Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
KOCHI: The Parliamentary sub committee on Water Resources headed by Rajapathy Sambasiva Rao has found that the 130 year-old Mullaperiyar Dam is posing a threat to the lives of around 30 lakh people living in Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts. Speaking to media after a meeting with the officials …
After its pioneering efforts in universal literacy, Kerala has scored another first with Cheriyanad gram panchayat in Alappuzha district being declared the country's maiden litigation controlled and legal literate panchayat.
A cultural procession held in Thrissur as part of the conclusion of the Central Zone Agriculture Fair on Monday. THRISSUR: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran said that the government aimed at creating at least 100 organic farming villages in the state by the end of the current financial year. He said …
The harvesting of organic paddy cultivated by the Vadakkencherry Padashekhara Samithi was performed here on Thursday. The Vadakkencherry Padashekhara Samithi consisting of 40 farmers had grown paddy in a 75 acre area. This was the second harvest festival being held here. Last year organic paddy cultivation was experimented in the …
At Kuttanad, harvested paddy being packed in gunnybags. A file picture. Reliance's attempt to reach an agreement with the Kuttanad Development Society to buy its entire paddy harvest failed, apparently over the price. ONE of the most sensitive initiatives by Reliance Retail since its foray into the farm sector in …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy on Saturday alleged that the Kerala government had betrayed farmers by failing to release Rs. 60 crore it owed them due to paddy procurement. In a letter to Food Minister C.Divakaran, Mr. Chandy said that the government's procurement commitment came to Rs.17 …
Standing paddy across 10,000 hectares have been destroyed by unseasonal rains. No labour was in supply to harvest the crop in time. Mechanical harvesters couldn't be used since the CPI(M)'s union refused to give timely permission It requires union consent for Kerala farmers to bring in labour from outside or …
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 …
The present study was conducted to analyse the physico-chemical characteristics of effluent discharged from the distillery unit of McDowell and Company situated in Varanadu at Cherthala Taluk, Alappuzha district in Kerala state. (2007)
paddy farmers in Kerala's Alappuzha district have locked horns with the state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (ntpc) over the sharing of Achanakovil River water. The farmers of Veeyapuram, Haripad and Pallippad panchayats in the district's upper Kuttanad area recently held protests complaining that a check-dam built on the river at …
