Category: City News

Is spraying effective in Covid prevention ? Check what WHO says

Trivandrum Life

TrivandrumLife>>> Ever since discussions over community spread began in Thiruvananthapuram, authorities have been busy with various activities to prevent it. From fumigation of public places and shops to awareness sessions, the district administration, city police and corporation leave no stone unturned to prevent the possible community spread in the city. On Thursday alone, the district witnessed four cases of local transmission. Of these, the source of infection is unknown in three cases, which point to the possibility of community spread. On Friday, a team of officials of Fires and Rescue…

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VSSC on high alert after employee tested positive for Covid 19

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TrivandrumLife.com>> After a 41-year-old staff was tested positive for Covid 19 on Friday, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre has taken precautionary measures to prevent spread among its staff. The Manacaud-native has been showing Covid 19 symptoms since June 15 and was declared positive on Friday. Another retired VSSC staff too was tested positive on Friday. Around 13 staff of VSSC, including 5 permanent and 8 contractor workers, who had contacts with the person have been asked to go on self-quarantine on Friday. The VSSC has handed over their details to…

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Foreign citizen found dead in her city apartment

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TrivandrumLife>> A foreign national was found dead in an apartment in the city on Friday. Forty-eight-year-old Sarojini Gepken, who was settled in the city for the past 11 years, was found dead at her flat at SFS Capital, Vellayambalam. She hails from Amsterdam. Police had received a distress call from her friend, a lawyer, who informed that she was neither answering the doorbell nor responding to phone calls. The police rushed to the spot, broke open the door and found her lying unconscious on the bed. They took her to…

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Covid19: Ten-day restrictions for City shops

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Strict restrictions in city to prevent community spread TrivandrumLife>> District administration and City Corporation are on high alert following the increase in number of cases in the district. A meeting held on Tuesday decided to impose 10-day restrictions on shop and establishments in the city. Shops selling essential items should function only on alternate days. Malls and supermarkets are allowed to function only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while vegetable shops can function on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. This was taken at a meeting convened by Mayor K Sreekumar.…

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Health workers troubled by long contact list of new Covid positive cases in Trivandrum

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TrivandrumLife>> Three new Covid 19 cases in the districts are causing concern among the health workers. Cases of an ASHA worker in Kattakkada, a KSRTC driver, and a mobile shop owner are creating new headache as they have interacted with a lot of people in the last few days. Increasing cases with unknown sources of infection also points to more serious health crisis. As per the route map published by the district administration, the 40-year-old KSRTC driver has been active in his work and conducted several trips. On June 5,…

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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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