India

 Contaminated water

Municipal authorities in Thrissur, Kerala, have been accused of dilly-dallying though a deadly chemical has reportedly flowed into the town's drinking water reservoir, resulting in at least 30

Publication Date: 
14/08/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Hazardous Products, India, Kerala
Wildlife

Home range of elephants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, South India

Ranging behaviour of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) was studied using radio telemetry in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve had home ranges of over 500 sq km. These sizes are much larger than those defined by earlier studies. The study ranged across the three southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

Publication Date: 
01/06/1993
N Baskaran, M Balasubramanian, S Swaminathan & et al
Bombay Natural History Society
Tags:
Elephant, Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Wildlife Management, Nilgiri Tahr SA, Mudumalai SA, Bandipur NP, Wynad SA
India

 Sewage plant raises storm in temple town

Despite protests from villagers near Kerala's most famous temple town, authorities insist on locating a sewage treatment meant for Guruvayur, in the village.

Publication Date: 
14/05/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Religious Places, Marine Life, Fish, Rural Habitat, India, Kerala
India

 Marine feuds are festering sores in Kerala

Kerala's coast has become a battleground between traditional and mechanised fishing communities, jeopardising the marine ecosystem.

Publication Date: 
14/05/1993
Ganesh Pangare
Down to Earth
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Crustaceans, Fish, Marine Fisheries, Fisherfolk, Conflicts, Exports, India, Kerala
India

 Artificial reefs swell fish catch in Kerala

Helped by a grassroots organisation, the fishing village of Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram is successfully creating artificial reefs to increase their fish catch substantially.

Publication Date: 
29/04/1993
Raj Kamini Mahadevan
Down to Earth
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Rural Habitat, Fisherfolk, Conflicts, NGO, India, Kerala
India

 Supreme Court to consider doctors' appeal

The Supreme Court will decide whether medical practitioners can be held guilty of criminal negligence under the Consumer Protection Act.

Publication Date: 
14/03/1993
Anjani Khanna
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Care, Health Personnel, India, Kerala
India

 Stagnating scheme

Six months ago, the Union department of electronics (DoE) announced an ambitious plan to create electronics hardware technology parks (EHTPs) in order to help the country's stagnating electronic

Publication Date: 
27/02/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Electronics Industry, Technology, India, Gujarat, Kerala, Electronics
India

 Women engineers come to the forefront

DESPITE sex-role conditioning by teachers and traditional attitudes that rule out floor and site jobs for women, the number of Indian women taking to engineering has increased manifold in the period

Publication Date: 
Saturday, January 30, 1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Women, Scientists, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Statistics, Electronics
India

 People play key role in anti filaria project

A programme implemented in central Kerala shows how an illness can be controlled if the community is involved.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1993
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Tags:
Health Care, Vector Control, Vector Borne Diseases, Public Participation, India, Kerala
India

 Feud over fishing starts a fire in Kerala village

Violence erupts in a quiet fishing village in south Kerala over the rights of traditional fisherfolk to resources of the sea.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1993
K M Shajahan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Habitat, Fisherfolk, Conflicts, India, Kerala

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