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 …
Palakkad in Kerala has become the first fully electrified district of the nation. The Union power minister, Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, officially announced this on Tuesday in the presence of the state electricity minister, Mr A.K. Balan. The government had taken out a special package to electrify all the 11 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At a time when large parts of the country remain without electricity, Palakkad district in Kerala is all set to be declared the first fully electrified district in the country. Union Energy Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will make a formal declaration at a function to be held in Palakkad …
PALAKKAD: A mild tremor was experienced in and around Kollengode near here around 8.45 a.m. and 9 a.m. The quake measured 2.2 on the Richter scale as recorded by the Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi. The epicentre of the tremor was at Vadakke Challa. District Collector K V Mohankumar along …
PALAKKAD: The State Government should initiate urgent measures to solve the drinking water problem in Plachimada, said Gandhian and Kerala Sarvodaya Mandalam president M P Mathai. He was speaking after inaugurating the indefinite satyagraha undertaken by Coco Cola Virudha Samara Samithi chairman Velayodi Venugopal and vice-chairman Ramaswamy Moopan under the …
PALAKKAD: A meeting of the river management committee should be convened to sort out the problems in issuing passes for river sand mining. This was decided at a meeting of the district development committee held here on Saturday. The meeting of the river management committee was being convened in the …
A Satish and R Ayyappan ELEPHANTINE CRUELTIES Tuskers made to walk from place to place. Lorries not used to transport them. Made to stand in the hot sun. No thought given to their fatigue and injury. TORTUROUS TALES Kalpathy Kesavan, who succumbed to injuries in Palakkad on November 17, is …
PALAKKAD: The Dam Safety Authority will submit its report to State Government on the causes for the breach of Moolathara regulator-cumbridge within a week, according to Dam safety Authority chairman Justice Rajendra Babu. He was speaking to mediapersons after visiting the Moolathara regulator-cumbridge here on Tuesday. Justice Rajendra Babu said …
Electricity Minister A K Balan visiting the Moolathara dam site in Palakkad on Sunday. PALAKKAD: The right bank of the Moolathara dam (regulator-cum-bridge) in Palakkad district was breached following the release of water from the Aliyar dam by Tamil Nadu. However, no casualties have been reported following the incident which …
PALAKKAD: The right bank protection structures of the Moolathara dam, a weir and regulator-cum-bridge in Chittur taluk, breached on Sunday morning in the heavy inflow of water released from the Aliyar dam in Tamil Nadu, flooding the Chitturpuzha and the Bharathapuzha. Some houses near the dam, a few bridges and …
R Ayyappan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Muduga tribals of the Vettilachola colony spread over 60-odd acres across the Siruvani and Kanjirapuzha forests in Palakkad have gone on the rampage clearing nearly 100 acres of evergreen forest in the catchment area of Kanjirapuzha dam. There is a growing fear that these tribals are being …
A Satish PALAKKAD: Indiscriminate sand mining has been the bane of the Bharathapuzha. But, now a new trend has been spreading like cancer in the rural areas of Palakkad. The plummeting prices of coconuts and the lucrative returns from illegal sand mining vis-a-vis tapping of coconut palms have seen farmers …
Kerala: Windmills threaten environment in Nilgiri biosphere reserve The windmills of Attapadi in Palakkad district are producing power and generating controversy. With more set to come up in the tribal-dominated area close to the Silent Valley National Park, questions about the eco-friendliness of the project are doing the rounds. Is …
Southern Railways plans to prune its train services and further reduce their speed to check increasing incidents of wild elephants being overrun by trains passing through the reserve forest area in the Coimbatore-Palakkad section. A high-level meeting chaired by Southern Railways General Manager V Carmelus with railway officials and officers …
V.S. Palaniappan Stretch between Coimbatore and Palakkad more vulnerable Deadly: These tracks between Ettimadai and Walayar are fatal for elephants that attempt to cross over to human habitations.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Munnar in Idukki district will be declared a bio-zone, Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran said on Friday. All agricultural produces from this picturesque region will be exported through the Perishable Cargo Complex set up at the Cochin International Airport Ltd, Nedumbassery, he said. Farmer co-operatives will be formed for export-oriented …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Forest Minister Benoy Viswom wrote to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, calling for measures to prevent recurring deaths of wild animals on the railway track between Palakkad and Coimbatore. A wild elephant and its calf were killed on the early hours of Wednesday. Recalling previous instances of …
