Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
ALAPPUZHA: Alappuzha municipality has come in first position in Kerala in the Swachh Survekshan- 2019 survey conducted by the ministry of housing and urban affairs. Last year, Alappuzha was in second position in the state in the world’s largest cleanliness survey. In National level, as many as 4237 cities have …
Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru are three of the cleanest cities in India, with municipal waste management systems that actually work – says a latest rating by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The three cities will be awarded CSE’s Clean City award here today by the Union urban development minister …
Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru are three of the cleanest cities in India, with municipal waste management systems that actually work – says a latest rating by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The three cities will be awarded CSE’s Clean City award here today by the Union urban development minister …
The Alappuzha municipality has resolved to strictly enforce the ban on plastic carry bags, notwithstanding the opposition that has been raised by a few traders’ groups. Speaking to media persons at a hurriedly-called press conference here on Thursday, Alappuzha municipal chairperson Mercy Diana Macido accused certain commercial establishments, mainly textile …
Mararikulam MLA T.M. Thomas Isaac has called for adopting a scientific approach to resolve the issue of waste menace in Alappuzha town and adjoining areas. At a press conference, Dr. Isaac said waste management efforts being undertaken by the Alappuzha Municipality were in the process of attaining the intended results. …
Alappuzha : People in Kerala have decided to take up the issue of contaminated and insufficient water supply as a major poll issue since the state government has failed to fulfill its promise to provide safe drinking water. Hundreds of villagers who live near the low lying water logged regions …
The septage treatment plant in Ernakulam will be completed in six months and it will be followed by the one in Alappuzha and Palakkad. Modern garbage treatment plants with the latest technology will be set up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode, Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali told the Assembly …
Road Fund Board to take loans for work A Rs.10,000-crore project for the development of 22 roads, including the hill highway, in the State to overcome traffic problems was cleared by the Cabinet on Wednesday. Briefing mediapersons after the Cabinet, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the Kerala Road Fund Board …
State Human Rights Commission member R. Natarajan has asked for a report from the Alappuzha Municipality secretary on a petition filed by the Human Rights Protection Council on waste illegally dumped in various parts of the town. The petition filed by Council State secretary G. Samuel had alleged that waste …
Tension prevailed in the area as local people resisted the attempts of the Alappuzha Municipality to dump waste at the road near the Women and Children Hospital here in the wee hours of Wednesday. The authorities tried to dig up a hole and dump the waste at around 2.30 a.m. …
An all-party delegation led by Alappuzha Municipality chairperson Mercy Diana Macido, along with Union Minister of State for Power K.C. Venugopal, will visit Chief Minister Ooomen Chandy on Monday evening to seek the State government's help in sanctioning the Rs.2 crore project to tackle the waste problem in the municipality. …
With piles of waste mounting in Alappuzha town, the municipality has decided to act tough by imposing a fine on those found throwing waste in public places. Waste dumps have been mounting in the town for the last few days following suspension of transportation of waste to the waste processing …
Cherthala municipal chairperson Jayalakshmi Anilkumar said that it was planning to install e-toilets in the municipality. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the municipal chairperson said that three e-toilets with a total estimate of Rs 15.75 lakh will be installed in three locations in the municipality. She later told …
