Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
For the first time, the meteorological department will give probability estimates of drought and excess rainfall for the country as part of its much-awaited April forecast of the southwest monsoon. The department will continue to stick to a new technique it used last year for forecasting the monsoon though it …
POLICE in the city are in an unenviable position as sandalwood trees continue to be the target of thieves who smuggle them to Kerala, from where they are taken to other states. This despite various measures taken by them to bust the smuggler gangs. Police sources said some time back …
AGRICULTURE, food and civil supplies minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday frustrated attempts by the Congress Left-combine to put the blame for the current bout of inflation on opposition-ruled states. Quoting figures compiled by the food ministry, Mr Pawar told the Lok Sabha during his reply to the discussion on price-rise …
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala has declared a virtual war against the Centre for its failure to provide relief to the State reeling under the rain havoc of the last few weeks and the general price spiral. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's
When all goes well, thunderheads tower above India's southwestern state of Kerala in early June, drenching the region's vital rice fields and ensuring a bountiful harvest. From there the summer monsoon plods northward to soak the baking plains and irrigate vital breadbasket regions that feed 1.1 billion people before arriving …
Once upon a time, houses made of wood inhabited real spaces and not the glossy confines of lifestyle magazines. The states of Kerala, Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh, blessed with abundant timber, were particularly known for their refined architectural traditions in wood. Changing lifestyles, environmental concerns and the rising cost of …
The honeymoon is over for Mumbai Metro One Ltd, the entity that is to give the city the first phase of its Rs 19,500-crore, 146.5-km metro project. A PPP between Reliance Energy, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and an international company, it isn't exactly off the tracks, but …
With abysmal levels of penetration and awareness, how do you sell the concept of health insurance to the rural poor? Non-profit NGO Healing Fields Foundation (HFF) has some answers. Working with insurer HDFC Chubb, HFF has helped 60,000 people in five states
The Joint Water Regulation Board (JWRB) of the inter-State Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP) agreement on sharing of waters between Kerala and Tamil Nadu will hold a meeting in Coimbatore on April 9 Sources in the Water Resources Department here said Kerala would register its protest against the alleged violation of …
Exploited in their youth and physically abused when they are not able to work anymore, old elephants in Kerala can now look forward to a life away from the dreaded sharp hook of the mahout. The state's forest department is to launch an old-age home for elephants, the first in …
Actual loss suffered by farmers is much higher, says K.P. Rajendran The State Government is making preparations to submit a summer rain damage account of around Rs. 222 crore, prepared as per Central Relief Norms, to the Union Government-deputed team that will reach Kerala on April 3. Revenue Minister K. …
The Coordination Committee for people displaced for development projects has requested the district administration to implement the order released by the Department of Revenue on March 22 for rehabilitating those evicted from Moolamppilly on a war-footing. A meeting of the committee expressed concern on the delay on the part of …
A study was conducted in Eloor Industrial Area of Ernakulam district of Kerala to assess the level of environmental pollution by pesticide manufacturing factories in this region. Samples like blood, urine, dung and milk were collected from cattle belonging to this area and were analysed for DDT residues using the …
The study was conducted to assess the physico-chemical and bacteriological quality of stored rain water in the ferrocement tanks of Alappuzha District, Kerala. Representative water samples were collected on random basis from ten stations with rain water harvesting facility during the periods January 2006 and April 2006. The present study …
Bamboo sector in Kerala is labour intensive in nature and its employment potential is very high. Value added production, skilled labour and scientific method of production will ensure profit and employment opportunities in the sector. The livelihood security of the MBDs (Marginalised Bamboo Dependents) can be enhanced and improved through …
Effects of industrial effluents on germination, growth, protein content and metal accumulation patterns in Hibiscus esculentus L. were studied. Effluent from two factories in the industrial belt of Cochin, Kerala were used to soak the seeds for germination and to irrigate the seedlings in the field after physico-chemical analysis. Results …
The study involves the atomic absorption analysis of four selected heavy metals lead, cadmium, zinc and copper pollution in the soil samples of Pala municipality. A total of 120 surface soil samples (0-5 cm) and corresponding 120 sub-surface soil samples (5-10 cm) were collected from industrial, agricultural, road side and …
Rivers in the southwest coast of India are under immense pressure due to various kinds of human activities among which indiscriminate extraction of construction grade sand is the most disastrous one. The situation is rather alarming in the rivers draining the Vembanad lake catchments as the area hosts one of …
The Kerala government filed an affidavit in the high court seeking to extend by three months the court's deadline to evict encroachers in Chengara in South Kerala. Landless people had forcibly occupied a rubber estate there. The court had asked the administration to remove the encroachers without using force. But …
The Kerala government has decided to amend the terms of auction of timber and other forest products from government depots and forest ranges for speedy realisation of revenues. The new stipulations, finalised at a high-level meeting convened by Forest Minister Benoy Viswom, specifies that successful bidders would have to pay …
