To kick start the next stage of development cycle in the capital region comprising historic city of Thiruvananthapuram and its fast-growing suburbs, Government of Kerala has launched an ambitious Program under Capital Region Development Program –II (CRDP –II). The Program aims to find sustainable solution to the infrastructure constraints affecting the daily lives of people in the city and its suburbs and usher in a new paradigm of inclusive, equitable and sustainable development. The initiatives planned under the program include developing pedestrian infrastructure, remodeling of busy traffic junctions, retrofitting of old market areas, developing public parking facilities, sustaining and improving the greenery of city landscapes.