Kerala CM to open India’s 1st women’s mall on Nov.14
Kozhikode:keralachiefminister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate India’s first women mall here on Nov.14. Ministers, MPS, MLAS and senior Kudumbashree oficials are expected to be present on the occasion.
The mall, a venture of Unity Group under the Kozhikode Corporation Kudumbashree CDS, is in its inal stages of completion. It houses business establishments run by around 75 women entrepreneurs or groups including those from the Kudumbashree stable.
Mahila Mall is operated by all-women workforce, from security to CEO. Mahila Mall is an exclusive mall where only women own shops. Compared to other malls, women will play various roles as security guard, administrator, merchandiser, manager and so on.
“In India, this is the only commercial venture with an all-women crew,” said MV Ramzi Ismail, Kudumbashree project oficer. The organisers claimed that the mall will igure in Limca book of records as a fully women-run facility.
The mall, housed in a ive storey building on 54 cent land on Wayanad Road near Fathima Hospital has 80 commercial spaces in three loors. The mall will house all kinds of enterprises such as supermarket, food court, children’s park, spa, beauty parlour, women’s bank, fancy stores, textiles and ready-mades, boutiques, footwear, dry cleaning, car washing, opticals, handicrafts, baby care, home appliances and book stall.
Besides, there will be conference rooms, training centres and underground car parking facility.
A micro bazaar with 26 counters will beneit small scale entrepreneurs to ind market for their products. Techno World Training centre of Kudumbashree, family counselling centre, Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation (KSWDC) help desk, She Taxi help desk and kiosks of various services administrated by women will function on the fourth loor. Apart from this, Milma and Khadi Board stores are also being set up. A 3100 square feet electronic play zone will be another attraction in the mall. A food court on the roof garden will provide culinary delicacies of Malabar. ATM counters of two banks will be installed here.
The ground loor of the mall is being occupied by brand outlets and Cafe Sree, Kudumbashree’s exclusive culinary outlet while the irst, second and third loors will have shops by women entrepreneurs of the district.
Though the inauguration of the building was scheduled for the last week of September, the function was postponed to November due to lood disaster that ravaged the state in August.