Nipah toll 11 but panic subsides
KOZHIKODE: One more person succumbed to the Nipah virus on Thursday, taking the toll from the rare and deadly infection to 11, even as the administration stepped up efforts to neutralize every possible
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Dengue fever cases on rise in Kottayam
KOTTAYAM: Around 50 cases of dengue fever were reported at the Medical College Hospital here on Tuesday. Nearly 700 patients have been treated for dengue at the MCH from April 15 till Tuesday. Ward
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Kumarakom rural tourism project wins national award
Kerala Tourism’s responsible tourism model at Kumarakom, linking local community to the hospitality industry, has won the national award for the best rural tourism project. Kerala also bagged honours in three other categories at the National Tourism Awards for 2011-12. The best wellness centre award went to Somatheeram Ayurveda Resort at Chowara near Thiruvananthapuram, while Pioneer Personalised Holidays won in the best approved inbound tour operator and travel agent category.
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Chittur faces acute water shortage, Tamil Nadu remains unresponsive
About two lakh people in Palakkad’s Chittur taluk are facing acute drinking water shortage even as a high-level central team visited the drought-affected areas there on Tuesday. Officials of the Kerala Water Resources Department said the shortage would be severe if Tamil Nadu did not release water from Parambikulam. Drought has already destroyed paddy cultivation to the tune of Rs 80 crore in the district. Chittur is the worst affected.
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Mundakayam’s main water source found contaminated
At a time when the district is reeling under severe water crisis, the prime water source of over 30 families of a colony in Mundakayam has been contaminated by suspected poisoning by unidentified anti-social elements. The confluence of two canals, Perithode and Manjalaruvy thode, has remained the sole drinking water supply source of Thonippara Colony for over 15 years. The water source has also been beneficial for over 200 families of Kannimala, the 15th ward of the Mundakayam grama panchayat, during the peak of summer.
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Wetlands cry for conservation efforts as state stares at severe drought
As summer sets in the next few weeks and many districts are staring at a severe drought, the slogan for World Wetlands Day this year -- Wetlands take care of water -- is a portent for the future. Kerala’s
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Kerala considers drinking water rationing amid crisis
Failed monsoons have led to an acute scarcity of water Drinking water rationing is being considered in Kerala, the land of 44 rivers. Acute scarcity of drinking water has gripped most of the districts in the State, and the authorities may ration the quantity of drinking water for each household. The situation may turn worse during the peak summer months when most of the drinking water sources either dry up or are reduced to a trickle, it is feared.
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Focus on waste management at source
Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has dubbed the war against municipal waste a ‘silent revolution’ towards creating a clean and healthy society. He was inaugurating the distribution of implements for the source level processing of household waste in the municipal area. The Minister stressed the need for combined action from all stakeholders to bring the campaign against waste to a success.
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Agitation over waste dumping at Vadavathur resurfaces
Council demands closure of dumping yard The conflict between Kottayam municipal authorities and the people of Vadavathur over the dumping of municipal waste at the yard there appears to be resurfacing. The action council that was spearheading the protests against dumping of waste at the yard decided on Sunday to re-launch their agitation. The movement had been lying dormant for a while on account of court strictures. However, intense struggle would be re-launched with a declaration on October 2, according to Paulson Peter, convener of the action council.
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Food-poisoning in Kottayam school: 60 hospitalized
The Government Model Residential School, Peerumade, was closed on Monday after over 60 students were admitted to various hospitals since Sunday, due to alleged food poisoning. The condition of none of the students was serious, reports reaching here said. The authorities at the Peerumade taluk hospital said that students started to arrive at the hospital with complaints of vomiting, head ache and fever symptoms by evening on Sunday. When the number of casualties increased by Monday, the hospital authorities referred those having severe symptoms to the Kottayam Medical College Hospital.
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Kerala dumps its waste, does not collect it
For months now, mounds of garbage have been piling up in public places across Kerala, from the capital to district headquarters to scores of small municipal towns. This is happening in a state that topped