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		<title>Beautification project in Kochi</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/beautification-project-in-kochi-72389</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swiftsales.cf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edappally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ensure proper maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highway beautification project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DLF Riverside in Chilavannoor violating environmental clause</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/dlf-riverside-in-chilavannoor-violating-environmental-clause-70794</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/dlf-riverside-in-chilavannoor-violating-environmental-clause-70794#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swiftsales.cf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dlf riverside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E K Bharat Bhusan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental clauses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residential project in Chilavannoor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kochi Metro project being put on the fast track</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-metro-project-being-put-on-the-fast-track-62651</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-metro-project-being-put-on-the-fast-track-62651#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 13:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rakesh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CREDAI-Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation Kerala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Metro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi metro project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Metro Rail Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate Kochi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; without the administrative sanction of the government -for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kochi Metro Rail Ltd asked to execute various development works of the corporation</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-metro-rail-ltd-asked-to-execute-various-development-works-of-the-corporation-62648</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-metro-rail-ltd-asked-to-execute-various-development-works-of-the-corporation-62648#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rakesh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CREDAI-Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kerela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation Kerala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kochi metro project]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real estate Kochi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=62648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rs 600 Crore projects planned in Kochi</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/rs-600-crore-projects-planned-in-kochi-55288</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/rs-600-crore-projects-planned-in-kochi-55288#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gaurav.gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accommodation facility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arabian Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochin Port]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Complexes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Ambedkar stadium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertainment park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernakulam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GCDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Cochin Development Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indoor stadium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manapattiparambu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mundamvely]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partner Kerala Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public-private partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regional sports complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping malls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swimming pool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennis Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tunnel marine aquarium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=55288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporation awaits green signal from govt to give BPL housing loans</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/corporation-awaits-green-signal-from-govt-to-give-bpl-housing-loans-52673</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/corporation-awaits-green-signal-from-govt-to-give-bpl-housing-loans-52673#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basic Services for Urban Poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Below Poverty Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPL families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSUP scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development of slums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing projects in Kochi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[individual housing scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi civic authority]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RAY scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=52673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kochi suburbs witness rise in tax collection</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-suburbs-witness-rise-in-tax-collection-49387</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-suburbs-witness-rise-in-tax-collection-49387#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bhawna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kalamassery municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maradu municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property tax collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property tax in Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thrikkakara municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tripunithura Municipality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kochi &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Property transfer fee may increase in Kochi</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/property-transfer-fee-may-increase-in-kochi-48365</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/property-transfer-fee-may-increase-in-kochi-48365#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building transfer fee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building transfers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buildings in Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hike in transfer fee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax revision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=48365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land acquisition in progress for road widening projects in Kochi</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/land-acquisition-in-progress-for-road-widening-projects-in-kochi-47761</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/land-acquisition-in-progress-for-road-widening-projects-in-kochi-47761#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernakulam south Railway station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Cochin Development Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Metro Rail Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metro Rail Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenue department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[road widening project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thammanam-Pullepady road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transfer of Development Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vyttila-Petta road]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Court demands proof from joint owners availing luxury tax relief</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/high-court-demands-proof-from-joint-owners-availing-luxury-tax-relief-45190</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/high-court-demands-proof-from-joint-owners-availing-luxury-tax-relief-45190#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>praveen.p</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala Building Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala Building Tax Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury tax exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury tax under the Section 5A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owner of a building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential purposes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state government of Kerala]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=45190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traffic chaos ahead Kochi Metro work</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/traffic-chaos-ahead-kochi-metro-work-43810</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/traffic-chaos-ahead-kochi-metro-work-43810#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bhawna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[20mm carpet chipping method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BM & BC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction of roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KMRL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Metro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi metro project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Metro Rail Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macadam and bitumen concrete method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relaying of roads]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=43810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kochi- The city is already facing traffic problem and the work of relaying side roads have still not initiated by the Kochi Corporation before the construction work of Kochi metro starts at its desired time. Relaying of side roads is specially important on the stretch between Edappally and Kaloor because once the metro is initiated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAG report: No transparency in assessing property tax</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/cag-report-no-transparency-in-assessing-property-tax-35968</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/cag-report-no-transparency-in-assessing-property-tax-35968#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[certificates]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Demand]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=35968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thiruvananthapuram- On 12th December, comptroller and auditor general of India submitted a report in the state assembly which says that Kochi Corporation does not adopt transparency methods while assessing property tax in city. The report also stated variations in calculating property tax for similar properties in the same area. Other faults found includes lack of co-ordination between town and revenue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kochi Corporation to impose penalty on illegal buildings</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-corporation-to-impose-penalty-on-illegal-buildings-27381</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-corporation-to-impose-penalty-on-illegal-buildings-27381#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unauthorized constructions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=27381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a bid to increase revenue as well as to address the issue of illegal building, the Kochi Corporation is planning to allot building numbers to all unauthorized buildings and then