City: Thiruvananthapuram Citizen Matters

Thiruvananthapuram: Confusion over colour coding leads to chaos after lockdown relaxation

April 24, 2020 N V Ravindranathan Nair

Residents of Trivandrum took the relaxations as a nod to get back to how it was before the corona outbreak and caused traffic bottlenecks at different parts of the city on April 20. In fact, the capital city is a hot spot though Thiruvananthapuram district as a whole is categorised as Orange zone.

A deeper look into Kerala’s 20,000-crore relief package to beat COVID blues

March 24, 2020 N V Ravindranathan Nair

With the economy on the verge of collapse, the state government has taken three immediate steps: cash relief to BPL families, a consumer loan scheme to be managed by women, and a push for rural employment guarantee schemes.

Thiruvananthapuram candidates: Will the city elect Kerala’s first ever BJP MP?

April 22, 2019 N V Ravindranathan Nair

Congress’s two-time MP Shashi Tharoor had won from Trivandrum parliamentary constituency by a narrow margin in the 2014 polls. This election, BJP’s Kummanam Rajasekaran is expected to give him a tough fight

Why cities like Vengurla and Panchgani could be idols for our metros

June 21, 2018 News Desk

In December 2017, the Forum of Cities that Segregate was instituted by the Centre for Science and Environment. Now a report assessing waste management in 20 forum cities shows that smaller cities may be showing the way.

Pune is India’s best governed city, says annual survey by Bengaluru non-profit

March 16, 2018 News Desk

Pune tops the fifth Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, while Bengaluru is in the last position. A summary of the key findings from the survey.