<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Begging for breath: Trapped between industries Kochi residents gasp for fresh air" appearing in The New Indian Express
A Satish and R Ayyappan ELEPHANTINE CRUELTIES Tuskers made to walk from place to place. Lorries not used to transport them. Made to stand in the hot sun. No thought given to their fatigue and injury. TORTUROUS TALES Kalpathy Kesavan, who succumbed to injuries in Palakkad on November 17, is the fourth captive elephant to die of human torture in the last one-and-a-half months.
SABARIMALA: The Assembly Committee on Environment has suggested a total ban on bottled drinking water at Sabarimala. The Committee felt the need for complete ban on bottled water owing to the environment pollution caused by plastic waste, especially the heap of plastic bottles found on the trekking path, Pampa and Sannidhanam.
Asha P. Nair Rain would have been an entirely different experience, if not for the water-logging and overflowing that drowns the city each time there is a downpour. But, there is hope.
Thiruvananthapuram: A team of experts deputed by Kerala government claimed to have detected leakages at three spots on the 113-year-old Mullaperiyar dam over which the state is locked in a dispute with Tamil Nadu.
THEKKADY: Fissures and leaks in the more than a century old Mullaperiyar dam are increasing with rising water levels, and new cracks have been detected in at least five spots by the Mullaperiyar Special Cell, headed by former KSEB chief engineer M K Parameswaran Nair, which inspected the site on Wednesday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet on Wednesday appointed an expert panel to study the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam following an increase in the leak on the 18th block of the dam.
THRISSUR: Over 1,000 hectares of standing paddy crop in kole paddy fields in different parts of the district are under the
FISSURES and leakage in the more than a century old Mullaiperiyar dam are increasing with the rising of the water level. New cracks have also been detected in at least five spots, according to the findings of the Mullaiperiyar Spe cial Cell.
THE Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday has set up an expert panel to study the safety of the Mullaiperiyar dam following an increase in the leak on the 18th block of the dam. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said that a leakage had been detected in the 113-year-old dam.
R Ayyappan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Elephants will no longer be showcased in zoo collections across the country. All captive elephants currently lodged in zoos will be shifted with immediate effect to national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves for departmental use.
