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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Power-starved Kerala gets 50MW more from Centre
To tide over the power crisis, the Centre has allotted 50 MW of additional power to the state, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said here on Sunday. Speaking after inaugurating the 400/220 KV substation
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Panchayat Budget: Power from garbage
KOCHI: Ernakulam District Panchayat vice-president Bindu George presented a Rs 50-crore surplus budget for 2012-13 to the 26-member council on Thursday. The budget envisages a total income of Rs 920 crore and an expenditure of Rs 870 crore.
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State registers 9.13 per cent growth
Kerala has registered a growth rate of 9.13 percent, according to the Economic Review for the year 2010-11 released on Saturday. Releasing the report, Finance Minister K M Mani said that compared to the growth rate of 8.95 per cent in year 2009-10 there has been a slight increase in the growth rate. He said the state’s growth rate was 0.9 per cent higher than the national growth rate during the corresponding period.
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Dam row: ‘Options available for reducing risk'
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The century-old Mullaperiyar dam, a bone of contention between the Kerala and Tamil Nadu Governments, may be hydrologically unsafe, but there are many options available for reducing its disaster risk, eminent civil engineering expert A K Gosain said. “Science has progressed fast and technically there are many options available with the state on the Mullaperiyar dam issue,
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Kuttanad dips into drinking water crisis
KOCHI: Summer is the cruellest for the people of Kuttanad as drinking water would be the most sought-after thing in Kuttanad. The waterlogged areas of Kuttanad like Chambakulam, Edathua, Kainakary and Thayankari are reeling under acute shortage of potable water. According to the people in Edathua, more than six wards of the panchayat have no water pipeline connection and the drinking water is brought here in boats from distant places.
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Metro Rail: Land owners meet CM for fair price
KOCHI: A delegation of nearly 60 land owners to be affected by the Kochi Metro Rail-related land acquisition drive along Banerjee Road and the road from Jose Junction to Ernakulam South Railway station, along with Hibi Eden MLA, met Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, on Saturday. The meeting was held regarding the fixing of land price under the project.
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Corporation fails to quench west Kochi's thirst
KOCHI: Though Kochi Corporation is spending crores to quench the thirst of various divisions under its limit, a majority of areas are still reeling under potable water crisis. In West Kochi, divisions including Edakochi, Thazhappu, Fort Kochi, Kalvathy, Iraveli, Karipalam, Mattanchery and Cheralai are worst hit.
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Water in Periyar highly toxic, says study
KOCHI: A study conducted by the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, revealed that the water in the Periyar river is highly toxic. Of the 200 samples collected by the lab from various points of the river, many were found to be poisonous. A report in this regard will be submitted before the High Court in the next week. A Division Bench of the High Court had asked the NIIST to submit a report on the quality of drinking water from Periyar. The High Court had earlier appointed an Advocate Commission to look into the issue of pollution in Periyar.
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Corporation campaigns go into waste heap
KOCHI: Well begun is half done ,or so the saying goes. But for the Kochi Corporation, even the things that have a good start get stuck soon. This holds true for the squads formed to look into various aspects troubling Kochiites; including the anti-plastic squad, anti-public waste disposal squad and the ones formed to check the hygiene in hotels and eateries and the functioning of hostels.
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Kochi now part of ICLEI to tackle climate change
Kochi has been selected as one of the major cities in India by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) for the implementation of ‘Asian Cities Adapt’ project. ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organisations that have made a commitment to sustainable development.