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 …
Environmentalists have raised serious concern over the indiscriminate felling of trees in different parts of the district in the wake of the freak accident at Kothamangalam in Ernakulam in which five school students were killed after a huge tree fell on the school bus they were travelling in last Friday. …
Restricted mining from 5 rivers for 3 years The government has imposed a total ban on sand-mining from six rivers and restricted mining from five rivers for the next three years. The decision is based on the sand audit report of 11 rivers in the State prepared by various agencies. …
Availability of clean water and adequate sanitation facilities are of prime importance for limiting diarrheal diseases. We examined the spatial information on the groundwater quality and sanitation facilities of a village in southern India using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools. Place of residence, position of wells and latrines were mapped …
The Kerala State Sanitation Mission will entrust an experienced agency to carry out study on the existing status of slaughterhouses and to prepare a detailed project report (DPR). The initiative will help the state to set up modern slaughterhouses at the identified locations to ensure the hygiene standard of the …
The forests in Wayanad, a district with the highest forest cover in the state, are inadvertently paying the price for the Malayali’s love for beef. Thousands of bovines are turned loose into the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) and other forests daily by the fast mushrooming commercial buffalo farms. The farms …
The Thamarassery-diocese led Western Ghats People Protection Council has asked the central government to issue a final notification regarding ecologically sensitive areas exclusively for the state. Reacting to the National Green Tribunal's order after an emergency meeting of the council, held at the Bishop House at Thamarassery on Thursday, Fr …
With the rising price of river sand, the illegal sand-mining lobbies have started turning their attention once again to the poorly guarded coastlines in rural Kozhikode. People attached to a coastal vigilance committee from Chombal say that the entire coastline in their region is currently under the hold of illegal …
District Medical Officer P. K. Mohanan has informed that a lot of cases of Rat Fever were reported from various parts of Kozhikode district even though the cases are not concentrated in any one place. According to a press release, Rat Fever is found to be dangerous for aged persons …
The Wayanad wildlife sanctuary, the second largest in the state and part of one of the most important tiger landscapes, is facing a `Latin American' invasion these days. A rapidly proliferating invasive tree species Senna spectabilis introduced, arguably , as part of social forestry activities some 15 years …
Kozhikode: Environmentalists under the banner of Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi will hold a statewide satyagraha in front of all the district collectorates on Tuesday in protest against the official apathy in implementing the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order. The order made environment clearance mandatory for issuing mining licenses to quarries. The …
The state's first rewilding experiment through voluntary relocation of people, who had inhabited wildlife sanctuaries, has come to fruition as the area is now teeming with wild animals. The settlements in Golur and Ammavayal villages in Wayanad were left by its inhabitants in 2012. The 54 families from the two …
The biodiversityrich Western Ghats have sprung yet another botanical surprise. A two-member team of researchers from the Calicut University has discovered a rare flowering plant species belonging to the Araceae family from the Western Ghats. Researchers, K M Manudev, a PhD student of the botany department and his guide Santhosh …
KOZHIKODE: In the wake of H1N1 claiming its first victim in the district this year on Tuesday, health department has issued warnings to contain further spread of the disease in the district. The district reported one death and four other confirmed cases of H1N1 this month. Experts have warned the …
People residing in the coastal belt of Kozhikode have been forced to stand in long queues in front of the limited number of public taps to fetch water. The councillors here have been inviting the wrath of people who have been denied safe drinking water owing to salinity in the …
Kozhikode people pin their hopes on JICA The city’s proximity to the sea that makes its groundwater saline and the presence of many hills, to which pumping water faces several hurdles, make Kozhikode always thirsty for drinking water. The crisis peaks in the summer, when open wells go dry and …
Cherupuzha River has claimed the lives of innocents, including children. But the river itself is a victim of indiscriminate sand mining. Years of illegal sand mining has led to the formation of deep underwater pits on the river bed, covered flimsily by underwater rocks, giving a false sense of security …
The Kerala Paristhithi Aikyavedi, an umbrella organisation of different environmental groups, has urged voters to take a strict stand against those who showed a callous attitude towards the protection of environment and compromised on important issues, including the protection of drinking water, paddy fields, and ecologically sensitive areas, in the …
Basic Facilities Have Been Denied To 100-Odd Families In Wayanad's Chettiyalathur Village Kozhikode: For the residents of Chettiyalathur village in Wayanad, voting has remained a valuable right even if they have not received anything much in return over six decades since independence. Electricity, roads, hospital, telephone or even newspapers, name …
Rs. 44.19-crore project to build check-dams has been shelved A Rs. 44.19-crore proposal by the Minor Irrigation department to construct check-dams in the district to preserve the water table has been shelved with the State government refusing to spare funds. The proposal was prepared by the department’s district wing after …
Spots like Swapna Nagiri, which is often used as a popular fair ground and a public event venue, can be seen with piles of decomposed garbage dredged out from the bottom of the canal A Rs. 2.41-crore Water Resources Department project to clean up the Canoly Canal is turning out …
