CPI(M)’s Anilkumar is Kochi Mayor
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Close coordination with district administration and waste management are the focus, he says.
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Close coordination with district administration and waste management are the focus, he says. M. Anilkumar of the CPI(M) was elected Mayor of the Kochi corporation on Monday, bringing an LDF candidate back to the chair after a ten-year hiatus.
Mr. Anilkumar secured 36 votes, defeating the UDF candidate Antony Kureethara who secured 32 votes. The councillors toed their respective party lines, with the Independent candidates sticking to the allegiances they had promised earlier. K. P. Antony, councillor from Manassery, who had contested as an independent candidate, abstained from voting.
Stir for expediting road connectivity
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Thripunithura residents to hold hunger strike on Jan. 1
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Thripunithura residents to hold hunger strike on Jan. 1
Even as Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) says that it is premature to comment on establishing road connectivity to Kochi Metro’s terminal station in Thripunithura, representatives of residents’ associations in Thripunithura are on the warpath, demanding clarity on the issue.
They have decided to hold a hunger strike at East Fort Junction on January 1, deploring the “inordinate delay” in finalising road connectivity from SN Junction to Thripunithura railway station. No effort was being made to hew out a road, at the ground level. This was a challenge to members of the public, said Thripunithura Rajanagari Union of Residents’ Associations (TRURA).
‘Obstructive parking has worsened in post-lockdown period owing to higher influx of private vehicles’
The Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority (KMTA) has zeroed in on three critical projects that have to be implemented in the next six months.
Smart parking, revision of the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) (readied in 2015 by Kochi Metro Rail Limited - KMRL), and promotion of non-motorised transport (NMT) are the core areas for which brain-storming will be done. “We have identified the need for smart parking, aided by a new parking policy, as a priority area, since haphazardly-parked vehicles are a menace. Obstructive parking has worsened in the post-lockdown period owing to higher influx of private vehicles,” official sources said.
Kochi Metro to adopt circular economy to reduce building construction cost
KMRL s new initiatives under consideration include use of materials with low emissions, maximum use of structural steel in stations, efforts to reduce cement concrete and use of local building materials.
Artist s impression of the Fort Kochi boat terminal (Image: Instagram/KochiMetroRail)
In a bid to promote sustainable development, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has decided to adopt circular economy principles. With this new approach, KMRL aims at reducing the cost of building construction.
According to the plan, KMRL will begin the initiative by using recycled items as building materials. This will reduce dependence on virgin materials for less important areas. Apart from this, KMRL is also considering minimising environmental impacts from transportation.
KMRL to adopt ‘circular economy’, to focus on reuse of materials
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From today onwards, metro trains to operate from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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From today onwards, metro trains to operate from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has decided to adopt ‘circular economy’, a sustainable approach to development.
Circular economy is a new way of creating value, and ultimately prosperity, by extending product lifespan and relocating waste from the end of the supply chain to the beginning in effect, using resources more efficiently by reusing them. Through this, the agency plans to reduce the cost of construction also.