Offbeat News Round up from Kerala - Nov 22 2006
Deepika is reporting that clever mechanics in Kerala have created keys to break the speed governer system installed in heavy vehicles. Mechanics are claiming they can break any system. Supreme court had made it mandatory for all heavy vehicles to have speed governer which limits speed at 70KM/hr. Supreme court deferred the implementation of this till February 2007.
Kerala Kaumudi is reporting that dead bodies were buried secretly near Kalamasseri(Ernakulam). The newspaper alleges that these bodies were from muringoor divine centre. Later newspaper clarifies that these were bodies of Aids patients who were living there.
Desabhimani (onkerala note: link unavailable) is reporting that crimes in Kerala reduced by 32% in last 6 months (onkerala note: Left came to power about 6 months back). Registered cases have come down and increased number of cases are being solved. The statistics are quoted from crime records bureau. It is suggested that Shadow policing, maithree policing etc. contributed to this.