VMHS to be registered as company
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Society facing constraints including for availing of loan for project execution
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Society facing constraints including for availing of loan for project execution
With focus shifting to registering a company to spearhead the second phase development work of the Vyttila Mobility Hub, the VMH Society (VMHS) hopes to ready a revised detailed project report (DPR) by the end of March.
It had been decided in November 2020 to revise the DPR prepared by Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) to include, among other components, a CNG-refuelling station on 50 cents on the 25-acre premises of the hub. The revised DPR was slated to be ready in February 2021.
Kochi Corporation to deal firmly with illegal parking
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Those posing hurdles to cyclists and pedestrians to be penalised
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Two-wheelers parked on the cycle track on Park Avenue Road in Kochi on Saturday.
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Those posing hurdles to cyclists and pedestrians to be penalised
With 2021 being declared as ‘The Year of Green Mobility in Kochi’ and projects being rolled out by Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) and other agencies to promote non-motorised transport and walking, the Kochi Corporation has joined hands with key stakeholders to prevent parking and encroachments on bicycle lanes, footpaths, and walkways.
Precarious Transitions: Mobility and Citizenship in a Rising Power
Over the summer of 2020, millions of migrants streamed out of Indian cities in the wake of the ill-planned lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 March 2020. The most conservative estimates suggest 30 million internal migrants in India (Ministry of Finance, Government of India 2018: 267). More realistic estimates peg the numbers at 140 million (Rajan et al 2020). If even half the most conservative figures are trekking back home, we are likely to be witness to the forced migration of at least 15 million people criss-crossing the country to get back to their homes. These numbers most likely dwarf the migrations wrought by the partition, estimated between 10 and 12 million people. At a time, millions have been cut adrift by the Indian state, we need to urgently reflect on what it means to be a citizen.
Referring to the ₹1,528-crore Integrated Urban Regeneration and Water Transport System (IURWTS) project funded by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), the work on which he launched
Six Kochi canals to be made navigable
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CM to inaugurate project tomorrow
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CM to inaugurate project tomorrow
The inauguration of work on the ₹1,528-crore Integrated Urban Regeneration and Water Transport System (IURWTS) Project in the city that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will do on Monday, will kickstart what is perhaps one of the largest brownfield projects undertaken by any State government to restore inland canals for water transport, tourism, and recreational purposes.
The Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has been entrusted with the responsibility of executing the project wherein a network of six canals spread over 34.75 km will be made navigable.