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 …
Fires are raging on a daily basis in the forests of Kerala as major rivers, freshwater lakes and ponds have begun to dry up at the very start of the summer. Weathermen are warning that the heat could get more intense in the coming days and rains are unlikely immediately. …
Court says writ petitions are maintainable Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered the State government and the Idukki Collector not to demolish the controversial check-dams on two estates of Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company in Munnar for three weeks. The court referred three writ petitions filed by the …
The Tata Tea company running the Kanan Devan Hill plantation tea estates in Munnar, on Wednesday scored a temporary victory over the CPI (M) Government of Kerala with the Kerala High Court ordering status quo for three weeks on the two dams and an electrified fence
KAIFI and I The English Version Book Launch KOCHI: The petition filed by Tata against the show-cause notice issued by the Idukki District Collector seeking reasons for not removing the check dams and the rose plantation on the land which is in the company
George Joseph / Kochi February 09, 2010, 0:49 IST Trade unions affiliated to the political parties which dominate the ruling CPI(M)-led government in Kerala have openly protested at the latter
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amidst the confusions over removal of check dams in Munnar, the Irrigation Department has now authorised the District Collector of Idukki to take necessary action against any illegal check dam in Munnar. The decision of the Irrigation Department is learnt to have been taken as part of strengthening the …
The Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Ltd, a Tata arm managing tea estates in Munnar, petitioned the Kerala High Court on Thursday against the Idukki District Collector
After A week-long deliberations at political and governmental levels, the CPM-led Cabinet on Tuesday decided to take action against illegal encroachments at Munnar hill station. Unlike the earlier and unaccomplished one-man Munnar mission of Chief Minister Minister V S Achuthanandan, this time the eviction drive would be supervised by a …
George Joseph / Kochi February 03, 2010, 0:23 IST As part of a move against illegal construction and land acquisition at the tourist centre of Munnar in Idukki district, the Kerala government decided today to demolish two check dams constructed without permission of the government by the Tata Group. The …
VR Jayaraj | Idukki Even as the burning issue of the 114-year-old Mullaperiyar dam on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border is being looked into by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, Kerala, in whose territory the dam is situated, is confidently continuing its efforts to build a new dam further …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A special team headed by Vigilance officer (Survey) Biju Prabhakar will conduct a detailed investigation into the land encroachments in Munnar, Revenue Minister K P Rajendran said in a statement here on Thursday. The Vigilance wing of the Revenue Department also will be involved in the investigation, he said. …
Thiruvananthapuram: The issue of encroachments in Munnar on Wednesday returned to haunt the CPM-led Left Democratic Front government in the state with Kerala high court seeking a report in this regard. Expressing concern, a bench of Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan observed,
Vaiko (V Gopalaswamy), general secretary of Tamil Nadu's Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetta Kazhakam (MDMK), threatened Kerala with 'economic blockade' if it went ahead with the plan for construction of a new dam near the 113-year-old one at Mullaperiyar in Idukki district, along the border between the two States. Talking to newsmen …
IDUKKI: Kerala will submit a detailed project report to the Centre over the proposed construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar in place of the existing structure within six months. This was stated by N K Parameswaran Nair, convenor of the three-member Mullaperiyar cell recently set up by the state …
The water level in the 113-year-old masonry dam at Mullaperiyar on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border remained just two points below the maximum permitted level of 136 feet escalating panic among the people living on the banks of River Periyar in Idukki district of Kerala. On Sunday evening, the water level, …
KOCHI: The High Court on Thursday issued an order banning the mining of river sand in Idukki district. Disposing off a petition filed by the Upputhara grama panchayat authorities against unauthorised sand mining, Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan said that neither the State Government nor the district collector had issued any …
The environmental monitoring programme on water quality carried out by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment and the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management has thrown light on the water quality parameters of the river basins in the State. The report has given clean chit to …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Munnar in Idukki district will be declared a bio-zone, Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran said on Friday. All agricultural produces from this picturesque region will be exported through the Perishable Cargo Complex set up at the Cochin International Airport Ltd, Nedumbassery, he said. Farmer co-operatives will be formed for export-oriented …
