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: Blame it on the lackadaisical attitude of the civic body of Kochi and the health department of the city. Sheer negligence on the part of the authorities has paved the way for the leakage of the biogas plant at Ernakulam Market. The decayed waste from the plant has flowed …
KOCHI: The Ernakulam district is set to become the country's first tobacco-free tourism destination with the action plan, towards achieving the feat, on the anvil. The plan aims at making public places in the district totally free of tobacco by June 2011.Special workshops will be held for officials, law enforcers, …
KOCHI: The State Government has sanctioned a fund of Rs 1 crore for the district to deal with natural calamities for the current year, District Collector M Beena has said. An amount of Rs 30 lakh of the allotted fund will be utilised for providing drinking water during disaster, Rs …
KOCHI: The first phase of national census began in the district on Wednesday with the collection of data from Justice V R Krishna Iyer. The census activities will be supervised by secretaries at the corporation and municipality levels and tahsildars at village level. Additional District Magistrate Mohandas Pillai heading a …
KOCHI: Over 150 representatives and officials from various panchayats in Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Kottayam participated in a one-day awareness training programme on coastal regulation zone (CRZ) conducted by the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) here on Wednesday. District Collector M. Beena inaugurated the programme at the Ernakulam Town Hall …
Rohith Raj K KOCHI: Road accidents are not accidental. We see many a life lost to speeding buses and rash drivers on the road. Kochi witnesses the violation of traffic rules every day and we are left to wonder why the authorities fail to insist on safety measures.
A study carried out by the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) has reported heavy metal pollution in Vembanad Lake and the rivers emptying into it. The Vembanad wetland system is straddles Alappuzha, Kottayam and Ernakulam districts. It lies at sea level, and is separated from the Arabian Sea by …
KOCHI: The groundwater Department is upbeat as the rain water harvesting programme introduced in the State four years ago has started yielding positive results with the groundwater level in several parts of the district showing signs of improvement. In Ernakulam district, the department had bored 62 observatory wells in the …
Engineers in Kochi are giving final touches to the 4.62-km-long rail bridge connecting the mainland to the proposed international container transshipment terminal on Vallarpadam island across the Vembanad lake in Ernakulam district of Kerala. Due to be commissioned in November this year, it will be the longest rail bridge in …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Around 14.52 percent of the total area in the state is prone to floods. Alappuzha district has been identified as the most flood-prone district and Idukki is the least flood-prone area. These facts were revealed during the preparation of the district-level hazard zonation maps by the Centre For Earth …
KOCHI: The draft plan of Ernakulam District Panchayat worth Rs 23.85 crore for the current financial year was presented at the development seminar held here on Monday. As per the draft, Rs 12.02 crore has been allocated for projects under the general category and Rs 7.06 crore for special component …
KOCHI: Kerala is targeting fish production in 10,000 hectares through the Matsya Keralam project in inland areas, said Fisheries Minister S Sarma. Matsya Keralam has succeeded in making fish production a people
