Kochi: Keeping decibels in check
Last year, the sound decibels at Pallimukku and Kundanoor Junctions recorded 106 decibels, nearly double the permissible levels. KOCHI: Last year, the sound decibels at Pallimukku and Kundanoor Junctions
New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Surveillance cameras to capture waste dumpers
The second phase of the installation of surveillance cameras at waste dump sites will be launched by next month. Proposed in the Kochi Corporation’s 2012 budget, the `10-lakh project will see the installation
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Water Treatment Plant allotment triggers Corporation's ire
Apprehensions are rife over the amount of water to be supplied by the Kerala Water Authority to the city once the Rs 201-crore Maradu Water Treatment Plant is commissioned. As per the original detailed
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SupplyCo switches to solar power
According to the officials with the Kerala Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd (SupplyCo), the plan is to install at least 100 kw solar panels on roof tops which will bring down the electricity consumption
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Kerala dominates National Plant Genome Saviour Awards
Kerala has dominated the National Plant Genome Saviour Awards for the second successive year by grabbing the community award as well as the newly-introduced individual awards. While the Plant Genome saviour Community Award for 2012 was bagged by Palakkad Rice Farming Community, Ciby Kallingal of Pattikkad, Thrissur, and N Vasavan of Pachapoika in Kannur, have won the individual awards for plant genome conservation.
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Chemicals eat up lush paddy fields
There was a time when the banks of Chitrapuzha near Irumpanam were blessed by the green and yielding paddy fields. However, thanks to the large-scale industrialisation in the area, the 60-acre paddy fields
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Bio-toilets on boats remain closed
The bio-chemical toilets installed on the public-sector boats in Ernakulam last month is yet to be opened for public. Sources with the Kerala State Water Transport Department (KSWTD) attributed
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SC-appointed panel inspects factories
The supreme court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) started inspecting the wood-based industries including plywood factories and neighbouring localities in Kuttipadam division in Vengola panchayat on Wednesday. The different stakeholders in the industry are considering the visit of the high power committee as a very “significant step”. The committee is headed by P V Jayakrishnan, the chairman of the CEC and other members include Mahendhra Vyas and M K Muthoo. The committee is assisted by important government officials in the district including RDO, Moovatupuzha, District Medical Officer, Malayatoor DFO, Deputy Director, Panchayat and chief environmental engineer, regional office, Pollution Control Board, Ernakulam.
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Solar panel trial run at PWD-built buildings
The trial run of the solar panel installation at the buildings constructed by Kerala Public Works Department (PWD) has been completed and now a project is being prepared for the massive conversion. The
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Desalination plants on the anvil to quench state thirst
To outsiders, it may come as a surprise that Kerala, a land of 44 rivers, is turning to desalination plants to ward off thirst. The government has identified 19 sites in five coastal districts - all of
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Inspect Vilappilsala plant once again, HC to Pollution Control Board
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the Pollution Control Board (PCB) experts to inspect the Vilappilsala waste treatment plant once again and assess the state of affairs, including the feasibility