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 …
Enrolment for the Aadhaar UID (Unique Identity) project has crossed the 5,000 mark in the district. At present, enrolment is under way in Tripunithura, where it was launched on Monday. Enrolment is being carried out using seven sets of laptops and biometric devices alongside pre-enrolment on the third floor of …
KOCHI: Tourists who arrive in the city are struck by the signboards, flex boards and advertisements in every nook and cranny, the majority of which are made of plastic. The plastic hoardings are mushrooming in the city like never before and the damage it would create in the long run …
New plant to be set up in public-private partnership mode The Expression of Interest (EOI) for the new solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram will be floated in September. The Corporation is planning to rope in a national agency for completing the leg work for floating the expression of interest. …
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: The students of Amsterdam and Rajagiri College presented a workshop on effective waste management at the Chamber Hall here on Thursday. The programme was organised by the Rajagiri College and the Kerala Chamber of Commerce. In the programme, the students gave a Power Point presentation to make waste management …
KOCHI: Giving fresh hopes for opening up a new corridor to the city, the state government on Wednesday sanctioned Rs25 crore for acquiring land for the widening of Thammanam-Pulleppady Road. The first road in the city to be renovated under the detailed town planning (DTP) scheme, the Thammanam-Pulleppady stretch will …
KOCHI: Scientists here have developed a genetically-engineered antigen to diagnose chikungunya with greater accuracy. The scientists, from the SCMS Biotechnology Centre here, are confident that the antigen would make diagnosis of the disease more cost-effective, apart from giving accurate results. They are also just a whisker away from inventing chikungunya …
KOCHI: At a time when the residents of Fort Kochi are choked with the garbage heaps, the Corporation is sitting over `17.20 lakh sent to the local body as a part of the payment for its implementation. The `43-lakh Fort Kochi Zero Waste project was announced by the Corporation with …
This paper explores some of the emerging issues that cities in the developing world confront as they begin to develop plans and strategies to adapt to the effects of global climate change. The emphasis is on low-income populations, both those now settled in cities and those still to migrate from …
Kochi: Three minor cracks were noticed on the top surface of the Mullaperiyar dam after the tremor in Idukki district on Tuesday. “The cracks are not serious and it is not clear whether they are linked to the tremors, or were caused by some other factors,’’ George Daniel, executive engineer …
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 Corporation will seek legal action against the agency that dumped a container full of chicken feet at the lake near Edakochi if it does not remit the fine within the stipulated time. The authorities concerned said that the search was on to find out whether the agency had hidden …
KOCHI: The revised fund allocation for the Meenachil River Valley project in the state budget is a clear indication that Finance Minister K M Mani wants to go ahead with the proposal that is supposed to serve the irrigation purpose of Pala and Irattupetta. But the local bodies in the …
Decision pending on allowing civic body to use dumping yard Conflicting positions aired by different stakeholders threaten to worsen the waste management problems faced by the Thrikkakara municipality. The municipality is obviously relaxed over the State government's decision to allow it to use the garbage yard of the Kochi Corporation …
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 …
Stretch in Kerala ends near Munnar The Kundanoor Junction-Tripunithura-Bodimettu-Madurai stretch of the NH 49 is to be renovated as a two-lane highway with a 10-metre-wide tarred surface, sources in the PWD (NH wing) that maintains the road, have said. The portion of the highway passing through Kerala begins from the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: What has the rampant levelling of wetlands got to do with increasing energy consumption of Kochiites, especially their use of air-conditioners and air-coolers? Urbanisation and its most pronounced effect of formation of urban heat islands, is showing its effects in Kochi too, say scientists studying the phenomenon at the …
Land yet to be acquired for North bridge expansion The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is readying itself to widen two narrow corridors in the city
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 …
