Water testing labs launched at schools in Kerala’s Kozhikode

12 labs set up in Beypore, Kozhikode South, Kunnamangalam and Koyilandy constituencies

The first 12 water testing labs at schools in the district was launched on Friday by Minister for Public Works and Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas by inaugurating the laboratory at the Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Cheruvannur, in Kozhikode of Kerala. The laboratories are being set up under the aegis of Haritha Keralam Mission and the Department of Education at schools in their already existing chemistry labs, using funds provided by local MLAs. “Having a water testing lab in every local body, we are saved from travelling to labs at high-end institutions, to get water from our wells and rivers tested,” the Minister said on the occasion.