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Where Your Rubbish Actually Goes After It Leaves Your Kochi Doorstep
About 330 tonnes a day leaves Kochi kitchens and shops, and roughly 250 gets processed. Here is the chain it t…
13 August 2026 · 5 min read
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What Kochi Metro Actually Costs: Fares, the Kochi1 Card and Passes
Six fare slabs, a card that takes 20 per cent off every ride, and a WhatsApp discount hardly anyone talks abou…
12 August 2026 · 6 min read
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How to Register a Marriage in Kochi: the 45 Day Rule
The wedding is over and a clock you were never told about has started. Which office registers your marriage in…
11 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Yellow, Orange, Red: What Kerala Rain Alerts Actually Mean
Every monsoon the same undated screenshot goes around Kochi group chats. Here is what the four IMD colours mea…
11 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Kochi Property Tax: How It Is Calculated, and Where to Pay It
Plinth area sets the bill, 30 September sets the clock, and the Corporation website still points at a portal t…
10 August 2026 · 5 min read
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KSEB in Kochi: New Connections and the 250-Unit Trap
Applying for a Kerala State Electricity Board connection in Kochi takes a Rs 50 fee and the right documents. T…
9 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Where Kochi's Tap Water Comes From: The Aluva Story
Four treatment plants on the bank of the Periyar at Aluva supply most of Kochi. The oldest was commissioned in…
9 August 2026 · 4 min read
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Willingdon Island Was Dredged Out of a Lake, and It Still Runs Kochi
The island exists because a British engineer cut a channel through a sand bar in the 1920s and had to put the …
8 August 2026 · 4 min read
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What It Really Costs to Register a Flat in Kochi
Stamp duty plus the registration fee comes to ten percent of the value on most resale flats in Kerala, and nin…
7 August 2026 · 5 min read
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The Akshaya Centre Guide Every Kochi Resident Needs
There is one on nearly every high street in Kochi, and most people use it for exactly one errand. Here is what…
7 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Getting a Driving Licence in Kochi: What It Costs and How Long It Takes
The Motor Vehicle Department charges under a thousand rupees for a driving licence in Kerala. The real costs a…
6 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Applying for a Passport in Kochi: What It Costs Now, and Where to Go
Passport fees went up on 1 July 2026 for the first time in over a decade, and the basic adult book now costs a…
5 August 2026 · 4 min read
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Kochi Under an Orange Alert: How to Read the Week Ahead
Schools shut, PSC exams cancelled, university papers postponed and rivers over their warning levels. Here is w…
4 August 2026 · 5 min read
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48 Hours in Kochi: A Perfect Weekend Itinerary for First-Timers
Two days, one city on the water. A realistic 48-hour Kochi plan: Fort Kochi mornings, Mattancherry heritage, s…
4 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Getting Around Kochi: A Rider's Guide to the Metro, Water Metro, Buses and Autos
A train on stilts, electric boats with AC, buses that stop for a wave and autos with mostly honest meters. The…
3 August 2026 · 5 min read
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The Most Photogenic Spots in Kochi and When to Shoot Them
A photographer's guide to Kochi: the Chinese fishing nets at first light, Mattancherry's painted walls, Marine…
2 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Kochi Metro's Brussels Moment: What the UITP Impact Award Means for Your Commute
Kochi Metro has won a UITP Impact Award in Brussels for weaving its trains, ferries, electric buses and cycles…
30 July 2026 · 4 min read
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The Rain Comes Back: Kochi's Monsoon Finds Its Second Wind
After weeks of a strangely dry spell, the southwest monsoon is regaining strength over Kochi this week, with t…
27 July 2026 · 4 min read
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Kochi's Pink Line: The Metro's Long Reach to Infopark
The 11.2 km Phase 2 will finally carry the Kochi Metro from JLN Stadium into the Kakkanad IT corridor. Here is…
22 July 2026 · 4 min read
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Kochi's Ro-Ro Ferries Are About to Get Free for Women
The Kochi Corporation has cleared free rides for women on its Fort Kochi-Vypeen Ro-Ro ferries, one of those qu…
21 July 2026 · 4 min read
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Kochi Water Metro Is Heading South To Alappuzha And Kollam
Kerala plans to stretch the Kochi Water Metro network down the coast to Alappuzha and Kollam, turning the back…
18 July 2026 · 4 min read
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Kochi's Third Ro-Ro Ferry Is Coming, and Your Car Rides the Backwater
A new Ro-Ro service on the Fort Kochi to Vypin route was inaugurated on July 12, and a third double-ended vess…
14 July 2026 · 4 min read
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Kochi's Water Metro Charts a Course to the Airport
KMRL has signed a feasibility pact to float the Water Metro from Aluva to Cochin airport along the Periyar. He…
13 July 2026 · 4 min read
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Neighbourhood Guide: Why Everyone's Talking About Panampilly Nagar
Once a quiet residential grid, Panampilly Nagar has become Kochi's after-work capital, a leafy square mile of …
9 July 2026 · 4 min read