KOZHIKODE: In the wake of H1N1 claiming its first victim in the district this year on Tuesday, health department has issued warnings to contain further spread of the disease in the district.
People residing in the coastal belt of Kozhikode have been forced to stand in long queues in front of the limited number of public taps to fetch water.
The city’s proximity to the sea that makes its groundwater saline and the presence of many hills, to which pumping water faces several hurdles, make Kozhikode always thirsty for drinking water.
Cherupuzha River has claimed the lives of innocents, including children. But the river itself is a victim of indiscriminate sand mining.
Years of illegal sand mining has led to the formation of deep underwater pits on the river bed, covered flimsily by underwater rocks, giving a false sense of security and underwater foothold.
Basic Facilities Have Been Denied To 100-Odd Families In Wayanad's Chettiyalathur Village
Kozhikode: For the residents of Chettiyalathur village in Wayanad, voting has remained a valuable right even if they have not received anything much in return over six decades since independence.
The Kerala Paristhithi Aikyavedi, an umbrella organisation of different environmental groups, has urged voters to take a strict stand against those who showed a callous attitude towards the protection of environment and compromised on important issues, including the protection of drinking water, paddy fields, and ecologically sensitive areas, in the Lok Sabha election on Thursday.
Rs. 44.19-crore project to build check-dams has been shelved
A Rs. 44.19-crore proposal by the Minor Irrigation department to construct check-dams in the district to preserve the water table has been shelved with the State government refusing to spare funds.
Spots like Swapna Nagiri, which is often used as a popular fair ground and a public event venue, can be seen with piles of decomposed garbage dredged out from the bottom of the canal
A Rs. 2.41-crore Water Resources Department project to clean up the Canoly Canal is turning out to be more a bane than a boon with mounds of silt piled up along the water body’s sidewalls, posing a health hazard to the public.
Allegations that cancer deaths were due to water quality
The Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) has given a clean chit to the water quality at Onchiyam panchayat here.
The quality of water in the panchayat had come under the scanner following doubts raised by local MLA C.K. Nanu at the Kozhikode District Development Committee that there were cancer deaths in the panchayat, and comprehensive tests should be done to check the water quality there.
