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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Food Security Act detrimental to Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has said that the implementation of the proposed National Food Security Act, without any modifications will turn out to be detrimental for a food deficit state like Kerala. He was speaking at the inauguration of the national seminar on the proposed National Food Security Act organised by the State Government here on Saturday.
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Low-floor buses ready to ply
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first batch of low-floor buses will hit the city streets shortly. The routes for the buses, which are likely to come down from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram before the end of next month, are currently being finalised by the City Corporation.
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Roping in students for a clean city
KOCHI: Waste disposal remains an unsolved problem for Kochiites. Though the State Government has launched the slogan,
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Mullaperiyar dam survey cleared
Byju Aryad
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Pampa River Basin Authority Bill introduced
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pampa River Basin Authority Bill, 2009, which will lead to the constitution of an Authority for the management of activities related to the conservation of the Pampa river basin, was piloted in the Assembly on Monday.
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Can Monorail solve citys traffic woes?
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While Kochi is singing tunes for Metro Rail, why shouldn
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Sand palmed off from Thanneermukkom
ALAPPUZHA: Large quantities of sand, mined from the Vembanadu lake during the dredging of the Kollam-Kottappuram Inland Waterway-III at Thanneermukkom, is alleged to have been illegally transported to various places inside and outside the State.
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Kerala should serve as model: R K Pachauri
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: R K Pachauri, environmental scientist and chairman of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which won the Nobel prize, has called upon Kerala to be a model to the rest of the world on regaining and reviving the global ecosystem.
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Rlys to prevent jumbo deaths on tracks
PALAKKAD: Union Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee has informed Forest Minister Benoy Viswom that efforts had been taken by to prevent the death of elephants on railway tracks between Kanjikode and Madukkarai.
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Farmer saves arecanut trees from fungus
KOZHIKODE: By driving in two rusted nails at the base of each tree, a Kerala farmer has managed to save his arecanut trees from a fungal infection that causes leaves to turn yellow and kills the tree. While T Benny