[ad_1] The Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) announced 70 candidates for the upcoming Kochi Corporation elections, with the district leadership pledging to transform Kochi into “the cleanest city in the country” if voted to power in the 76-member civic body. The list included nine sitting councillors, 17 former members and seven […]
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[ad_1] The Local Self-Government Department in Kerala (LSGD) has issued an order directing the Kochi Corporation to allot 1 acre of land at Brahmapuram for the establishment of a Regional Sanitary Waste Incineration Facility. The order, dated October 12, was issued by T.V. Anupama, Special Secretary, LSGD, based on the minutes of a meeting she […]
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[ad_1] With elections to the local self-government bodies in Kerala around the corner, the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has raised the spectre of corruption, alleging that the Kochi Corporation has come under the scanner of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) during the five-year term of the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The LDF, however, […]
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[ad_1] A view of the Pandarachira canal. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The canals of West Kochi will be rejuvenated, restored, and beautified by the Kochi Corporation. The initiative will begin with the restoration of the Pandarachira canal, estimated at ₹100 crore. The Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society (ULCCS) is expected to finalise a detailed […]
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[ad_1] Image used for representation purpose only | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu Unrestored and badly restored roads, which were dug up for laying pipeline for the city gas project have left many divisions in Kochi Corporation with nearly unnavigable roads much to the chagrin of the residents. Roads in the Palarivattom division remain one of […]
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[ad_1] A view of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The company making biomanure by treating biodegradable waste using black soldier flies (BSF) at the Kochi Corporation’s solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram is set to make alterations to its machinery to reduce the moisture content in the biomanure […]
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[ad_1] Celin Jacob’s installation | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Mahakavi G Sankara Kurup Memorial on Abraham Madamakkal Road (at the end of Marine Drive, near Mangalavanam) appears mirage-like under the midday sun. Tucked in away from the main road, another unpaved ‘road’ leads to it. The multi-level triangular structure is as impressive from outside […]
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[ad_1] File photo of fire force personnel spraying water to quell the smoke at Brahmapuram waste treatment plant in Kochi. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal has imposed an environment compensation of ₹100 crore on Kochi Corporation for its continuing neglect of duties, resulting in the crisis at […]
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[ad_1] Fire and Rescue Services officials working to quell the smouldering plastic waste at Brahmapuram waste treatment plant | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kochi Corporation, which had won the Zero Waste city award in 2009, failed miserably in taking forward the decentralised waste management system after 2010, criticised Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Speaking at the […]
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[ad_1] Fire and rescue personnel trying to douse the fire inside the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant on February 4, Saturday, morning. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Even as they continue to be choked by thick plumes of harmful smoke ejected by tonnes of piled up plastic waste on fire at Kochi Corporation’s solid waste treatment […]
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