Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Archives

Kerala local body polls: BJP captures power in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, ending decades-long LDF rule

December 13, 2025December 13, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

BJP candidate from Sasthamangalam R. Sreelekha celebrates outside the counting centre following her victory in the city Corporation election in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. | Photo Credit: JAYAMOHAN A. Ending over four decades of the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) hold over the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (BJP-NDA) secured power in the […]

Thiruvananthapuram Corporation cuts down on kitchen bin purchase order due to lukewarm response

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The city Corporation has cut down on its purchase order for bio-compost kitchen bins to process biodegradable waste due to low number of applicants. As per an agenda item presented at the Corporation Council meeting here on Friday, it was earlier decided to purchase 25,000 such bins to promote waste treatment at source in city […]

Risk of Brahmapuram-like incidents low in capital, thanks to Corporation’s biomining, waste decentralisation steps

March 11, 2023March 12, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A view of the Sanmathi garden created by the Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation at the Erumakkuzhi garbage dumping yard after removing all waste. With Thiruvananthapuram’s centralised waste treatment facility closing down a decade ago and with the capping of most of the city’s legacy waste dumps, the possibilities of waste dump fires as has happened in […]

Corporation initiates revenue recovery proceedings against property tax defaulters

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation is set to initiate revenue recovery proceedings against property tax defaulters with pending payments above ₹1 lakh. The revenue wing of the civic body has identified as many as 760 such cases, and already issued notices to 32 institutions or individuals. The revenue recovery proceedings are being initiated against all defaulters […]

Corporation to have a ‘green’ Budget this year

February 18, 2023February 19, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Thiruvananthapuram Corporation will be having a ‘green budget’ this year with proposals for more electric vehicles, increasing green cover and conversion to solar power in most government buildings in the city, according to official sources. The civic body is set to present the budget for the 2023-24 financial year on March 10. It is also […]

Chief Minister derailing probe into the letter row at Thiruvananthapuram Corporation: V. D Satheesan

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Leaderr of the Oppositionn V D Satheesan inaugurates a protest by UDF before the TThiruvananthapuram Corporationn demanding the resignation of the Mayor Arya Rajendran, in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: S. Mahinsha Opposition Leader V. D. Satheesan on Friday accused the Crime Branch of going by the script penned by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to derail […]

Mayor sends legal notice to Jebi Mather

November 14, 2022November 15, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Mayor Arya Rajendran on Monday sent a legal notice to Rajya Sabha MP Jebi Mather who had allegedly made personal remarks against her during the Mahila Congress’s protest last week at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation office demanding the Mayor’s resignation over her alleged letter to the CPI(M) district secretary. She has demanded Ms.Mather to retract her […]

Opposition parties continue protests demanding resignation of Mayor over letter issue

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Satheesan says thousands of backdoor appointments are being made in public sector units, local bodies and the Congress will expose them Satheesan says thousands of backdoor appointments are being made in public sector units, local bodies and the Congress will expose them For the fifth consecutive day, the Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation office was roiled by […]

Crime Branch to probe origins of alleged letter by Mayor

November 7, 2022November 8, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

State Police Chief Anil Kant has tasked the Crime Branch (CB) with the investigation into a complaint filed by Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran to trace the origins of the letter in her name to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] district secretary Anavoor Nagappan asking him for a “priority list” of applicants for temporary […]

Thiruvananthapuram Mayor’s alleged letter to CPI(M) district secretary kicks up a storm

November 5, 2022November 6, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

It asks him for a priority list of applicants for temporary posts in the health wing of the Corporation It asks him for a priority list of applicants for temporary posts in the health wing of the Corporation A letter allegedly written by Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran to Communist Party of India (Marxist) district secretary […]

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