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 …
A division bench of the Kerala high court has directed the state government to issue guidelines on felling of trees from the forests. The bench noted that loss of trees in the forests would permanently damage the eco-system and, hence, could not be compensated in terms of money. The court …
IF ONLY governance was all about crying over spilt milk. India's administrators have more tears than all the proverbial waters of Neptune. And spilt milk it is when one of the country's most priceless animals, the Vechur cow, is at the sacrificial altar of bureaucratic impotence. An application for a …
A RECENT study has established the presence of high concentration of toxic heavy metals in Chaliyar river in Kerala. The Kerala government has yet to implement the recommendations made by two committees on pollution in the river, which has been caused by Grasim Industries Ltd at Mavoor. The latest study …
The Kerala High Court has issued notices to the Central government and the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu on a petition seeking a direction to the Union government not to increase the water storage level of the Mullaperiyar dam from 41 to 46 metres (m). Justice K A Abdul …
the Kerala government has banned the operation of fishing trawlers in the Arabian coast. The ban has become effective for 45 days starting from June 1, 1998. However, the fishermen have expressed dissatisfaction with the ban period and has demanded to extend the prohibition period. They have planned to demonstrate …
when Kerala government coined the slogan adhikaram janangali lekku (power to people) it sounded like a political gimmick. But after the government entrusted panchayats with the task of supervising local development, what unfolded was beyond the expectations of many. Thousands of villagers, otherwise isolated, now participate in gram sabhas (village …
incessant of power cuts and days without electricity forced them to develop a power generation system of their own. The people who developed the turbine and generator, are no great engineers, just common people from Pathanpara, a tiny village in Kannur district, Kerala. They have set up a unique and …
pollution and commercial fishing are ravaging marine resources in Kerala's coastal waters. Already many species such as the tuna and the prawn are on the decline. If the same trend continues, many of these may well vanish. "Marine fish species have been found with changes in their composition,' says John …
the Kerala government plans to construct 96 kilometres (km) of seawall and restore 48 km during the Ninth Five Year plan. The construction work will cost Rs 310 crore. The government has already spent more than Rs 200 crore for construction of seawall. At a time when coastal erosion is …
after a five-year research, the Kerala Forest Research Institute ( kfri ) in Thrissur, has developed 15 clones of eucalyptus that grow very fast. Now, the institute is planning to register these clones with the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources ( nbpgr ). The new clones are expected to …
the Union ministry of environment and forests ( mef ), has initiated a multi-institutional project to study the environmental impact due to development in Kochi, the harbour city of Kerala. The study, scheduled to be finished by the year 2000, will be followed by specific management plans for critical areas. …
At a recently concluded Kerala Science Congress in Calicut, 275 papers on various subjects were presented by young scientists. Only men below the age of 35 and women below 40 years are allowed to present papers. The scientists urged to strike a balance between development and environment with a view …
kerala, with population density of 787 people per square kilometre and 1,500 in the coastal areas (India's population density is 273), is finding the disposal of waste a major cause for worry. Villages have become towns due to urbanisation. Cities like Cochin, Thiruvanantapuram and Kozhikkode are unable to dispose off …
sea fish landings in Kerala have fallen by nearly 45 per cent as compared to the last year, says Joseph Kalappurakkal, president, All-Kerala Mechanised Boat Operators' Association. Marine scientists have blamed rising global temperature and ruptures in polar ozone layer for the decreasing fish resources. A report on climate change …
THE southern state of Kerala has performed extraordinarily in the areas of public health, education, family welfare and adult literacy. Its success in areas other than population control are easier to understand, but its miracle in bringing down birth rate below replacement level without any significant advance in economic field …
disruption of marine ecology is being blamed for cases of food poisoning leading to paralysis in a large number of people in the southern state of Kerala during September and October. More than 1,000 people were hospitalised with symptoms of food poisoning. Many people collapsed, felt dizzy, and their nervous …
the chairman of the Kerala science, technology and environment department ( sted ), A D Damodaran, has ordered the setting up of the Kerala Biodiversity Board ( kbb ). The board will advise the government on all decisions relating to implementation of provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity ( …
The Kerala High court has admitted a writ petition challenging the proposed 500-MW naphtha power project in the private sector. The project is to be set up at district Kannur with an estimated cost of Rs 1,750 crore. C Rajan filed the petition on behalf of the Association for Protection …
kerala-based Mavoor Gwalior Rayons, the Grasim Industries' pulp and fibre factory owned by the house of Birlas, was pulled up for causing pollution in the area at a public hearing in Kozhikode, Kerala, on October 28. The Kerala state assembly committee for environment and the residents of Mavoor village, district …
Grasim Industries started the plant at Mavoor following an agreement in 1958 between Kerala government and the Birlas. The factory became operational in 1963. Following the expansion of factory with the setting up of the fibre division in 1968, pollution became acute, rendering Chaliyar water into "foul smelling black soupy …
