MALAPPURAM: The implementation of various projects under the National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is proving to be a success in the district with around 77.63 percent utilisation of the total fund allotted by the government in the previous fiscal.
According to officials, the district stands fourth in the state in successfully utilising the project fund.
KOCHI: The Brahmapuram Solid Waste Treatment Plant is gearing up for a facelift. The Corporation has proposed some ambitious projects in its annual budget for the year 2010-11. With the civic body recently acquiring 45 acres of land, the total land it holds in Brahmapuram is 104 acres.
KOCHI: Water days come and go. But the water woes in Kochi, like in many other places, remain unending. The inability to execute the drinking water projects in a time-bound manner is the main reason for this. Rapid urbanisation and reclamation of watersheds add to the problem.
KOCHI: If the Corporation authorities are to be believed, widening of Sahodaran Ayyappan (SA) Road, one of the much-awaited road projects in the city, will be completed in three months. Laying wet mix macadam (WMM) will begin in April and is expected to be completed within two months.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fire is destroying the forest wealth of the state, going by the data presented in the Assembly on Tuesday. The state lost more than 14,000 hectares of forest to fire since 2006-07, Forest Minister Benoy Viswom said in a written reply.
KOCHI: Strict action will be taken against the Water Authority officials if they were found guilty of wasting drinking water, said District Collector M Beena on Tuesday.
Fires are raging on a daily basis in the forests of Kerala as major rivers, freshwater lakes and ponds have begun to dry up at the very start of the summer. Weathermen are warning that the heat could get more intense in the coming days and rains are unlikely immediately.