impose penalty three times the normal tax on the owners. Both residential and commercial buildings constructed without prior approval from the civic body would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kochi Corporation to assist residents filling up property tax forms</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-corporation-to-assist-property-owners-filling-up-tax-forms-27084</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-corporation-to-assist-property-owners-filling-up-tax-forms-27084#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochin Kerala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala property tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Kerala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property tax Kerala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=27084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Considering that the intricate self-assessment forms of property tax proves to be difficult ones to fill out for residents, Kochi Corporation is to send out its officials to help residents fill the forms. The welcome move is announced as a wide range of information, including the distance of the building from the thoroughfare, type of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kochi property tax may be delayed</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-property-tax-may-be-delayed-23298</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kochi-property-tax-may-be-delayed-23298#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lekshmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GIS map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenue department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax return forms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=23298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the huge task covering 4 lakh door numbers in the city and issuing tax returns form to all residents, offices and shops concerned, Kochi Corporation may not be able to meet the deadline set by the government, which is August 16. Revenue department officials admit it will not be possible to complete the process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phase II of tax collection in Kochi begins</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/phase-ii-of-tax-collection-in-kochi-begins-13725</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/phase-ii-of-tax-collection-in-kochi-begins-13725#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edappally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phase II of tax collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rent in Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second phase of the tax collection in Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax collection in Kochi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=13725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Second phase of the tax collection in Kochi has started recently. Kochi Corporation has hopes of achieving the Rs 100 crore target for the current financial year. Out of Rs 100 crore, around Rs 45 crore was being collected in the first phase of Aug- Sept 2011. The main share of the collection will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brahmapuram plant overflowing with garbage</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/brahmapuram-plant-overflowing-with-garbage-13170</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/brahmapuram-plant-overflowing-with-garbage-13170#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brahmapuram Action Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brahmapuram plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumping plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Epidermic disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage overflowing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage treatment plant at Vilappilsala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panchayat authorities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents of Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shut down of garbage treatment plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=13170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The shut down of garbage treatment plant at Vilappilsala has turned Kochi city conditions worse. The residents of the city in concern with panchayat authorities and the Brahmapuram Action Council will soon be taking up this issue to Supreme Court. The garbage is overflowing and heaps are being dumped everyday, which is considered a threat! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>159 property tax defaulters held in Kochi</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/159-property-tax-defaulters-held-in-kochi-10440</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/159-property-tax-defaulters-held-in-kochi-10440#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporation officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Notices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property evasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property tax payment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenue Officer of corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax defaulters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax evasion details]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=10440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation has till now estimated Rs. 5 crores yet to be collected from the tax defaulters. It has been traced that majority of the property owners are avoiding the property tax payment. Therefore, the Revenue Officer of corporation arranged a council meeting to discuss tax evasion details. According to corporation officials, around 159 property [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Project Zero&#8217; now in hands of Kochi residents</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/project-zero-now-in-hands-of-kochi-residents-9940</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/project-zero-now-in-hands-of-kochi-residents-9940#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Kochi Response Group (BKRG)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bio-gas unit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BKRG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hygienic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Zero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents of Kochi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=9940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An appreciable work has been initiated by the residents of Kochi. Fed up with corporation&#8217;s constant promises, residents themselves have launched &#8216;Project Zero&#8216;. Kochi Corporation has failed badly to launch constructive plan for proper garbage disposal. Better Kochi Response Group (BKRG) has introduced &#8216;Project Zero&#8217; drive which involves setting up of bio-gas unit in all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Property tax structure revised</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/property-tax-structure-revised-9613</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/property-tax-structure-revised-9613#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annual rent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floor area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Self Government Department.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public paths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rental buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resorts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revised property tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road connectivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secondary and tertiary zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star hotels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vitrified tiles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=9613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kochi Property owners, the revised property tax structure is here! The tax payments from now on will be based on floor area of the property. Kochi Corporation has revised the property tax structure as per the orders issued by the Local Self Government Department. According to the previous norm, property tax was collected based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courts order to set up STP in Kochi</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/courts-order-to-set-up-stp-in-kochi-9070</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/courts-order-to-set-up-stp-in-kochi-9070#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rakesh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aquakem Engineers (India) Private Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District Collector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District collector of Ernakulam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollution control board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sewage treatment plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharjah-based company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subsidiary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suchitwa Mission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=9070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kochi might soon witness a sewage treatment plant. Kerala High Court has directed for the set up of the plant to the District collector of Ernakulam . For the implementation of the project it has asked to set aside 40 cents of land. It also ordered the District Collector to mark a specific part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerala High Court slams Government Inability to Maintain roads in Kerala</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kerala-high-court-slams-governments-inability-to-maintain-roads-in-the-state-8447</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kerala-high-court-slams-governments-inability-to-maintain-roads-in-the-state-8447#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rakesh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerala state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Interest Litigation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=8447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Acting on the orders of the Kerala High Court, the Kerala state government has announced that the completion of the work for the restoration of roads will be completed by November 30. The announcement came after the High Court had directed the government to finish the work within three weeks in the state as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HC Wants Detailed Explanation on Situation of Roads in Kochi</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/hc-wants-detailed-explanation-on-situation-of-roads-in-kochi-7039</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/hc-wants-detailed-explanation-on-situation-of-roads-in-kochi-7039#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condition of roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detailed Explanation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detailed Explanation on Situation of Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerela High court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance of roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short period of maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Situation of Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Situation of Roads in Kochi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=7039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Considering a petition by Suburban Travels owner CP Ajith Kumar and Ernakulam Merchants Union, the Kerela High court directed the Kochi Corporation to file a detailed explanation on the situation of the roads in the city and come up with a plan for maintaining the roads. The petition asked for a minimum guarantee on the [...]]]></description>
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