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 …
Report submitted by the Additional Chief Secretary, Local Self Government in the matter of K M Sanjeev Vijayan Vs The Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala & Others dated January 4, 2025. The matter related to legacy waste in the Panamanna trenching ground. The report stated that as of now there …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sibi Joseph Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/12/2023. The matter related to illegal operation of quarries in the Palakkad district by M/s Royal Sands and Gravels Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Mary Matha Granites. The NGT, Southern Bench declared …
Present status report filed by the Deputy Collector, Palakkad in the matter of K M Sanjeev Vijayan Vs The Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala & Others dated August 17, 2023. The matter related to the dumping yard of the Ottapalam municipality located in Panamanna ward not complying with environmental laws …
Joint committee report in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order dated December 9, 2021 and January 18, 2023 (Original Application No. 304/2019, M Haridasan Vs State of Kerala & Others). The matter related to stone quarries and crushers operating without requisite safeguards at Kizhakkencherry village, Palakkad district, Kerala. The …
Report filed by the Ottappalam Municipality in the matter of K. M. Sajeevan Vs The Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala, October 31, 2022. The Ottappalam Municipality has prepared an action plan and project report for the removal of legacy waste from the Panamanna trenching ground. The Ottappalam Municipality has prepared …
Objections filed by M/s Royal Sand and Gravels Pvt. Ltd. (Palakkad, Kerala) to the report and status report of the work done by the Joint Committee dated 29/10/2021. The quarry site, in order to be readied for commencing quarrying operations had to be cleared of all over burden/topsoil from the …
Report filed by the Environmental Engineer, Kerala State Pollution Control Board, district office, Palakkad as per the National Green Tribunal order, November 27, 2020. The dumping yard of the municipality located in Panamanna ward is not complying with the environmental laws and is a source of pollution. Solid waste is …
Report filed by the Environmental Engineer, Kerala State Pollution Control Board in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order of November 27, 2020 in the matter of K M Sanjeev Vijayan Vs State of Kerala. The matter related to the dumping yard of Ottapalam Municipality located in Panamanna ward, …
PUNE: Eminent ecologist-scientist Madhav Gadgil on Monday urged the state government not to suppress the Zoning Atlas report, especially for the Konkan region that is witnessing an industrial boom. Zoning Atlas for industries is a process that can help mark the pollution index in a region. It cites the areas …
Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of M. T. Thomas & Others Vs Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Thiruvananthapuram dated 05/02/2018 regarding spoiling of agriculture due to the attack of wild animals. The petitions have been filed by the agriculturalists who own or occupy lands in …
KOCHI: For farmers across the state, this is the time which can bring them a small profit margin. This year's rains have proved adequate for farmers in most of Kerala except Wayanad and Attapady in Palakkad where the producers are not so happy with the harvest. "The crop has been …
Breaking into male bastion, around 300 women have turned well-diggers in a nondescript village in Palakkad district of Kerala to find a solution to the acute water scarcity in the hamlet and earn a living. Even elderly women climb down pits using makeshift bamboo ladders and dig arduously for hours …
While the eviction drive in Munnar has been in the spotlight for all the right reasons, the latest forest data shows that Palakkad has lost more forest land than in Munnar through encroachment. Palakkad district lost a total of 3,819.75 hectares forest land with Manarkkad forest division alone losing 2,700 …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Kerala & Ors Vs Yusuff & Ors. dated 23/02/2017 regarding ownership rights over the forest land measuring around 4.0755 Hectares in Sy. No 2019/Part, situated in Pattassery (Agaly) Village, Mannaghat Taluk, District Palakkad in the State of …
PALAKKAD: The former director of Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) and an expert on wild elephants Dr P S Easa said that the forest department has taken up a project worth Rs 100 crore to protect elephant corridors to prevent elephantsfrom entering into agriculture areas and human habitant. The project …
Coimbatore: Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) on Thursday said it will block the Kerala-bound trains and supplies of vegetables and all essential commodities to its neighbouring state if the Kerala government were to fail to withdraw dam project on Siruvani river. TPDK general secretary K Ramakrishnan said Kerala government had …
On June 9, Meenakshipuram police station in Kerala's Palakkad district registered a case against Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd (HCCBL) for wilfully polluting water sources near its manufacturing plant. HCCBL makes and markets multinational giant Coca Cola's beverages in India. The Plachimada plant of the company, said to be the …
The groundwater table has gone down from one metre to three metres in some parts of the State with the peaking of summer. Palakkad is the worst affected district as the water table has gone down by three metres here, said K.S. Madhu, director of the Groundwater Department. Besides Palakkad, …
Palakkad records 40.8 degrees Celsius Heatwave conditions continued in parts of the State on Wednesday but some respite is expected with rain or thundershowers forecast in the next four days. Palakkad, which has been bearing the brunt of the soaring temperature for the past one week, today recorded a maximum …
Scientists working at Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala’s Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) have discovered two new species of medicinal plants from the Western Ghats. The research team led by K.M. Prabhukumar and Indira Balachandran discovered a new Habenaria species during their floristic explorations in the shola forests on the …
