Rapidly expanding urban settlements in the developing world face severe climatic risks in light of climate change. Urban populations will increasingly be forced to cope with increased incidents of flooding, air and water pollution, heat stress and
KOCHI: The New Year greets the greens and the picnickers in the city with a double gift from the Forest Department - a nature study centre and a bird watching tower.
Set up at the Mangalavanam in the city, the twin projects will be dedicated to the public by Forest Minister Benoy Viswom on Thursday.
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in association with the district administration and the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) will implement a unique SAFE I- Project, said District Collector M Beena at a press conference here on Friday.
The novel project aims at bringing down hospital-borne infections by ensuring safe injection and thereby decreasing iatrogenic diseases.
KOCHI: Though the city residents are trying their best in learning to live with mosquitoes, the scare of spreading dengue fever is scaling up.
Though the Corporation put two autorickshaw- mounted fogging machines out in Mattanchery and Ernakulam areas, the service has not yet reached all divisions.
KOCHI: To save the city from the menace of plastic waste, the district administration and the Kochi Corporation in association with the Kudumbasree units are planning to launch a new plastic waste management project.
As per the project, the Kudumbasree members will collect the plastic waste from houses and shops. The collected waste will be used for recycling and road tarring works.
KOCHI: The committee appointed to monitor the functioning of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant decided to submit a report on the defects of the plant to the state government and the Ombudsman for the Local-Self Government Institutions.
KOCHI: The construction of flyovers will not help reduce the traffic congestion in the city. Instead, the administration should improve the public transport system and encourage the people to use it, said Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogota in Germany.
