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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Forest academy proposal under consideration
PALAKKAD: The project submitted by the State Government for starting a forest academy in Kerala is under active consideration of the Centre, said Forest Minister Benoy Viswom.
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Rs 1,000-crore propylene oxide plant coming up
KOCHI: City-based Mfar Group, Oman Oil Company, Kochi Refineries Ltd (KRL) and Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) have joined together to set up a new plant in Kochi to produce propylene oxide, said M M Abdul Basheer, managing director of Indo German Chemicals Ltd, an Mfar Group company.
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Cabinet divided on SEZ
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The move of the CPM official faction to give a new lease of life to the Special Economic Zone applications, which had been pending with the Government, was aborted by the intervention of CPI, RSP and Kerala Congress Ministers in the Cabinet. As a result, the Cabinet could not appoint the Empowered Committee to give single window clearance to the SEZ applications.
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Minister inaugurates new traffic system
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The two-way traffic along the War Memorial - LMS - PMG road will be made effective on Thursday morning from 8 a.m. onwards. Works Minister Mons Joseph formally inaugurated the new traffic system in the capital city and also the landscaped area in front of the Martyrs
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Protest against elephants for entertainment
The protest demo organised by PETA at Thekkinkad Maidan in Thrissur on Tuesday demanding ban on the use of elephants in entertainment programmes. THRISSUR: Under the auspices of the Punebased 'People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA), a demonstration demanding ban on the use of elephants in entertainment programmes was staged at Thekkinkad Maidan here on Tuesday.
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Government to meet fishermen
KOCHI: As part of framing new rules to save the 7,517-km coastline, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to meet the fishermen community in Kerala. Stakeholders in the State, including the fisher-folks, had strongly opposed the recently lapsed Coastal Management Zone draft notification.
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Acting against green mass acre
KOCHI: It was their final attempt to protect the green canopy at Puthiyakavu near Pathalam in Eloor. The Paristhithi Samskarika Kootayma, an environmental movement in the state, approached the Forest Minister and the District Collector and submitted a petition against the decision to axe the trees on Friday. Following this the Collector has temporarily stopped the felling of trees.
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WOW team on a clean-up mission
KOCHI: Indian Tobacco Company (ITC) and
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Kerala defies centre on Mullaperiyar issue
K P Sai Kiran NEW DELHI: Kerala on Friday refused to relent to the Centre
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For a greener tomorrow
Asha Prakash