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 …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Remya P. Vs Dr K M Abraham dated 03/07/2019 regarding compensation for individuals affected by endosulfan. The contempt proceedings have been initiated for non-payment of the compensation of Rupees five lakhs in pursuance of the order of this Court …
Kalamassery municipality asked to ensure scientific treatment of refuse The State Level Monitoring Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal has said that the Kalamassery municipality can include the user fee for waste management in the property tax of those generating it if they refuse to pay the prescribed fee. …
Kochi: All companies, except Merchem Ltd, one of the companies directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to contribute to the remediation of streams that join Periyar River, on ‘polluter pays’ principle, have paid up. The company, manufacturing rubber chemicals, which was closed years ago now wants to reopen, despite …
The Centre has asked states to brace for deficit rainfall this season, although the weather office has stuck to its forecast of normal monsoon. The suggestion came at the Centre’s first meeting on drought management held on Tuesday. The monsoon reached Kerala on June 8 — a week later than …
The government will amend the rules to ensure that captive elephants in the State are looked after well, Minister for Forests K. Raju has said. The amendment is in the wake of the increasing harassment of elephants. It will ensure that captive elephants are looked after well and given proper …
Nipah Virus: The disease spreads through fruit bats or ‘flying foxes,’ of the genus Pteropus, who are natural reservoir hosts of the Nipah and Hendra viruses. Healthcare officials in Kerala are on their toes after a male student in Ernakulam district was admitted to a private hospital last week with …
The health ministry, headed by KK Shailaja which worked overtime during the crisis last year, activated safety protocols at the hospital in Ernakulam and has sent a team of top medical officials to the district. Having learned valuable lessons during the outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kozhikode and Malappuram …
Central PCB’s figures put the town next to Tezpur, which is the least polluted town Pathanamthitta is the second least polluted town in India in terms of air pollution, next to Tezpur in Assam, according to the figures of the Central Pollution Control Board for 2018. Alexander George, District Environmental …
Crop yields are projected to decrease under future climate conditions, and recent research suggests that yields have already been impacted. However, current impacts on a diversity of crops subnationally and implications for food security remains unclear. Here, we constructed linear regression relationships using weather and reported crop data to assess …
Kochi: The proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Brahmapuram would consume two million litres of water per day (2MLD) during the operational phase and generate 2,88,000 litres of blowdown waste water per day according to the draft environment impact assessment (EIA) report. The EIA report and environment management plan (EMP) prepared …
The grave, of an unknown person, is now being called a “dargah” by a section of residents at the Muslim-majority Sooppikkada village in Kozhikode district. They claim the virus targeted the village because the grave was “neglected over the years”. A year after Kerala waged a successful battle to contain …
Stormy scenes at protest venue; agitators threaten self-immolation The Chengottumala Samrakshana Samiti, an action council of local residents and environmental activists, launched an indefinite sit-in on the premises of the Kottur grama panchayat office in Kozhikode on Thursday against the reported plan of the Industries Department to hold a fresh …
Thiruvananthapuram: While state government processes the Supreme Court order to demolish five apartments for violating coastal regulation zone (CRZ) rules, it will also have to answer why it sat over KCZMA (Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority) recommendations on the major CRZ violations in state. The Supreme Court order comes at …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K.J. Peter Vs State of Kerala dated 03/05/2019 regarding fake Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates being issued in the State of Kerala resulting in pollution remaining unchecked. NGT directs that a copy of this complaint be forwarded to Regional Transport …
Thiruvananthapuram: The ongoing attempt of Adani Vizhinjam port private limited (AVPPL) to ensure sourcing of rocks and its transportation for construction of breakwater at Vizhinjam has stumbled upon environmental hurdles. Kerala coastal zone management authority (KCZMA) has directed AVPPL to stop all the ongoing activities being carried out for the …
Malaria cases and deaths steadily decreasing since 2013 The Health Department has called for the early diagnosis and prompt and complete treatment of malaria and sustained vector control measures to help Kerala achieve the target of eliminating malaria by 2020. Kerala had been the first State in the country to …
13 people diagnosed with infection in the past one week There seems to be no let-up in H1N1 (influenza) cases in Kozhikode district as more people are found to be seeking treatment for the disease in the past one week. The Health Department had issued an alert on April 17 …
Govt. mandates all plastic carry bags must have labelling The Kerala High Court has declined to interfere with a government order mandating that all plastic carry bags must have labelling with details such as name and registration of the manufacturer and thickness of the material, and that no plastic carry …
12 cases reported this month The Health Department has issued an alert against H1N1 (Influenza) in Kozhikode district in view of the high incidence of the viral infection in the past three-and-a-half months. District Medical Officer V. Jayasree said in a release on Wednesday that 12 cases had been reported …
A senior official in the PMO Tuesday described the 2018 Kerala floods as "rarest of the rare" events and said India has been experiencing weather and climate related loss and damage. Speaking at a workshop organised by the environment ministry on National Consultation on Loss and Damage, P K Mishra, …
