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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Kochi's mosquito menace
KOCHI: Remember the poem
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Low-floor buses to start plying from Nov 11
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Low-floor buses will start running in the city on November 11, Transport Minister Jose Thettayil said on Wednesday. Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan will flag off the buses, Thettayil said.
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Trapped in traffic
The long row of vehicles parked in front of the Kaloor Market allows only single lane traffic on this stretch/Pic: P K Jeevan Jose. KOCHI: The city is choking. And motorists are literally trapped in the heavy traffic along the Kaloor Junction- Stadium stretch after the traffic police started constructing a median here.
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Food Security Acts draft ineffective: Swaminath
KOCHI: The present draft of the Food Security Act, aimed at guaranteeing food at affordable prices, will not result in food security, said agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan. A holistic approach is required to give integrated attention to all links in the production-consumption chain, said Prof Swaminathan.
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National Filaria Day on Nov 11
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As part of National Filaria Day, which falls on November 11, a Lymphatic Filarisis Elimination programme with mass drug administration of DEC and albendazole tablets among the entire population of 11 districts viz, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod will be conducted.
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Rare beetle species found in Devagiri
Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A team of scientists from St Joseph
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Elephantine perils
Sivadas Varma
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Saving a river
Sudha Nambudiri It is said that the next world war will be for water. Well, India is already reeling under water shortage. Add the global climate change and it becomes a major environmental issue.
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Databank on barren paddy fields soon
KOLLAM: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said that the databank on paddy fields lying barren in the State will be published soon.
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Rejuvenating the Chalakkudy River
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: It is indeed ironic that Kerala with its large number of waterbodies is facing water shortage.