THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Drinking water in as many as 1,879 wards in the state are found to be sub-standard, said Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran.
Study of beach morphological changes during monsoon and development of capabilities towards its prediction is of vital importance in coastal zone management. A study of the beach erosion/accretion processes during south-west monsoon and its numerical modelling is attempted in this communication for a micro-tidal and high-energy beach. Comprehensive
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With water resources in the state depleting owing to the extreme summer-like situation, the State Government has chalked out immediate measures costing about Rs 40 crore to preserve water resources and also launch a massive drive against misuse of drinking water.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A political consensus seems to have been reached, at least at the local level, to protect the encroachers in Munnar. The comments made by Congress leader and former MLA A K Mani give a clear indication of what is going to happen in Munnar.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forest Minister Binoy Viswam has said that the LDF Government had succeeded in checking sandalwood theft from Marayur forest range. At present there are 58,418 sandal trees in this forest range and steps have been taken to monitor the situation on a day-to-day basis, he said while speaking to reporters here on Tuesday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Around 50,000 loads of sand is expected to be mined from Aruvikkara dam. The mining of sand will begin in a full-fledged manner next week.
