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 indiscriminate and illicit sand mining in the four rivers of Pathanamthitta district over the past two decades has created serious environment and ecological problems thanks to the lukewarm attitude of the authorities concerned in taking action against the violators. The indifferent attitude of various government departments, corrupted officials at …
PATHANAMTHITTA: The Legislative Committee on Environment chaired by Rajaji Mathew Thomas has expressed concern over pollution of the Pampa at the foothills of Sabarimala during the Mandalam- Makaravilakku pilgrim season. Holding a sitting at Pampa on Monday, Mr. Mathew said it was high time authorities think of setting up modern …
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor Blames section of officials, contractors for plight of the pilgrim centre Arduous journey:A tractor transporting goods from Pampa to the Sannidhanam through the ravaged Swami Ayyappa Road.
Objectives: poverty alleviation, food security 311 SHGs selected for the project Project cost put at Rs.6.99 crore Thiruvananthapuram: As many as 311 women self-help groups across the State have been selected for an experimental cluster project in dairy farming launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry. The project Gramarasmi has …
Fires are raging on a daily basis in the forests of Kerala as major rivers, freshwater lakes and ponds have begun to dry up at the very start of the summer. Weathermen are warning that the heat could get more intense in the coming days and rains are unlikely immediately. …
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor PATHANAMTHITTA: The direct treatment of water in the Njunangar stream, a tributary of the Pampa, using ferrous chloride has kicked up a controversy. Experts and environmentalists say the system will pose a health hazard as the downstream of the river has several drinking water schemes. The chemical used …
SABARIMALA: The Assembly Committee on Environment has suggested a total ban on bottled drinking water at Sabarimala. The Committee felt the need for complete ban on bottled water owing to the environment pollution caused by plastic waste, especially the heap of plastic bottles found on the trekking path, Pampa and …
PATHANAMTHITTA: The 600-odd families of Kandamkeri at Chumathra are up in arms against the proposal to set up a waste treatment plant there by the Tiruvalla municipality. The five-acre paddy field, which has been remaining fallow for about a decade, was one of the two sites in the second ward …
PATHANAMTHITTA: An ambitious programme of planting one crore saplings in the district for the next two years is now underway. The Forest Department in association with the Local Self-Government Department would implement the programme, Assistant Conservator of Forests (Social forestry) B Shyam said. As part of the project, 45 lakh …
PATHANAMTHITTA: The first general body meeting and association formation of Thengamom micro watershed under the Peringanadu watershed project in the district, which comes under the National Watershed Development Plan of 2007-12, will be held at Thuttuva Bharanikavu Devi temple auditorium in Pallickal panchayat at 2 pm on Tuesday. District Panchayat …
PATHANAMTHITTA: The illegal quarry functioning in Thannithode panchayat near Konni is posing danger to hundreds of people. Located in the 8th ward of Thannithode panchayat, the land in which the illegal quarrying is carried out falls under the restricted category of the Forest Department . Several lorry-loads of granite pieces …
Health Minister P K Sreemathi addressing the health awareness programme at Pathanamthitta General Hospital on Wednesday. PATHANAMTHITTA: Health Minister P K Sreemathi said on Wednesday that the Government would implement projects worth Rs 12.62 crore in the district. Announcing this at a health awareness programme at the General Hospital here, …
P T Mohanan PillaiI ENS PATHANAMTHITTA: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned an aggregate Rs 53.41-crore projects, including Rs 24.27- crore schemes approved under its latest Rural Infrastructure Development Fund XIV, in Pathanamthitta district. Talking to `Express
PATHANAMTHITTA: The Pathanamthitta District Cooperative Bank, as part of empowering women through self-employment schemes to enhance their economic self-sufficiency, has introduced various projects. As part of the self-employment scheme, an assistance worth Rs 8.53 lakh would be sanctioned to 56 women on Women
NEW DELHI: To keep a check on food adulteration and to maintain international food standards for the products being manufactured in the state, the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries in association with the state government, has decided to set up a fully-automated world class food quality monitoring laboratory in …
PATHANAMTHITTA: District Collector P C Sanalkumar said on Wednesday that a task force was set up to check the spread of Hepatitis A in the district. Addressing a meeting to discuss measures to control the spread of Hepatitis A, the Collector said that as part of the programme, water sources …
PATHANAMTHITTA: Agriculture Minister Mullakara Ratnakaran said on Saturday that around 1,000 hectares of unused paddy fields would be brought under cultivation soon. Presiding over a high-level meeting on the intensive paddy cultivation programme convened at the collectorate conference hall here, Mullakara said that 2,891 hectares of paddy fields remained unused …
uncertainty continues in Chengara village in south Kerala's Pathanamthitta district where about 10,000 landless people forcibly settled in a rubber plantation in August 2007. The settlers, mostly dalits and tribal people, say that the government's indifference to their repeated demands for land triggered the current struggle. "Land to landless adivasis …
