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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Look for new technologies, fish farmers told
A farmer-scientist meet was the highlight of the second day of the Asia-Pacific Aquaculture Conference 2011 being held here. Inaugurating the meet on the second day, chief executive officer of National Fisheries Development Board P Krishnaiah called upon the farmers to look for new technologies that are being developed in several relatedinstitutions. The CEO of the premier fishery developmen
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West Kochi: No water to quench thirst
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink, aptly sums up the situation in West Kochi area which is reeling under severe water shortage even before the onset of summer. Surrounded by water bodies, the scarcity of potable water in West Kochi is not just ironic but also tragic. The slew of water projects that has been implemented in the area is yet to quench the thirst of West Kochi.
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Kerala was warmer in 2010
Kerala was hotter by 0.7 degree celsius in 2010, while it received 66 percent excess rainfall during the north-east monsoon, the highest in the last 30 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). However, the total rainfall received by the state during 2010 exceeded the normal by only 1 percent.
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State seeks Rs 500-crore calamity aid
The State has sought a relief package of Rs 500 crore from the Centre to meet the expenses in the calamity-hit areas. Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan said here on Thursday after a meeting with the Central team that the State suffered a loss of more than Rs 1,000 crore owing to the havoc caused by rains. The assessment of damage calculated by the State Government on the basis of the norms of
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Tuskers in all their glory
Among the captive elephants, the most attractive ones are those caught from the forests of the Kerala-Mysore border. They have attractive features such as a long trunk, symmetric and wide tusks, broad and projected forehead, honey-coloured eyes and a long tail. The forehead and trunk of Kerala tuskers are pitchblack. Tuskers caught from Bihar and Assam forests are the tallest.
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Fishworkers bodies decry new CRZ notification
Fishworkers' associations have come out against the inclusion of the term 'other local communities' in the provision on No Development Zone (NDZ) in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) as it can be misused. They feel that the notification leaves a lot to interpretation and can be misused by builders to claim prime coastal
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New system to curtail use of deadly pesticides
Athul Lal AG THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: Agriculture officers in the state would soon don the role of physicians.
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Sewage treatment project at Sabarimala revived
PT Mohanan Pillai SABARIMALAI: The much-delayed sewage treatment plant at Sannidhanam will get a new lease of life with the finalisation of the contract for the project on Monday next. Talking to the Express, Additional Chief Secretary and chairman of the High-Power Committee on Sabarimala Infrastructure Development K Jayakumar said that the National Environmental Engineering Research Insti
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Mullaperiyar: Panel issues notices to TN, Kerala
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee on the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam today decided to issue notices to counsels for Tamil Nadu and Kerala to present their views before it during next month's meeting. The dam is operated by the Tamil Nadu government according to a 999-year lease agreement made during erstwhile British colonial rule and Kerala argued that the agreement
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Forest watcher Kannan wins award
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Madhavan Pillai Foundation for Conservation has selected G Kannan, a forest watcher at Periyar Tiger Reserve in Thekkady, for the Madhavan Pillai Conservation Award-2011 instituted by the Foundation. Addressing a news conference here on Friday, Balan Madhavan, director of the Foundation, said that Kannan, who has been serving as an anti-poaching watcher and speed boat d