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 Forest Department on Friday submitted before the Kerala High Court that the Cherunelli estate in the Nelliampathy forest region has been notified as reserve forests. According to the state, 296 acres are notified as reserve forest. The state further submitted that in an order dated January 20, 2006, the …
Solar fences will henceforth secure human settlements and farmlands in the three forest divisions of Wayanad from wild animal raids that have lead to several man-animal conflicts in recent years. Solar fences will be installed along a length of 300 km in the forest divisions of Wayanad North and South …
The Kerala Water Resources Department will review the safety aspects of all dams under it. A conference convened by Minister for Water Resources P. J. Joseph took the decision in view of the overtopping of the Pazhassi Dam early this week. It decided to replace all the shutters of the …
Area adjacent to Muthikulam and Siruvani forests The Tribunal for Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands)- First Additional District Court has declared as evergreen forest 37.32 hectares of land claimed by a private party as cultivated area at Anakaranam Malavaram of Palakkayam village in the Mannarkad Forest …
A satyagraha organised by various environmentalists and social organisations in front of the District Collectorate demanding steps to protect the ecologically fragile Nelliampathy forests was inaugurated by S. Shankar, senior scientist of the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), on Wednesday. The organisations demanded that the government take over all lease-expired …
Environmental organisations have come out against the reported move to revive a proposal to set up a mineral water-bottling plant in the buffer zone of the Silent Valley National Park. When the proposal was made two years ago, the State government and the district administration had objected to it, with …
Melanism can be seen more in the evergreen habitat of the Western Ghats where the interiors of the forests are dark Melanism found in some animals at the Parambikulam forests in Palakkad district of Kerala has caught the imagination of wildlife enthusiasts. Recently, managers of the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve obtained …
Forest officials warn State of an environmental catastrophe in Nelliampathy The Forest Department has warned the State government of an environmental catastrophe in Nelliampathy, leading to disasters such as landslips, from destruction of forests by people and ecological factors. Giving the warning, a report, titled “Environmental catastrophes await Nelliampathy,” sent …
Local resistance against converting agriculture land as small plots for real estate business has started yielding results in some parts of the district of late. In many places, local environmental groups and farm workers have come forward to resist the conversion of paddy fields and other agricultural land. The Kerala …
Seminar for health care providers today The UNICEF in association with the Amala Institute of Medical Science will implement a model community action programme at Adattu panchayat in the district to improve child health. Millions of children die from preventable causes before reaching their fifth birthday, many of them during …
The environmental and social organizations here have come out strongly against alleged attempts by some top functionaries of the Government in sabotaging the take over of lease expired and violated forest land in Nelliampathy Hills. In a joint statement in Palakkad on Tuesday they have said that “there was a …
Members of Kadar tribe to be relocated to Vazhachal The settlement of the Kadar tribe at Kuriyarkutty, 8 km inside the core area of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, will now be shifted to Vazhachal as per the wishes of the majority of this primitive tribal group. The authorities had been trying …
Work on dam across Siruvani river was stopped in 1989 Kerala proposed to revive work on a dam across the Siruvani river in Palakkad district to draw the water the State was eligible to take from the Bhavani basin under the Kaveri Tribunal award, Minister for Water Resources P.J. Joseph …
The steep rise in the prices of phospatic and potassic fertilisers has hit the farmers in the state, especially the paddy cultivators, hard. Ever since the Centre introduced the nutrient-based subsidy policy on decontrolled phospatic and potassic fertilisers in February 2011, there has been an unprecedented price rise, Desiya Karshaka …
Says educated youth can be attracted to create skilled jobs Introducing modern technology and bringing in educated youth in the primary agriculture sector will help Kerala produce its annual requirement of four million tonnes of rice from the one million hectares of land under paddy in the State, M.S. Swaminathan, …
Collector directed to take stern action Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash on Sunday directed District Collector P.M. Ali Asgar Pasha to take stern action against illegal sand-mining from the Bharathapuzha in Shoranur. Besides illegal sand-mining, hundreds of acres of the riverbed, dried up during the summer, has been converted into vegetable …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar to appear personally before it on June 11, if the State government fails to take action on the compensation recommended for endosulfan victims in Kasaragod district. The Chief Secretary should file an action-taken report on the commission's recommendations …
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 …
Wind mill installations going on across the State With the winds expected to start in two months in the State, wind mill installations are going on across the State. For Coimbatore, wind energy sector has large-scale investments from here and it is also one of the main wind energy sites …
PALAKKAD: The Union Cabinet clearance to set up the coach factory at Kanjikode under public-private- participation mode goes one more step nearer for the coaches to roll out from Kerala. “The UDF Government led by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who had constantly followed up the proposal for the coach factory …
