The Hindu              14.02.2014

No water supply on Feb. 17, 18

Special Correspondent

There will be no water supply on February 17 and 18 under Krishna Phase-I and Phase-II areas on account of repairs of shutters near Kodandapur by the Irrigation Department. Water will be stopped for 24 hours from 9 a.m. on February 17 to 9 a.m. the next day. The areas affected under various phases are as following

Krishna Phase-I: Saheb Nagar reservoir areas, Santhosh Nagar area, Asmangadh new and old reservoir areas, Miralam reservoir areas, Aliyabad reservoir areas, Chanchalguda areas, Yakuthpura , Vaishali Nagar reservoir areas, Malakpet, Moosarambagh, Narayanguda resevoir areas, Boggulakunta reservoir areas and Shivam, Adikmet, Chilkalguda reservoir areas.

Krishna Phase – II (RM-I) : Saheb Nagar reservoir areas, Balapur reservoir areas, Mailardevpally, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderguda, Kishanbagh, Asifnagar, Prashashan Nagar reservoir areas, Madhapur, Gachibowli and Part of Lingampally reservoir areas.

Krishna Phase – II (RM-II):

Ring Main II consisting of Marredpally reservoir areas of West Marredpally, Sithaphalmandi, Bhoiguda, Rezimental Bazar and Tarnaka and Lalapet reservoir and control room areas of cantonment, MES & Railways, Moulali reservoir areas, Nacharam, Ellugutta reservoir areas, Sanikpuri reservoir, Kailashgiri reservoir and Chanakyapuri reservoir areas.

The HMWSSB requested the people to store drinking water in advance to avoid inconvenience.

The Hindu              14.02.2014

Focus on waste management

Special Correspondent

The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) is keen on processing waste drawn from the city streets and homes.

It has announced a project for setting up a modern waste treatment plant after heeding to requests from the Cochin Shipyard, Southern Naval Command, Infopark and owners of hotels and restaurants, N. Venugopal, GCDA chairman, has said. An organisation of traders wrote to the agency three times urging it to take up the task, he said.

Interestingly, the GCDA is eyeing the 100-acre land at Brahmapuram owned by the Kochi Corporation, which is currently engaged in the management of waste. The State government, in association with the Suchitwa Mission, has announced its proposal for setting up another plant at the site. The GCDA has kept aside Rs. 50 lakh for the project.

The Authority chairman said the existing facilities would not be sufficient to handle the amount of waste generated by the city.

Even while expressing its desire to join the municipal waste management business, the GCDA chairman said the city administrators have not set up facilities for treating septage. Even after a series of discussions, the authorities have not established a new plant at Brahmapuram, he said.

The Defence authorities have cleared the agency’s proposal to set up a helium balloon ride from Marine Drive. In the initial phase, the balloons would travel at a height of 45 metres, which would be increased later, he said.

Mr. Venugopal said the Authority had opened the 3.5-km-long Marine Drive walkway, set up at a cost of Rs. 10.5 crore. The agency was awaiting clearance from the State authorities for its exhibition-cum-convention centre.

GCDA has announced a project to set up a modern waste treatment plant in Kochi.