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 …
Biotech, a Thiruvananthapuram-based institution, which is engaged in bio-waste management and non-conventional energy generation programmes, has acquired an innovative technology for generating diesel from plastic waste. The technology developed in Austria is being promoted in India by the TVS Group. Biotech recently signed an agreement to associate with Haritha NTI …
KOCHI: The student community here joined hands on Monday to learn more about various aspects related to climate change through the medium of arts. An initiative of the Association of British Scholars (ABS), Kochi, and British Council, the event has been designated as
Higher demand and better prices have helped seafood exporters step up their business in the current fiscal. The exports are likely to achieve the target of $2.5 billion set for 2010-11.
KOCHI: As the waste menace is continuing to be a major headache for residents and authorities, the newly formed Thrikkakara Municipality is planning to initiate steps to tackle the issue.
With an aim to boost to exports of ornamental fish in the country, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), has finalised the guidelines on green certification. The norms for the green certification have been prepared after long deliberations with various national and global organisations. Green Certification is given to a …
On Thursday, the water treatment plant in Aluva near here suspended its operations for more than five hours during the early hours of the day after finding a considerable rise in salinity levels that had reached the magnitude of 1,700 p.p.m (particles per million). A delay in constructing a temporary …
The Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme will be launched within the Kochi Corporation limits soon. The scheme is meant to provide a fixed number of work days at a minimum wage to one member of each family within the Corporation area. A decision in this regard was taken at a …
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink, aptly sums up the situation in West Kochi area which is reeling under severe water shortage even before the onset of summer. Surrounded by water bodies, the scarcity of potable water in West Kochi is not just ironic but also tragic. …
Exotic fish varieties will not be introduced in reservoirs as part of the reservoir fisheries programme, said P. Krishnaiah, Chief Executive Officer, National Fisheries Development Board. Talking to mediapersons here on the sidelines of the Asian-Pacific Aquaculture and giant prawn conference, Mr. Krishnaiah said that the board was in favour …
A caution sounded by the Forest Department against permitting vehicles through forest routes was disregarded and this resulted in the Pulmedu stampede, forest officials said on Sunday. The authorities had successfully enforced a ban on vehicles through the forest routes some four years ago for the safety of pilgrims. The …
The Kerala Forest Department will suggest a ban on vehicular traffic through forest routes and restrictions on pilgrims' inflow into the Sabarimala temple in the wake of the Pulmedu accident that claimed 102 lives, informed sources said. The vehicular traffic along the hardly five-metre-wide forest route to Pulmedu shot up …
Genetic Modification (GM) technology should be rationally approached and kept open as one of the components of future food security, said M. Vijayan, distinguished scientist and DAE Homi Bhabha professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Talking to The Hindu on the sidelines of a colloquium on Research and …
Among the captive elephants, the most attractive ones are those caught from the forests of the Kerala-Mysore border. They have attractive features such as a long trunk, symmetric and wide tusks, broad and projected forehead, honey-coloured eyes and a long tail. The forehead and trunk of Kerala tuskers are pitchblack. …
The Asia-Pacific Aquaculture meet will be held in Kochi from January 17. According to K.R. Viswambharan, Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, delegates and marine science experts from USA, Australia, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangkok, Norway and Germany would participate in the meeting. A session on aquaculture practices for fish farmers will be organised …
KOCHI: A major mishap was averted after a leak of highly inflammable naphtha from a tanker, bound for NTPC plant in Cheppad, was detected at the Ernakulam South railway station on Tuesday. The leak in the valve was detected in the afternoon. This resulted in disruption of train traffic for …
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation authorities and the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) officials will discuss various issues related to the shortage of potable water in the city at a meeting convened by Finance Minister Thomas Isaac to be held on January 11 at the Ernakulam Guest House.
KOCHI: Despite the long rainy season, Tripunithura has been suffering from acute shortage of potable water. Even as the authorities find excuses in frequent power failure and technical snarls for the interruption in water supply, people are having a tough time getting potable water. The officials with Kerala Water Authority …
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: The environment panel of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has in its report after the site visit to Pambaimoola recommended that the development of Edakochi has to be addressed through permissible eco-friendly projects in CRZII areas. This will go a long way in protecting such …
