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 …
Under the thick canopy of a peepal tree, beside the road that winds to Pallur Ooru in Attapady in the Western Ghats, is a small tribal burial ground. There are no tombstones to mark the graves and on closer look one sees tiny mounds where the mud has been disturbed. …
Nabard Funding For Kanjikode Power Project Fails To Materialise Thiruvananthapuram: Solar power projects, it seems, are not having a smooth run even under the aegis of the state electricity board. After its efforts to source financial assistance for a 1 MW grid-connected solar power generation unit at Kanjikode in Palakkad …
The Kerala State Planning Board will submit a Rs.1,222 crore Bharathapuzha Basin Development Plan soon to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for getting financial aid from it for the project. The Planning Board member C.P. John told The Hindu on Saturday that the Planning Board held discussions with the WWF …
State had demanded Rs.7,888 crore The Union government has sanctioned a drought-relief package of Rs.107 crore to Kerala. The amount was sanctioned by the National Disaster Management Committee, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, to carry out long-term agricultural projects and to resolve drinking water shortage in some districts. State’s …
Investigation report on death of tribal infants at Attappady A UNICEF investigation report on the recent infant deaths at Attappady says that “anaemia in pregnant mothers and inadequate nutrition” are the main causes for the tragedy. “Lack of medical facilities and trained medical personnel and inadequate transport facility also caused …
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has chosen Palakkad as a high priority district,followedby Wayanad and Malappuram in the state, to implement its Call to Action plan to addresschild mortality and maternal issues in the wake of Attapadi malnutrition deaths. The agency plans to take the programme forward after a …
On 28 MAY, as the rest of Kerala was eagerly waiting for the monsoon rains, a distraught Veera Swami performed the last rites of his four-month- old son in Pagalayur village. It was the 28th infant death this year in the picturesque Attapadi hills populated by tribals in Palakkad district. …
One confirmed, nine suspected dengue cases Nine suspected cases of dengue fever and one confirmed case were reported from the district on Friday. One case of dengue fever was confirmed from Mathur village near Palakkad. Nine suspected cases were reported from Vadakkumcherry, Pudussery, Elappully, Katampazhipuram, Pallasena, Pirayiri, Nemma, and Vandazhy, …
There Is A Rise In Number Of Jaundice Cases Reported In The Tribal Block After malnutrition deaths, Attapadi is now staring at waterborne diseases. There is a rise in number of jaundice cases reported in all three panchayats in the tribal block. Pudur village witnessed the first jaundice death – …
Fewer fever cases reported on Sunday Fever cases seemed to show a decline on Sunday with 9,289 people reporting with fever in various outpatient clinics in government hospitals across the State, as against Saturday’s figure of 14,631. The inpatient admission also showed a decline at 377 against Saturday’s figure of …
A simple initiative to recharge the open wells using rainwater harvesting techniques seems to be yielding dividends in enhancing ground water levels in several parts of Thrissur district. About 8,110 wells of households and institutions have been recharged under the project, with the support of the government, ever since it …
Kerala has dominated the National Plant Genome Saviour Awards for the second successive year by grabbing the community award as well as the newly-introduced individual awards. While the Plant Genome saviour Community Award for 2012 was bagged by Palakkad Rice Farming Community, Ciby Kallingal of Pattikkad, Thrissur, and N Vasavan …
Restoration of lost land to tribes remains a mirage, says NGO study Despite epochal laws and Supreme Court orders, restoration of tribal land remains a mirage, a study has said. In Attappady alone, over 10,796.19 acres had been alienated from tribespeople between 1960 and 80, reportedly the highest in the …
CAG sees weak political will, highlights failure of scheme A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has charged the State with a lack of political will in providing land to landless tribal people in the State. The Audit Report (General and Social Sector) of the CAG for the financial year …
192 ponds to be restored in Palakkad Minister for Water Resources P.J. Joseph has said that schemes have been drawn up to renovate 192 ponds in the district on a war footing. He was addressing a review meeting, attended by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, on drought-relief measures in the district …
Five tribal children have reportedly died due to malnutrition at Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala this year. The total deaths due to malnutrition in this tribal area has touched 24 in the last 15 months. The CAG report on social sector for 2012, which was tabled in the state …
About two lakh people in Palakkad’s Chittur taluk are facing acute drinking water shortage even as a high-level central team visited the drought-affected areas there on Tuesday. Officials of the Kerala Water Resources Department said the shortage would be severe if Tamil Nadu did not release water from Parambikulam. Drought …
Mahatma Gandhi University Vice-Chancellor A.V. George has called for the preparation of a comprehensive water management plan for the entire State as it faced the possibility of a severe drought. He was inaugurating a seminar on ‘Groundwater Resource of Kerala: Retrospect and Prospects’ organised by the Department of Geology, Government …
Labourers From NE Could Be Carriers Of Leishmaniasis Thiruvananthapuram: After a study on domestic migrant labourers revealed that a growing number among them might be carriers of HIV virus, a new fear has emerged that they could be also carriers of Leishmaniasis, also known as Black Fever or Kala Azar, …
As part of a project to tackle man-animal conflict in the North Wayanad forest division, villages bordering the forests in the Thirunelly grama panchayat limits have been ringed with a 34-km solar fence to stave off raids by wild animals. The Kerala Forest Development Corporation has installed the fence for …
