Times News NetworkThiruvananthapuram: The City Police have announced traffic restrictions on the Law College–Pottakuzhi Road from 8 am on July 20 in connection with sewerage works being carried out by the Kerala Water Authority.According to a press release issued by the assistant commissioner of police (traffic north), the restrictions will remain in force until the…
T’puram: Water supply will be suspended for 24 hours in several parts of the city from 7am on Tuesday to 7am on Wednesday, due to emergency repair works on a leaking pipeline near Vellayambalam Junction, Kerala Water Authority (KWA) said in a statement.The disruption will affect areas coming under KWA’s Palayam, Pattom and Kowdiar sections….
Thiruvananthapuram: Water supply remained erratic in several parts of city on Monday, a day after Kerala Water Authority (KWA) completed repairs to a damaged 500-mm cast iron transmission pipeline at Pattoor. Residents and business owners complained that they were yet to receive normal supply.The pipeline was damaged on Saturday during tree-cutting work done as part…
The rapid urbanisation of Thiruvananthapuram is putting pressure on the KWA network Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has drawn up an ambitious plan to augment drinking water supply in the city region by increasing treatment capacity by around 150 MLD and modernising the ageing distribution network at an estimated cost of more than Rs 200…
A file photo of people queuing up for water. Residents say corporation tankers usually reach only the houses located along main roads Thiruvananthapuram: Even as the Vizhinjam International Seaport continues to emerge as one of the country’s biggest infrastructure projects, residents in the surrounding coastal areas say access to drinking water remains an everyday struggle.Frequent…
T’puram: Several major residential pockets in the city are facing acute drinking water crisis, with residents alleging that repeated pipeline bursts, faulty valve operations, ageing infrastructure and delayed repairs by Kerala Water Authority (KWA) disrupted water supply for months.Nalanchira, one of city’s prominent residential areas, is among the worst affected. Residents said more than 300…
KWA officials attributed the recurring problems primarily to the city’s ageing infrastructure. Thiruvananthapuram: Ever-increasing demand for drinking water resulting from rapid urbanisation has affected the capital district’s ageing distribution network, leaving thousands of households vulnerable to recurring supply disruptions.Data accessed by TOI from Kerala Water Authority (KWA) shows that more than 51,000 water shortage complaints…
T’puram: Health minister K Muralidharan intervened to expedite the replacement of ageing water pipelines in the Vattiyoorkavu constituency, directing officials to secure immediate approval for road-cutting works on nine major roads to facilitate the long-pending project.The directive was issued during a meeting of Vattiyoorkavu constituency monitoring committee held at the minister’s chamber in Secretariat on…
Police use water cannons to disperse AISF and AIYF activists during a protest march towards the assembly on Monday against the implementation of the PM SHRI project Thiruvananthapuram: A row erupted in the assembly on Monday after the opposition alleged that police had used contaminated water in water cannons against protesters during the AISF and…
T’puram: State human rights commission (SHRC) issued summons to the principal secretary of water resources department and managing director of Kerala Water Authority (KWA) for failing to comply with an earlier directive aimed at addressing the recurring problem of roads being dug up for pipeline works.SHRC chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas ordered the summons after officials…
