Chellanam tetrapod project: Kerala government approves ₹306-crore second phase

The Kerala government approved the second stage of 306 Crore for the construction of the tetrapod sea wall in Chellanam Panchayat in the Ernakulam region of Kerala.

The proposed project will cover the 3.6 km tension from Puthenthode to Cheriyakkadavu, and initially planned in the first stage of the 347 Crore investment in 2023. Although the first stage was initially planned to cover the areas up to Cheriyakkadavu, the project executive Uralungal Labor Contract Cooperative Association LTD may cover 7.3 km stretching up to Puthenthode following the revised estimation.

The decision in the second stage was taken at a high -level meeting on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 in Thiruvananthapuram, ministers P. Rajeve, Roshy Augustine and Saji Cherian.

The second stage will also be executed as the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) project. Mr. Rajeve said that the administrative sanction for the project will be given this week.

The second stage is sanctioned to ensure that areas on the Chellanam coast are protected without sea wall.

The decision to implement the first stage of the project was taken at the first cabinet meeting held after the accusation of this government. The original plan was to put 10 kilometers on both sides and tetrapod for Groynes. However, the project said that the project was limited to 7.3 km based on the variation of the estimation in the middle of the project and an ITIT report.

Steps will be taken on the basis of a war to lie down from the left. A detailed project report of 306 Crore (DPR) was prepared. Since DPR is already present, only administrative sanctions must be renewed. Kiifb also said he would give administrative sanctions in a short time.

Mr. Rajeve said the government will spend about 100 crore per km in the current market rates. He recalled that the state government’s “commitment” to the case should be seen in the context of the Union Government’s “any penny to spend any penny for coastal protection”.

Prime Minister Pinaray Vijayan and Mr. Augustine thanked for intervening the second stage of the project.

KJ MAXY, MLA, Irrigation Department Additional Secretary Biswanath Sinha, Kiifb Annex CEO Mini Antony attended the meeting.

Chellanam is the worst affected by the 10 hot points overlooking marine erosion in Kerala, which was determined by the irrigation department.