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 Chief Technical Examiner (CTE) has cleared proposals for 43 drinking water supply schemes having a combined outlay of roughly Rs.227 crore, Water Resources Minister P. J. Joseph has said. Responding to a calling attention motion moved by Varkala Kahar (Congress) in the Assembly on Thursday, the Minister said these …
The city Corporation on Monday conducted a workshop for councillors to create awareness on the decentralised source-level waste treatment project. Inaugurating the workshop, Mayor K. Chandrika said all councillors should come together to successfully implement the scheme which had been initiated to reduce the quantity of garbage transported to the …
Thiruvananthapuram faces high risk from Kudankulam nuclear plant and people of the city will have to be evacuated if an explosion occurs at Kudankulam nuclear plant, T. Shivaji Rao, Director, Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, has said. If the wind flows from South East during an accident, Thiruvanathapuram district would …
Five agencies, shortlisted for providing solid waste treatment units such as biogas plants, vermicompost, and ring compost to city households, demonstrated their products at a meeting chaired by Mayor K. Chandrika here on Saturday. The initiative is part of the decentralised garbage treatment project of the city Corporation. Social and …
District panchayat plans 543 new schemes The District Planning Committee (DPC) of the Thiruvananthapuram district panchayat has approved projects worth Rs.121.70 crore for 2011-12, district panchayat president Remani P. Nair said here on Wednesday. This included 543 new projects to be implemented in the service, health, infrastructure development, agriculture, production, …
Meet on waste management calls for total ban on plastic Implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) that makes manufacturers responsible for disposal of non-biodegradable waste generated by their products is among the recommendations made to the government by heads of urban local bodies at a workshop on ‘Decentralised waste management,' …
A conference of the Paristhiti Samrakshana Ekopana Samithi (environment protection coordination committee) here on Monday called upon the Union government to take steps to address the fears of people about the Kudankulam nuclear power plant project. A statement in this connection said the fears should be seen in the backdrop …
Corporation's bid to bring down volume of garbage transported to Vilappilsala solid waste treatment plant The City Corporation Council on Thursday adopted a resolution to launch source-level garbage treatment units through homestead-based treatment plants. The project is being implemented as part of the Corporation's efforts to bring down the volume …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the media after the Cabinet meeting on Monday that experts, who had examined the outbreak of diseases, had warned of serious problems in the absence of proper waste management. Another special meeting of the Cabinet will be held late Tuesday evening to approve an action …
Chief Minister convenes conciliatory meeting today With the garbage issue threatening to escalate into a major crisis, the Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation, on Monday, began efforts to force the government to find a negotiated settlement. Mayor K. Chandrika and senior Corporation functionaries, including Opposition leaders, met Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and …
The Neyyattinkara municipality plans to launch a novel project to promote natural farming for the cultivation of organic vegetables. The project, to be implemented in association with Agriculture Department and NIMS Medicity, is based on the Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) technology propagated by agriculturist Subhash Palekar. ZBNF is an …
The Sabarimala high-power committee has decided to submit a proposal to the government for implementing a zero-waste project at Sabarimala. This was decided at a meeting of the committee chaired by its chairman K. Jayakumar here on Tuesday. Cleaning up The project aims at cleaning Sabarimala, Pampa, and the traditional …
The City Corporation has decided to take steps to reduce the volume of garbage being taken to the treatment plant at Vilappilsala in the wake of mounting protests against the operation of the facility. The Corporation had issued notices to hotels, hospitals, commercial establishments, and apartments in the city, directing …
Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), the state’s arm for industrial and investment promotion, has signed a shareholders/promoters agreement with GAIL Gas for setting up a R1,000 crore gas-based infrastructure project. The agreement was signed in the presence of Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy by KSID C MD …
‘Cities for Forests,' a nation-wide campaign undertaken by the WWF-India to create awareness among city-dwellers and urban youth about the intrinsic link between forests and human well-being, will be launched in the city on Saturday. Thiruvananthapuram is among the 20-odd cities selected for the campaign that aims to build environmental …
10 new frog species found in a wide geographical range Ten new species of frogs have been discovered by a team of biodiversity researchers, led by Anil Zachariah, veterinary surgeon, Animal Husbandry Department, during a recent exploration in the Western Ghats. The discovery, published in the latest issue of Biosystematica …
Shortage of Kudumbasree Clean Well workers Heaps of garbage seen piled up by the wayside and the growing stray dog menace in the city point to shortfalls in the implementation of Capital City Clean City project of the Corporation. The shortage of sufficient Kudumbasree Clean Well workers (for garbage collection) …
KOCHI: With the communicable diseases like malaria spreading in the district, the authorities with the Health Department are planning a slew of measures targeting the migrant labourers here. Though the cases of malaria have been on the rise in the district since 2000, the authorities are unable to put in …
No amusement park is complete without a bumper car ride. Visitors, young and old, enjoy the experience of wheeling around crazily, bumping into other cars at will. With water theme parks coming up all over the State, the concept of a bumper boat ride became relevant. The Kerala State Council …
Director of Health Services reviews fever situation The Health Department has directed its health supervisors to strengthen disease prevention and control activities at the field-level as viral fevers, including dengue and H1N1 cases, may go up as the monsoon intensifies. The Director of Health Services (DHS) convened a meeting on …
