A village man tries his hand at fishing as the flood waters began to recede at a paddyfield near Kalamassery in Aluva on Thursday/08/08/2013

Villagers leaving flooded houses at Pathalam near Eloor on Monday. The overnight floods followed tne opening of the shutters of the Edamalayar dam./05/08/2013

The inundated Aluva Sivarathri Manalpuram on Monday./05/08/2013

Villagers leaving flooded houses at Pathalam near Eloor on Monday. The overnight floods followed tne opening of the shutters of the Edamalayar dam./05/08/2013

Members of the Cheppanam boat club team practicing at the Panagad backwaters on Sunday ahead of the Nehru Trophy boatrace./04/08/2013.

A fisherman makes last minute repair to the fishing nets as the 47-day trowling ban is set to end on Wednesday night./30/07/2013.

Actor Mammootty interacts with students from scheduled tribes at a function organised by Care & Share Foundation in Kochi on Thursday. Fr. Thomas Kurien, MD of the Foundation and tribal chief Kozhimala Raman Mannar also seen./27/07/2013.

Actor Mammootty interacts with students from scheduled tribes at a function organised by Care & Share Foundation in Kochi on Thursday. Fr. Thomas Kurien, MD of the Foundation and tribal chief Kozhimala Raman Mannar also seen./25/07/2013

Fishing at sea has been stalled by ban on trawling but with monsoon flooding water bodies across the state, drop a bait anywhere and you're assured a catch. A click from near the LNG terminal at Vyppeen near Kochi./21/07/2013.

A multi-storey building is being demolished at Kacheripaddy here on Sunday to facilitate Kochi metro project./07/07/2013