Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
KOLLAM: Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran has said the Chavara-Panmana Total Drinking Water Scheme will be commissioned this month itself. He was talking to presspersons after inspecting the trial run of the scheme at Panmana Kolathumukku on Friday. Mr. Premachandran said the scheme would cover 23 wards each in Chavara …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned an amount of Rs 40.12 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund to the state government. The loan is intended for the implementation of the eight drainage and flood prevention projects in Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kollam and Thrissur districts. …
Studies on the marine environment of the Kollam coast, south-west coast of India were carried out from June 2006 to May 2008 incorporating variations from pre-monsoon through monsoon to post-monsoon. The parameters studied were surface water temperature, pH, salinity, DO, turbidity, petroleum hydrocarbon content, the nutrients, namely inorganic nitrate, inorganic …
People living near Sasthamkotta Lake in Kerala have received a notice banning them from taking bath, washing clothes and dumping garbage in the lake. The notice also forbids mining in the catchment of the lake. Sasthamkotta lake is a drinking water source for over 700,000 people in Kollam district. It …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: No need to panic. Situation under control. Swine flu has caused more casualties among pregnant women as they failed to report on time to the hospitals. These are the preliminary findings of the Central team that visited Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam to assess the swine flu situation. The team, that …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even though the total number of swine flu cases being reported in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam has started coming down, a total of 46 positive cases and one death was reported in the state on Sunday. Vidhya, 27, of Thirumala from Thiruvananthapuram who was undergoing treatment for pneumonia and who …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With swine flu infections recurring in Kerala, the state authorities today put the number of positive cases at 15 even as they stepped up preventive and awareness campaign across the districts. While 15 patients were under hospital quarantine, another 47 persons were underoing treatment at their homes, a press …
Whereas Sasthamcotta lake in Kunnathoor Taluk of Kollam district is the largest fresh water lake of Kerala, source of water supply to Kollam Municipal Corporation and suburbs and is a Ramsar site deserving to be protected from pollution, sedimentation and encroachment; whereas the lake is subjected to pollution of anthropogenic …
December 26, 2004. The day began with the sun gleaming in through her window while she was busy with her daily chores. By the time the sun went down, Nirmala Martin
KOLLAM: The Vegetable & Fruit Promotion Council Kerala (VFPCK) under the Agriculture Department has launched vegetable cultivation in the Laksham Veedu colonies. The project, christened as
KOLLAM: The Kerala Mineral Research Institute will be established at Chavara in Kollam. The annual general body meeting of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, chaired by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, has taken a decision in this regard. The meeting also decided to give first priority …
KOLLAM: A society for the conservation of Sasthamcotta lake will be constituted with the District Panchayat president as chairman and the District Collector as convener. Heads of various government departments in the district and activists of environmental organisations will also be included in the society. The first meeting of the …
PATHANAMTHITTA: The first general body meeting and association formation of Thengamom micro watershed under the Peringanadu watershed project in the district, which comes under the National Watershed Development Plan of 2007-12, will be held at Thuttuva Bharanikavu Devi temple auditorium in Pallickal panchayat at 2 pm on Tuesday. District Panchayat …
KOLLAM: The Kollam district committee of the Paristhithi-Samrakshana Ekopana Samithi will organise a convention for the protection of Sasthamcotta fresh water lake on May 31 at West Kallada. Human rights activist Joy Kaitharam will inaugurate the convention. Samithi district chairman R.Gangaprasad and general convener Odanavattom Vijayaprakash said that agitational programmes …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Rural Health Mission (Arogya Keralam) has sanctioned Rs 5 crore for the Ayurarogyam project which envisages comprehensive geriatric care focussing on one block of Primary Health Centres. The NRHM assistance comes following the success story of the project which was implemented on a pilot basis in Velinallor …
KOLLAM: The Kerala State Electricity Board is incurring a loss of Rs 450 crore per year because of faulty meters. According to a survey conducted by the INTUC-led Kerala Electricity Employees Confederation, the number of faulty meters in the state is around 22 lakh. The KSEB, in its report submitted …
KOLLAM: Unauthorised sand mining from the Ithikkara river has been intensified in the areas of Chathannoor and Pallimon. The mechanised sand mining by employing workers from other states is posing danger to the environment and the bridges across the river at Ithikkara, Kummallur and Kundumon. In the areas of sand …
KOLLAM: Poet Sugathakumari will inaugurate the Campus Green Project at Member Sree Narayana Pillai Institute of Management and Technology at Sasthamcotta on Wednesday by planting a sapling. The students of the college have undertaken the project as the first phase of converting Mukundapuram into a `green village.
