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 …
Tense situation prevailing at Paipad, agitators attack migrant workers’ dwelling A tense situation prevailed at Paipad, near Thiruvalla, on Wednesday after a violent protest by the local people against the dumping of waste collected from a colony of migrant workers on the Kothachirappara-Paipad stretch of the Paipad-Kaviyur Road on Wednesday. …
Amalabharathom programme at Sabarimala concludes Over 3,200 volunteers of the Amalabharathom campaign, attached to Mata Amritanandamayi Math, took part in a two-day cleaning drive which concluded at Sabarimala here on Sunday. A host of prominent people, including former union Minister O. Rajagopal; Amrita University vice chancellor P. Venkat Rangan; and …
It was high time the Government took stern action against the illegal land conversion taking place in different parts of the district, said K.K. Royson, former District Panchayat president. In a statement issued here on Monday, Mr Royson who is also a member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee said …
Central team to start district tours The State has sought a revised drought-relief assistance of Rs. 1,884 crore from the Centre. The revised claim was presented before a Central team which arrived here on Tuesday to start field trips to assess the drought situation in various districts. The State revised …
An Union Environment Ministry panel has recommended clearance for developing a Rs.2,000-crore international private airport at Aranmula. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Building Construction, Coastal Regulation Zone, Infrastructure Development and Miscellaneous projects has recommended the proposal for environmental clearance with conditions, officials said here on Thursday. The airport, planned …
India’s first Connected E-Toilet Infrastructure (CETI) is coming up in Pathanamthitta. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Babu George, president, district panchayat, and P. Vijayama, vice-president, said Minister for Local Self-government M.K. Muneer would inaugurate the CETI project at a public function on the District Hospital premises at Kozhencherry …
Landless dalits and adivasis have occupied parts of a corporate rubber plantation at Chengara in Kerala for five years. Despite being pressurised in various ways, they have held out, sticking to their demand of land for them to pursue livelihoods. None of the agreements so far reached with the state …
The Revolutionary Youth Front has called upon the State government to implement the recommendations of the Assembly Committee on Environment to protect wetlands and paddy fields in Aranmula. In a statement here on Wednesday, Saleem P. Chacko, secretary of the organisation’s State unit, alleged that the promoters of a private …
Say over 90 acres of wetlands converted in the last one decade The controversy over the proposed private international airport project at Aranmula has taken curious turns with the Cabinet decision to regularise conversion of paddy fields and wetlands that have taken place prior to 2005 as well as the …
The rapid changes taking place in the forest eco system, mainly owing to excessive human intervention and climate change, has been leading to frequent straying of wild animals into human habitation in the forest areas of Konni and Ranni in recent times. The sad fate of a male leopard that …
Kochi: In the abode of Lord Ayappa, devotees seeking a darshan must take a dip in the Pampa. It’s dictated by tradition and it doesn’t matter that the river, also known as Dakshin Ganga, has become unfit for bathing. Studies conducted by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board have found …
The District Panchayat president, Babu George, said the district-level advisory committee of the Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) has decided to request the ANERT director to set up 500 off-the-grid solar energy plants of 1 kw capacity each in the district, by including the same in its …
PATHANAMTHITTA: The draft project report on the three new eco-tourism centres of Kakki, Anathode and Moozhiyar is ready for approval of the Forest Department authorities. Talking to Express, Ranni DFO R Kamalahar said that the draft report on the development of the proposed eco-tourism locations, at an estimated cost of …
The growing number of cases of Hepatitis-B infection at Pramadom, Mallasserry, Thengumkavu and surrounding villages, near here, is causing concern for the district administration and the Health Department. L. Anithakumari, Deputy District Medical Officer for Communicable Disease Control, told The Hindu here on Monday that nine cases had been confirmed …
Horn-shaped loudspeakers used for festivities in violation of rules Residents of Maramon, Kozhencherry, and surrounding areas are left to bear with the blaring noise from loudspeakers, installed in connection with various public programme and religious festivals. Many local people complained that organisers were using horn-shaped loudspeakers, banned by law, for …
Environment directorate official inspects airport project site The row over the proposed private airport project at Aranmula has taken a new turn with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) reportedly taking a serious view of the conversion of paddy fields and wetlands for setting up the project. The …
The Pathanamthitta District Panchayat will set up five small and mini hydro-electric projects as a joint venture of the grama and block panchayats in the district in the next five years. This was announced by the panchayat vice-president, P. Vijayamma, while presenting the annual budget at the budget session held …
Quarrying has been taking a heavy toll on Kerala's undulating terrain, altering the geo-physiological characteristics of the much-flaunted ‘God's Own Country'. There is, perhaps, no other place in Kerala as affected by quarrying as Pathanamthitta district where there are an estimated 800 quarries. A close look at the slow devastation …
Kuttanad Package to be taken up in three phases The State government would soon launch various projects as part of the first phase of the Kuttanad Package prepared by M.S. Swaminathan Commission, said Sam Eapen, Upper Kuttanad Nelkarshaka Samiti (UKNS) president, here on Sunday. Talking to The Hindu , Mr. …
The Central Travancore district of Pathanamthitta, especially its hilly tracts, is fast sliding into the grip of acute drinking water scarcity. The summer had an early onset in January. Wells and natural streams in the hilly areas of Ranni, Konni and Adoor started drying up from mid-January onwards, leaving the …
