The New Indian Express 04.10.2010
Kaloor South, Ekm Central for more development
KOCHI: Kaloor South is one of the busiest divisions in the city which has seen a lot of development under councillor K V Manoj. One of the majorachievements was the innovative road tarring project by the Kochi Corporation wherein plastic granules created by shredding the plastic waste collected from the city was used. Manoj said this was the first time such an initiative was tried anywhere in Kerala. The practice is expected to increase the life of the road by at least five times.About 15 lakh from the division fund has been spent in solving the waterlogging problem at Ponoth Road. ` 30 lakh was spent in putting slabs over the drainage near the Kaloor Junction. A bridge was constructed linking the Judges Avenue and Sebastian Road.
To tackle the problem of waste management, two biogas plants were built in the division. A homoeo clinic was also started in the division. Manoj said one of the pending work is the setting up of an Anganwadi for which ` 8 lakh has been sanctioned.
Other pending works include installing 500 sodium vapour lamps in addition to tarring about 16 roads. The tender for the latter has been passed.
Ernakulam Central, represented by councillor Leno Jacob, is one of the biggest divisions in the city. The Broadway, most of the theatres in the city, a part of the Ernakulam market and the KSRTC stand come under this division. To make commuting easy and hurdle-free, the roads have been raised to two feet and all the potholes have been filled are tarred.
Leno says one of his biggest achievements has been the work done at the T A Beerankunju Road and Arangath Road. At present, work is being done at the Arangath Cross Road, Pullepady Road and A L Jacob Road.
He said about ` 30 lakh has been spent to tackle the waterlogging problem in the division and ` 40 lakh for removing silt from the drains.
However, because of the laxity of the authorities concerned, most of the work hasn’t been completed.
“The tender for two to three projects worth ` 30 lakh has been passed. But till now the work hasn’t started,” said Leno. Besides, almost 30 percent of the streetlights are not functioning.
