Report filed by the Additional Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the report dated 26.06.2023 received from Hon’ble Justice A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai on the Present Status of Waste dump site at Cubaloor in Mangalpady Panchayat, Kasargod District, …
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil on Friday said six lakh community toilets would be constructed in rural areas during the current financial year. Patil told mediapersons here that officials have been instructed to take steps to have two toilets with commode in each village, for the …
District administration acquires 2,700 acres for steel project In what is being seen as a milestone for Posco’s proposed mega steel project near Paradip, Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district administration has completed the acquisition of 2,700 acres required for its first phase. Ever since the South Korean steel major signed a memorandum …
Land acquisition for the South Korean steel major Posco's proposed steel plant near Paradip was completed on Thursday with the Odisha government demolishing 25 more betel vines at Gobindpur village near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. 'We have acquired 2,700 acres of land for Posco's first phase of 8mtpa capacity steel …
Bhubaneswar : Seventeen years after Parliament passed the PESA Act that empowers tribal society to take control of their own resources, the Orissa government has finally decided to make necessary changes to the Act to implement it in the state. The Panchayat (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act covers tribal areas …
Road Fund Board to take loans for work A Rs.10,000-crore project for the development of 22 roads, including the hill highway, in the State to overcome traffic problems was cleared by the Cabinet on Wednesday. Briefing mediapersons after the Cabinet, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the Kerala Road Fund Board …
If everything goes well, six panchayats in Thrissur district will face no more shortage of drinking water for at least five years, thanks to the water management committees which are operational in these places. In a novel initiative, Mala, Kadukutty, Pariyaram, Mattathur, Meloor and Koratty panchayats have formed village-level water …
The dumping of waste material outside a scrap yard at Bethora-Ponda has angered the Jana Seva Sangh, amid fears that the waste could have an adverse impact on the environment. According to reports, stacks of scrap material like plastic and glass has been dumped outside the scrap yard located along …
KOTTAYAM: Around 50 cases of dengue fever were reported at the Medical College Hospital here on Tuesday. Nearly 700 patients have been treated for dengue at the MCH from April 15 till Tuesday. Ward 24, where those with infectious disease are admitted and general wards have been overfilled in the …
Focus On Zone And Unit-Based Programmes For Sector The state planning board is about to push for a basic change of approach in agriculture in Kerala’s annual plan for 2013-14. The draft plan report prepared by the board proposes to foster strategies and action plan based on the scientific division …
Conservation and protection of forests can never be done efficiently without the active participation of the public, S V Ranganath, Chief Secretary of the State, has said. Emphasising on participatory forest management and development, he spoke about forest conservation with the aid of technology and e-governance. Ranganath was addressing forest …
Water supplied once a week to colony with 2,000 families With most parts of the town reeling under acute shortage of drinking water, more and more residents are taking to the streets demanding that the civic administration sort out the problem on a war footing. On Tuesday, more than 100 …
After commissioning regulator-cum-bridge across Thejaswini A Rs. 50-crore project to assist localities that face drinking water shortage in Thrikkaripur due to intrusion of saline water will be commissioned shortly, said K. Kunhiraman, MLA. The project would be realized after commissioning the regulator-cum-bridge across the Thejaswini that would link Kayoor-Chemeni pachayath …
The village panchayat of Chharba, where the cola major plans to set up its Rs 600-cr bottling plant, passes resolution on not to allow the proposed project to come up Chharba-Langha Road, 30 km from Dehradun city, is a green industrial belt. This patch on the western fringes of the …
Criticizes Govt’s Fund Allocation Method, Orders State To Provide Water Kochi: The state government should take necessary steps to provide sufficient drinking water to Vypeen residents on a daily basis, the Kerala High Court ordered on Tuesday. A division bench comprising justices S Siri Jagan and K Harilal issued the …
PANJIM: Around 2,000 cases have been booked for using or selling plastic bags below 40 microns thickness, since April 8, 2013. Also fines of Rs 2.48 lakh have been imposed on the violators, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha said in a written reply to Goa Assembly Wednesday. She said that government …
Death of 4 children is coming to light now One more infant has died of alleged malnutrition in Attappady here, taking the toll of such deaths to five in the past two months. Six-month-old Kaliyamma, daughter of Shelvan and Veeramma of Kadampara tribal hamlet in Sholayur grama panchayat of Attappady, …
This is the revised draft convergence guidelines between MGNREGA and Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources (DOLR). A Joint convergence guideline was issued by Department of Rural Development and Department of Land Resources vide letter No. J-11019/2/2008 dated 29th May, 2009. The areas of convergence and …
The sweltering summer heat has aggravated the problem of drinking water supply in most parts of the State, prompting the State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD≺) to seek the permission of Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO), Karnataka, to implement approved action plans related to drinking water at …
To tap technology to the full The agriculture policy being formulated by the State government to exploit the opportunities provided by the new technology for the sector will be presented in the next Assembly session, Minister for Agriculture K.P. Mohanan has said. Replying to questions in the Assembly on Wednesday, …
