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 …
State-level expo of organic farm produce begins in Kasaragod Kerala would become an organic farming State in three years, while the district would get the distinction by this December, Agriculture Minister K.P. Mohanan has said. In its bid to re-establish the age-old traditional farming practice, the government will take up …
The authorities are yet to come up with a clear and effective plan to dispose the remaining stock of 1,600 litres of endosulfan in Kasargod. The stock is now kept in high-density polythene drums and the experts say that it will be safe only for three more years. If not …
The mining activities in the seven panchayats of Kasargod district is causing widespread damage to the ecology of the hilly region here, which is part of the Western Ghats. Owing to the indiscreet mining, these areas are fast losing their green cover. Koliyar Hill and Panayar Hill here were once …
Kasaragod has been declared the second zero landless district in the country, after Kannur. At a function here on Monday, 10,271 landless families were given title deeds for three cents land each under the project to ensure land for all in the State. The declaration was made by Minister for …
Thiruvananthapuram: Endosulfan victims have called off their indefinite strike in front of the official residence of the chief minister following talks their representatives had with a group of ministers led by chief minister Oommen Chandy. The government has promised to provide compensation to all deserving people and to include victims …
An indefinite sit-in protest by over 50 endosulfan vicitms from Kasaragod, outside Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s official residence, demanding adequate treatment and compensation, entered the second day on Monday. Though there was an assurance from the government that the Chief Minister would speak to the protesters at 12 noon on …
Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram today to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance. The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of Endosulfan-affected …
Anti-endosulfan activists will take out a march from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday to press for their demands of rehabilitation and financial assistance. The march would be inaugurated later in the evening by ecologist Madhav Gadgil. It would culminate at Shamkhumukham beach here on December 30, Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan, convenor of …
KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday demanded the cancellation of the sanction given for bauxite mining at Kadaladi Para in Kasaragod. He also demanded a probe into the circumstances under which the previous LDF government awarded the sanction in 2007. Chennithala raised the demands in letters sent to chief minister …
The legislative council for the welfare of the women and children will strongly recommend the government to implement the financial aid recommended by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the endosulfan victims and also the families of those who died due to the deadly pesticide, said the council's chairman …
A petition has been moved before the Kerala High Court Registrar for an early posting and hearing of a writ petition seeking rehabilitation, treatment, and welfare of endosulfan victims. The case is pending before the Bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur. In his petition, Kaleeswaram Raj, counsel for the …
Ban on entry of cattle from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu With the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease getting confirmed in Kerala, entry of cattle (cows, bulls, and buffaloes) from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu into Kerala has been banned. V. Brahmanandan, Director, Animal Husbandry Department, told The Hindu that the ban will be …
The Endosulfan Peedhitha Janakeeya Munnani (EPJM) took out a march to the Nenchanparamba locality in protest against the district administration’s failure to clear the earth used to cover a pit where Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd. had allegedly deposited endosulfan. (EPMJ had wanted PCKL to remove the earth over the …
The endosulfan rehabilitation cell demanded that the report of the three-member endosulfan panel headed by justice C N Ramachandran Nair should be rejected and a separate tribunal should be set up for the rehabilitation of the endosulfan victims. The opinion against the report carrying recommendations and suggestions for the victims …
The Malabar Eco-cultural Association has demanded that the report submitted by the Commission headed by C. N. Ramachandran Nair that studied the feasibility of setting up a tribunal to compensate the endosulfan victims be rejected in toto . The Kasaragod-based Association said on Sunday that the recommendation of the Commission …
A day after the Justice Ramachandran Nair Committee submitted its report on the endosulfan issue, outrage has erupted from various quarters in the state. Demanding that the government reject the report, protests will be organised in the coming days. Activists alleged that implementation of the report will only bring more …
Govt Must Form A Team Of Docs To Advise Tribunal: Report The state-appointed three-member expert committee on endosulfan issue has recommended constitution of a single-member tribunal and relief fund for endosulfan victims in Kasaragod. The expert committee was constituted by the government to recommend the source of funds for endosulfan …
Intercropping in cashew estates mooted for better results Field tests for organic substitutes for endosulfan conducted at Kerala Agricultural University’s Cashew Research Station, Madakkathara, are yielding positive results. “For long, the search for organic alternatives has been on. The health impact of the use of endosulfan in cashew plantations in …
Roads washed away, trees uprooted, houses under threat Though there was a brief respite from the rain lashing northern Kerala on Tuesday, people living along the coastline of the district continue to live in fear and agony with unabated sea erosion battering several stretches of the coast. In two separate …
With Kasaragod having declared an organic district, the State-owned Seed Farm here has decided keep all chemical fertilizers and pesticides away from its 25-acre paddy field at Karanthakad this season. The Farm cultivates paddy to supply hybrid seeds to farmers. Deviating from its earlier practice, the Farm this year is …
