# Kalamassery in 2025: The Year in Review

> 2025 was the year the old HMT lands at Kalamassery started to change hands and uses for real. The Adani Logistics Park broke ground in August, the State Cabinet approved a Judicial City on HMT’s remaining 27 acres in September, and HMT land for the Seaport–Airport Road passed to the state roads agency in October. Pink Line piers rose along the Kakkanad route, and the year closed with local body elections in December. This review is written as of October 2026.

- URL: https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2025/
- Publisher: Ashraf Gents Hostel, Ashraf house, NAD Rd, signal, Kalamassery, Aluva, Kerala 683563, India (+91 90746 23855)
- Published: 2026-10-08 · Updated: 2026-10-08
- Topic: History & archive
- Cite as: Ashraf Gents Hostel. “Kalamassery in 2025: The Year in Review.” Published 8 October 2026. https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2025/

## Key facts

- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan laid the foundation stone of the Adani Logistics Park at Kalamassery on 23 August 2025; Adani gave figures of over 70 acres, 1.3 million sq ft, over ₹600 crore and over 1,500 jobs.
- The State Cabinet approved a Judicial City at Kalamassery in September 2025 on 27 acres of HMT land, at an estimated cost of over ₹1,000 crore, Bar & Bench reported.
- On 26 November 2025 the Supreme Court issued notice on Kerala’s application to take possession of the 27 acres, covered by a status-quo order since 2016, Onmanorama and LiveLaw reported.
- Ernakulam district voted in the first phase of Kerala’s local body elections on 9 December 2025, with counting on 13 December 2025, according to Wikipedia.
- The Kochi Water Metro reached 50 lakh passengers on 20 September 2025 and opened routes to Willingdon Island and Mattancherry on 11 October 2025.

## The year at a glance

| Date | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | ‘Metro Connect’ electric feeder buses start, including Kalamassery–Medical College | Onmanorama |
| January 2025 | State announces a ₹500 crore Adani logistics park with a Flipkart facility | Cargo Insights |
| January 2025 | Police file charge sheet in the 2023 CUSAT stampede case | Onmanorama |
| April 2025 | SFIO files prosecution complaint in the CMRL case | Onmanorama |
| 23 August 2025 | Adani Logistics Park groundbreaking | Adani Group |
| 29 August 2025 | First pier cap on the Pink Line | Wikipedia |
| September 2025 | Cabinet approves the Judicial City at Kalamassery | Bar & Bench |
| 20 September 2025 | Water Metro reaches 50 lakh passengers | Onmanorama |
| 11 October 2025 | Water Metro routes to Willingdon Island and Mattancherry open | Wikipedia |
| 21 October 2025 | HMT land for the Seaport–Airport Road reported as being handed to RBDCK | NBM&CW |
| 24 October 2025 | First U-girder on the Pink Line | Wikipedia |
| 26 November 2025 | Supreme Court issues notice on the state’s Judicial City land plea | Onmanorama; LiveLaw |
| 9 and 13 December 2025 | Local body polling in Ernakulam; counting statewide | Wikipedia |

## HMT’s land: three projects at once

Three separate projects converged on the old HMT estate in 2025, and it helps to keep them apart. The **70 acres** HMT sold in 2006, later bought by Adani, became the [Adani Logistics Park](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/adani-logistics-park-land-history/): the state had announced a ₹500 crore park with a Flipkart facility in January, and the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone on **23 August 2025**. The **27 acres** HMT still holds were approved by the Cabinet in September for a **Judicial City**, a new High Court complex costing over ₹1,000 crore; because those acres have been under a Supreme Court status-quo order since 2016, the state applied to the court, which issued notice on 26 November. The Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association said it would oppose the application. A smaller strip, 1.6352 hectares, was reported in October as being handed to the Roads and Bridges Development Corporation for the [Seaport–Airport Road](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/seaport-airport-road-history/) after an earlier Supreme Court interim order.

See also [the Judicial City proposal history](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/judicial-city-proposal-history/) and [the HMT land and factory history](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/hmt-kalamassery-land-and-factory-1960s-2020s/).

