Report by Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in Original Application No 184, 233 and 234 of 2024 (SZ) (Suo Motu Vs The Principal Secretary, Kerala & Others). The matter related to mass fish kill in Periyar river in Kerala after suspected effluent release. The NGT was informed that the …
Kochi: Following reports of chemical discharge into Periyar near Pathalam dispensary at Eloor municipality, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has decided to check the quality of water pumped from the river as well as water distributed in the city. But the authority passed the responsibility of initiating criminal procedures against …
Effluents present in Periyar stretch from where water is drawn for supply The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Wednesday ordered Sree Sakthi Paper Mills situated at Edayar on the banks of the Periyar to down its shutters for releasing large quantities of untreated and partly treated effluents into …
Local residents raised protests after heavy pollution in Muttar river resulted in the death of fish at various points on Tuesday afternoon. Locals said that the waters had turned black in many areas, indicating that somebody had dumped a huge amount of waste into the river. While the water was …
KOCHI: The expert panel from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) submitted its report on the pollution in the Periyar River before the Chennai bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday. The findings of the NEERI report will be crucial in the case filed by Shibu Manuel …
KOCHI: Officials from the pollution control board (PCB) on Tuesday collected water samples and sediments from Periyar after its colour turned brown again. "We will do the tests on Wednesday as it got very late by the time we finished the collection," said Lillykutty Jacob, PCB engineer at the Eloor …
KOCHI: The mass fish kill in Muttar river has brought the issue of pollution in the Periyar River and its tributaries once again in focus along with unending debates over the possible causes behind the issue. A study report by Dr Bijoy Nandan S, Associate Professor of Cochin University of …
Oommen Chandy to seek intervention of Narendra Modi and Uma Bharti on the dam issue As heavy rain brought the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam closer to the permissible limit of 142 feet, the Kerala government told the Assembly on Tuesday that it was preparing to move the Supreme …
District panchayat vice president Abdul Muthaleeb has said a survey will be commissioned to study the extent of pollution of Periyar and to identify industrial units responsible for it by discharging waste into the river. Talking at a meet-the-press at the Press Club here on Tuesday, Mr. Muthaleeb said notices …
KOCHI:Residents of Eloor woke up on Friday morning once again to witness the River Periyar turning ‘red’, with contaminated discharge from the factories on the banks. The discolouration of the river is no longer new for the local people, as they have been witnessing this for the quite long. The …
KOCHI: Environmentalists have alleged that some companies in the Eloor-Edayar belt released large quanity of chemical effluents to the Periyar River on Saturday, a day after an expert team from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) completed collecting samples from the river and the company premises as per an …
An expert team from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on Tuesday started collecting samples from the Periyar. The eleven-member team is led by Dr Tapas Nandy, chief scientist in the Waste Water Technology Division of the NEERI. The expert team started the project by collecting samples from the …
KOCHI: The state pollution control board (PCB) found that the discolouration of Periyar waters on the Eloor stretch here was within permissible limits. "This stretch comes under class 'E' which includes irrigation and controlled pollution. These waters don't have the same parameter as drinking water sources and hence the levels …
Fresh instances of discolouration of the Periyar have been reported at a time when the Southern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is considering a petition on the river pollution. The Bench comprising P. Jyothimani and R. Nagendran will consider on Monday a case filed by Shibu Manuel, …
The clamour for protecting Periyar River, it seems, to have ended with public statements. Though the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) had invited suggestions from various stakeholders including activists, scientists and environmentalists, none seemed to have taken the call seriously. The Board had appealed to the stakeholders to come …
KOCHI: Expressing concern over the ‘disastrous proportion’ of heavy metals, harmful chemicals and pollutants present in the Periyar, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) - Southern Zone on Monday ordered the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) member secretary to personally appear before it on September 7 and present a status …
Mining will hit natural rejuvenation of rivers Environmental organisations and river management experts have taken strong exception to a government order allowing restricted sand-mining in various rivers in the State, saying that the authorities concerned have failed to consider various court orders and guidelines of the Ministry of Environment and …
MADURAI: In an effort to sustain fish resources, a month long ban on fishing has been announced in Thekkadi Reservoir (Mullaperiyar Dam) falling within the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR). The annual ban starts on Tuesday, June 16 and will last till July 15. During this period tribal families whose income …
KOCHI: Naas Plywood Industries, functioning at Allapra near Perumbavoor, has set an example for plywood manufacturers in the area by winning the award instituted by State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) for ‘best practices in managing and disposing waste’. This is the second time Naas Plywood has won the PCB award, …
Restricted mining from 5 rivers for 3 years The government has imposed a total ban on sand-mining from six rivers and restricted mining from five rivers for the next three years. The decision is based on the sand audit report of 11 rivers in the State prepared by various agencies. …
To discuss Cusat panel report with stakeholders Faced with the challenging task of cleaning up Periyar, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is planning to bring all stakeholders together to develop an action plan for salvaging the river. Representatives of researchers, industrial units located along the banks of the …
