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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Bio-diversity Board not against development
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala State Bio-Diversity Board chairman Dr V S Vijayan has said that the Board has always been working for the sustainable development of the State.
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Scrap-breaking units pose radiation pollution
Ajay Kanth KOCHI: The radiation leak at a scrap shop in West Delhi industrial area recently has raised serious concern among experts on the safety of workers in scrap-breaking units in Kerala.
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Comprehensive programme to develop Pampa river
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pampa Action Plan (PAP), which had never really been put to action in the past eight years, will now be co-opted into a larger comprehensive Pampa River Basin Watershed Development Programme which will include within its scope not just the revival of Pampa but also the social and economic development of regions along the river basin.
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Submit coastal area plan in 15 days: Sarma
KOCHI,: Fisheries Minister S Sarma has said the plan for the development of coastal area at an investment of Rs 5 crore should be submitted to the government within 15 days. The details should reach the government through the Coastal Development Corporation before June 25, he said on Thursday during a meeting convened to discuss the matter.
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State environment policy - 2009 released
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Environment Policy2009, which was released by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan here on Wednesday, offers a framework within which conservation and development are not seen as mutually exclusive but as a mutually beneficial phenomena.
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Inland fisheries Bill in next Assembly session
KOLLAM: Fisheries Minister S.Sarma has said that the Kerala Ulnadan Fishery Bill 2010 (Inland fisher Bill) would be introduced in the next session of the Assembly.
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GCDA to open two more toilet complexes
KOCHI: Toeing the line of Kochi Corporation in improving the public sanitation system in the commercial capital, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) has decided to open two more toilet complexes in the city soon.
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Biodiversity: Call to involve local communities
KOCHI: The Local communities should be actively involved in biodiversity conservation programmes. Stakeholders need to be sensitised and collaboration need to be built to pass on the legacy to the posterity.
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State gears up to bring down A (H1N1) cases
KOCHI: In the wake of the reports from the Central agencies that the A (H1N1) cases may once again go up, the Health Department in the state has come up with a slew of preventive measures. Various programmes, including imparting awareness on the disease among the public and drive for vaccinating the staff working in the health sector, are being organised in this connection.
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Environmentalist Neelakantan attacked
KOZHIKODE: Noted environmental activist P R Neelakantan was injured when he was attacked allegedly by group of CPI (M) supporters at a public meeting in nearby Perambra, about 40km from here, today, police said.