Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Begging for breath: Trapped between industries Kochi residents gasp for fresh air" appearing in The New Indian Express dated 23.02.2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item. The news item reveal the …
KOCHI: Ernakulam District Panchayat vice-president Bindu George presented a Rs 50-crore surplus budget for 2012-13 to the 26-member council on Thursday. The budget envisages a total income of Rs 920 crore and an expenditure of Rs 870 crore. Clean Environs Eco-issues and cleanliness drive will be taken up in a …
Finance Minister K.M. Mani has proposed a two pronged approach to address the state’s worsening waste management crisis with an allocation of Rs 100 crore each for source level waste treatment plants and centralised high tech waste management plants in the state annual budget for 2012-13. It has been proposed …
KOCHI: A delegation of nearly 60 land owners to be affected by the Kochi Metro Rail-related land acquisition drive along Banerjee Road and the road from Jose Junction to Ernakulam South Railway station, along with Hibi Eden MLA, met Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, on Saturday. The meeting was held regarding …
Two major Information Technology (IT) buildings in the State, work on which had been taken up without obtaining the mandatory environment clearance, are among the six ventures that have sought approval from the newly constituted State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC). The first meeting of SEAC, to be held in Thiruvananthapuram …
Eighteen ‘sarpakavus' spread over nearly 35 acres will be covered under the Kerala Forest Department's scheme to protect and conserve the sacred groves in Ernakulam district this year. The government move to protect the natural resource comes in the wake of rampant urbanisation threatening the ecology of the sacred groves …
5.5 km road runs through an environmentally fragile area The Kerala State Coastal Zone Management Authority (KSCZMA) has recommended that the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) provide clearance for the Goshree Island Development Authority's (GIDA) Rs. 97-crore Moolamppilly-Pizhala, Valiya Kadamakkudi-Chathanad Road. The 5.5-km road, passing through an environmentally …
Leopards straying into in villages nestling along the forest fringes in the State, attacking people and their cattle have become a matter of serious concern. The killing of a healthy female leopard that had strayed into the small hamlet of Angamoozhy in the Ranni forest division by an unruly mob …
Chennai-B’lore-Coimbatore- Ernakulam route will also cover Mysore The Indian Railways has given a go ahead for conducting a feasibility study on its most ambitious plan to introduce high speed train on the Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore- Ernakulam route. The route also includes Bangalore-Mysore corridor. Secretary to the State Infrastructure Development Department (IDD) Raj …
The district administration has stepped up efforts to make Ernakulam tobacco-free. An official release issued here on Tuesday said that the administration has tightened enforcement of tobacco control laws in the district giving special focus on how to protect children and adolescents from the adverse impact of tobacco use. Training …
Illegal fishing practices are posing serious threat to fish resources and aquatic biodiversity. Creation of artificial substrata, use of dynamites in shallow parts of seas and fishing during high tides in backwaters have been reported in the State, though such activities have been banned by law. Officials of the Fisheries …
Residents resort to dumping of waste in open spaces Sustainable disposal of residential and municipal waste appears a distant dream for the district. Residents of the city and neighbouring municipalities are at a loss as to what may be done with heaps of garbage springing up even along thoroughfares despite …
Action initiated against local bodies and industrial units The State Pollution Control Board has initiated action against local bodies and industrial units found polluting the Periyar River, based on the water quality levels at select monitoring stations. The Ernakulam Regional Office of the board has asked the Kalamassery Municipality to …
KOCHI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has cleared the Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore pipeline project. Though the MoEF has given the ‘go ahead’, the details are yet to be received, a top official with the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) said.“The implementation of the project is a joint effort …
Laying of pipelines for carrying regassified LNG (liquefied natural gas) from Puthuvype to Kochi and beyond is on schedule and no hitch is expected, according to GAIL (India) Limited officials here. There have been some enquiries from the Forest Department about certain patches of land in Palakkad where the pipeline …
The drinking water supply augmentation scheme for Edavanakkad and Kuzhipally panchayats remains a non-starter despite the allocation of the funds. The delay in finalising the Memorandum of Understanding between various government agencies has in turn delayed the scheme by nearly one-and-a-half years. The blame game of the various departments including …
Plan includes walkway by the Meenachil river Half a dozen tourism projects are being implemented in the district at a cost of Rs. 5 crore by District Tourism Promotion Council this year. Top on the agenda is the Thazhathangadi Beautification Project, being taken up at a cost of Rs.72.23 lakh. …
KOTTAYAM: Union Science and Technology Minister Ashwani Kumar's statement that the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe has not gone down well in Kerala with ruling front ally Kerala Congress (Mani) on Monday announcing its support to a strike call by an anti-dam panel. Government chief whip and senior KC (Mani) …
The District Planning Committee has given approval in principle to the project District Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareeth has said that a final version of a district level project, to be included in the comprehensive health programme that will be implemented in the State during the 12th five year plan starting …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State government to take steps to set up a centralised waste treatment plant for the district. The Bench comprising Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair and Justice P.S.Gopinathan directed the State to file a report regarding the steps taken in …
Eight local bodies in Ernakualm district, including the Kochi Corporation and seven municipalities, have failed to renew the authorisation under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 for collection, segregation, transportation and suitable disposal of municipal waste. The municipalities that have not renewed the authorisation provided by the …
