The 80-ft-high red laterite cliff facing the famed Papanasham beach at Varkala would soon be declared as a <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/varkala-cliff-to-get-geological-monument-tag/article5804180.ece"> National Geological Monument </a> by the Geological Survey of India.
Protest is simmering against the <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/case-registered-for-destroying-mangroves-in-coastal-belt-of-kochi/article5816568.ece"> destruction of mangroves </a> in the coastal belt of Kochi. Photo: Vipin Chandran
Kerala State Motor Vehicles Department will soon start <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/traffic-enforcement-in-kerala-to-go-online/article5808764.ece"> notifying </a> errant motorists of their violations though text messages.
Hundreds of acres of forests have been damaged in a <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vast-tracts-of-palakkad-forests-perish-in-fire/article5803955.ece"> fire </a> that raged for a couple of days in different parts of Attappady.
Kudumbasree Mission in Kochi is all set to <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/kudumbasrees-masons-all-set-to-enter-construction-industry/article5804024.ece"> expand its presence </a> in the sector by training women in the construction industry.
Work on the <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/new-fourlane-road-to-kochi-airport-to-be-opened-soon/article5804012.ece"> four-lane airport approach road </a> from NH 47 to the CochinInternational Airport at Nedumbassery is in its final stages. Photo: Special Arrangement