83% of open wells in State polluted
CWRDM study finds most rivers highly contaminated due to lack of proper waste management As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and
Pampa
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Chandy inaugurates ‘Zero Waste Sabarimala’ project
Government has given top priority for execution of the much sought-after Sabarimala Master Plan with the sole aim of ensuring better basic facility at the pilgrim centre where as many as the State’s population
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Mata Amritanandamayi Math to extend ‘Amala Bharathom’ project to Sabarimala
Mata Amritanandamayi Math is to extend its popular cleaning project, ‘Amala Bharathom’, to Sabarimala as a part of the much sought-after massive sanitation programme of the State government at the pilgrim
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Flash flood in Pampa, parking lots at Triveni inundated
Water level in River Pampa, on the foothills of Sabarimala, witnessed a sudden spurt around 8.15 p.m. following heavy downpour in the forests, on Wednesday. The river breached its banks following flash
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Implement Pampa plan soon: eco group
‘Residents of Pampa basin face health risk due to river pollution' People residing in the Pampa river basin up to Kuttanad are exposed to grave health risks during the ‘Mandalam-Makaravilakku' pilgrimage
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Comprehensive project to protect the Pampa
Pilot project prior to a programme for four rivers Rs.90-crore conservation project for Vembanad Lake Rs.15 crore set apart to replaceold water pumps PATHANAMTHITTA: Water Resources Minister P.J. Joseph said here on Monday that the State government would implement a comprehensive model project to protect the Pampa and its banks in a time-bound manner. Mr.
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Panel concern over pollution of the Pampa
PATHANAMTHITTA: The Legislative Committee on Environment chaired by Rajaji Mathew Thomas has expressed concern over pollution of the Pampa at the foothills of Sabarimala during the Mandalam- Makaravilakku pilgrim season. Holding a sitting at Pampa on Monday, Mr.
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2 fish species disappear' from Pampa
Two endemic fish varieties - catfish and eel - are feared to have disappeared from the Pampa. No individuals of these species have landed in the nets of fishermen for the last three years triggering suspicion of their population loss.
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Steps to revive Pampa
Water Resources Minister N.K.
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Comprehensive programme to develop Pampa river
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pampa Action Plan (PAP), which had never really been put to action in the past eight years, will now be co-opted into a larger comprehensive Pampa River Basin Watershed Development Programme which will include within its scope not just the revival of Pampa but also the social and economic development of regions along the river basin.
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Sand mining hits river tributaries in Kerala
G.K. Nair Aggressive human intervention, especially the indiscriminate sand mining in southern Kerala's major rivers, such as Pampa, Manimala and Achankoil, has driven almost all the tributaries of these rivers, which once used to facilitate agriculture activities and water transport in the region, to the verge of death.