 The town emerged as a major shopping destination in Kollam with the advent of a number of shopping centres.A number of vehicle showrooms are also located at Kavanad-Ramankulangara-Mulamkadakam stretch.The long anticipated Kollam bypass starts just a kilometer before Kavanad from the place called Altharamoodu and was completed on January 2019, Kavanadu had become a major vantage point en route to Trivandrum from Alappuzha and is a fast developing satellite town within Kollam Metropolitan Area.