The Adani group is planning to invest Rs 30,000 crore in Kerala over next five years, a top official of the company said here Friday.
The investments include Rs 5,500 crore on expanding the operations of Trivandrum International Airport and an additional Rs 20,000 crore investment in the Vizhinjam port.
“The Adani group has already invested Rs 5,000 crore in Vizhinjam and are committing an additional investment of Rs 20,000 crore,” Karan Adani, MD, Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd said while addressing the Invest Kerala Global Summit 2025.
He said Vizhinjam is India’s first transshipment hub and that the group is aiming to make it the largest transshipment port in this part of the region.
Vizhinjam is strategically located along the world’s busiest shipping lanes, even before commissioning, made history by docking the largest container vessel to ever touch the Indian shores, with a capacity of 24,000 containers.
Adani said the investment in Trivandrum International Airport will expand its capacity from 4.5 million passengers to 12 million passengers. The Adani Group will also invest in a logistics and e-commerce hub in the city of Kochi, and will also scale up the capacity of the group’s cement-handling unit in Kochi.
Adani Cement, the second largest cement-maker in India, acquired Penna Cement for over Rs 10,000 crore in June 2024 and its group company Ambuja Cements acquired a 46.8% stake in Orient Cement from the CK Birla Group for Rs 8,100 crore in October.
“In total, the Adani group is going to invest Rs. 30,000 crore in the next five years in the state of Kerala,” Adani said adding that Kerala is emerging as a model of development and progress
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