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 …
Says she is unable to take decision on waste-disposal crisis The closure of the Vilappilsala solid-waste treatment plant is an act of ‘democratic violation' on the part of the Vilappil panchayat, Mayor K. Chandrika has said. She was speaking after inaugurating a seminar on source-level waste management organised by the …
Cabinet to discuss scheme today The government will sanction Rs.125 crore for a comprehensive project aimed at preventing waterlogging and flooding in the capital city. A sum of Rs.27 crore will be spent in the first phase, and Rs.98.5 crore will be sanctioned for the second phase. These decisions were …
CRIP work, including development of bus bays, is likely to be delayed The felling of avenue trees near RR Lamp, Vellayambalam, and near treasury buildings at Statue to ensure free flow of traffic, visibility of traffic signals, and construction of bus bays on corridors developed under the City Road Improvement …
To meet every two days and give advice to Corporation The Urban Affairs Department has constituted a core committee, to be convened by Principal Secretary James Varghese, to monitor the garbage disposal crisis caused by the agitation against the Corporation's solid-waste treatment plant at Vilappilsala. This was decided at a …
More than 200 farmers from across the city underwent special training in zero budget farming as part of a farming training and farmers' mela that concluded here on Sunday. The training, jointly organised by the Kerala Gandhi Smarak Nidhi and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), had …
Free ration to be provided to the victims for a month The Cabinet has decided to sanction Rs.5 crore for providing relief to families who lost the next of kin and property in the deluge, according to a statement issued by Transport Minister V.S. Sivakumar here on Wednesday . An …
The Cabinet on Wednesday proposed a comprehensive project to clean up the Karamana and Kill Rivers in Thiruvananthapuram city and prevent flooding of its banks. It also decided to form a sub committee to oversee medium term measures to prevent flooding of Thiruvananthapuram city. Briefing the media on the Cabinet …
Burning of plastic waste on waysides and public spaces has become a common sight in the city which is reeling under a severe garbage disposal crisis. With the Vilappilsala solid waste treatment plant remaining closed for over a fortnight, many city residents are now resorting to burning accumulated waste, including …
Demand for electricity growing by 10 % in State annually Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed has said that 14 selected municipalities in the State will soon switch over from conventional electricity to solar energy to light their street lamps. Inaugurating a seminar organised by the Kerala Energy Conservation Forum (KECF) in …
The Suchitwa Mission has recommended setting up at Brahmapuram a mega plant capable of processing about 500 tonnes of municipal solid waste generated daily in Kochi corporation areas and nearby municipalities. Experts associated with the mission told The Hindu on Monday that the plant will work on a German technology …
Safety concerns have been raised over the dumping of garbage close to the eastern boundary wall of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, and the City Corporation's move to deposit waste in a vacant plot a stone's throw away from the approach of the 3,398 m runway. The City Corporation's move to …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Vilappilsala waste treatment plant will be closed down and a zero waste management project will be implemented to deal with wastes generated in the Corporation limits, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Wednesday. “But the location of the new facility is yet to be decided. Reports stating …
Carry bags to cost up to Rs.10; paper and cloth bags manufactured by self-help groups to be made available The City Corporation is planning to increase the price of plastic carry bags to discourage their sale and use in the city. Mayor K. Chandrika said here on Sunday that depending …
Janakiya Samithi to block garbage trucks from Wednesday With agitators at Villappilsala declaring that they will not allow garbage-laden trucks from the capital city to cross the panchayat limits from December 21 and that they are in no mood to grant the government or the City Corporation any more time …
Needs of all local bodies taken into account The draft document of the Comprehensive Health Plan for the district for the next five years, an initiative spearheaded by the Health Department and the National Rural Health Mission, in coordination with various other government departments, local self governments and agencies, was …
With the Sabarimala pilgrimage season in full swing, the State is intensifying its activities to deal with the plastic threat at the hill temple. The Forest Department constituted a buy-back policy to recollect and destroy the used plastic bottles of Sabarijalam drinking water. A plastic shredding machine will start functioning …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Where elephants will fear to tread, or will not fear to tread, is not something that can be foretold. But not any more. Kerala University scientists of the Zoology and Geology departments as well as those of the Centre for Geo-information Science and Technology, have developed a prediction model, …
The first meeting of the reconstituted district-level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee on State and Centrally sponsored rural development schemes in the district was held here on Saturday. Committee chairman A. Sampath, MP, presided. MLAs Jameela Prakasham, A.T. George and V. Sasi, District Collector M. Nandakumar, Rural Development Department project director …
A high-level meeting held here on Friday has decided to consult all political parties on ways to proceed with the proposed trans-Kerala high-speed rail corridor project to link Thiruvananthapuram with Kasaragode. The meeting was preceded by a presentation on the project before the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, based on …
Inauguration in Muttada on November 15 The corporation-wide inauguration of the decentralised waste management campaign will be held at the Muttada ward on November 15. The waste management scheme will be piloted in the Thampanoor, Palayam, Nanthancode, Pattom, Kesavadasapuram, Kowdiar, Kuravankonam, Vazhuthacaud, Palkulangara, Poojappura, Fort, Sasthamangalam, Vanchiyoor and Kunnukuzhi wards. …
