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 …
We had a report from our Kochi office the other day on the tree census in the city, one of many finally being undertaken by civic bodies through the country. Common to all these is a stress on magnitudes -total number, zone-wise breakdown, specie-wise numbers. It might be a better …
KOCHI: The Peoples Action Council, West Kochi, has flayed the authorities concerned for not taking steps to solve the waterlogging in the West Kochi area. Though a large amount of money has been spent on cleaning up the Rameswaram boundary canal recently, it has not helped solve the waterlogging there. …
KOCHI: It was the day to forget cars, all motor vehicles for that matter. The idea was to leave behind private vehicles in favour of cycling, walking and public transport. As the whole world observed The International Car Free Day on September 22, a few Kochiites remained loyal to the …
KOCHI: A cycle rally was taken out as a part of the observance of the World Green Building Week organised by the Cochin chapter of the Indian Green Building Council. Around 300 students from the NSS wing of Calicut University and the Energy Conservation Society reached Kochi on Monday as …
Union Ministry holds up eco clearance for various projects Main sources of pollution are industries, municipal garbage and hospital waste Industries agree to spend Rs. 150 crore for pollution control measures KOCHI: An action plan with short and long-term measures has been chalked out by the Kerala State Pollution Control …
KOCHI: The single most health hazard for people living in the suburbs and surrounding villages of Kochi is the disposal of sewage in public places. There is hardly any attempt on the part of the authorities to take action against unauthorised septic tank cleaning agencies. As a result such agencies …
KOCHI: The tree census has revealed that there are 6,443 trees in public places in the Kochi Corporation. The register containing the details of the tree census titled
KOCHI: The lakhs of rupees spent by the Kochi Corporation to set up biogas plants in the city have gone down the drain as the majority of them are inoperative. Blame it on the negligence of the authorities or the inefficiency in managing these plants, these non-operative plants are causing …
ALUVA: The presence of an enormous number of worms in the Periyar near the Sivarathri Manalpuram has spread panic among the people since Wednesday evening. The earthworm-like reddish worm is 10 centimetres long. Lakhs of worms are seen at the bathing ghat near the Siva temple here. They are also …
KOCHI: In a boost to its agenda to give a new look to the city through better suburban rail, water, roads and other facilities, the Kochi Corporation has received the approval for its master plan from the Local Self-Government Department.The draft plan, incorporating the best available solutions, will take the …
KOCHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has said that a new proposal on Kochi Metro project is getting ready. DMRC Chairman E Sreedharan said that the Urban Development Ministry would submit a renewed project report to the Planning Commission with an esccalated cost of `5,000 crore.Sreedharan said this after …
This report on the recent national level round-table on metro rail systems in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai and Pune organised by Parisar presents the experiences by experts on metro rail systems in these cities and also their concerns & ways of moving forward. Parisar organised a national level round-table …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The MPs' conference which was held here on Monday became a platform for the Congress MPs to air their protest against the vendetta politics which surfaced in connection with the inauguration of the new terminal of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. "We told that it was unjustifiable to delay the …
Hydrologists and geologists in Kerala have warned that the clumsy plugging of leaks in the 113-year-old Mullaperiyar dam on the border between Kerala and Tamil Nadu using cement plastering could weaken the structure further. Tamil Nadu, in charge of the maintenance of the dam though it was situated in Kerala …
KOCHI: A couple of days after the Union Government decided to withdraw from the Kochi Metro Rail Project, the state government too seems to have abandoned it. Even as the state government declare that it will pressurise the Union Government to start the project as a joint venture, the former …
KOCHI: Beware advertisers using trees in the city to promote products! The Corporation is determined to go ahead with its plan to weed out awkward and distracting flex hoarding and billboards mounted on trees in the city. To protect the existing trees in the city, all advertisement materials nailed on …
KOCHI: As a part of increasing the green cover and making afforestation programme more effective and meaningful, the Kochi Corporation has decided to start a tree census to get the feedback on the success rate of tree plantation in the city on June 30. The civic body has already reached …
