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 …
RITES to draw up measures to protect the Karamana and Killi rivers The State government has accorded permission to the Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) to conduct studies for a Rs.500-crore pollution abatement project. The project will draw up measures to protect the Karamana and Killi rivers and …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tobacco is being used in a wide variety of ways in India, either as smokeless tobacco as chewing pan, pan masala or gutka, and ‘mishri’ (a powdered tobacco rubbed on the gums as toothpaste) or as tobacco smoke such as cigarettes, beedi, cigars etc. Tobacco consumption accounts for half …
The Kerala Government is planning to raise Rs 1 lakh crore from a multilateral financial institution for funding the high speed rail corridor project. The project will connect Thiruvananthapuram with Udupi in Karnataka, said the Kerala Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy. He was in the city for a roadshow to …
Collector's order backs hospital's efforts Efforts of the Government Medical College Hospital authorities to keep the premises clean and litter-free have received a fillip with the District Collector stepping in to declare the premises a ‘plastic-free zone'. The official declaration to this effect was issued recently. The Collector's order backs …
Coastal districts of the State, including Ernakulam, will witness an awareness campaign for conserving marine biodiversity on May 22. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board has come up with a programme for organising the campaign in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kochi, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kasaragod and Kannur districts. The United Nations had …
KOZHENCHERRY: Water Resources Minister P J Joseph said that the coverage of Japanese Drinking Water Scheme would be extended to more districts in the state. Inaugurating the Kerala Water Authority Staff Association state-level leadership training camp at Charalkunnu near here on Monday, P J Joseph said that the Japanese Drinking …
This summer, the capital city and its suburbs are in the grip of acute water shortage. In a multi-part series The Hindu<\i> examines the diverse ways the problem has impacted the people. Water taps that can do little more than drip, wells that give no more water, water …
Garbage crisis in the Kerala capital worsened with the Vilappil panchayat administration pressing its demand to close down the treatment plant at the earliest. The plant was set up to process solid waste generated by the Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation. A Supreme Court directive had demanded the panchayat to allow trucks …
Government should stick to assurance: local body The State government's efforts to resolve the issue surrounding the Vilappilsala solid- waste treatment plant got further hampered on Thursday after the Vilappil panchayat decided to stick to its stand that clay and machinery will not be allowed into the plant until an …
Chandy to launch solar lighting project today The Department of Prisons is all set to go green with solar lighting systems to be installed in the Central Prison in the city. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the pilot project at the Central Prison at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday. “This …
New Delhi: After objecting to the monorail system, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is now planning to build one it seems. Government sources said there were discussions between Delhi Metro and the Delhi government earlier last month about handing over the Shastri Park-Trilokpuri monorail project to DMRC. Delhi Metro will …
NABARD extending big assistance The government has sanctioned Rs.1,000 crore for the Public Works Department (PWD) to take up works of road and construction of bridges.The funds have been made available for the Rs.701-crore projects announced in the last budget and for the Rs.291.33-crore road development project being implemented with …
Chandy to inaugurate World Water Day celebrations today Launch of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), a digital monitoring system to control the water supply network in the city, will be a highlight of the World Water Day celebrations organised by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) at Kanakakkunnu Palace on …
Water bodies in Kerala, be they public ponds or public drains, are filled with waste of all conceivable variety round the year. During summer, the waste dumps in the water bodies dry up, leaving nothing but paste-like substance in which mosquitoes breed. Come rains and they hamper the free flow …
Finance Minister K.M. Mani has proposed a two pronged approach to address the state’s worsening waste management crisis with an allocation of Rs 100 crore each for source level waste treatment plants and centralised high tech waste management plants in the state annual budget for 2012-13. It has been proposed …
The luxuriant golden blooms of the ‘Kanikonna' are a heartening sight for one and all. From prosperity to abundance, the blooming of the Cassia fistula is of immense symbolic and cultural significance for Keralites. The flowering of the golden shower tree signals seasonal changes in the agriculture calendar of the …
In a bid to boost solid-waste management at source, the City Corporation has offered a one per cent concession in property tax for households that install solid-waste treatment plants. Addressing a news conference after the presentation of the 2012-13 budget of the Corporation on Monday, Mayor K. Chandrika said that …
Proposal to include medical college in Central scheme Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the State government would spare no efforts in tackling the issue of waste disposal at the Kottayam Medical College hospital. He was speaking on Sunday while launching the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the MCH and …
Disposal of leftover kindling, food key issue As the city gears up for Attukal Pongala on Wednesday, the City Corporation is swarmed with applications from residents' associations, voluntary organisations as well as individuals residing in the festival zone for organising annadanam (mass free meals) for the devotees offering pongala. The …
Two major Information Technology (IT) buildings in the State, work on which had been taken up without obtaining the mandatory environment clearance, are among the six ventures that have sought approval from the newly constituted State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC). The first meeting of SEAC, to be held in Thiruvananthapuram …
