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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Unplanned solid waste management
KOCHI: A developing city like Kochi still does not have a proper waste management system. Though a master plan is supposed to suggest concrete measures to tackle the garbage menace, the Kochi master plan hardly addresses this grave issue. The only portion that mention about the issue in the plan reads -
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Heavy rains continue in Thiruvananthapuram
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A depression near the Andhra coast caused heavy rainfall in Thiruvananthapuram district on Wednesday.
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Corporation to build a new waste treatment plant
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation is planning to set up a new solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram. As per the initial plan, the new plant will be set up on a raised land adjacent to the existing plant which is in a dilapidated condition. A team lead by Mayor Tony Chammany along with Health Standing Committee chairman T K Ashraf visited the plant the other day.
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South African team, district panchayat ink deal
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A six-member delegation from Mopani District Municipality, South Africa, has reached an agreement with Thiruvananthapuram district panchayat over co-operating in various schemes related to the agricultural sector.
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Medicinal plant nursery at Sai Gramam
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A medicinal plant nursery with more than 10,000 saplings and plants are coming up at Sai Gramam, Thonnakkal.
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Support for GM crops sparks protest
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: Forget the ongoing war on genetically-modified rubber in the State with the Rubber Research Institute at Kottayam getting the nod for trials on GM rubber strains and the Agriculture and Forest Ministers asking the Centre to revoke it. A report published by Nature.com titled
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MoES to finalise on design of research vessel
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is awaiting suggestions from national stakeholder institutions before giving clearance for the construction of country's first icebreaker research vessel for polar expeditions. New Delhi-based Grintex India Limited, shipping design consultants, has been identified by the National Centre for Antartic and Ocean Research to design the
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New dolphin species spotted in Indian EEZ
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: As an indication of changing species in the Indian Ocean, Steno Bredanensis, a dolphin species not found in deep warm and tropical waters, has been identified for the first time after 100 years, in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Studies during 1997-2010 have identified six species of whales, nine species of dolphins and a species of porpoises and sea cow fro
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GM trials: Centre asked to revoke permission
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has requested Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to revoke the permission given for field trials of genetically-modified (GM) rubber in Kottayam. 'Express' had reported that the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), at a meeting held on November 15, had given its approval to the Rubber Researc
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Fuel-efficient gas stove developed
A city-based entrepreneur has developed a gas stove which he says is several times more fuel efficient than conventional gas stoves.