<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Thressiamma Mathew Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 27/02/2017 regarding pollution of Chalakudy river by Nitta
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of NGI Action Council Vs Nitta Gelatin Inc. & Others dated 27/02/2017 regarding pollution caused by the industry Nitta
THRISSUR: The controversial Nitta Gelatin India Limited, a company which makes gelatin for medicinal purposes, has stalled its operation in Chalakudy after the water it takes from Chalakudy river got polluted.
Kochi: Efforts are on to declare the oxbow lake at Vynthala near Mala in Thrissur district a Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS) as a mark of the diverse flora and fauna there. Chairman of the National
The protest against the pollution of Chalakudy River allegedly by Nitta Gelatin India Limited (NGIL) is gaining momentum with agitators threatening to forcibly remove the company’s discharge outlet to
Kasturirangan panel member Sunita Narain says the proposed dam will affect downstream flow Athirappilly hydel power project proposed across Chalakudy River cannot be implemented in its present form, environmental activist Sunita Narain, who heads the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has said. She is a member of the High Level Working Group on Western Ghats, chaired by K. Kasturirangan, which looked into the viability of the project.
The government has initiated steps to conserve Kanichan thura, a prominent naturally-formed oxbow lake in the state, of Vynthala near Mala here. The state biodiversity board has been entrusted with the
Kerala on Monday said it cannot accept recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil report on Western Ghats as most of its suggestions were impractical to implement and said the State could protect its environment within provisions of existing laws. “The Gadgil report places several restrictions on human activities in the Western Ghats and is impractical to implement in the state. Kerala can protect its environment with the provisions of the existing laws,” Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said in the Assembly.
Undeterred by the criticism that the Athirappilly hydroelectric project may cause irrevocable environment damage, the Kerala State Electricity Board Undeterred by the criticism that the Athirappilly hydroelectric project may cause irrevocable environment damage, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) continues to bat for it. The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), appointed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), has recommended that the proposal should not be cleared citing its environmental impacts. The KSEB proposes a project with an installed capacity of 163 MW across the Chalakudy river.
Chalakudy River is yearning for a lifeline. Chalakudy River, the fifth largest river in the State, is faced with a series of risks including sand-mining, release of untreated effluents from an industrial unit and improper disposal of solid waste. The environmental monitoring programme on water quality of the Chalakudy River Basin carried out by the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment has brought out the challenges faced by the river.
