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, …
The tourist village of Colva is grappling with the problem of garbage collection and disposal. It’s one of the few coastal villages still facing a ban on multi-dwelling units since the last three years for want of waste disposal mechanism. Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) report filed in the …
Rs.1.71 crore for strengthening and laying black-topped roads The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD)has sanctioned over Rs.4 crorefor developing rural infrastructure in the district RIDF According to a NABARD release, under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) tranche XVIII it has sanctioned Rs.1.71 crore for strengthening and …
If the plans of District Collector Vijay Pingale went as stipulated vis-à-vis implementing the ban on plastic disposables of less than 40 micron, October 2, birth day of Mahatma Gandhi would be remembered in Tiruvannamalai for one more reason in the years to come. Since plastic disposables are banned in …
Farmers under the banner of Kuttanadu Vikasana Samithy (KVS), an NGO, will petition the Chief Minister on Thursday to protest against what they term as ‘infringement on the rights of farmers’ when government subsidy goes only to those who buy seeds from the State Seed Authority. Subsidies routed In a …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the government would bring in amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 to make it stringent and increase its penal provisions for wildlife crimes as well as introduce roles for the gram sabhas and the panchayats in the declaration and management of …
The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to limit the extent of land that can be used by plantations for tourism purposes. The State, by way of an amendment to the Land Reforms Act, had earlier allowed 5 per cent of land in recognised plantations to be used for cultivating non-plantation crops …
The Odisha Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency (OSSAAT), an independent unit to conduct social audit of the MGNREGS’ implementation in the State, will start functioning from October. The State Government has just finished appointing the director and other staff of the OSSAAT. The society, whose work will be …
Chhattisgarh government has decided to give respite in the water tax to the commercial shops where water consumption has been very less. The shops trading foodgrains, stationary and garment would be covered under the orbit of respite as the water utilization in such shops had been nominal. They traders were …
Cheques to the value of Rs 2.08 crore were distributed to 89 villages in Sivaganga, Tiruppuvanam, Ilayankudi, S. Pudur and Kannangudi panchayat unions for undertaking poverty eradication programmes under the ‘Pudu Vazhvu’ scheme here on Thursday. Collector V. Rajaraman, who gave away the cheques to representatives of village poverty eradication …
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has scored a dubious record in its second term in office. The party has got just one key Bill enacted since it was re-elected to power in May 2009, despite coming back with a stronger majority and free from its erstwhile Left allies. Though …
1,500 NSS volunteers to plant 20,000 saplings in Karunapuram The National Service Scheme of Mahatma Gandhi University, in association with Kerala State Biodiversity Board and the Social Forestry Division of Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary has opened a mega camp here as part of the Haritha Gramam Project of the grama panchayat …
Bhopal: Sakshar Bharat (Literate India) Scheme would be implemented in 42 districts of Madhya Pradesh. The scheme aims at imparting functional literacy to unlettered persons of over 15 years of age. The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed to constitute literacy committees upto Panchayat level after identifying the …
MARGAO: Newly-elected Velim Sarpanch Melvyn Sanches on Monday said he along with the Panchayat body are fully supporting the demand of the villagers for scrapping of the land acquisition process for the expansion of the Cutbona fishing jetty. Melvyn was elected unopposed as Velim sarpanch on Monday after his candidature …
Kudumbasree groups to take up fallow land cultivation The Kudumbasree district mission has launched ‘Harithasree,’ a project to promote organic farming among its subgroups. The Kudumbasree subgroups which are already into collective farming will switch to organic farming, by avoiding artificial fertilizers and pesticides. The mission envisages bringing these products …
The garbage crisis, which the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) claimed to have mitigated in the last 24 hours, is likely to worsen with residents of Mandur deciding on a blockade on Monday. Agitated by the amount of garbage being dumped at the landfill off Bangalore-Hoskote Road near Begur Cross, …
The Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani has accused the State government of trying to subvert the endosulfan victims’ rehabilitation package proposed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). In a statement here on Sunday, the organisation alleged that the government was distorting NHRC’s recommendations thereby denying assistance to most of the …
About 15 kms from the idyllic hilly town of Semiliguda in South Odisha’s Koraput district, the stage is set for an encore of the Niyamgiri-type agitation, as the tribals gather at the foothills of Mali Parbat to protest against bauxite mining by Hindalco Industries Ltd in the area. Sharing the …
VALPOI: In a move that could spark off a major row, the Mauxi and Keri panchayats in Sattari Taluka have opposed the Government’s proposal to include a part of forest area in Sattari taluka as ‘tiger reserve area’. Addressing a press conference at Valpoi on Thursday, Sarpanchas Datta Gawas (Mauxi) …
Alleging that the State government is “diluting the spirit” of the relief and rehabilitation packages suggested by the National Human Rights Commission for endosulfan victims, the Endosulfan Janakeeya Peeditha Munnani, an organisation of the affected population, has urged the commission to ask the administration to execute its recommendations properly. In …
