The presence of snails was found in the cardamom plantations of High Range four years ago.
KSRTC has pitched in to help the students, offering spare parts of old buses to see if it would fit.
There were 13 contestants for the general post. 1,000 children voted.
The terrain is such that only jeeps are suited for this place. Travelling by jeep through this path is an adventure among tourists.
She picked up the trade from her husband and then self-taught trendy styles like crystal painting from Youtube.
The female elephant herds are often six to eight-member strong and go by the names 'Aarukootam' and 'Ettukootam'.
The incident happened on June 24 afternoon, when Marina slipped and fell through the railing into the stream which was overflowing in heavy showers.
It was only on Sunday night that she had spoken to her family over video call, she seemed happy.
When the school reopened, most of the farmers sold off the pepper they had stocked to meet the expense for books,uniform and stationery.
The cultivation of Chinese potato is carried on as a means of livelihood in twelve tribal settlements in Marayoor.
A 48-year-old man, who runs a welding workshop and works as a building contractor is a local hero in Kokkayar these days.
Even when he dealt with setbacks in farming, he found a way to get her daughter educated and better the prospects of his family.