Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The master plan for Thiruvananthapuram will be published before December 2011, Local Self-Government Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty told the Assembly on Wednesday. In a written reply to the House, the Minister said that steps were taken to issue it before December 31, 2011, the deadline stated in the budget …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As part of the efforts to find solution to the issues related to land acquisition for Guruvayur Devaswom, the Government has constituted two committees to prepare a master plan. Briefing mediapersons here on Thursday after a meeting in this regard, Devaswom Minister Kadannappally Ramachandran said the master plan would …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After homes, incandescent bulbs are to be shooed out from the streets also. Decision is now awaited on a scheme for replacing incandescent bulbs used in streetlights with Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). Incandescent bulb-fitted streetlights are mostly in the panchayats, so the scheme is to be implemented by the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-aided water supply project was once again in the dock, as the work in connection with the project in front of the Archbishop
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The WWF-India, in association with Centre for Environment and Development and supported by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, will organise a National Environment Awareness Campaign-2010 on February 8.In Thiruvananthapuram, the programme will be held at Museum Auditorium, at 10 a.m. The programme will be inaugurated by Pollution …
Reema Narendran Citizens rejoice! Our city is developing at such a remarkable rate that the city ponds are becoming experimental grounds for pesticides and herbicides hitherto unknown in the country. And the cityfathers at the Corporation, either consciously or otherwise, have given a silent nod. What we are talking about …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The City Corporation has decided to act sternly against those who find it hard to keep the city clean. Night squads will soon make their appearance in the city, in a bid to keep an eye on citizens who use the dark hours to dump garbage in public places …
Kerala State is a harbinger of what will happen in future to the rest of India in chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD). We assessed: (i) the burden of NCD risk factors; (ii) estimated the relations of behavioural risk factors to socio-demographic correlates, anthropometric risk factors with behavioural risk factors; (iii) evaluated …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Bars, toddy shops, cinemas and other indoor public places in the capital city have been found to be the most polluted in the State. A smoke-free air law compliance and air quality monitoring study conducted by Kerala Voluntary Health Services, an NGO based in Kottayam, has come out with …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Low-floor buses will start running in the city on November 11, Transport Minister Jose Thettayil said on Wednesday. Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan will flag off the buses, Thettayil said. In the first-phase, eight air-conditioned buses will start plying in Thiruvananthapuram, four buses on the Kovalam-Kaniyapuram route, and two …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On the International Day of Climate Action, which falls on October 24, Uni-Y Trivandrum, Thanal and Alliance Francaise will join hands to initiate a grass-roots movement in Thiruvananthapuram for a cleaner and greener tomorrow. The day has been christened
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Keeping its word on reducing the waste heaps at Vilappilsala treatment plant, the Corporation has decided to set up biogas plants in major markets in the city. The step is as part of the decentralisation of waste treatment, which is one of the main focus areas of the final-year …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first batch of low-floor buses will hit the city streets shortly. The routes for the buses, which are likely to come down from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram before the end of next month, are currently being finalised by the City Corporation. It
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Political short-sightedness could lose several city areas the fruits of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA)-assisted water supply scheme. Around 20 Corporation councillors have told KWA officials that the JICA scheme (formerly JBIC) should bypass their wards. The underlying fear, it is understood, is that the public may hold …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government is seriously considering evolving a special package for the rehabilitation of the people who will have to be evicted for the second phase development of the International Airport here. While replying to a submission by V. Surendran Pillai on the issue, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said …
The Kerala Government is implementing major drinking water projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi, which will cost Rs 87.16 crore and Rs 201.17 crore respectively. Approval has also been accorded for sewerage projects, costing Rs 215.41 crore and Rs 74.81 crore respectively, in the two cities, according to an official statement. …
