Waste mgmt: Corp in a fix over plan execution
City Corporation authorities are in a fix as the Kudumbashree members engaged in the daily household waste collection have expressed their unwillingness to work for the private agency entrusted with the
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Kozhikode corporation gives 50% subsidy to set up biogas plants
The city corporation has taken steps to popularise biogas plants within its limit. The move was taken in the wake of lukewarm response received from the public. The civic body will provide 50% subsidy
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Karipur airport rolls out waste management project
In a pioneering initiative to put in place a fool proof-waste disposal plan to prevent bird/ animal strike incidents during aircraft operations, the Karipur Airport has launched a zero-waste initiative
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Monorail: Natpac may prepare mobility plan
‘Poor response’ from the two Corporations to request for plan erala Monorail Corporation Ltd. (KMCL), the Special Purpose Vehicle set up to execute the Rs.5,581-crore monorail project in Thiruvananthapuram
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As drought threat looms, plan to protect water sources
As drought tightens its grip on Kozhikode city, the district administration has launched a three-pronged project to protect water sources, maintain water bodies and improve the quality of drinking water.
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Kerala ropes in DMRC for R5,581-crore monorail
Thiruvananthapuram : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Kerala Monorail Corporation have inked a general consultancy agreement for monorail projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. Together,
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Kozhikode corporation to set up waste plant at Njeliyanparamba
Kozhikode corporation has decided to float tenders to set up an advanced treatment plant at Njeliyanparamba trenching ground. The delay from the part of the state government in finalizing an agency to
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Kozhikode corporation to carry out cancer screening for women
KOZHIKODE: The city corporation will conduct door-to-door cancer screening for women in a bid to reduce the number of cases here. The civic body has decided to extend the ambitious Jeevanam project of
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Greens see bid to commodify water in State
Formation of Kerala Drinking Water Supply Company Ltd. On April 9, Ponnath Devarajan, city councillor for Marad, a communally sensitive fishing hamlet that faces water shortage, moved a resolution before the Kozhikode Corporation Council against a government order for forming Kerala Drinking Water Supply Company Ltd. He said the company, described by the Water Resources Department in its December 31, 2012, order as one modelled after Cochin International Airport Ltd., was a sheer effort to commodify water, a natural resource and public asset.
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Budget prop for waste-to-energy plants in cities
The budget proposal to aid local bodies in taking up waste-to-energy projects in public-private partnership mode is expected to improve urban waste management in Kochi and other cities. Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had proposed “to support municipalities implementing waste-to-energy projects by offering viability gap funding, repayable grant and low-cost capital”.
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Monorail moves on commerce, say eco-activist
The Kozhikode Monorail Project is completely investment-oriented and not people-oriented, environmentalist A. Achuthan has said. Speaking at a discussion on ‘Monorail: expectations and apprehensions’ organised by the Citizen’s Voice here on Wednesday, he said all tall claims made about its viability and environment-friendly nature were an eyewash. Citing the project report by the Kerala Monorail Corporation which said that around 1.48 lakh people would use monorail each day in 2015-16, he said even Mumbai, which had a population of 1.19 crore was expecting only 1.25 lakh people to use monorail each day.