Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Begging for breath: Trapped between industries Kochi residents gasp for fresh air" appearing in The New Indian Express dated 23.02.2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item. The news item reveal the …
The Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with Rajagiri Outreach, jointly organised a workshop on ‘Waste Management in Kerala.' The workshop was based on a report on situational analysis on waste management in Kerala, with special reference to Ernakulam district undertaken by a group of students from University …
KOCHI: With 11 municipalities and a municipal corporation, Ernakulam tops the list of the most urbanised districts in Kerala with 68.07 percent of its residents living in urban areas, according to Census 2011 findings. Of the total population of 32,79,860 in the coastal district, 22,32,564 live in urban areas, according …
KOCHI: With the communicable diseases like malaria spreading in the district, the authorities with the Health Department are planning a slew of measures targeting the migrant labourers here. Though the cases of malaria have been on the rise in the district since 2000, the authorities are unable to put in …
Plan to use plastic as fuel in high temperature cement kilns The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is planning to introduce the use of non-recyclable plastic waste as an alternate fuel in high temperature cement kilns with an aim to make cities plastic-free. Board Chairman K. Sajeevan told The …
Faced with widespread criticism against its solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram, Kochi Corporation has decided to convince the neighbouring civic bodies of the need for a new plant. Protests are mounting from several neighbouring panchayats and municipalities against the dumping of waste at the plant site and the refusal …
Efforts to rejuvenate the avian population of central Kerala by providing artificial nests, feed, and improving bird habitats Conservationists are trying all the tricks up their sleeves to rejuvenate the avian population of central Kerala by providing artificial nests, feed, and improving the bird habitats. Artificial hideouts for barn owls, …
Chandy seeks landowners' cooperation KOCHI: The State government will give Rs.25 crore of the estimated Rs.78 crore for acquiring land for widening the Padma-Pulleppady-Thammanam-NH Bypass road into a four-lane one. This was decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Sunday. The road will be crucial …
Station building, platform, yard, colour signalling planned Rs.8 crore allocated to modify signalling system Rajya Rani Express to be launched by March MALAPPURAM: The Nilambur Road railway station is set to get a major facelift with the Railways pumping in crores of rupees for it. Divisional Railway Manager (Palakkad) S.K. …
The State government will press the Centre for implementation of the Kochi Metro Rail project on the Chennai or Bangalore model. A high-level conference, convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and attended by E. Sreedharan, Chairman of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), and Union Minister of State for Food …
KOCHI: Amidst the flood of projects and norms, rain water harvesting still remain on paper, thanks to the cold shoulder given by the authorities. Authorities with various local bodies, including Kochi Corporation and Ernakulam district panchayat, which had designed projects for rain water harvesting are trying to cover up their …
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation plans to demolish Ernakulam North overbridge soon KOCHI: The State Government's delay in sanctioning funds and in approving the scheme mooted by the Corporation of Kochi to hasten land acquisition, is stifling four-laning of two crucial road corridors in Kochi
KOCHI: Kerala's initiative, to become the first to fully implement the Bacchat Lamp Yojana (BLY) in the country, has been recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC approved the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism Programme carried out by the Kerala State Electricity Board …
Two-wheeler riders, traffic policemen among worst affected by vehicle emission KOCHI: Automobiles and industries cause the maximum damage to air quality. Vehicles that run on clean fuel and have a well-tuned engine let out much less toxic emissions than those that use adulterants and are ill-maintained. Foremost among the noxious …
Making the Kochi Metro rail project a reality is the one common promise made by all political formations in Kerala - be it the Congress-led UDF, the CPM-centric LDF and even the BJP. But the alliance that gets the people
KOCHI: After Palakkad and Thrissur, it is the turn of Ernakulam to become a totally electrified district. The state government will declare Ernakulam district totally electrified on February 19. Almost all the Assembly constituencies in the district have become totally electrified. As of now, there are around 14,000 households which …
The district is inching closer to the achievement of total sanitation with all its grama panchayats ensured of Nirmal Gram Puraskar instituted by the Union Ministry for Rural Development. The award is given for achievements in the field of sanitation. Since its institution four years ago, the grama panchayats and …
KOCHI: As a part of line doubling, the Railways has floated tenders to conduct soil testing on the Ernakulam-Kumbalam stretch, Railway sources said. The agency to conduct soil testing will be selected this month itself. The preliminary procedures for doubling the Harippad-Ambalappuzha stretch on the Ernakulam-Alappuzha-Kayamkulam section has also begun, …
KOCHI: Various developmental projects costing `4.53 crore will be taken up in the coastal areas of Ernakulam district, Fisheries Minister S Sarma has said. The government has already given its nod for the project, which will be completed during the financial year, Sarma said while presiding over a meeting here …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned an amount of Rs 40.12 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund to the state government. The loan is intended for the implementation of the eight drainage and flood prevention projects in Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kollam and Thrissur districts. …
KOCHI: The hardships faced by the public due to the leakage of biogas plant at the Ernakulam Market continued on Wednesday as the civic body failed to take any adequate measures to remove the decayed waste that gushed into the market pond. Though the Corporation officials promised that they will …
