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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Chair to study climate change
KOCHI: The SCMS-Cochin has established a chair to study climate change and related environmental issues with the celebrated bio scientist Dr M S Swaminaanth as chairman of its advisory board. SCMS-Cochin claimed to be the first institution in the country to establish such a chair.
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Sabarigiri project limping back to normalcy
One more unit of the
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ANERT fails to tap power from waste
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Energy can be produced from several non-conventional sources, including degradable and non-degradable waste. The Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) under the Department of Power in Kerala invents and promotes such technologies.
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NRHM sanctions Rs 5 cr for Ayurarogyam project
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Rural Health Mission (Arogya Keralam) has sanctioned Rs 5 crore for the Ayurarogyam project which envisages comprehensive geriatric care focussing on one block of Primary Health Centres.
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To save trees
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The environmentalists in the city, including Sugathakumari, G. Shankar, Sridhar P., Eldo Pachilakadan and R. Ajayan, have put forward a series of recommendations on tree-felling in the city. These recommendations were made at a discussion the greens had with PWD Minister Mons Joseph, Forest Minister Binoy Viswam and Law Minister M Vijayakumar.
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Illegal sand mining rampant
ALAPPUZHA: Indiscriminate and illegal sand mining near Thanneermukkom barrage in Vembanad lake is posing a serious threat to the existence of the Thannermukkom bund and the biodiversity of the lake. The sand mafia has been very active in Vembanad Lake for over two years.
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Organic mangoes unlimited
Ganni Khan, an organic crop cultivator from Karnataka, arranging mangoes at the Organic Mango Festival that began at Lumiere Organic Restaurant, Panam
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Rs 53.4-cr NABARD projects for Pthitta dist
P T Mohanan PillaiI ENS PATHANAMTHITTA: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned an aggregate Rs 53.41-crore projects, including Rs 24.27- crore schemes approved under its latest Rural Infrastructure Development Fund XIV, in Pathanamthitta district.
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Forest Dept winds up probe without convincing answers
R Ayyappan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest Department has wound up further investigation into the serial deaths of seven wild elephants in Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) before it could come to a firm conclusion on the cause of the deaths. The findings of the inter-disciplinary team constituted to probe the deaths seem to possess more holes than a rainforest canopy.
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Water Resources Department plans Rs 1,800-cr works
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Water Resources Department plans to implement construction works worth Rs 1,800 crore during the 2009-2010 fiscal, Water Resources Minister N.K.Premachandran has said here on Thursday. In addition to this, the Department is also expecting sanction for the World Bank-aided Rs 1,200-crore Jalanidhi scheme, he said.