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Footover Bridge in, Technology out

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TrivandrumLife: The footover bridge at Pattom is getting inaugurated on Tuesday after a long wait. While all welcome a footover bridge at places like Vazhutacaud and Pattom where hundreds of students arrive on a daily basis, another innovative technology for easy movement of pedestrians, including visually challenged persons, is being ignored. When the corporation and PWD proposed the footover bridge at Vazhutacaud, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has to remove the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Controller (PeSCo), a technology that could help pedestrians to turn on red signal for…

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Trivandrum-Kasargode NH 66: Land entrusted to NHAI in Kollam

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TrivandrumLife>> Crossing a major milestone, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has made a significant progress for the development of the Ochira-Thiruvananathapuram stretch under the national highway development programme. The NHAI has issued 3 (D) notification, which indicates that the land in Kollam stretch has been entrusted to NHAI. This is a significant step in the widening of the NH in the Kollam district. After 3 (D), NHAI will initiate 3 (G) process, which involves distribution of compensation. This time, the compensation will also include 25 % of state’s…

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Lockdown triggers unrest in families? Crimes on a rise in city

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TrivandrumLife>> Lockdown and Covid crisis have given enough time for otherwise busy family members to spend some time together. However, capital city is witnessing an increase in crimes within families. Days after a man was killed by his son during a drunken brawl, another crime has happened at Vattiyoorkavu on Friday. A man committed sucide after hacking his wife at Thozhuvancode by around 7 am. The wife later succumbed to the injuries. Police said that an alleged quarrel between the septuagenarian couple, Ponnan and Leela, ended in the unfortunate crime.…

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Alleged gang rape of 24-yr-old: Kadinamkulam police begin probe

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TrivandrumLife City woke up to report of a horrific crime on Friday morning. A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped at Puthukurichi on Thursday night. The Kadinamkulam police have begun probe against a group of men, including her husband who is suspected to be an accomplice of the crime.  As per the oral complaint of the survivor, the woman and her one-year-old child were taken to a beach at Puthukurichi by her husband. Later he took them to his friend’s house nearby. There, the husband began consuming alcohol along with the friends. During…

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Khosa replaces Gopalakrishnan as Thiruvananthapuram collector

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TrivandrumLife Former food safety commissioner and MD of Kerala Medical Service Society Navjot Singh Khosa has replaced K Gopalakrishnan as the collector of Thiruvananthapuram district. Gopalakrishnan has been transferred as Malappuram collector. This is part of a bureaucratic reshuffle announced by the state government on Wednesday.   Sources said that government had issues with Gopalakrishnan’s handling of Covid situations in the district for a while. Collector had to revise several of his orders following directions from the government. Opening of Aruvikkara dam without prior notice was the latest of all issues. Waterlogging caused by opening of shutters of…

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Dumping of waste triggers recurrent waterlogging in NH Bypass

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TrivandrumLife.com When National Highway Authority of India began widening of NH 66, it planned open drains for the corridor, an error for which it will be regretting. Soon after the construction of drains on either sides of the main carriageway, several miscreants found it as an ideal spot to dump waste.   Ever since construction of drain was completed in the national highway from Kazhakoottam to Mukkola, NHAI is troubled by the frequent dumping of waste, including poultry waste into the drain. The illegal dumping of waste is the major reason behind water logging of several stretches in the national highway, prominently at Chackai and Enchakkal.  During…

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High time for Operation Anantha – II

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TrivandrumLife  City witnessed flash floods and water logging at several places on Friday.  It seems to be just a trailer of what is ahead in the upcoming south west monsoon season.  Despite the miseries, flash floods bring back memories of the effort of one person – our own Action Hero Biju.  Yes! our former collector and current social justice secretary Biju Prabhakar IAS.  A team led by the then collector Biju Prabhakar and the then chief secretary Jiji Thomson was behind the famous Operation Anantha, which saved the core areas of the city from flash floods for the…

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Bracing for monsoon, Kerala steps up disease surveillance

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TrivandrumLife.com>> With the South-West monsoon expected to arrive in Kerala by the first week of June, the state’s public health machinery has been put in top gear to cope with the seasonal incidence of communicable diseases, without slackening the COVID-19 containment efforts. Apart from equipping the network of hospitals under the Department of Health and Family Welfare, down to the primary health centre level, to cope with the situation, public contact and disease surveillance programmes have also been stepped up. The thrust of the campaign is to make people aware…

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Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod Semi High Speed Rail – Logo Contest

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TrivandrumLife.com>> Kerala Rail Development Corporation Ltd (K-Rail) has invited entries from the public for selecting logo for the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Semi High Speed Rail (SHSR) project, SilverLine. The selected entry will receive an attractive cash prize. The contest, which looks forward to the participation of the public including the prospective passengers of the state’s dream project, is open to persons of all age groups, either as  an individuals or as  groups of not exceeding four persons. For details of the contest visit the website https://keralarail.com/silverline-logo-contest/.  The entry, along with the consent letter and…

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PWD to construct bridge to connect Peruman and Manroe Island

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TrivandrumLife.com>> The Public Works Department has got approval for proposal for construction of Peruman bridge connecting Peruman and Munroe Island in Kollam.   The Rs 39.9 crore bridge will come up over Astamudi lake, informed Public Works minister G Sudhakaran in a statement.   The PWD has initiated tender proceedings for the Peruman bridge. The bridge would uplift the tourism potential of Munroe island which is known for canal cruise. Munroe island or Munroethuruthu is a group of eight small islets having a total area of about 13.4 sqkm. 

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