Chamakada or Chamakkada is a trade hub of the city of Kollam, India, in the core Downtown Kollam area.[ Chamakada - DTPC] The area has wholesale dealers and rice merchants.[[2] Shop gutted in Kollam] Chamakada is the second main commercial centre of Kollam city after Chinnakada.[[3] Hartal total in Kollam and Pathanamthitta - The Hindu]
Chamakada: The Export & Commercial Hub of Kollam
Chamakada is an export and commercial hub of
Kollam city. The ancient Kollam city was one of the famous trade centers.
visited Kollam and other towns on the west coast, in his capacity as a Chinese mandarin.
Because of the importance of Chamakada as a trade & export hub, Export Inspection Council of India (EICI) runs a Sub office with lab facility at Chamakada.
Kollam Canal
Kollam Canal is part of the Trivandrum-Shornur Canal (TS Canal) system, under the justification of the Inland Navigation Department. It was an arterial inland waterway of old
Quilon city and the major trade channel of
Travancore. Processed cashew from various factories in the
Cashew Capital along with other goods from the wholesale markets of old Quilon city for export was the major export material handled at Chamakada that time.
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