KOCHI: Giving fresh hopes for opening up a new corridor to the city, the state government on Wednesday sanctioned Rs25 crore for acquiring land for the widening of Thammanam-Pulleppady Road. The first road in the city to be renovated under the detailed town planning (DTP) scheme, the Thammanam-Pulleppady stretch will open a parallel corridor to the city similar to Edappally-High Court and Sahodaran Ayyappan Roads.
Recognising the threat of non-communicable diseases and lifestyle diseases tipping the balance of the State's health parameters, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) - Kerala would be rolling out lifestyle clinics across the State to provide easy access to medical treatment.
Persons tested positive for the disease will be issued ‘Red Card,' while carriers will the issued ‘Blue Card.' The Health Department authorities said this would help the doctors to identify the tribal people affected by the disease quickly when they go to hospital with some other health problems.
The scientists, from the SCMS Biotechnology Centre here, are confident that the antigen would make diagnosis of the disease more cost-effective, apart from giving accurate results.
The Union Agricultural and Cooperation Department on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there was no evidence to suggest that long-term use of endosulfan posed health hazards and various nations h
In its response to a petition filed by the Democratic Youth Federation of India, the Centre said that long-term use of the pesticidewas unlikely to present public health concern. The Centre made it clear that Endosulfan was not the reason behind health problems in Kasaragod in Kerala.
Kodiyathur's biodiversity register would be welcomed by researchers as well as local people alike. One of its highlights is little known information about nearly 40 varieties of paddy and nearly 100 other crops, most of which either extinct or endangered.
A meeting convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Monday to resolve the problems caused by the operation of the City Corporation's garbage treatment plant in the suburban village of Vilappilsala failed to reach a consensus after representatives of the two local bodies and political parties refused to budge from their hardened positions on the issue.
