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 city Corporation has initiated action against 37 persons for dumping garbage on roads in the past one week and collected a fine of Rs.22,040 from them. During checks carried out in 88 shops during the week, Corporation officials seized banned plastic weighing 4.5 kg from 10 shops and imposed …
Health workers, students to join in vector control measures A massive public awareness and source-reduction campaign will be launched in the capital by involving over 5,000 people, including health workers, members of voluntary agencies and schoolchildren as part of an action plan to bring down dengue fever cases in the …
Environmental safeguards to be ensured: Manjalamkuzhi Ali The garbage issue in the capital city inched closer towards a temporary solution on Wednesday, with the government deciding to set up sanitary landfills in three abandoned quarries in the district. A consultation meeting convened by the government with scientists and technical experts …
The United Democratic Front (UDF) has decided to launch a massive awareness campaign across the State to promote the subsidy schemes formulated by the government for waste management at the local level. The UDF extended its support to the government decision to utilise abandoned quarries as landfills for municipal wastes …
Around 200 tonnes of non-biodegradable waste needs to be capped The Suchitwa Mission will assist the Kochi Corporation in scientifically capping waste at the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant. The plant site is estimated to have around 200 tonnes of non-biodegradable waste. A team of officials from the mission would …
The Veli Tourist Village, arguably the most favoured weekend holiday spot in the city, will soon be a no-plastic zone. Tourism Village Deputy Director Vijaya Kumaran said here recently that the 13-acre verdant piece of land that abutted the estuary of the Veli lagoon could also be counted as one …
Thiruvananthapuram: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) may land two plum infrastructure projects in Kerala this year. These are the R5,099-crore and R1,991-crore monorail projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. The state government has formed a special purpose vehicle (SPV) called the Kerala Monorail Corporation to speed up the implementation of …
Solar energy project launched at Central Prison, Poojappura If the State does not come up with alternative sources of power generation, it will face a severe power crisis by 2020, Minister for Electricity Aryadan Mohammed has said. He was speaking at the switch-on ceremony of a solar energy project set …
Project at Poojappura penal complex set up at a cost of Rs.7.9 crore Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan will inaugurate a solar-energy project and a new restroom for visitors at the Central Jail, Poojappura, here on Wednesday. A press release issued on Tuesday said the solar energy scheme would make the …
Passers-by and motorists could not help but pause for a moment and observe the little set-up beside the Saphalyam Complex at Palayam in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday morning. A slightly crooked tree, with not a shade of green, but strung entirely with newspaper bags and christened, ‘Bag Tree,’ volunteers scurrying about …
District accounts for 90% of cases reported in State this year The Health Department says that it is chalking out a special strategy and action plan for the capital district for tackling the threat of dengue fever, which seems to be assuming alarming proportions year after year in the district. …
In a major step towards adopting a scientific approach in the maintenance of forests in state, the Forests and Wildlife Department has prepared GIS atlases on three wildlife divisions in the state. The scheme to provide a single mapping platform to the five other wildlife divisions will be completed by …
The new blocks will aid further learning and experimentation for students pursing M.Sc. (Integrated) Biotechnology course at the college Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the newly built integrated biotechnology block and the microbial technology block at the College of Agriculture, Vellayani, on Monday. Apart from opening the Centre for …
Rain and festival shopping spree add to waste mounds and stench The consistent rain over the past couple of days and the Onam festivities have only added to the garbage crisis in the city. The situation at the busy Chala market has become so severe that shop-owners here have started …
Elaborate arrangements have been made to monitor restaurants, hotels and other food businesses within the State and also the inflow of food items from outside the State during the festival season, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar has said. Special surveillance squads had already been deployed for the purpose in all districts. …
More such units to be set up across the city within three months Mayor K. Chandrika has said the newly installed e-toilet unit at the Kowdiar Park a significant step in improving the sanitation and health facilities in the city. She was speaking during the inauguration of the first e-toilet …
The National Service Scheme (NSS) could not have timed their new initiative better. At a time when water levels in reservoirs are dipping at an alarming rate and the State is staring at an imminent power crisis due to a far from normal monsoon, the 1.75 lakh NSS volunteers are …
Around Rs.50,300 was collected as fine from defaulters for dumping garbage in public places in the city in the last one week, a statement released by city Corporation has said. Apart from this, around 71 hotels in the city were issued notice to improve their food safety and hygiene conditions …
The power of organised protest prevailed over the Thiruvananthapuram district administration which, after a futile police action here on Friday morning, gave up its attempts to take a truck laden with equipment for a leachate treatment plant to the city Corporation’s solid waste treatment facility here. Defying prohibitory orders, hundreds …
The Commissioner of Food Safety has engaged a team in every district, including the representatives of the District Collector, the District Medical Officer, and the Food Safety Officer, to revisit those eateries and hotels which claimed to have complied with the 30-point guidelines for food safety and standards, issued by …
