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 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forest Minister Binoy Viswam called upon residents of the city to plant more saplings and take care of them so as to create a greener and healthier environment. The Minister was inaugurating the
The Thiruvananthapuram sub-project of the larger Kerala Water Supply Project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is being commissioned on May 18. The water treatment facilities and transmission network have been designed using the latest technology, according to Mr M. K. Premachandran, Minister for Water Resources. MODERN EQUIPMENT …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition Leader Oommen Chandy in a letter to Chief Minister V.S Achuthanandan has demanded that there should be immediate action to protect the mangroves and the environment at Pappinissery in Kannur. ``The mangrove theme park is functioning on a 12-acre area that has a dense population of mangroves. Such …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-III here has convicted six persons in separate cases for food adulteration. Two officials of Spencer
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rising incidence of malaria in the coastal belt of Thiruvananthapuram district has raised serious concern as many cases detected are being `import cases
A Satish PALAKKAD: The government has decided to relax the norms for lifting of Malampuzha sand from its banks. The price is set to come down to Rs 950 a cubic metre if it is for public purpose. The liberalisation of the norms will enable the public to buy the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With 13 cases of malaria being reported from the coastal areas of the district during this month, the Health Department authorities have stepped up the drive against the disease. District Medical Officer Dr N. Sreedhar said that the number of malaria cases was quite high, compared to the previous …
Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While mangroves come under moist tropical forest as per many classifications, the Forest Department has failed to bring the mangroves in the state under its fold. To make matters worse, the incentivebased scheme for mangrove conservation, as announced by Finance Minister Thomas Isaac in his budget speech, …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Central team, which conducted a survey on encroachments in Munnar, has urged the State Government to declare 17,922 acres of land in KDH village as Forest Land. The team observed that there was no hurdle in proclaiming this land as forest land. The message was conveyed to the …
The Kerala Government is considering a law to ban genetically modified crops (GM) in order to ensure seed quality and protect traditionally cultivated crops in the State. A Bill in this regard is likely to be presented in the Assembly in its next session. The Government is said to have …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Drinking water in as many as 1,879 wards in the state are found to be sub-standard, said Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran. He told the Assembly during the question-hour on Thursday that the KWA was initiating projects to supply drinking water in these areas. He also said that …
Study of beach morphological changes during monsoon and development of capabilities towards its prediction is of vital importance in coastal zone management. A study of the beach erosion/accretion processes during south-west monsoon and its numerical modelling is attempted in this communication for a micro-tidal and high-energy beach. Comprehensive hydrodynamic and …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With water resources in the state depleting owing to the extreme summer-like situation, the State Government has chalked out immediate measures costing about Rs 40 crore to preserve water resources and also launch a massive drive against misuse of drinking water.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A State Government Order adding muscle to the Central directive making Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) labels mandatory on home appliances is expected soon. The Energy Management Centre (EMC), the state co-ordinator of the BEE
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forty -three towns in the state will benefit from a Rs 288-crore Central scheme meant to strengthen the power distribution sector and reduce technical and commercial losses by 15 percent. KSEB has been allocated the scheme under the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (RAPDRP). Computerisation of KSEB facilities, …
G Rajiv THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A political consensus seems to have been reached, at least at the local level, to protect the encroachers in Munnar. The comments made by Congress leader and former MLA A K Mani give a clear indication of what is going to happen in Munnar. Like the CPM, …
Calls For More Autonomy, Increased Participation Of Young Women Ananthakrishnan G | TNN Thiruvananthapuram: Acknowledging the deficiencies plaguing Indian science, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday called for doubling of efforts to attract more women talent into the field, free it of
