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 …
Central project was in limbo for two years A Union government project to make Thiruvananthapuram a ‘Solar City’ is showing signs of revival. The project lay dormant for two years, until the last Corporation Council meeting. The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy had decided to make Thiruvananthapuram and …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy asserted here on Wednesday that the Kochi Metro Rail Project would be executed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in association with E. Sreedharan in three years. The Chief Minister said he had held talks with Mr. Sreedharan (former Managing Director of DMRC) that there was …
Petronet LNG, at present, has long-term agreements with foreign companies for supply of LNG for the existing Dahej and Kochi LNG terminals. Petronet LNG Limited is looking for a strategic foreign partner for implementing its Rs 4,500-crore Gangavaram LNG project in Andhra Pradesh. “We are looking for more supplies to …
The Kochi Corporation is planning to permit the municipalities in the district to process waste at the solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram. The municipal authorities will have to pay Rs 1000 for a tonne to the Kochi Corporation as processing charges. At present, the Aluva Municipality transports waste materials …
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and GAIL (India) are keen on picking up stake in the Rs.5,000-crore Kochi petrochemical project being executed by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in joint venture with LG Chemicals of South Korea. “We have got written proposal from several companies to join the project. …
The 318-km UP section of 4,000-km North-South Corridor project, which will link Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kochi in Kerala, has been languishing because of environmental issues, Centre-state differences and encroachments. The problem areas are the Jhansi-Lalitpur stretch, and the Agra bypass. In reply to an RTI application, the …
Around 200 tonnes of non-biodegradable waste needs to be capped The Suchitwa Mission will assist the Kochi Corporation in scientifically capping waste at the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant. The plant site is estimated to have around 200 tonnes of non-biodegradable waste. A team of officials from the mission would …
‘Marine litter affecting the livelihood of fishermen’ Plastic pollution in marine ecosystems is causing health hazards and economic loss, according to marine scientists. The presence of plastic pollutants in seas and backwaters is upsetting the ecosystem and breeding grounds of a large number of economically important fish varieties, said V. …
Ernakulam station to receive 20 truckloads of waste daily Two platforms of Ernakulum Junction Railway Station will be filled with non-biodegradable waste generated by the residents of Kochi. T.K. Ashraf, chairman of the Health Standing Committee of Kochi Corporation, said the Railways sought the waste to fill the two platforms …
Thiruvananthapuram: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) may land two plum infrastructure projects in Kerala this year. These are the R5,099-crore and R1,991-crore monorail projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. The state government has formed a special purpose vehicle (SPV) called the Kerala Monorail Corporation to speed up the implementation of …
44 tonnes of granules have piled up at shredding units Huge quantities of plastic granules remain unutilised in the city as the civic authorities could not get the approval of the Public Works Department for using them for road works. Conversion of plastic refuse into granules was introduced in the …
The Rs.20,000-crore Muthoot Pappachan Group, which has a minor wing doing business in alternate energy, is keen on investing in a big way in the wind energy sector in Kerala, especially over the Ramakkalmedu ridges on the Western Ghats in Idukki district, the group’s chairman and managing director Thomas John …
The expansion project to fire up BPCL’s Kochi refinery capacity to 15.5 million tonnes a year Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s integrated refinery expansion project in Kochi is expected to get environmental clearance anytime now with Tuesday’s meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry) for Environmental Impact Assessment in New Delhi …
State-run oil marketer Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), which is setting up its first propylene unit in Kochi, said it was ready to offer 51 per cent stake in the Rs 6,000-crore project to its Korean joint venture partner LG Chemicals. ‘We have already inked an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with …
Kochi The Kerala government on Friday wrapped up a MoU with Bharat Petroleum for a slew of petroleum and gas projects totalling an investment to the tune of Rs.20,000 crore. Chief minister Oommen Chandy signed the pact with BPCL chairman RK Singh on the final day of the three-day Emerging …
Metro rail projects are currently under implementation in seven cities Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said metro rail projects would start in 19 cities, which have a population of more than 2 million. Addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Kochi Metro project here, Singh said, “We have …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said his government will prepare project reports for metro in 19 cities that are home to more than 2 million people. Laying the foundation stone for the Kochi metro, Singh said detailed project reports for 12 cities have already been prepared. Currently, metro systems are …
Noting that an efficient transport system was ‘critical’ for orderly growth of cities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the government has decided to support preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for Metro rail in all 19 cities with a population of over two million. Laying the foundation for …
It was as though the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was endorsing the concerns raised by the greens within the State Congress in the run up to the ‘Emerging Kerala’ meet. Inaugurating the ‘Emerging Kerala 2012’ investor’s meet here on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said that the development …
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has announced a higher compensation to farmers in seven districts of the state on whose land through which it would be laying underground pipeline to take liquefied natural gas from Kochi to Bangalore. “The revised scale has been fixed as per the directions of …
