Kochi: Keeping decibels in check
Last year, the sound decibels at Pallimukku and Kundanoor Junctions recorded 106 decibels, nearly double the permissible levels. KOCHI: Last year, the sound decibels at Pallimukku and Kundanoor Junctions
New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Endosulfan Victims on Indefinite Protest Outside Chandy's Residence
An indefinite sit-in protest by over 50 endosulfan vicitms from Kasaragod, outside Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s official residence, demanding adequate treatment and compensation, entered the second day
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Smart City's 1st IT Building to be Functional This Year
The construction of Smart City Kochi’s (SCK) first building is in progress and piling work is expected to be completed by the middle of February. The contract for civil and structural work is likely to be awarded in a week’s time. The SCK authorities expect that the first IT building will be operational by this December.The environmental clearance for the 6.5-lakh sqft building named SCK01 was issued in August 2013 and the application for the entire project was filed in December.
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Kochi to be Tagged 'Solar City' Soon
If all goes as per plans, Kochi will be the first solar city in the state. However, the Opposition of the Kochi Corporation feels that more clarity is needed regarding the project and its feasibility.
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Kochiites to feel the heat of global warming
The effect of global warming, augmented by the rise in high-rises and dearth of enough green belts, will drastically affect the climatic conditions of Kochi. In the next three decades, Kochiites will feel the ‘heat’ of this phenomenon as the annual average temperature of Kochi will see a significant increase of one per cent, warn experts.
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Lessons on adapting to climate change
Representatives from 20 cities from across South Asia will come together in Kochi on Wednesday to learn from each other on the issue of adaptation to climate change at the seminar on Asian Cities Adapt:
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SC verdict: Unwilling State to implement Gadgil panel report
In the wake of the Supreme Court verdict that the Madhav Gadgil panel report will be valid till any other report on the subject is approved by the Centre, the Kerala Government will have to implement the
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Expert panel seeks lifting of ban on sand mining
The Ernakulam District Expert Committee on sand mining, the official authority to control sand mining in the district, has handed over a memorandum to the Chief Minister proposing the resuming of sand
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Greater Cochin Development Authority to uplift city
A Rs 95-crore international exhibition-cum-convention centre, a Rs 3-crore laser project, Rs 70-lakh solar power station top the list of the development initiatives of Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA). The 60-kw solar power station set up at its headquarters in Kadavantra will be commissioned by Minister for Transport and Electricity Aryadan Muhammed on October 7.
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JNNURM buses for urban transport'
The Central Government on Monday submitted before the Kerala High Court that it had already declined a request by the state government to ply buses allotted to Kochi city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National
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Vizhinjam Port: MoEF to take up EIA report next month
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which met in New Delhi on Saturday, has decided to take up the environment clearance issue of the multi-crore Vizhinjam