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 …
The Canolly canal and the Kallayi river will be de-silted soon with assistance from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), District Collector K.V. Mohan Kumar said here on Tuesday. Approval of the Shipping and Navigation Department had been obtained for deepening the Canolly canal at a cost …
Private agencies to be roped in The Vadakara Municipality is planning to team up with various private agencies in the region to take up a comprehensive source-level waste treatment scheme with the support of residents and industrial units. A special fund will be earmarked to support the scheme, which will …
The Ecosan toilet project formulated by Centre for Water Resources and Management (CWRDM), here, to curb groundwater pollution due to the unscientific treatment of septage, is scripting a new story in ecological sanitation in the district. As a pilot project, the CWRDM established Ecosan toilets at four locations in Chathamangalam …
Epicentre was 4 km north of Karipur: CESS A earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale was experienced in different parts of Kozhikode district and bordering areas of Malappuram district around 2.15 p.m. on Wednesday, sending a wave of panic among the people. No loss of life or large-scale destruction …
A seminar on ‘effective waste treatment measures' jointly organised by the district chapter of the Institution of Engineers and the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) here on Thursday called upon the city Corporation to take up a public campaign for solid-waste treatment by mobilising the support of all residents' associations, …
KOCHI: To prevent the illegal dumping of waste in public places, the Corporation will soon launch a special health squad. The squad will be divided into four units consisting of officials from the health department of the Corporation. Announcing the plan to set up the units at the launch of …
Reviving its preference for hydel systems as sources of sustainable power generation, the State once again is opening up investment opportunities in ‘green' power with the identification of 57 small hydro-electric projects that have a combined capacity to generate nearly 170 MW of power (more than 440 million units a …
Studies carried out by a team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) have revealed high levels of phosphorus in the soil samples from Kozhikode and Wayanad districts. Overuse of chemical fertilisers and neglect towards soil test-based fertiliser recommendations have resulted in imbalances in the nutrient levels …
KOZHIKODE (Kerala), 6 APRIL: Expressing opposition to the mineral mining policies of the Centre which had led to the “loot and plunder” of countrys natural resources, the CPI-M today asked government to ensure that mining was undertaken only by public sector or state-owned enterprises after securing prior consent from Gram …
To tide over the power crisis, the Centre has allotted 50 MW of additional power to the state, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said here on Sunday. Speaking after inaugurating the 400/220 KV substation of the Power Grid Corporation at Ellapully here, Shinde said that it was only three …
Finance Minister K.M. Mani has proposed a two pronged approach to address the state’s worsening waste management crisis with an allocation of Rs 100 crore each for source level waste treatment plants and centralised high tech waste management plants in the state annual budget for 2012-13. It has been proposed …
Kozhikode: The World Bank has approved a $ 352-million credit for the National Dairy Support Project. The project will cover over 40,000 villages across 14 major dairying states in the country, benefitting an estimated 1.7 million rural households. The States included in the project, such as Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, …
Additional power of 75,000 MW to be generated in five years Union Minister of State for Power K.C. Venugopal said here on Monday that work on the Mysore-Kozhikode transmission line would start soon as the project had secured the final environment clearance from the Union Ministry of Forests and Environment. …
The State Government has given the nod for installing garbage processing units based on modern technology in all the districts of the state. Local bodies will have to provide the necessary land and the full expenditure of installation of units will be borne by the State Government. Briefing mediapersons on …
The State Assembly committee on environment has called for a report from the District Collector on environmental problems stemming from the levelling of hills and conversion of paddy fields in the district. The committee, headed by C.P. Muhammed, MLA, announced that it would recommend to the government setting up of …
Laying of pipelines for carrying regassified LNG (liquefied natural gas) from Puthuvype to Kochi and beyond is on schedule and no hitch is expected, according to GAIL (India) Limited officials here. There have been some enquiries from the Forest Department about certain patches of land in Palakkad where the pipeline …
To be commissioned in 30 months once land is available The Central government has accorded clearance for a Rs.5-crore project for tourism development at the Peruvannamuzhy-Kakkayam dam site. The proposal has been submitted by Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar. Kozhikode MP M.K. Raghavan's office here said Union Minister of Tourism …
The Oleena Mahila Samajam and Green Kerala Bioscience, both Kozhikode-based organisations, have introduced a novel method for scientific organic-waste processing with the technical support of JMS Bio Tech, Mysore. Oleena chairperson T. Sujatha told presspersons here on Wednesday that the new organic solution, named OS1, converted organic waste to manure …
KOCHI: The Public Works Department (PWD) has formulated 50 projects which will be implemented in the state soon, PWD Minister V K Ebrahim Kunju has said. “Most of these projects have already begun. Strict instructions have been given to the officials concerned to complete the projects on time. A state-level …
The Suchitwa Mission has recommended setting up at Brahmapuram a mega plant capable of processing about 500 tonnes of municipal solid waste generated daily in Kochi corporation areas and nearby municipalities. Experts associated with the mission told The Hindu on Monday that the plant will work on a German technology …
