Local residents and green activists are pressing for a fresh moratorium on new industrial projects in the critically polluted areas of Eloor-Edayar and Ambal-amugal in Greater Kochi.

Though the minis

Students from 54 schools in the city limits took a pledge to keep the city clean and to practice better waste management on Mond-ay.

As part of the city corporation’s sanitation campaign ‘My City My

The Kochi police are keen to strengthen the mobile phone network at sea, and to this end are preparing to hold talks with private mobile network providers in the state for installing more mobile tower

If all goes well, passengers commuting between Fort Kochi and Vyttila will be able to cover the distance in a speed boat in half-an-hours.

To provide water connectivity to the world-class mobility h

The Corporation of Kochi seems to have no foresight. I am a foreigner living in Kochi for the past 6 years.

I hear more and more tour operators are opting to promote other destinations in India beca

Internationally-acclaimed artists showcasing their work at the Kochi Muziris Biennale being held in December have started descending on the city. DC catches up with artist Jyoti Basu.

Why Kochi when

While the city may be set on the track to fast development, it is becoming increasingly unsafe for women who are now targeted more than before, says the Centre for Gender, Development and Ecology (S

The city corporation plans to launch a health flying squad to monitor sanitation, drinking water quality and waste treatment in various places within the city limits.

The squad will have four mobile

To launch fast-growing Kochi into the global metroscape, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) on Monday came out with ‘Vision 2030’, aimed mainly at bolstering the feeble infrastructure of

The government’s decision to give local bodies more flexibility in plan fund utilisation has been welcomed by panchayats and municipalities.

“The new decision will definitely help local bodies in