As part of NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign's tree plantation initiative, schools in various parts of India have started tree plantation drives.
Euro school in Airoli Maharashtra, organised a plantation drive where apart from planting trees, children were taught about various kinds of seeds and introduced to basic gardening tools. They also learnt about different parts of plants and the four best friends of plants - sun, water, air and soil.
Delhi becomes paralysed if it rains for two hours, remarked Chief Justice BR Gavai, while a colleague commented on a Kerala instance that travellers must be compensated if they are stuck in a jam for 12 hours on a national highway.
If you are tired of Alleppey's crowded backwaters, here are some alternatives that offer the charm of Kerala's backwaters in quieter and lesser-known ways.