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  • Urgent Call for Action: Reckless Bus Operators Endanger Lives in Kochi

    Two children as young as nine and six were forcibly separated from their mother by a rogue bus crew with their dangerous and aggressive driving tactics in order to compete with other private bus operators. The mother had stepped off the bus at her destination, but the rogue bus crew did not give her children […]

  • Unchain Kochi-24X7

    Kochi is not what one would call a boom town but nevertheless it is the commercial capital of Kerala and undeniably has become a hub for immigrants from other states as well as people from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargode moving here, seeking a better life, a better job, a better city or maybe just to get […]

  • Increase Government Spend on E-Governance | Kerala.

    In the face of financial constraints, Kerala’s government faces a significant challenge in allocating funds to various sectors. Yet, with a treasury facing struggles and an economy heavily reliant on remittances, lacking substantial growth in the local business arena, a clear path to stimulate the economy emerges: prioritizing the technology sector through increased government spending […]

  • 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 […]

  • Street Art-Fort Kochi

    Street Art, Burgher Street, Fort Kochi

  • Update- RTI Filed Private Bus Accidents in Kochi

    This is an update on RTI filed with Road Safety Commissioner, Kerala which was forwarded to respective departments:- Response from ADGP- State Crime Records Bureau As per information received from State Public Information Officer, State Crime Records Bureau, Thiruvananthapuram; the available information on private bus accidents in Kochi forthe period from 2016 to November 2019 […]

  • Update- RTI Filed With Road Safety Commissioner, Kerala

    RTI Application & Queries filed with Road safety Commissioner, Kerala response from Road safety commissioner, kerala As per reply from Kerala Road Safety Authority, the details requested are not available and the same has been forwarded to : State Crime Records Bureau, Police Department & Transport Commissioner response from transport commissionerate The Transport Commissioner has […]

  • A Citizen’s Thoughts On Kochi Water Metro Project

    I would like to raise a question regarding the Kochi Water Metro Project which is being implemented by Kochi Metro. The project cost is envisaged at Rs.747 Crores. Why cannot Kochi Water Metro Project utilise existing facilities including the jetties of the Kerala State Water Transport Department (KSWTD). If they could come up with a […]

  • Response to RTI Application Filed With Road Safety Commissioner, Kerala Road Safety Authority

    UPDATE- Kochi, Road Safety, Private Bus Rash Driving In response to RTI application filed with Kerala Road Safety Authority, Thiruvananthapuram, the Road Safety Commissioner has replied that details with respect to the below queries are not available with KRSA. The same has been redirected to State Police Chief, Transport Commissioner and ADGP- State Crime Records […]

  • End Rash Driving by Buses in Kochi. Take Action Now!

    In the year 2017 there were 430 deaths &1764 grievous injuries caused by accidents involving private buses in Kerala as per data from keralapolice.gov.in.  As per a news report published in The Hindu-“Private buses on (Kochi) city roads maim or kill one person every four days”  Between January and September 2018 around 132 accidents were caused by […]