K Krishnachand

ORR project: Tender submission date extended

Deadline for e-tender submission extended by 15 days due to the non-completion of survey proceedings

16 hours ago

Kerala residents bet on NH project changing face of the south

Three sections in Kollam, one in T’Puram being widened at a total cost of Rs 11,207.8 crore

16 hours ago

Work on Karode-Kanyakumari NH 66 likely to take two more years

NHAI has opened a fresh tender on March 10 and four companies have responded

16 Mar 2023

Decentralised waste system not serving Thiruvananthapuram well 

Waste being dumped into sea at Vizhinjam, drains beside NH-66, service roads and flyovers; lack of CCTV cameras encouraging violators

13 Mar 2023

Delay in development of Althara-Attakulangara smart road in Kerala

The tender process started in December last year. The KRFB has called the tender two times, but no bidders participated.

13 Mar 2023

PWD adopts new tech to build durable, weather-resistant roads

Works already started in Kollam, will begin in Thiruvananthapuram next week and other districts later

27 Feb 2023

NHAI, Kerala government deny rumours of scrapping ORR link road project

The speculations that the state government scrapped the link road arose after the NHAI called the tender for the ORR, excluding the project.

20 Feb 2023

Slow and not-so-steady road development in Trivandrum

Due to this, the SCTL and Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB), which is the implementing agency of the project, had to re-tender the entire project.

15 Feb 2023

Commissioning of centralised abattoir in Thiruvananthapuram to be delayed

The city corporation had promised to open the under-construction centralised abattoir at Kunnukuzhy by January end.

13 Feb 2023

How footprint helped police crack woman’s murder

The police nabbed him after three days from Ambasamudram with the help of their Tamil Nadu counterpart. 

26 Jan 2023

Bird strikes on aircraft at Thiruvananthapuram airport a never-ending menace

Though the city corporation has been warned and advised many times to come up with a solution, there has been no positive response. 

23 Jan 2023

Mega hopes at Vilappilsala mini township

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is expected to launch Rs 400-crore Vilappilsala project by the end of this month

19 Jan 2023

Wait over, new Thiruvallam bridge in Kerala's capital inches closer to reality

The new bridge, having a width of 12m, will be built parallel to the existing old bridge (on its eastern side) at an estimated cost of Rs 9 crore. 

17 Jan 2023

Will proposed Balaramapuram underpass undermine local road development project?

As more land needs to be acquired to build service roads for underpass from Kodinada to Chaliyar, many are calling the plan ‘unscientific’ 

16 Jan 2023

Thiruvananthapuram airport likely to be Haj embarkation point

However, in addition to Karipur airport, the Hajj Committee of India is expected to incorporate Kannur airport as a new embarkation location this year. 

16 Jan 2023