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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Plastic ban to be enforced
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: Carrying a bag while shopping will have to make a comeback when the Ministry of Environment and Forests enforces the rules that ban plastic kits thinner than 40 microns and measuring less than 30cm by 45cm. A notification was issued urging the public to register their objections and these suggestions will considered to be made into law.
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Indoor air pollution highest in Thiruvananthapur
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Bars, toddy shops, cinemas and other indoor public places in the capital city have been found to be the most polluted in the State.
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Lakes under alien threat
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Akkulam and Vellayani lakes are now in the trap of some
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Kochi is congested
KOCHI: Kochi may be growing bigger as far as the number of development projects is concerned. Yet the city
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Jumbo stress on Elephants
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.
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Assembly panel for total ban on plastic bottles
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.
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Restoring the canal
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.
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Fresh cracks in Dam
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.
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Expert team to study safety of Mullaperiyar dam
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.
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Over 1,000 hectares of paddy under siege
THRISSUR: Over 1,000 hectares of standing paddy crop in kole paddy fields in different parts of the district are under the