Shots from the street play , Kaanaakaazchakal

Shots from the street play , Kaanaakaazchakal ; performed at Marine Drive in Kochi on June 20, 2010. The play is peformed by Santhigiri Ashram's Viswasamskrithi Kalarangam team. 

Kannakazhchakal, the street drama at Durbar Hall Ground, Kochi on June 19, 2010

Santhigiri Ashram's Viswasamskrithi Kalarangam team will stage the street drama, ‘Kannakazhchakal’ on June 19, 2010 at 5:00 pm at Durbar Hall Ground.

The drama is being held at over 1000 stages across Kerala, as a part of the Parnasala dedication campaign programme. NavaJyothiSree Karunakara Guru's Parnasala at Pothencode, Thiruvananthapuram will be dedicated to humanity for enduring global peace on September 12, 2010.

Today, the world is standing at crossroads with several societal, cultural and environmental problems including terrorism, scarcity of food, health hazards and disturbances in family and societal life. Kannakazchakal aims to create awareness of the problems and the solutions of the environmental-societal-cultural issues, the world is facing now. The drama aims to generate awareness of the water-environmental pollution and the solutions and steps to solve them. Further, Kannakazchakal delves into the ecological imbalance caused by global warming, climate change, deforestation and other such issues.

The drama will also be staged in different parts of Kochi, in the coming week.

The schedule for in and around Kochi is as follows (I'll announce the venues later):

June 19, 2010 (Saturday) :
Durbar Hall Ground (Inaguration) : 5:00 pm
Palarivattom: 6:30 pm

June 20, 2010 (Sunday) :
Vytilla  - 11:00 am
Menaka Junction - 5:00 pm
High court Junction- 7:00 pm

June 21, 2010 (Monday):
Munampam - 11:00 am
Cherai - 3:00 pm
North Paravoor - 7:00 pm

June 22, 2010 (Tuesday):
Thripunithura - 11:00 am
Muvattapzuha - 3:00 pm
Kothamangalam - 7:00 pm

June 23, 2010 (Wednesday):
Fort Kochi - 3:00 pm
Thoppumpady - 5:00 pm
Palluruthy - 7:00 pm

BPCL-Kochi Refinery's Mega Reactor

The mega reactor weighing 725 MT; 40 M length; 5.3 M diameter and 18 cm shell thickness, imported from China for BPCL-Kochi Refinery's Vaccum Gas Oil Hydro Desulphurisation unit reached BPCL-Kochi Refinery on August 18, 2009. The reactor was built by China Forging Heavy Industries, Dalain under the technical supervision of M/s China Petroleum Technical Development Corporations. Made of alloy stell, the reactor costs Rs.80 crores.

This was the first time Cochin Port Trust was handling such a mega consignment, said to be the biggest single piece of heavy machinery imported to India. From the vessel, the reactor was moved to a special barge, which then passed through inland waterways to reach Irumpanam. From Irumpanam, the reactor was transported to BPCL-Kochi Road in a low bed type trailer with 40 axles and 320 tyres!

Photo Credits: Resmi Jaimon
Photo Credits: Resmi Jaimon

Photo Credits: Resmi Jaimon

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