Demand is rife to fast-track the long-overdue development of Kaniampuzha Road that connects Vyttila with Eroor / Thripunithura into a 14-metre-wide corridor. Motorists and residents along the road, commuters who arrive at the Vyttila Mobility Hub in buses, Kochi Metro Rail Limited, and the Kochi Water Metro too have been seeking steps to widen the bottlenecked corridor that runs parallel …
With the previous norm of one autorickshaw stand at each junction expanding to multiple stands at different sides of the same junction, non-governmental organisations and others are urging civic and enforcement agencies to tackle the obstructive parking of autorickshaws and buses at junctions. Pratapan, secretary of the Vyttila Vikasana Samiti, said they were further congesting the junctions, where vehicular movement …
Victoria Memorial Hall, an architectural marvel which was conceived in 1901 as a magnificent monument to the Queen and also as a “Valhalla of the Indian Empire”, has completed 100 years of its existence. As the resplendent hall, designed with a museum housed within its realms, and endowed with priceless paintings, sculptures, photographs, and other artworks, turned 100 on Tuesday, …
