Body of boy recovered, search on for two boys
The Hindu
A search for the bodies of the polytechnic students from Coimbatore who drowned while bathing in the Walayar reservoir continued on Tuesday. The body of Poornesh was recovered in the morning.The searc
A search for the bodies of the polytechnic students from Coimbatore who drowned while bathing in the Walayar reservoir continued on Tuesday. The body of Poornesh was recovered in the morning.
The search was on for the bodies of Sanjay and Rahul. Students of Hindustan Polytechnic in Coimbatore, Poornesh, Sanjay and Rahul had come to Walayar for sightseeing along with two others on Monday. They drowned in the reservoir while bathing. The tragedy took place while two of them tried to save a friend of them who was drowning.

Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has rolled out digital mode of water bill generation and collection in 23 gram panchayats on a pilot basis for the first time in Karnataka. This is set to be extended to the remaining 200 panchayats shortly, according to the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Narwade Vinayak Karbhari.

Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, are present in Chennai’s beach sediments in relatively low abundance, but low overall microplastic abundance does not necessarily imply low ecological risk. Even small particles can cause long-term ecological damage by affecting marine life, moving up the food chain, and eventually impacting human health through contaminated seafood.











