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State inching towards total electrification
Electricity Minister A.K.
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Focus more on solar energy: panel
KOCHI: The Parliamentary Committee on Energy will recommend to the Union government to increase the support for research projects like application of nanotechnology in solar cells, P.C. Chacko, MP, has said. Mr.
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Alappuzha declared totally electrified
In the league of Palakkad, Ernakulam and Thrissur 79 Assembly constituencies totally electrified Efforts to improve public distribution system: Isaac ALAPPUZHA: Alappuzha district was on Sunday declared totally electrified, taking the number of totally electrified districts in the State to four, including Palakkad, Thrissur and Ernakulam. Making the declaration in the absence of Chief Mini
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Kerala to be first totally electrified State: Balan
PATHANAMTHITTA: Making Kerala the first totally electrified State in India is the mission of the Left Democratic Front government, A.K. Balan, Minister for Electricity, has said. He was inaugurating the work on the 33-kV electrical substation at Poozhikkad near Pandalam on Monday.
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Panchayat takes first step to total solar energy use
Perumatty grama panchayat in the district has become famous for its successful fight against groundwater depletion by soft drink giant Coca-Cola. Now, another laurel is within reach.
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Solar lamps to illuminate Thamarassery pass
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
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Drought spreads its tentacles
UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell
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Kerala brick industry taking over rice fields
The fast expanding brick industry in Kerala is causing irreversible damage to paddy fields in a state that is already beset by an acute rice shortage.
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Turning a new reef
Once liquour sodden, the fisherfolk of a Kerala village are replacing destroyed natural reefs with artificial ones
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Going overboard with development?
A new project seeks to examine the environmental degradation due to development in Kochi
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A welcome drop
THE southern state of Kerala has performed extraordinarily in the areas of public health, education, family welfare and adult literacy. Its success in areas other than population control are easier
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Kerala Knowledge Inc
Kerala shows the way by going for a decentralised method to protect its unique biodiversity
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Farming fish and mussels
When bad management and increasing demand for inland fish led to plummeting stocks, fishing villages around the Ashtamudi estuary in Kollam district, Kerala, have come up with their own solution. Fisherfolk, now earmark a certain area of the estuary to al
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The enterprise
Keeping both the environment and economy afloat
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Fires galore
Over 2,500 hectares (ha) of forests in Kerala have been destroyed by fires this summer. Fires are reported to have destroyed extensive acreage in several of the 14 sanctuaries and national parks
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What Dubey did
<font class="UCASE">the</font> chairperson of a government committee mandated to look into Kerala's endosulfan tragedy suppressed all dissenting voices within the committee to give a clean chit to the pesticide.
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Food benefits are not for the poor
IN A poverty-ridden country, particularly in the rural areas, it is legitimate to ask to what extent the public distribution system (PDS) of foodgrains acts as a security cover to the poor. The
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Biodiversity in jeopardy
Tribals in Kerala are being forced to give away medicinal plants in repayment of their loans. In the process, biodiversity is being depleted
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Public verdict
Cement packing unit stalled