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
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
KOCHI: Forests Minister Benoy Viswom has directed Forest officials to take necessary steps possible under the Forests Act to ensure basic facilities like drinking water, electricity and roads for tribals in the state. In an oral instruction given to Chief Wildlife Warden K K Sreevasthava, the Minister said the report on completed work should be submitted before the government in two months.
PALAKKAD: The straying of wild elephants into human habitats has become a menace for locals residing at Malampuzha, Kava, Padalikaad, Kottekad, Venoli and Attapadi areas. Acres of cultivated land were also damaged. Recently two tribals were killed by elephants in Attapadi and at Adupu colony in Malampuzha.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-III here has convicted six persons in separate cases for food adulteration.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rising incidence of malaria in the coastal belt of Thiruvananthapuram district has raised serious concern as many cases detected are being `import cases
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A permanent system, with its headquarters at the Agriculture Directorate, will be set up in the Agriculture Department to issue warnings to the farmers according to the predictions made by the Meteorological Department, Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Retnakaran has said.
With plastic ban going awry, the City Corporation has been long searching for new options to deal with plastic menace. It is all set to begin three plastic shredding units in the city to reduce its transportation to Vilappilsala. The local body is awaiting the arrival of plastic shredders for the units to be set up at Peroorkada and Manacaud (adjacent to the markets) and Medical College.
A Satish PALAKKAD: The government has decided to relax the norms for lifting of Malampuzha sand from its banks. The price is set to come down to Rs 950 a cubic metre if it is for public purpose. The liberalisation of the norms will enable the public to buy the sand directly by paying the price. Currently, the public can lift the sand only if they take it in lots of 10,000 cubic metres.
KOLLAM: The Kerala Environmental Researchers Association has urged the government to take steps for the protection and conservation of all Sacred Groves in the state.
KOCHI: The impasse over the allocation of land for the proposed sewerage plant at West Kochi has come to an end with the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) deciding to hand over five acres of land at Mundamvely for the plant.
CHENNAI: In a major milestone for the country