Reply by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Kerala in Original Application 184/22 filed by M N Jayachandran before the National Green Tribunal. M N Jayachandran in his petition before the NGT had alleged that Biji P Mathew was running tourism activities in the encroached area of the Periyar …
KATTAPPANA: The Idukki Social Forestry Division has started distribution of saplings in the third phase of the Harita Keralam Project. This year, 4,35,000 saplings would be distributed under various schemes in the district, said Assistant Conservator of Forests P.U. Saju. He said that there was a good response from social …
District-level squad formed to implement ban strictly. KATTAPPANA: The district administration will intensify checking on the border routes and plantation areas to counter the use of endosulfan which is reportedly being brought from Tamil Nadu in bottles with fake labels. The raids in the plantation segments would continue and cases …
Chandy says victims found it difficult to seek medical aid outside Kasaragod THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Thursday that a super-specialty hospital would be set up in Kasaragod for treating people suffering from the ill effects of endosulfan. Addressing a meeting of the Collectors here, the Chief …
Proposed dam inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala Forest Research Institute given the task. Pilot study in the region within a fortnight KOCHI: An Environment Impact Assessment of the proposed Kerala Periyar Dam, which will replace the existing Mullaperiyar dam in Idukki, will begin shortly. The Kerala State Electricity Board …
KOCHI: Over a thousand wildlife enthusiasts from across the State have surprised the Forest and Wildlife authorities by volunteering themselves to be part of the proposed State wildlife census. The three-day census, to be held after a gap of nine years, will begin on May 18.
The collector says raids against sand-mining will be intensified in the coming days. KATTAPPANA: The district administration will intensify vigil against illegal sand-mining following the seizure of 39 loads of sand from the Ayyappancoil region of the Periyar in the Idukki reservoir on Sunday. The raid was conducted by a …
Many pesticides banned by developed countries Curbs on pesticides reduced suicides in Sri Lanka KOCHI: The Kerala government's plan to ban the use of a series of pesticides is likely to have a major positive spin-off: a substantial fall in the number of suicides in the State which has one …
KATTAPPANA: Preparations have begun at the Periyar Tiger Reserve and the Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary for a State-wide wildlife survey to be held from May 18 to 20. Sanjayan Kumar, deputy director, Periyar Tiger Reserve, told The Hindu on Thursday that training classes for the Forest Department staff would be held …
Centre weighed down by plant-protection cost Package for victims may be more costly THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Centre government is ruling out a national ban on Endosulfan or support for the cause at the Stockholm Convention on the ground that no cheap alternatives to Endosulfan are available to farmers. But the Centre …
KOCHI: Raging wildfires have destroyed large tracts of forests and grasslands in Kerala. According to available information, over 200 hectares of forest area have been destroyed since January and it is mostly grasslands that are lost to the flames. The State Forest Department has raised concern over the rising incidents …
KATTAPPANA: The district administration has given permission for mining sand from 16 kadavus (sand-mining spots) in the rivers that fall under four grama panchayats in Idukki. The order issued by District Collector M.C. Mohandas under the Kerala Riverbank Protection and Sand-mining Act, allows mining in Upputhara, Ayyappancoil, Vathikudy and Konnathady …
Endosulfan poisoning in Kasaragod district has made the Kerala government cautious in its approach to use of pesticides. Agriculture minister M Retnakaran recently announced that the ban on extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in Kasaragod will be extended to Idukki district. The news augurs well for Idukki, known for its …
Endosulfan liberally used in cardamom plantations Victim of pesticides:A boy suffering from cerebral palsy near Balagram in Idukki district. His father committed suicide by consuming pesticide. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The perception of threat to human and animal health and well-being in Idukki district, as elsewhere in the State, from the excessive and …
Infiltration tests were conducted at three locations in the Pooppara Tribal Colony area, Idukki District, Kerala. Physico-chemical analysis of the soil samples shows that the soil type for the selected locations is sandy clay loam and is acidic in nature with low bio-manure.
PRISTINE NATURE: Nilgiri Tahr in the Eravikulam National Park in Idukki district. How much tourism is too much for Eravikulam National Park? The managers of the national park are thinking aloud regarding the carrying capacity of this tourist locale situated along the crest of the Western Ghats in Idukki district. …
Each tribal family will get up to 10 acres of land Revenue Minister to hand over documents to families in Kannampady settlement 128 tribal settlements in Idukki district KATTAPPANA: Minister for Revenue K.P. Rajendran will on Thursday hand over land documents, under the Forest Rights Act 2006, to 306 Adivasi …
KATTAPPANA: Minister for Tourism Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said that Munnar is a role model in the country in the tourism sector. Inaugurating the newly constructed rooms in the Tea County of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation in Munnar On Sunday, the Minister said that Munnar was being developed on the basis …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: DYFI secretary T.V. Rajesh has asked the government to put an immediate end to use of Endosulfan in the plantations in Idukki. In a statement here on Monday, Mr. Rajesh alleged that Endosulfan was being used in the State under other brand names even after the State government banned …
KATTAPPANA: Even as the Stockholm convention of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on Tuesday proposed a ban on the use of the deadly Endosulfan pesticide, it is revealed that a large number of farmers in Idukki have stepped up its use in cardamom plantations. Unmindful of the ban on …
Jisha Surya KERALA: Novelist and scriptwriter Susmesh Chandroth, hailing from Vellathooval in Idukki, is a staunch advocate of environment conservation in Idukki district. Susmesh urges all the political parties and its candidates to work towards making the high ranges a 'green range.' "Unlike the other districts which rely on industries …
