Thrissur (D)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

Feasibility study for sand removal from dams

THRISSUR: A meeting of the officials concerned, held under the auspices of the district panchayat, has decided to study the feasibility of removing the sand and clay accumulated in various dams in the district under the Central Government's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). The meeting, chaired by district panchayat …

Over 1,000 hectares of paddy under siege

THRISSUR: Over 1,000 hectares of standing paddy crop in kole paddy fields in different parts of the district are under the

Desilting of Poomala dam proposed

THRISSUR: Minister for Water Resources N K Premachandran said that the Government proposes to remove the sediments accumulated in the Poomala dam in the district. Talking to newsmen after visiting the dam here on Monday, he said that Kerala Engineering Research Institute, which had conducted sedimentation studies of Malampuzha, Peechi …

Case study on Thrissur water schemes planned

Documentary and monograph to be brought out soon. Thrissur: The UNICEF plans to bring out a documentary and monograph on urban community-managed water governance schemes in Thrissur. Arun Dobhal, Water and Environmental Sanitation Officer with UNICEF, announced this at a three-day workshop on

Critically-endangered tree species located

THRISSUR: Teachers and students of the Botany Department of Sri Krishna College have located around 200 syzygium travancorium gamble trees, known as

Sanction for new hydel power project

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A board meeting of the KSEB on Tuesday gave administrative sanction for a 24-MW hydel power project at Poringalkuthu, Thrissur. The 45-MU project is expected to be built in two years

Elephant owners in Kerala disregard TB threat: Experts

When coordinated efforts are continuing throughout the world, especially in countries known for elephant-rearing, to fight the spread of tuberculosis among the pachyderms, owners of tamed elephants in Kerala are taking strong objection to reports on the disease. Veterinarians specialising in elephant diseases say that the elephant owners, mostly businessmen, …

Two tuskers run amok, block NH for 2 hours

THRISSUR: Two tuskers ran amok and blocked traffic on the NH-47 between Marathakkara, near here, and Chalakkudy for over 2 hours on Sunday. The incident created panic among the passengers who were stuck in various vehicles on the highway. Elephants Mahadevan and Ayyappan, both owned by Uttoli Krishnankutty, ran amok …

14.5 pc area in state is flood-prone

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Around 14.52 percent of the total area in the state is prone to floods. Alappuzha district has been identified as the most flood-prone district and Idukki is the least flood-prone area. These facts were revealed during the preparation of the district-level hazard zonation maps by the Centre For Earth …

Matsya Keralam project to raise freshwater fish

The Matsya Keralam project in the state is aimed at increasing the annual production of freshwater fish in the state to 2 lakh tones per year from the present 75,000 tones, said Fisheries Minister S Sarma. He was speaking after the inauguration of the second stage of Matsya Keralam project …

Study on Thrissur kole lands launched

THRISSUR: A Comprehensive study on the linkage between ecosystem services and human livelihood depending upon the Thrissur kole wetlands by the research unit for Livelihood and Natural Resources of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad was launched, with an inception workshop organised by the district administration and …

Kerala to get gemmological laboratory

Thrissur would become the first destination of the International Gemmological Institute

Save the shrimps

KOCHI: Shrimp farming is a means of livelihood for thousands of Keralites residing along the state

Green voice from Kerala hinterland

K. Santhosh Thrissur Kunjan Pulayan looks sadly at his empty barn as his wife Ammini asks him to borrow paddy from a relative.

Samara Samiti plans to block land-filling

THRISSUR: Laloor Malineekarana Virudha Samara Samiti has threatened to launch direct action to stop the construction of the secured landfill at the municipal solid waste treatment plant at Laloor in the town, if the Corporation does not stop the construction immediately. In a statement issued here, the secretary of the …

Action sought against ill-treatment of elephants

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thrissur-based Elephant Lovers

Panel conducts spot study on captive elephants

GURUVAYUR/THRISSUR: The Subbordinate Legislative Committee on captive elephants conducted a spot study on the elephants at the Punnathur Anakkotta here on Wednesday, where the elephants are sheltered. The committee, comprising MLAs Jose Thettayil, Simon Britto, Thomas Unniyadan and Murali Perunelli, conducted the study. The committee will submit a report on …

Coming: Animal welfare clubs in all schools

Animal Husbandry Minister C Divakaran presenting a goat to a student of the Peringottukara Government Higher Secondary School in Thrissur on Tuesday. THRISSUR: Animal Husbandry Minister C Divakaran has said that animal welfare clubs will be established in all the schools in the state. Inaugurating the Animal Welfare Club and …

Biotechnology could be a tool to combat climate change

THRISSUR: Climate change is a reality and seeing nothing, hearing nothing and doing nothing to lessen its impact on life on the earth are no longer an option, said Prof Kadambot Siddique, Director of the University of Western Australia. Addressing students and teachers of the Kerala Agricultural University at Vellanikkara …

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