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 …
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 …
A medical survey conducted by doctors from Kozhikode Medical College in 1981 in Vazhakkad panchayat found that 23 per cent of the men and 21 per cent of the women were suffering from respiratory diseases. The figures for chronic bronchitis were 14 per cent and 8.7 per cent in the …
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 …
travancore Titanium Products ( ttp ) Ltd, long embroiled in a tussle with the Kerala State Pollution Control Board ( kspcb ), may face closure with the State Water Appellate Authority dismissing two of its appeals. The appeals were submitted by ttf with regard to a case on pollution of …
come November and the surroundings of Sabarimala, the hill shrine situated in the southern part of the Periyar tiger reserve in Kerala, take a beating. The annual influx of over two crore pilgrims during the makaravilakku season (November to January) inflicts heavy biotic pressure and widespread environmental damage. According to …
According to recent reports, as many as 50 elephants were killed by poachers in Kerala over the past three to four months. Forest officials in Wynad suspected the number to be even higher. They admitted that it was easier for the poachers to escape across the state boundaries as there …
unscrupulous poaching and smuggling have now virtually rendered extinct rare and beautiful butterflies endemic to the forests of Kerala. Officials of traffic -India, an association working for the prevention of wildlife transaction, recently took note of heavy poaching in the state. The motive behind this largescale
In a bid to protect the ecology of the Kumarakom bird sanctuary, the Kerala High Court recently directed the state government and the Taj Kerala Hotels and Resorts Ltd not to cut, destruct, alter, damage or remove mangroves from the bird sanctuary of the Kumarakom Tourist Complex. The court also …
A study conducted by a team of scientists belonging to the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in Thiruvananthapuram, shows that the use of red palm oil (RPO) could help combat vitamin A deficiency, especially in pre-school children. The study formed part of a …
A MAJORITY of panchayats and municipalities throughout Kerala are soon expected to approve draft projects drawn up by the people's plan campaign. The plan, which had commenced in August 1996, has reached its final stage in the state. Authorities said in Thiruvananthapurarn recently that the campaign had an overwhelming response: …
in the hill streams of Wynad and Malappuram districts in the Western Ghats, aquatic biodiversity gets a raw deal as crude methods are used to trap them. Particularly offensive is the use of copper sulphate (cuso4-locally known as 'thurrussu'). People residing near the Chaliyar river have perfected the technique of …
CLEAN AND SAFE: Cashing in on the growing requirement for clean water, the Pune-based Thermax Ltd is setting up a joint venture company with Culligan Water Technologies Ltd of the US. The new venture - Thermax Culligan Water Technologies Ltd - will provide products and services for quality water in …
IN 1996, Kerala, considered a seismically safe zone, witnessed a tremor of magnitude 2.8 (on the Richter scale). This is not 4D isolated case, for the state has lately been seeing an increase in the frequency of tremors in its central and southern parts. Studies by C P Rajendran and …
in the very first instance in India of tribals getting intellectual property right (ipr), the Kani tribe in the agastyar hills in south Kerala has been awarded Rs 5 lakh for an anti-fatigue drug they have been making from a local herb. The scientific name of the herb is Trichopus …
