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.
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.
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.
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 an arrangement with the Rajagiri School, Kalamassery, to carry out the survey of the trees.
KOCHI: As viral fever is spreading across Kerala, the district medical authorities have claimed that they are taking all necessary steps to ensure that the fever was contained.
However, much more needs to be done as more people are succumbing to the viral attack. The district authorities said the situation was under control and there was no cause for alarm regarding the epidemics.
KOCHI: Ever since waste disposal became a serious problem in the city, organisations have worked to offer solutions in their own way. Plan@Earth, the NGO working for the environment, partnered with ITC Ltd to launch a solid paper waste collection programme in Kochi last year. The project called WOW (Wealth Out of Waste) was launched in the city last year.
KOCHI: Taking forward the initiative to increase the number of comfort stations in the city, the construction of the second toilet complex out of the nine such facilities on a public-private participation (PPP) model will begin on June 7.
KOCHI: The CREDAI Clean City Movement, in association with local bodies and residents associations, inaugurated a project for achieving self-sufficiency in disposing of organic waste at the General Hospital here on Wednesday.
Corporation health committee chairman N A Mani inaugurated the programme.
KOCHI: Decks have been cleared for five Metro Rail-associated projects that are expected to ease traffic congestion in the city. With the detailed project reports (DPR) getting ready, tender procedures for the projects will begin by month-end.
