Category: Flooding
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An Ode to Kochi
Swamped without a plan, they drown in the bog of their own creation. Their plans trickle down the drains, washed out with the swill into the once-magnificent Vembanad. The plumbing does not work anymore. And why they do not know.Dig a canal here, widen one there. And find a sitting duck for they cannot find […]
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Wanted: Better Design For Kochi’s Drains
One just has to have a cursory look at the design of the drainage inlets at Paramara Road to get an idea of the lackadaisical approach of Kochi Corporation engineers as well as contractors involved in the work. Operation Breakthrough, the objective of which was to repair and redesign existing drainage systems in Kochi to […]