COCHIN OVERSEAS FUND SOCIETY

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WELCOME TO THE COCHIN OVERSEAS

Our goal is to bring awareness of the infrastructure shortages that the city of Cochin is facing and the need for private capital along with state funds or PPP(Public Private Participation) in financing these projects.

COCHIN OVERSEAS FUND SOCIETY

Cochin is a major destination for IT and ITES companies, ranked by NASSCOM as the second-most attractive city in India for IT-based services.Availability of cheap bandwidth through undersea cables and lower operational costs compared to other major cities in India, has been to its advantage. Various technology and industrial campuses including the government promoted Cochin Special Economic Zone operate in the outskirts of the city. Several new industrial campuses for research, trade and development in biotechnology, electronic hardware and information technology are in various stages of construction in the suburbs of the city. SmartCity,which on completion, would rank among the largest such ventures in the country. The Cochin International Airport a novel venture in the history of civil aviation in India where Government of Kerala, NRIs, Travelling Public, Financial Institutions, Airport Service Providers and others joined hands in the equity structure.Our goal is to get NRI's more involved in Cochin its growth and infrastructure development.The CIAL(Cochin International Airport Limited) is a success story that is being copied by other cities in India and being studied by Sociology and Economic professors in Harvard University in the United States.There is a URGENT!!! need to create some more Public Limited Companies with private capital and participation to take care of the infrastructure problems that the city of Cochin is facing.CIAL like pubic limited companies must be created to raise private capital for infrastructure in and around the city of Cochin.These companies should be started as wholly owned subsidiaries of CIAL or as a joint venture between Cochin Corporation and CIAL.
A online community for all Cochin enthusiasts to raise funds for its growth and infrastructure development.The CIAL is a result of initiative taken by Overseas Indians who contributed donations and interest free loans for a Cochin International Airport Society. Our goal is to raise money for the creation of CIAL Companies to address other critical infrastructure needs and shortages the City of Cochin is facing.


A map of COCHIN Metro and its proposed stops going from Alwaye to Pettah in Tripunthara

A map of COCHIN Metro and its proposed stops going from Alwaye to Pettah in Tripunthara
There will be a station after each kilometer.Aluva, Pulinchode, Companypady, Ambattukavu, Muttom, Apollo Tyres, St.Mary's Church, Kalamassery, Pathady palam, Edappally Toll Junction, Edappally, Palarivattom, International stadium, Kaloor, Lissie Junction, Madhava Pharmacy, Maharaja's Ground, Ernakulam South junction, GCDA Junction, Fathima Church, Elumkulam, Vyttilla, Thykoodam, Poonithura and Pettah. The proposed speed for Cochin metro train is 36 Km per hour, which is almost equal to the city buses which have a limit of 35 km per hour.The Cochin metro will be expanded in the future adding places like Kakkanad,Fort Cochin,Vypeen,Cherai Beach,North Parur,Angamaly including the COCHIN AIRPORT AREA OR AEROTROPOLIS.

COCHIN OVERSEAS FUND SOCIETY

This is a blog devoted to Cochin, Kerala, India. Cochin also known as Kochi is one of the fastest growing cities not only in India but in Asia. The city is in danger of having severe shortage in meeting its Infrastructure needs. There is a need for getting contributions from NRI'S for funding and financing infrastructure projects in and around Cochin using the PPP equity structure which was successly implmented in the creation and the execution of CIAL(The Cochin International Airport Limited)

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Cochin(Kochi) is following Singapore model in dealing with its waste management


Waste management law from June 1



Staff Reporter
KOCHI: Come June 1, Kochi city will have a legal framework to govern the entire gamut of the solid waste management process.

The bylaw, while defining the role of the civic authorities as well as residents, has also provided penal provisions for violations.

Kochi is the first city in the State to enact such a bylaw for governing the management of municipal solid waste.

Kochi has moved to the sophisticated way of treatment of the solid waste, leaving behind the crude practice of dumping it at landfills. The process of collection, transport and treatment needs to be systemised for the effective treatment of waste and the bylaw will provide the necessary legal guideline for the process, said civic authorities.

The penal provisions of the bylaw would act as a deterrent to the residents as well as visitors to the city, who throw waste around. The people should realise that they also have a responsibility in keeping the city clean, said Kochi Mayor Mercy Williams.

More than penalising the people, the provisions of the law are expected to persuade them to discontinue the practice of dumping waste in Kochi city. The people should move to responsible citizenship and realise that open dumping of waste is a disgraceful act, Ms. Williams said. Residents of the city have been following for decades the practice of throwing waste in public places. As the city takes to the modern way of garbage treatment, the attitude of the residents should also change. The bylaw is expected to bring in such attitudinal changes in the minds of the residents, said Mini Antony, secretary of the Kochi Corporation.

The Corporation will seek the support of the police in patrolling the streets and preventing open dumping of waste. Citizens’ squads will also be pressed into action for ensuring that waste is disposed of in a systematic way, Ms. Williams said.

The Hindu

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