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Technopark to get two underpasses at National Highway

Jisha Surya

July 23: TrivandrumLife>> The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has given approval for the request of Technopark to construct vehicular underpass for it. The NHAI has begun preparation of design for two underpasses for light motor vehicles. The tentative locations for the VUPs are at Kulathoor and in front of phase III campus of Technopark. Around Rs 30 crores are expected for the construction of two vehicular underpasses and Technopark has agreed to bear the cost.  Sources said that Technopark made the request so that it will provide easy…

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Online fraud victim gets money back on timely intervention of cyber cell

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TrivandrumLife>> A woman in the city was robbed of Rs 70,700 in an online fraud. However, due to the timely intervention of the cyber cell of Thiruvananthapuram city police, around Rs 70,000 was recovered immediately. The woman, a native of Aramada in Poojappura station limits, was cheated by a person who called her mobile phone acting as an SBI officer. Though the victim suspected when he mentioned about activation of the credit card which she received recently, the accused convinced her by giving details of her bank account number. Thus,…

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Techies turn creative to kill lockdown boredom

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by Nisha Nath Our childhood stories passed on by grandparents and great grandparents had dramatic accounts of the world war, flu and floods which engulfed their lands and livelihoods. Those were stories of grit and survival. Not even in our wildest imagination, we must have thought we would have to confine within our houses, to save ourselves from a microscopic virus. As the lockdown extends, tripling its effect, the techies are utilizing their boredom or vacant space to acquire or brush up skills which they have kept in mind or buried…

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Positive cases drop following protest at Poonthura

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July 12 I TrivandrumLife>> Resident of Poonthura, Manikyavilakam and Puthanpally areas which reported superspreading events were the highest in the daily reports being released by the health department in the last few days. However, things were different on Sunday. The number of Covid positive cases in the district fell from 121 on Friday to 69 and 40 on Saturday and Sunday respectively.Incidentally, no testing was held in one of the major centres in Poonthura due to the protests by the local residents against health workers in the last two days.…

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Kumarichantha market turns ‘superspreader’ in the city

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TrivandrumLife I July 8 >> Like Koyembedu market in Chennai, the Kumarichantha market in Thiruvananthapuram has emerged as the ‘superspreader’ in the city. Within a span of few days, more than 150 patients in three wards in Poothura, Manikyavilakam and Puthanpally have tested positive for Covid 19. The health department authorities are planning to conduct antigen test on around 15 % of the population in these three wards. Around 53 persons were tested positive for Covid from Poonthura alone on Wednesday alone. The district administration and police have closed the…

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What is triple lockdown?

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The triple lockdown, which was first introduced effectively in Kasargode, is a three-phase approach to contain spread of the disease. Due to the lack of proper treatment methods, preventing spread of infections by containment was found to be the best approach in places like Kasargode. Under the triple lockdown, the first approach is general containment strategy by preventing movement of public while the second is to create containment zones after identifying clusters in areas where positive cases are reported. The lock three is a more focussed approach on wherein primary…

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Week-long Triple Lockdown from Monday in Trivandrum

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TrivandrumLife>> Due to looming threat of community transmission, a triple lockdown has been announced in city Corporation limits on Sunday. The week-long triple lockdown will come into effect at 6 am on Monday (July 6). DGP Loknath Behra said that all major roads will be completely closed during lockdown. Not a single vehicle will be allowed on road, he said. Only hospitals, medical shops and shops selling essential items will be allowed to function in the city limits. All offices, including secretariat, will remain closed. On Sunday alone, the district…

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Is spraying effective in Covid prevention ? Check what WHO says

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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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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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