrapods and rubble in Between CP Stone 976 and 1052 for 10km Stretches Along Chellanam Coast in Ernakulam District – Phase I for a length of 7/350 km in between CP 986 and CP 1026’ for amount of ₹254.20 Crore including GST.