A project by Puthuppadi grama panchayat
Panchayat to invest Rs.15 lakh for the Rs.1-crore project
Seeks sponsorship from tourism industry
Kozhikode: The Puthuppadi grama panchayat is planning to install solar lamps on the 13-km stretch of the scenic Thamarassery ghat road.

The panchayat will initially invest Rs.15 lakh for the project besides seeking financial support of sponsors from the to

Decline of the Kerala PDS

Until a decade ago, owning a ration shop in Kerala was a status symbol. Abdul Rehman, a retail ration dealer for more than two decades, always enjoyed a special status in Ambayathode village of Kozhikode district, with over 1,700 ration card holders on his roll. Rehman was one of the 14,236 retail dealers who catered to close to 91 per cent of the state population in a model public distribution system. According to government officials, there was one ration outlet within two km radius of every household. But that was then.

cattle egret which is widely found in India is a natural scavenger. A study from Kerala says that the wetland egret, Bubulcus ibis, can be used as bio-control agent in solid-waste dumping sites. The