Koyilandi (or Quilandy/Quilandi) is a city and a municipality in Kozhikode district, North Malabar region of the Indian state of Kerala. This town is between Kozhikode and Badagara (Vatakara) and is on NH 17. It is the birthplace of the state’s most famous freedom fighter Kelappaji, often referred to as Kerala Gandhi. Koyilandi is also famous for traditional smoking pipes. However, the city has been facing traffic congestion for a while now, with no concrete solutions in sight.
The Center for Public Policy Research conducted a detailed survey in the city, to understand the city’s mobility structure. It covered aspects like peak traffic time, details of public vehicles, ratio of the vehicles passing through each roads, and measurement of roads, details of visits to the city, among other factors. Detailed maps of various areas were collected and prepared. A detailed proposal for the city’s traffic situation is being prepared and will be submitted to the Koyilandi Municipal Corporation on February 16.
Koyilandi is a major city between Calicut and Kannur, and the main business area is on both sides of NH17, and covers a distance of two km. This includes two bus stands, a market, a court, a hospital, a few educational institutes, two cinema theaters and two major junctions (Railway Station Road junction and Thamarassery Road Junction). The main roads in Koyilandi are NH17 (connects Calicut and Kannur) and SH34 to Thamarassery. These roads are narrow, with widths of 7.5 m and 6 m, respectively. Road widening is imperative here, with acquisition of land and demolition of the business centres. With the Arabian Sea on one side and a railway line on the other, the construction of a road parallel to the NH17 is impossible.
Interestingly, although there is a railway station in Koyilandi, a majority of the commuters use road transport. Around 350 buses, and 1,000 autorickshaws ply in the city, apart from thousands of other vehicles passing through to Calicut and Kannur. A proposed bypass of the city is still pending for approval. The high ratio of traffic violations makes the situation even worse.
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Digital RTI Mission
Digital RTI Mission is a project by Centre for Public Policy Research which aims at making Kerala the first RTI digital state of India and later expanding it to the rest of India.
L3 (Law, Liberty & Livelihood) This project aims to study the livelihood regulations and entry level barriers for informal sectors in 63 Indian cities.The project is supported by Sri Dorabji Tata Trust and implemented in partnership with Centre for Civil Society (CCS). [read more]
India Development Indicators
India Development Indicators is an online platform that leverages existing investments in data by standardizing, harmonizing, and visualizing development data at various resolutions such as state, district, parliamentary constituency etc.
[read more] School Chain Index
A project supported by Fraser Institute, Canada to trace and analyse managements in India that handle more than three schools. [read more]
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
The Right to Information Campaign
CPPR is the leading organisation active in RTI Act Campaign across Kerala. The Centre has conducted numerous awareness sessions to increase the common man's access to the act through practical knowledge dissemination. [read more]
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms are out of court settlements aimed at settling disputes in an amicable manner. CPPR has initiated a campaign to take the benefits of ADR to the common man to get timely and cost effective justice. [read more]
Externship Externship is a unique concept of CPPR to encourage research entrepreneur- ship among the youth of indegenous and rural communities and empower individuals to generate solutions to their problems. [read more]
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Theatre Workshop
Rangsanskruti, an existing theatre group engages in conducting workshops designed to discover and enhance creative abilities and skills of participants. [read more]
Soft Skills Development Training
It aims to build up the competencies of the employees so that it compliments with the organization’s core strengths in maximizing productivity & profitability. [read more]
URBAN GOVERNANCE
Urban Research
This wing dwells into the importance for urban research as more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Over 90 percent of urban growth is taking place in the developing world. Over 1 billion people live in slums worldwide. Aproximately 360 million people live in the low elevation coastal zone in urban areas.These increasing issues relating to traffic, transport and infrastructural set up in urban areas has led to a paradigm shift in the way we move forward. Urbanization is now considered a key element in promoting economic growth, if well managed. CPPR has taken up this initiative with the focus to help the corporation to find solutions to the urban problems in Kochi, recommend policy changes and to make sure that the policies are implemented on time.
Koyilandi (or Quilandy/Quilandi) is a city and a municipality in Kozhikode district, North Malabar region of the Indian state of Kerala. This town is between Kozhikode and Badagara (Vatakara) and is on NH 17. It is the birthplace of the state’s most famous freedom fighter Kelappaji, often referred to as Kerala Gandhi. Koyilandi is also famous for traditional smoking pipes. However, the city has been facing traffic congestion for a while now, with no concrete solutions in sight. 
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Theatre Workshop
