Allowing Coke to launch drinking water scheme S. Faizi, environment expert member of the Plachimada High Power Committee, has accused the Health Department of having given a public relations opportunity to Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Limited so as to subvert the Plachimada Coca-Cola Victims Relief and Compensation Claims Special Tribunal Bill, 2011, passed unanimously by the Kerala Assem

Decision pending on allowing civic body to use dumping yard
Conflicting positions aired by different stakeholders threaten to worsen the waste management problems faced by the Thrikkakara municipality.

The municipality is obviously relaxed over the State government's decision to allow it to use the garbage yard of the Kochi Corporation at Brahmapuram.

Plan to use plastic as fuel in high temperature cement kilns
The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is planning to introduce the use of non-recyclable plastic waste as an alternate fuel in high temperature cement kilns with an aim to make cities plastic-free.

Board Chairman K.

Five new cases of Influenza A (H1N1) were confirmed in the district on Tuesday, taking the total case load this year in Thiruvananthapuram to 17.

The first H1N1 death in the State this season was reported from the district on Saturday, when a 35-year-old man from Ponmudi died at the Medical College hospital following acute respiratory distress syndrome and hepato-renal failure.

H1N1 surveill

Stretch in Kerala ends near Munnar
The Kundanoor Junction-Tripunithura-Bodimettu-Madurai stretch of the NH 49 is to be renovated as a two-lane highway with a 10-metre-wide tarred surface, sources in the PWD (NH wing) that maintains the road, have said.

The portion of the highway passing through Kerala begins from the NH bypass in Kochi and ends at Bodimettu, 33 km beyond Munnar on the Tamil Na

Land yet to be acquired for North bridge expansion
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is readying itself to widen two narrow corridors in the city

No more dumping on locality, say residents of Kelugude

The threat of an epidemic outbreak is looming over the town, which now has garbage heaps in various prime spots.

Faced with widespread criticism against its solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram, Kochi Corporation has decided to convince the neighbouring civic bodies of the need for a new plant.

Protests are mounting from several neighbouring panchayats and municipalities against the dumping of waste at the plant site and the refusal of the Kochi Corporation authorities to process the waste collected

KOCHI: District panchayat president Eldhose Kunnappally has said that the issue of garbage management would be handled with people's participation.

Mr.

Focus on orchards at Muthalamada, Kollengode
Steps to ensure safety of women on trains
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Health Department has detected the use of endosulfan in the orchards at Muthalamada and Kollengode in Palakkad, Health Minister Adoor Prakash has said.

Replying to questions in the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr.