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
ALAPPUZHA: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran declared five grama panchayats in the state as
KOZHIKODE: The Forest guards, who are obliged to prevent poaching and hunting, are at risk owing to the lack of defensive weapons. Though Forest guards are bound venture deep into the forest for safeguarding animals and trees, the authorities are yet to realise the need for protecting the life of the guards.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Applications are invited for the Green Awards, constituted by the Kerala Biodiversity Board, for the year 2009-10. The awards are meant for the individuals, schools, colleges, print and electronic media persons and the institutions for their contributions to the respective areas like conservation, conscentisation, protection of biodiversity and environment of Kerala.
KOCHI: The State Government has given sanction to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to do the preparatory works for the commencement of work of the Kochi Metro Rail. The order was issued in the wake of DMRC's proposal to start the Rs 158.68-crore preparatory work for Kochi Metro.
M Subramanian KOCHI: Gardening turns expensive at places where there is an acute shortage of good unpolluted water. In a city like Kochi most of the plots were reclaimed in the past few decades, before that they were uncultivated with marshy plants all over.
KOLLAM: Union Minister for Non-Conventional Energy Farooq Abdullah has said that the Central Government was not against the implementation of the Athirappally hydel project, if controversial areas are avoided.
MALAPPURAM: The implementation of various projects under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is proving to be a success in the district with around 77.63 percent utilisation of the total fund allotted by the government in the previous fiscal. According to officials, the district stands fourth in the state in successfully utilising the project fund.
KOCHI: The Brahmapuram Solid Waste Treatment Plant is gearing up for a facelift. The Corporation has proposed some ambitious projects in its annual budget for the year 2010-11. With the civic body recently acquiring 45 acres of land, the total land it holds in Brahmapuram is 104 acres.
N.V.Ravindranathan Nair THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With a vision to make Kerala
MALAPPURAM: A four-year-old leopard which had been surviving isolated at a rock-strewn location at Padinjarekkara near the Tirur coastal region was caught in trap of the Forest Department here on Thursday. The leopard had been a fear factor for the beachside dwellers for the past one week.