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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Mangroves Theme Park reopened for public
KANNUR: Celebrating its victory in the first round of the court battle to retain the controversial Mangroves Theme Park on the banks of the Valapattanam River, the CPM-sponsored Pappinissery Ecotourism Society opened the park to the public on Sunday morning.<br />
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Bird census begins in the state
To see the long-necks, you have to shift your gaze to 12 o
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HC stays directive to close down Mangrove Park
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted permission to open the Mangrove Theme Park at Pappinissery under certain conditions. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J Chelameswar and Justice P N Raveendran stayed the order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to close down the Mangrove Park at Pappinissery.
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New plan mooted for Kochi Metro rail
KOCHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has said that a new proposal on Kochi Metro project is getting ready. DMRC Chairman E Sreedharan said that the Urban Development Ministry would submit a renewed project report to the Planning Commission with an esccalated cost of `5,000 crore.Sreedharan said this after meeting Union Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas.
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State lagging behind in immunisation programme
"Max Bupa" collects the information within this ad and is solely responsible for their use of it. Please read their Privacy policy. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Gone are the days when Kerala used to boast of its health standards matching many developed countries.
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BJP for judicial probe into Munnar issue
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: BJP has urged the Government to conduct a judicial probe into the Munnar township issue in view of reports that Tatas had come to know about the Government move to introduce a piece of legislation with amendments to replace the lapsed Munnar ordinance even before the issue had come up for consideration of the State Cabinet. BJP state spokesman George Kurien told a news confe
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First Clean Toilet opened
KOCHI: The first
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Ban on plastic materials during poll campaign
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Election Commission has shown a red signal to the use of plastic and polythene during the election campaign in the upcoming local body elections. The Commission made a plea to the political parties to abstain from using campaign materials that are not eco-friendly. The District Collectors have been entrusted with the task of implementing the directive of the Co
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Efforts on to prevent oil spill from ship
"Max Bupa" collects the information within this ad and is solely responsible for their use of it. Please read their Privacy policy. KOCHI: Security agencies, including the Navy and the Coast Guard, along with the Lakshadweep officials began efforts to prevent a possible oil spillage from the cargo ship which ran into a coral reef off Kavaratti in the Lakshadweep islands.
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Waste plastics on way to becoming bitumen
KOCHI: We could soon be talking about constructive solutions for plastic, if all goes well with the successive field trials using plastic-modified bitumen on roads!<br /><br />Studies are on at the National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode, to investigate the improvement in the durability of roads with the introduction of bituminous mixes using plastic.<br />