The government will sanction Rs.125 crore for a comprehensive project aimed at preventing waterlogging and flooding in the capital city.
A sum of Rs.27 crore will be spent in the first phase, and Rs.98.5 crore will be sanctioned for the second phase.
CRIP work, including development of bus bays, is likely to be delayed
The felling of avenue trees near RR Lamp, Vellayambalam, and near treasury buildings at Statue to ensure free flow of traffic, visibility of traffic signals, and construction of bus bays on corridors developed under the City Road Improvement Project (CRIP) has run into rough weather with a high-power committee turning down the request.
To meet every two days and give advice to Corporation
The Urban Affairs Department has constituted a core committee, to be convened by Principal Secretary James Varghese, to monitor the garbage disposal crisis caused by the agitation against the Corporation's solid-waste treatment plant at Vilappilsala.
More than 200 farmers from across the city underwent special training in zero budget farming as part of a farming training and farmers' mela that concluded here on Sunday.
Free ration to be provided to the victims for a month
The Cabinet has decided to sanction Rs.5 crore for providing relief to families who lost the next of kin and property in the deluge, according to a statement issued by Transport Minister V.S. Sivakumar here on Wednesday .
The Cabinet on Wednesday proposed a comprehensive project to clean up the Karamana and Kill Rivers in Thiruvananthapuram city and prevent flooding of its banks.
The Suchitwa Mission has recommended setting up at Brahmapuram a mega plant capable of processing about 500 tonnes of municipal solid waste generated daily in Kochi corporation areas and nearby mun