## Metro, buses and boats

In January KMRL launched ‘Metro Connect’ electric feeder buses; one of the first routes linked Kalamassery station with the Government Medical College every 30 minutes in the daytime, Onmanorama reported. Along the Pink Line, Wikipedia records the first pier cap on 29 August and the first U-girder on 24 October 2025. The Water Metro reached **50 lakh passengers** on 20 September 2025, 29 months after it began, and on 11 October opened routes from the High Court to Willingdon Island and Mattancherry. See [the Pink Line timeline](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/metro-pink-line-kakkanad-timeline/).

## December: local body elections

Kerala held its local body elections in two phases. Ernakulam district voted in the first phase on **9 December 2025**, and votes were counted statewide on **13 December 2025**, according to Wikipedia. Statewide, the UDF led in 54 municipalities and the LDF in 28. In the Kochi Corporation, the UDF won 47 of 76 wards, the LDF 20, the NDA 6 and others 3.

For **Kalamassery municipality**, Wikipedia’s town article gives the 2025 result as UDF 28, LDF 11, NDA 1 and independents 6, out of 46 wards. We could not find a second source confirming those figures or naming the chairperson elected afterwards, so treat them as provisional. Ward-level detail is on [Kalamassery local body elections 2020–2025](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-local-body-elections-2020-2025/) and [Edathala panchayat elections](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/edathala-panchayat-elections-2020-2025/).

## Courts and probes

Two cases from earlier years moved forward. In January 2025 police filed a charge sheet in the [CUSAT stampede](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/cusat-stampede-november-2023/) case against the former principal of the School of Engineering and two teachers, Onmanorama reported. In April 2025 the SFIO filed a prosecution complaint before the Economic Offences Court in Kochi in the case concerning payments by Edayar’s CMRL; the case was continuing in the courts in the reports we found.

## Why 2025 matters near the NAD signal

Every big land decision of 2025 was within a short distance of the NAD Road signal, so this is the year when the neighbourhood’s future became visible: warehouses on one side, a possible court complex on another, a road being pushed north towards NAD. Ashraf Gents Hostel, a men’s hostel at the signal, lists the Adani port area and the Seaport–Airport Road among nearby places on its public profile. The story continues in [Kalamassery in 2026 so far](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-in-2026-so-far/) and on the [archive hub](https://ashrafgentspghostel.adserr.com/kalamassery-history-archive/).

## Frequently asked questions

**When did the Adani Logistics Park at Kalamassery break ground?**

On 23 August 2025, when the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone.

**Was the Judicial City approved in 2025?**

The State Cabinet approved it in September 2025, but the land is subject to a Supreme Court status-quo order, and the state’s application was pending at the end of the year.

**When were the 2025 local body elections in Ernakulam?**

Polling was on 9 December 2025 and counting on 13 December 2025.

**Who won Kalamassery municipality in 2025?**

Wikipedia gives the UDF 28 of 46 wards; we could not confirm this with a second source.

**What happened on the Pink Line in 2025?**

Wikipedia records the first pier cap on 29 August and the first U-girder on 24 October 2025.

## Sources

- [Adani Group: Adani Logistics Park breaks ground in Kalamassery, Kochi](https://www.adani.com/newsroom/media-releases/adani-logistics-park-breaks-ground-in-kalamassery-kochi)
- [Bar & Bench: Kalamassery Judicial City gets Cabinet nod (September 2025)](https://www.barandbench.com/news/kalamassery-judicial-city-new-kerala-high-court-building-proposal-get-cabinet-nod)
- [Onmanorama: Kerala approaches Supreme Court for HMT land (November 2025)](https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2025/11/26/kerala-approaches-supreme-court-permission-hmt-land-judicial-city-kochi.html)
- [Wikipedia: 2025 Kerala local elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Kerala_local_elections)
- [Wikipedia: Kalamassery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamassery)
- [NBM&CW: HMT land handed over to RBDCK (October 2025)](https://www.nbmcw.com/news/keralas-seaport-airport-road-phase-2-set-to-resume-as-hmt-land-handed-over-to-rbdck.html)
- [Onmanorama: Kochi Water Metro reaches 50 lakh passengers (September 2025)](https://www.onmanorama.com/travel/travel-news/2025/09/20/kochi-water-metro-5-lakh-passengers.html)

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