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Urban Greening Corp formed

Thursday, 12 February 2015 10:17 administrator
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The Hindu         12.02.2015 

Urban Greening Corp formed

The government has constituted an exclusive ‘Urban Greening Corporation’ to translate Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s vision for transforming the State into ‘Harithandhra Pradesh’.

Over 1,800 govt- owned public spaces have been identified in all the 116 local bodies – municipalities, municipal corporations, nagara panchayats and urban development authorities – purpose, according to sources.

The identified spaces and greenery will be monitored through satellite imageries and geo-tagging. A sum of Rs. 800 crore will be spent in the next four years with an yearly budget of Rs. 200 crore for greenery and beautification.

A Government Order issued by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department on Wednesday stated that the Urban Greening Corporation would be responsible for protecting and planning of all urban vacant lands, parks and green zones.

 

Corpn. service centres for 13 divisions

Thursday, 29 January 2015 07:00 administrator
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The Hindu         29.01.2015   

Corpn. service centres for 13 divisions

Basic services from the Kochi Corporation can soon be accessed through regional stations to be set up in select divisions of the local body.

Christened Seva Gram, the units will come up in 13 divisions of the Kochi Corporation in the first phase shortly. The public can avail of the basic services, including application forms for various welfare pensions and birth and death certificates. Important announcements regarding the selection of beneficiaries for various welfare programmes too would be published at these centres, said Tony Chammany, Kochi Mayor.

It has been proposed that the units will function as the extension centres of the local body. With the units becoming operational, one need not come all the way to the main offices of the local body for obtaining the application forms and accessing the beneficiary lists and information released by the civic administration, Mr. Chammany said.

The units are conceived as the meeting points for ward sabhas, the grass root level forum for deciding on the development projects that are to be implemented in each locality.

The proposal was mooted by the Kerala Institute for Local Administration. The division councillors will be responsible for the functioning of the units, which shall remain open between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. for at least five days a week.

The public can avail of the basic services, including application forms for various welfare pensions and birth and death certificates.

 

‘Need prevention programmes against chronic diseases’

Thursday, 29 January 2015 06:55 administrator
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The Hindu      29.01.2015   

‘Need prevention programmes against chronic diseases’

Babu M. Pallissery, MLA, addressing a workshop at KILA, Mulangunnathukavu, on Wednesday. — Photo: By special arrangement
Babu M. Pallissery, MLA, addressing a workshop at KILA, Mulangunnathukavu, on Wednesday. — Photo: By special arrangement

: The state needs adequate preventive programmes to check increasing number of chronic diseases, Babu M. Pallissery, MLA, has said.

He was addressing the workshop on comprehensive development project for Kunnamkulam Assembly constituency organised by the Kerala Institute of Local Administration at Mulangunnathukavu, near here on Wednesday.

“About 80 per cent of people who are booking tickets from Guruvayur to Thiruvananthapuram are going to Regional Cancer Centre. The number of renal diseases is also increasing regularly. The use of vegetables contaminated by deadly pesticides is one of the reasons.”

Mr. Pallissery said we should be able to address the issue by organic farming of vegetables.

We need effective measures to address the waste management problem and drinking water shortage, he noted.

Kunnamkulam Municipality Chairman V.K. Unnikrishnan, block pranchayat presidents from Wadakkanchery, Chovvannur, panchayat presidents from Kadavallur, Porkkulam, Chovvannur, Erumappetty, Velur and Kattakambal, Standing Committee Chairpersons, and officials from various local bodies participated in the meeting.

 
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