KOCHI: The National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) & Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilaly Federation (KSMTF) are getting ready to organise continuous protests in all coastal states of the country which come under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 2010, from October 29.
Rejecting the draft CRZ notification in toto, they said that it is only marginally different from the pre-draft which was rejected by
THE loss of marine life in the Gulf of Mexico after the disastrous BP oil spill has become a business bonanza for Indian prawn and shrimp farms. Seafood exports to the US have seen an unexpected growth in the first five months of the current fiscal.
Seafood shipped to the US has seen a 60% increase in the April to August period this year.
KOCHI: The maize harvest mela organised by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) saw the first harvest of maize crop (Zea mays.L) which recorded an yield of 40 quintals an acre.
The harvest was inaugurated by CMFRI director G Syda Rao, and the meeting was attended by progressive farmers from Kadamakkudy, Karumaloor, Mukkannoor and Kothamangalam, and CMFRI scientists and techni
KOCHI: Travelling in the city is a nightmare, says actor Jayasurya. It takes hours to cover potholed stretches and is a waste of time and fuel, he says. Road maintenance and proper connectivity are important aspects of an emerging metro.
KOCHI: Marking the next phase of election campaigning, the leading fronts in Kochi the LDF and the UDF have come up with manifestos for the polls to the Corporation.
KOCHI: Soon electricity and bio-products will be produced from solid waste in Kochi. Loro Marketing and Trading Pvt Ltd, an Abu-Dhabi-based business group of NRIs, is coming to Kochi with a project to produce electricity and bio products from solid waste with the aid of Irish-based Wilson technology, known for waste management and green energy production.
We had a report from our Kochi office the other day on the tree census in the city, one of many finally being undertaken by civic bodies through the country. Common to all these is a stress on magnitudes -total number, zone-wise breakdown, specie-wise numbers.
KOCHI: The Peoples Action Council, West Kochi, has flayed the authorities concerned for not taking steps to solve the waterlogging in the West Kochi area.
KOCHI: It was the day to forget cars, all motor vehicles for that matter. The idea was to leave behind private vehicles in favour of cycling, walking and public transport. As the whole world observed The International Car Free Day on September 22, a few Kochiites remained loyal to the concept.
