Kochi Corporation
In a proposal to make the Rs 1.12-crore highway beautification project a success, the Kochi Corporation has mooted setting up kiosks along service roads. The local body plans to rope in hotels, builders, individual traders and other businesses along the highway to pump in funds to beautify medians as well as service roads, ensure proper [...] Continue Reading »
The State Chief Secretary E K Bharat Bhusan recent report pointed out the serious violation cause by DLF Riverside which is a waterfront residential project in Chilavannoor which has opened a can of worms in the city’s realty sector. While the report and consequent revelations rocked the state’s bureaucratic and political establishment the reaction of [...] Continue Reading »
In an evident attempt to speed up the Kochi Metro work, the state government has efforts underway to ensure that the land required for the project is acquired in the next one month or so. With the owners of the project having directly issued guidelines – without the administrative sanction of the government -for the [...] Continue Reading »
The Kochi Corporation has directed Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) to execute civic jobs or to adequately compensate the civic body for the land which is being acquired for the Metro project. Expressing its grouse about the allegedly inadequate compensation for the civic body’s land, the corporation said that it is willing to give land [...] Continue Reading »
At the state department of Urban Affairs organized “Partner Kerala Summit”, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Kochi Corporation have unveiled projects worth over Rs 600 Crore. While the Kochi Corporation is showcasing projects including commercial complexes and hubs at key locations in the city amounting to Rs 244 crore, the GCDA proposed Rs 360 [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi: The Kochi Corporation had requested the state government for an exemption to provide individual housing loans to families belonging to below poverty line (BPL) under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme. But the government failed to take up the request following which apprehensions have been raised about the successful implementation of the scheme. According [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi – As the commercial activities of Kochi city are largely shifting to its suburbs, municipalities of Kalamassery, Thrikkakara, Tripunithura and Maradu are witnessing a major increase in tax collection. The municipalities are expecting a combined revenue of over 60 percent of the revenue of the Kochi corporation (Rs 60 crore). The real estate growth [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- Kochi Corporation has put up a proposal of increasing building transfer fee in a measure to increase its fund-flow. In a city like Kochi, a large number of building transfers often take place, which are roughly around 3000 to 5000 per year. So the proposal of hike in building transfer fees is likely to [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- Land acquisition for Thammanam-Pullepady road widening project seems to start shortly with the Kochi Corporation planning to issue the preliminary notification. Revenue department has been issued directions to speed up procedures for issuing a preliminary or 4 (1) notification. The project requires around 20 acres of land for road widening as well as rehabilitation [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- The state government of Kerala has recently courted a rule that every joint owner of a building availing luxury tax exemption under Kerala Building Tax Act will have to provide proof for the amount spent by each of them. This ruling was passed while considering a petition which was filed by two brothers in Kochi. [...] Continue Reading »
