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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India serious on climate change: Expert
THRISSUR: Union Department of Science and Technology, Advisor/Coordinator, Climate Change Programme, Dr Akhilesh Gupta has said that India was serious in coping with the impact of climate change and India
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HC Green Bench starts functioning
KOCHI: The Green Bench of the Kerala High Court, which deals with petitions pertaining to environmental issues, started functioning on Friday. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Thottathil Radhakrishan, will be holding sittings every Friday.
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A warning to elephant owners
R. Ayyappan There are plans to transfer a nine-year-old she elephant called Sreelakshmi from far north of the State in Neeleshwaram to the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre here in Kottur. If this happens, the Forest Department would make history. The elephant will be the first one to be seized by the Department from a private owner in the State.
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Road accidents high in Ernakulam
Rohith Raj K KOCHI: Road accidents are not accidental. We see many a life lost to speeding buses and rash drivers on the road. Kochi witnesses the violation of traffic rules every day and we are left to wonder why the authorities fail to insist on safety measures.
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Major flaws alleged in state mineral policy
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Environmentalists in the state have alleged major loopholes in the new Kerala mineral policy being prepared by the State Government on the basis of the policy formulated by the Central Government.
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Bhopal water highly toxic
NEW DELHI:Groundwater in areas around the Bhopal gas tragedy site contain almost 40 times more pesticides than allowed under the Indian standards, the Centre for Science and Environment has claimed. The Pollution Monitoring Lab of the NGO tested water and soil samples from in and around the Union Carbide factory, and found high concentrations of pesticides and heavy metals.
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Poor planning kills canal-cleaning project
Sajimon P S ALAPPUZHA: It's the same old story of development projects going off track, or not getting off the ground at all, due to official apathy. The latest one is about the canal-cleaning project meant to drain out the waste-clogged town canals.
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An apology of a treatment plant
The cracked floor of the plant Shibu B S KOCHI: It was the Kochi Corporation
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Fresh leakages detected in Mullaperiyar dam
KOCHI: Irrigation Design and Research Board (IDRB) chief engineer C N Sathi inspected Mullaperiyar Dam on Tuesday and detected fresh leakages posing serious concern on the strength of the dam.
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Project to popularise medicinal trees launched
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Geethanjali Ayurveda Madom has launched