ALAPPUZHA: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said that the State government will seek help from the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation to prepare project reports for implementing the Kuttanad Package.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Four deaths have been reported owing to Diphtheria, three owing to Dengue Fever and 112 following Weil

KOCHI: Though the city residents are trying their best in learning to live with mosquitoes, the scare of spreading dengue fever is scaling up.

Though the Corporation put two autorickshaw- mounted fogging machines out in Mattanchery and Ernakulam areas, the service has not yet reached all divisions.

KOCHI: To save the city from the menace of plastic waste, the district administration and the Kochi Corporation in association with the Kudumbasree units are planning to launch a new plastic waste management project.

As per the project, the Kudumbasree members will collect the plastic waste from houses and shops. The collected waste will be used for recycling and road tarring works.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Behind the high walls of the Poojappura Central Prison, a green revolution is in the making. Three acres of prison land are now all set for cultivating paddy.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Karshaka Congress, a feeder organisation of the Congress, has demanded that the Indian National Congress(INC) should adopt the Kerala model of Kisan Congress in other states as early as possible in order to address the issues of farmers.

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KOCHI: The plastic mounts at Sabarimala have been a nagging problem for the Travancore Devaswom Board and the state government alike. But, this trash is an invaluable treasure. It can be converted into diesel in the next 5-10 years and till then the waste can be kept in the form of buildings, compound walls, water tanks etc.

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).

Aabha Raveendran writes about the oldest surviving teak plantation in the world, Connollys Plot, located in Kerala. The plantation bears testimony to the fact that our forefathers attached great importance to trees as a vital link in the web of life.