Chinnakada
Chinnakada or Chinnakkada is considered as the heart of the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. Chinnakada is a busy junction where 5 city roads and one National highway interconnect at a traffic roundabout. The city's symbolic clock tower is located in Chinnakada. To reduce the traffic congestion in Chinnakada, Kollam Municipal Corporation constructed an underpass near to clock tower.[1] Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)'s Kollam sub-regional office is situated at Chinnakada.[2]
Chinnakada Chinnakkada | |
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| Coordinates: 8°53′13″N 76°35′28″E / 8.887°N 76.591°ECoordinates: 8°53′13″N 76°35′28″E / 8.887°N 76.591°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Government | |
| • Body | Kollam Municipal Corporation(KMC) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 691001 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-02 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kollam |
| Civic agency | Kollam Municipal Corporation |
| Avg. summer temperature | 34 °C (93 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 22 °C (72 °F) |
| Website | http://www.kollam.nic.in |
Toponymy
The name Chinnakada may be derived from China-Kada, which means China bazaar. Chinese coins and other artefacts in enormous quantities were found near the Kollam port, proving Kollam was a significant Chinese trading hub.[3] Another explanation is that due to the presence of a large number of Tamil people in Kollam, they named the area Chinnakada, which means "small market" in the Tamil language. This derivation fits with the toponomy of Valiakada adjacent to Chinnakada, which means "big market" in Malayalam.[4]
- Other areas in Kollam ending with the word kada in the name
- Kadappakada
- Payikkada
- Pullikada
- Chamakada
- Valiyakada
History
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The ancient city of Kollam, then known as Quilon, was an important center for trade with the Chinese.[5]
Chinnakada Underpass
The Chinnakada Underpass is a public road infrastructure project for the city of Kollam as part of the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ease traffic congestion at Chinnakada, the city CBD of Kollam.[6] The presence of an existing Railway over bridge and three close intersections with heavy traffic limits the option for traffic management measures including junction improvement. That caused the authorities to think about this underpass at Chinnakada. Chinnakada is a complex junction where roads from Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Downtown, Sengottai, Ashramam, Kollam Beach and the City bus stand road meets.
Preliminary design for underpass was prepared by NATPAC (NATPAC - National Transportation Planning and Research Centre)[7] involving the acquisition of 0.08 hectares (0.20 acres) of government land on a temporary basis.[8] Height of the road passage above the underpass was increased to 5.5 metres (18 ft) from 5 metres (16 ft) to facilitate movement of modern container trucks through the underpass. Underpass has been thrown open to the public by the end of May 2015.[9][10]
Gallery
Upcoming Pulimootil Silks building at Chinnakada, Kollam
Chinnakada Roundabout, Kollam
Bishop Jerome Nagar: One of the popular shopping destinations in Kollam city
RP Mall, off Chinnakada
Front view of Bishop Jerome Nagar
Clock tower in Chinnakada
Chinnakada bus stop
Renovated Chinnakada flyover and Clocktower
See also
References
- ^ "It's traffic nightmare in Kollam as underpass work resumes". The Times of India. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Allusions and Artifacts of Chinese Trade from Kollam, South Kerala, India". Research Gate.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015. History of Kollam
- ^ [1] 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Short History - Kollam
- ^ Chinnakada underpass: dispute settled
- ^ "NATPAC". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Chinnakada underpass work to be over by September
- ^ "Traffic remains messy at Chinnakada - The Hindu". The Hindu. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.