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 …
Electricity Minister A.K. Balan has said the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will achieve total electrification in 100 Assembly constituencies before the completion of the term of the present government. At a press conference here on Wednesday, he said Thrissur district had already become totally electrified and the formal announcement …
Environmentalist Medha Patkar has expressed doubts about the accuracy of the Central Water Commission's reported assessment of water availability for the proposed Athirappilly hydel project. She told reporters here on Sunday that the CWC had always taken sides with pro-dam lobbies.
Mild tremors, measuring 2.3 on the Richter Scale, were experienced at Kodassery and Mattathur gram panchayats in the district at 7.55 a.m. on Thursday. The tremors lasted for three seconds. The tremors were reported from Pulipparakkunnu, Kavanad, Mankuttippadam, Vasupuram and Vellikkulangara.
The project proposes to pay Rs.1,000 per acre to kole farmers every year. Thrissur: The State government will submit a project on biodiversity conservation of kole wetlands of Thrissur and Malappuram districts to the Centre. The project, prepared by the College of Forestry under the Kerala Agricultural University, is meant …
Kochi: The Thrissur Corporation Secretary on Thursday informed the Kerala High Court that the Corporation was taking urgent steps to identify and acquire necessary land for establishing zonal compost treatment plants at Ollur. In an action taken report (ATR), the Secretary told a Bench comprising Justice Pius Kuriakose and Justice …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned an amount of Rs 40.12 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund to the state government. The loan is intended for the implementation of the eight drainage and flood prevention projects in Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kollam and Thrissur districts. …
Elephant-owners in Kerala are predicting that the proposed declaration of elephant as a heritage animal and strict adherence to recommendations in the Mahesh Rangarajan Committee report would lead to the extinction of tamed elephants in Kerala in 10 years. They are also expressing the apprehension that the participation of elephants …
The mainstream development literature tries to understand the changes in land relations through the lens of land reforms alone. Kerala provides an appropriate setting to understand how far radical redistributive land reforms have succeeded in transforming inequity in landownership. Our findings based on a micro-level village study show that the …
Wetlands which face several anthropogenic and other threats are complex ecosystems providing substantial benefits to human society. This paper is an attempt to understand the ecological and economic importance as well as the associated property rights issues of wetlands in general and the Kole wetlands in Thrissur, Kerala in particular. …
Thiruvananthapuram/DEHRA DUN : Many captive elephants are in poor health due to overwork and want of timely medical care in Kerala, known for its parades of majestic tuskers in glittering festive gear during carnivals. According to animal rights groups, not only aged elephants, but even those in prime youth are …
Several villages lying adjacent to forest areas in Kerala are in a state of panic with summer heat and drought pushing leopards, elephants and king cobras out of the jungles. At least two human lives have already been lost due to leopard attacks in the recent past and accidental deaths …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government is strongly pursuing the implementation of water safety project, under which Government projects are undertaken in a transparent and effective manner, Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran has stated. In his World Water Day message, the Minister said that water safety project is a novel initiative …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government has appealed to the Centre to relax the norms for inclusion of paddy lands in the Central food security scheme so that the Kuttanad region and the kole lands in Thrissur district could be brought under its ambit, Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Rathnakaran told the Assembly on …
THRISSUR: A state-level workshop to discuss and finalise the package of practice recommendations for crops was inaugurated at Kerala Agriculture University vice-chancellor K R Viswambharan on Wednesday. Scientists, extension officials and farmers took part in the workshop. The workshop discussed and finalised 70 technology packages recommended by the scientists for …
THRISSUR: Thrissur District and Sessions Judge and District Legal Services Authority chairman B Kemal Pasha on Wednesday visited and held hearing at the Anapantham Tribal Colony in Vellikulangara forest range in the district. The hearing was following a directive of the High Court consequent on a writ petition filed by …
The Union environment ministry has put a damper on Kerala government’s hydroelectric project in Thrissur district. On January 4, the ministry issued a showcause notice to the state electricity board for revoking clearance to the 163 MW Athirapally hydel project on Chalakudy river. The notice pointed out that the construction …
THRISSUR: An interim order of a Bench of the Kerala High Court comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan, has prohibited mining of laterite or any other material from any part of Aykunnu in the district until further orders. The order of December 18 directed the …
This report details the results of a community monitoring study aimed at investigating the use and impacts of pesticides in affected communities in Asia, and observance of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (the Code of Conduct). The monitoring took place in the context …
