THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The biotech centre for development of biogas technology and other non-conventional energy sources will implement a project for converting wastes causing environmental pollution to fuel for automobiles.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The failure of the Forest Department to earnestly take up two revolutionary concepts they themselves had thought up - Simplifly Periyar and organic pepper export - might affect the functioning of the tribal Eco Development Committees (EDCs) inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR).

SABARIMALA: The water in the Kunnar check-dam, one of the two dams which meet the water needs of Sannidhanam, including pooja purposes inside the Sreekovil and drinking water requirement, is highly polluted owing to lack of cleaning and safe upkeeping.

KOLLAM: The Kollam Corporation authorities began felling avenue trees on the Kappalandimukku-Ashramam road in Kollam on Thursday as part of converting the road into four-lane amidst resistance from environmentalists.

Two employees engaged by the Corporation and KSUDP officials began chopping the trees from 10.30 a.m.

KOCHI: The Parliamentary sub committee on Water Resources headed by Rajapathy Sambasiva Rao has found that the 130 year-old Mullaperiyar Dam is posing a threat to the lives of around 30 lakh people living in Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts.

PALAKKAD: The purchase and sale of ecologically fragile lands was an offence under the law and therefore the former owners of such lands should not fall into the trap of real estate agents and sell them, according to a statement by the Forest Conservator of the Eastern circle, Olavakkode.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: High levels of pollution, especially high ammonia, E-coli and iron content, was detected in the Vellayani lake by the students of Mannam Memorial Residential Higher Secondary School at Neeramankara who conducted a project study on the consequences of adopting the Vellayani Lake Drinking Water Scheme.

KOCHI: The committee appointed to monitor the functioning of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant decided to submit a report on the defects of the plant to the state government and the Ombudsman for the Local-Self Government Institutions.

KOCHI: The construction of flyovers will not help reduce the traffic congestion in the city. Instead, the administration should improve the public transport system and encourage the people to use it, said Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogota in Germany.

Pilgrims putting broken coconut pieces into the `homakundam

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