
Five houses damaged
The Hindu
Rain continued to lash parts of Kanniyakumari district for the second day on Tuesday. Five houses were damaged in Vilavancode and Killiyoor taluks. Petchiparai and Perunchani reservoirs got good inflo
Rain continued to lash parts of Kanniyakumari district for the second day on Tuesday. Five houses were damaged in Vilavancode and Killiyoor taluks.
Petchiparai and Perunchani reservoirs got good inflow of 2,346 cusecs and 2,869 cusecs respectively in the last 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. of Tuesday.
The level in Petchiparai was 44.08 (48 feet) and it was 63 feet in Perunchai (77 feet).

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.











