Major Achievements
- Initiated action against encroachment on government land in the hill resort and tea plantation town of Munnar.
- On 30 December 2007, he became the first Communist CM to trek to the 4000-year-old hill temple of Sabarimala. The 84-year-old Achuthanandan rejected any sort of physical or medical support which worried his doctors.
- V S Achuthanandan supports free and open source software movement in the state and Richard Stallman has also supported his activities regarding this.
- IT park In kollam- Kollam Technopark . The IT park is initiated, planned and constructed during while VS was also the IT minister of the state.
- IT park in Thrissur- Koratty IT park. The IT park is initiated, planned ,constructed and fully occpupied by IT companies during his tenure as IT minister. Phase two of the project is also initiated.
- Major developments In Kochi Infopark including Infopark second phase
- Major developments In Trivandrum Technopark including 2nd and 3rd phases of Technopark and technocity
- IT parks In Alappuzha including one at cherthala and one at ambalappuzha
- IT park in Kozhikkode- Cyberpark
- Major IT export growth during his tenure surpassing national average.
- Major renovation of Malampuzha Tourist destination
- AshtaMudi tourism Circuit In kollam
- Closing down of illegal Lottery mafia from state
- Major initiation against resort mafia including ordinance to take over Kovalam palace
- VS initiated all the process to start the construction of Kochi Metro from state government however central government did not approve the project citing Financial reasons
- Chamravattom regulator cum bridge a major project of mallappuram and completed during his tenure as CM
- Vallarpadom transshipment hub project has completed. Though its a central government projects VS has stern steps to take over for road rail lines of the project
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