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: The City Corporation embarked on its biggest one-day cleaning drive of the year by 3 p.m. on Tuesday, in an effort to rid the city of large volumes of waste generated during the Pongala festival. Apart from the lakhs of bricks discarded by the devotees, the 1,000-strong Corporation cleaning …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Entrepreneurs P Mohamed Ali, Yousuffali M A and C K Menon have done a great job in the formation of Infrastructure Kerala Ltd (InKel), Industries Minister Elamaram Kareem has said. He was speaking at the felicitation and award ceremony organised by InKel Forum of Excellence in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. …
THE government has cleared two port projects and five highway projects with a total cost of Rs 5,220 crore to be executed jointly by private developers and various government agencies, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. A panel chaired by economic affairs secretary Ashok Chawla said the largest project by …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The new sewerage treatment plant to be set up by the City Corporation at Muttathara for 107 MLD activated sludge process will be inaugurated by Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan on March 2. It will be one of the five projects by the Corporation that will see an official beginning within …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: If things go smoothly, the first phase of the 2,400-MW coal-based Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) proposed at Cheemeni, Kasargod, should be operational in three years, Power Minister A.K.Balan said on Thursday. KSEB and KSIDC would form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for setting up the power plant, he …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Rs 30-crore proposal for renovating the footpaths on major roads in the State has been put forth by a high-level meeting convened by PWD Minister Mons Joseph. The decision is based on the report submitted by the National Highways Chief Engineer who inquired into the pathetic state of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The much-hyped paddy cultivation development project initiated by the MLAs in Thiruvananthapuram, inspired by the concept `Ellarum Padathekku,
Special Correspondent THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State is preparing to launch a campaign involving all citizens to plant one crore tree saplings all over the State this year and nurture them into shade trees, Forest Minister Benoy Viswom said here on Monday. The campaign will be called
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Haritha Keralam, a project that envisages planting of one crore saplings in the State, will be launched in June. The project aims at planting about 10,000 saplings in each panchayat, Forest Minister Binoy Viswam told a press conference held here in connection with a national workshop on
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Local Administration Minister Paloli Mohammedkutty has said that an amount of Rs 387 crore has been earmarked for various projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram cities. The Minister said here in a statement that the Union Government would provide 80 percent …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Behind the high walls of the Poojappura Central Prison, a green revolution is in the making. Three acres of prison land are now all set for cultivating paddy. Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran on Tuesday launched the
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: High levels of pollution, especially high ammonia, E-coli and iron content, was detected in the Vellayani lake by the students of Mannam Memorial Residential Higher Secondary School at Neeramankara who conducted a project study on the consequences of adopting the Vellayani Lake Drinking Water Scheme. The students of the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) on Saturday demanded that the Industries Department and the Pollution Control Board should take immediate action against the Ashapura clay factory at Pallithura which is causing misery to the local people.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Forest Department will arrange various facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims, clearing forests in the Ranni division and the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Kerala Forest Minister Benoy Viswom said here on Tuesday the grasslands at Uppupara would be cleared through controlled burning to provide space for pilgrims to view the
KOCHI: Kerala Birder, an internet mailing group of birdwatchers in Kerala, together with Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Limited and Yuhina Eco-Media, a Mumbai-based organisation specialised in natural history and environment-related activities and events, will organise `Bird Race
TIKI RAJWI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Complaints lodged by the public were not the sole reason why the State Government was forced to form a three-member committee to look into the disputes regarding land acquisition for the multi-crore Vizhinjam terminal. A preliminary inquiry had revealed that the land assessment report submitted by KITCO …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Elephant owners in the State have been given a temporary reprieve. The Forest Department, through a recent Government Order, has extended the last date for the implant of microchips in captive elephants to November 15. The original deadline had expired on June 30. Till then, as many as 675 …
