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 …
Contractors, Thugs Control Every Parking Lot And Fleece Citizens At Will For rogue parking contractors in the city, who corner all tenders for parking lots, the city’s acute shortage of parking space has become a veritable windfall and a source to milk hapless citizens dry. The demand has always been …
KOCHI: In 2012, when National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, Kochi, undertook a survey, Kochi stood at the 24th position among the highly polluted cities in the country. But the comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI)is more shocking - Kochi’s index is …
KOCHI: Rajeswari Venkiteswaran, a 63-year-old homemaker from Palarivattom, is shifting her house and is busy packing her belongings. But, she is confused about how to dispose her broken keyboards, mouse, used batteries and other damaged electronic equipment. The apartment complex where she resides prohibits the entry of small-time scrap dealers …
The Kochi Corporation will soon hold discussions with Indian Medical Association’s arm IMA Goes Eco-friendly (IMAGE) to help manage the biomedical waste generated from households. IMAGE that operates a plant in Palakkad is likely to give a detailed project report on a proposal to set up biomedical waste management plant …
Kochi: The Kochi corporation has demanded that the state government revise traffic regulations imposed in the city to ease vehicle movement. At the council meeting on Tuesday, mayor Tony Chammany said that new regulations should be put in place after considering the traffic regulatory committee’s (TRC) suggestions. He noted that …
The . 210-Cr Project, Which Would Benefit West Kochi, Delayed Kochi: Residents of west Kochi, who were hoping for respite from the perennial water scarcity this fiery summer, will have to wait longer. The Kerala Water Authority (KWA), which was planning to commission the Maradu drinking water project mid-March, is …
No DPR Even A Year After Mooting The Project To Enhance Water Supply In The City There’s very little that the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has learnt from the acute shortage of drinking water faced by the city over the years. While the demand-supply gap is over 120 million litres …
As a first step to set up the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) in Kochi, the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is conducting a workshop in collaboration with CODATU, an international non-profit organisation with the help of Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) on March 26-27 here. The objective of the …
City residents need not bother to segregate waste generated at their homes when the new waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram becomes operational. Going by the project report of the plant prepared by Kerala Industrial and Technology Consultancy Organisation (KITCO), all sorts of municipal waste, including plastic refuse and wood, would …
The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) is keen on processing waste drawn from the city streets and homes. It has announced a project for setting up a modern waste treatment plant after heeding to requests from the Cochin Shipyard, Southern Naval Command, Infopark and owners of hotels and restaurants, N. …
The Corporation, which was faced with a major crisis in waste movement, can heave a sigh of relief for the time being after the existing contractor entrusted with the operation of the civic body’s solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram agreed for a stop-gap-arrangement till a new agency is identified …
The Kochi corporation is planning to implement the Zero Waste Project in west Kochi. The project will cover flats, hotels and restaurants in the area. The project is similar to the eco–friendly garbage management system being implemented by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) in the …
Aim is to ensure that funds do not lapse The State has decided to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to operate and manage the buses procured with 80 per cent financial assistance from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Official sources told The Hindu that the …
Control Board Blames Construction Sector And Ongoing Metro Work Kochi: Are you having a persistent dry cough or a cold that refuses to go away? Are repeated medications failing to give you relief ? You could be just one of the many citizens facing this problem that the doctors say …
The construction of Smart City Kochi’s (SCK) first building is in progress and piling work is expected to be completed by the middle of February. The contract for civil and structural work is likely to be awarded in a week’s time. The SCK authorities expect that the first IT building …
Chief minister Oommen Chandy has expressed hope that the opposition to the gas pipeline project of GAIL in some parts of the state would come down once house connections are issued in Kochi. Already, petroleum companies have begun issuing industrial connections from gas pipeline in Kochi and are in the …
District Panchayat Convenes Emergency Meet Today Kochi: The district panchayat has convened an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the growing complaints of sewage and septic waste being dumped in the outskirts of the city. Most of these complaints are from Perumbavoor, Kunnathunadu and Muvattupuzha, which have turned a dumpyard …
Govt Yields To Public Opposition, Not To Set Up CIAL-Model Co Unable to overcome public opposition, the state government has finally decided to drop the proposal to set up a CIALmodel Kerala Drinking Water Supply Company. Putting an end to the speculations against privatizing drinking water supply and limiting the …
Lack scientific collection and disposal system to deal with the menace The Public Work Department’s (PWD) novel initiative to add plastic as a component in surfacing roads is unlikely to be a panacea for civic bodies with the majority of them lacking scientific collection and disposal system to deal with …
Kochi is yet to submit a detailed project report (DPR) on its existing power infrastructure and proposals for making use of non-renewable sources of energy to qualify itself for the solar city project. Kochi is among the cities being considered for implementing the solar city project of the Ministry of …
