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The study was conducted by the Department of Marine Technology, Cochin University for Science and Technology (CUSAT), and the National Centre for Coastal Research, NIOT Campus, Chennai.
When contacted, a senior official of the National Inland Waterway Authority said they would carry out dredging in the affected sections soon.
Around 145 students here take their lessons in a school without a compound wall and a littered campus.
The Chungathu Muppathu lift bridge, located along the 2.5 km long boat channel that opens from Vembanad Lake to Kottayam has posed a challenge to passenger boat operations over the years.
The cruise vessel, which can accommodate 100 passengers, has a specially-made “open-spaced” upper deck where the tourists can enjoy the alluring sceneries of the backwaters.
Kalyani B, an MSc scholar at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Panangad, has chosen her wedding to highlight the issue.
We live in a less than ideal world, but it is clear from old travel accounts that places like Kerala have made immense social progress.
Last Sunday 22 lives were lost as a poorly retrofitted houseboat sank at an estuary in Tanur in Malappuram district.
It is claimed that the ill-fated recreational vessel at Tanur that resulted in 22 deaths did not have adequate number of life-saving equipment.
If you are driving a car, just switch off the AC and roll down the windows for a whiff of fresh air.
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