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 …
Management of slaughter house waste and other solid wastes are among the top projects that have a common thread among the people in the district. According to the projects that have been sent to the district Health as part of the Comprehensive Health Plan under the 12 {+t} {+h} Five-Year …
Noxious fumes may trigger ailments: PCB Burning of plastic waste has become rampant in various parts of Ernakulam district, especially after the authorities initiated action against dumping of solid waste in public places. Thousands of plastic carry bags containing solid waste generated in homes are burnt in the open, triggering …
State-owned gas utility GAIL India on Sunday said it has signed an agreement to buy 3.5 million tonnes a year of Liquefied Natural Gas LNG for 20 years from a US firm to meet India's growing energy needs. “GAIL has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for supply of …
Allaying the fears of the dissident groups and civil society organisations, the District Collector has said that land acquisition for widening the Vyttila-Pettah -Tripunithura Road will be done only after detailed consultations. The members of the civil society had protested against the widening of roads to 30 metres saying it …
KSTP aims to improve traffic flow and road safety on the State's primary road network, and strengthen the institutional and financial capacity of key transport sector agencies. Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 1: The World Bank is learnt to have accorded the go-ahead to the second phase of the Kerala State Transport Project …
Subsidy on biogas units will be raised: Muneer The government proposes to issue ordinances amending the Acts governing municipalities and panchayats to mandate stringent punishment to those who pollute the environment with garbage and other waste materials. Minister for Panchayats and Social Welfare M.K. Muneer stated this while inaugurating a …
Evergreen Mission Community Development Services has recommended a low cost portable bio-waste management method. Varghese John, secretary of the initiative, said here on Monday that the system is eco-friendly, easy to implement and maintenance-free. He said that three bins will be used to process the kitchen waste generated in homes. …
KOCHI: With the High Court banning the dumping of waste, the city police are on their toes to catch the law breakers, including those who dump sewage waste on river side and in open areas. The police have registered more than 30 cases within two days of the High Court …
KOCHI: In the wake of the Kerala High Court order on waste dumping, the Kochi Corporation is planning to put a blanket ban on plastic carry bags. While initiating steps to implement the directions as per the court order, the Kochi Corporation will also consider the viability of a total …
Manmohan to take up the issue with Pranab Mukherjee Chief Minister Oommen Chandy met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday with a delegation of eight of his Cabinet colleagues and sought over Rs.11,000 crore as a special financial package for the development of the State. Dr. Singh promised to …
NEW DELHI: If the Union Finance Ministry does not scuttle it as it had done in 2009, then Kochi Metro will get the Cabinet approval soon. The Urban Development Ministry has finalised the Cabinet note on the Kochi Metro and it is expected to be taken up for consideration in …
Out of 197 flats, 111 have set up waste treatment systems Kochi is aiming to become the first city in the country to have waste processing units installed in all its apartment complexes. Of the 197 flats in the city, 111 have become self-reliant with waste management system and efforts …
Gun shots booming in the coastal area of Kochi are worrying wildlife managers. With the arrest of four youths from Chellanam on Monday for gunning down pond herons, the fears that the coastal area has become the killing field of birds are gaining ground. Wetland birds are falling easy prey …
Draft proposals for formation of authority The Vembandu-Kol Eco Development Authority (VEDA) will ensure a ‘sustainable and healthy Vembanad socio-ecological system which supports its rich biodiversity and the livelihood needs of the stakeholders,' according to the draft proposals for the formation of the authority. (The proposals, prepared by the State …
The total number of fever deaths reported in the district this year has more than doubled from last year. While a total of 8 cases were reported in 2010, the number has so far reached 20 this year. The increase is mainly owing to the diseases including leptospirosis (rat fever), …
Mata Amritanandamayi Math is to extend its popular cleaning project, ‘Amala Bharathom’, to Sabarimala as a part of the much sought-after massive sanitation programme of the State government at the pilgrim centre. In a statement issued here on Friday, Vice-chairman of Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Swami Amritaswarupananda, said the Math would …
Owing to a surge in global demand for organic feed, the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) seeks to actively promote organic aquaculture in suitable areas. Ms Leena Nair, Chairperson, MPEDA, said fish products are considered health food and the organic fishery market is valued at $800-900 million. Organic aquaculture …
The residents of Chellanam are trying to overcome the fate of forever being on the fringes of development priorities by forming a project to tap the tourism potential of their village. A detailed Fort Cochin-Alappuzha Corridor Tourism (FACT) project has been prepared by the Chellanam Agri and Tourism Development Society …
‘Let it be laid on coastal bed instead of cutting across fertile land’ As many as 32 families residing in Kariangala Gram Panchayat limits (in Kariangala and Ammunje Village) unanimously proclaimed non co-operation to the proposed Kochi-Kootanad-Bangalore-Mangalore Natural Gas Pipeline Project of Gas Authority of India (GAIL), which will be …
Thrikkakara municipality is far from finding a permanent solution to garbage management as it continues with its archaic and unscientific method of dumping waste in pits dug up in an open space and spreading earth over it. A naturally-formed trench sandwiched between the offices of the municipality and the district …
