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 …
The upstream and downstream regions of Pathalam bund in Periyar should be de-silted and bio-remediation measures undertaken for saving the river system, suggested experts. They have also called for forming a Periyar River Monitoring Authority for the overall development and sustainability of Periyar river system. The suggestions came from a …
Members of various socio and political bodies organised under the Cauvery Protection Movement staged a protest in the city on Wednesday against construction of reservoirs across the Cauvery by Karnataka and demanded that the methane extraction project in the delta districts be dropped. Members of the movement voiced their opposition …
The Kerala high court has sought the views of state government and the Kerala state pollution control board while hearing a petition challenging the setting up of chemical industries in Edayar industrial area. The petitioner alleged that new chemical industries have been given permission to operate in violation of the …
The Aluva municipality is discharging waste water from all the three drainages in the town into river Periyar which serves the drinking water needs of Kochi and suburbs.Municipal authorities have also admitted that they treat only waste water from one of the three waste water outlets before discharging the same …
Assembly Passes Motion Appealing For Reference Of Mullaperiyar Issue To SC The state legislature assembly passed a substantive motion urging the President of India to refer the Mullaperiyar issue to the Supreme Court and reconsider the decision of increasing the height of the dam as it poses a threat to …
With Kerala receiving a huge setback in the Mullaperiyar legal battle, the stance taken by the state in the Supreme Court has been widely criticised as serious lapses on its part have more or less ruled out chances for a reconsideration of the verdict. A close look at the SC …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs State of Kerala dated 07/05/2014 regarding water level of Mullaperiyar dam. State of Kerala – is restrained by a decree of permanent injunction from applying and enforcing the impugned legislation or in any manner …
The Periyar would have been a major source of drinking water in the high ranges of Idukki district, now reeling under water shortage. However, the river, like many of its tributaries, has come down to a trickle; that too may disappear soon. The river has the most number of dams …
Sludge in upstream area causing depletion of oxygen in water Experts are debating bioremediation measures, including de-sledging the upstream areas of the Pathalam bund in the Periyar to avert fish deaths. Mooting the idea of de-sludging the nearly 1-km upstream area, Bijoy Nandan, Associate Professor at the Cochin University of …
Only 30% of people get piped water The re-emergence of many diseases that were not heard of for a long time was a clear indication of the pollution of water and the environment, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday. He said that ensuring safe drinking water for the people …
Monitoring committee scheduled to meet next week Sand mining in the Moovattupuzha and the Periyar rivers, banned by the district administration this week, will resume only after the State-level environmental monitoring committee studies the results of the sand auditing of these rivers. District Collector P.I. Sheik Pareeth told The Hindu …
The technology of industries should evolve to curb pollution of all kinds, said K.V. Thomas, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The Minister was speaking after inaugurating the 24X7 Periyar River water quality monitoring station at Eloor on Sunday. The Minister said that though the country had …
The industrial belt of Eloor on the banks of river Periyar will soon come under the watchful eyes of surveillance cameras as the Pollution Control Board (PCB) has decided to set up a control room to monitor contamination in the Periyar. Eight surveillance cameras are being set up at various …
Temporary permits for sand mining in the Periyar and Muvattupuzha rivers are against norms, say activists A group of environmentalists in the district has served a legal notice on District Collector P.I. Sheik Pareeth, warning him against contempt of court and terming illegal the district administration’s decision on Monday to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of The Paristhithi Samrakshna Samithi Okkai Ernakulam Vs The District Collector Ernakulam and others dated 03/12/2013 regarding illegal sand mining in the banks of Periyar river. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/150-2013(SZ)(THC)(OA)_3Dec2013.pdf
The draft of the Kerala Perspective Plan, 2030 highlights the need to address rising water and land pollution in fast expanding cities like Kochi that is witnessing a huge influx of migrant population, especially in outskirts like Perumabavoor. Kochi figures in the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)’s list of 88 …
Even as the high court’s decision on allowing a National Green Tribunal circuit bench here is pending, the court clarified on Wednesday that it would not hear 45 types of cases related to environmental issues. With the court adopting such a stance, litigants in these 45 types of cases will …
Prominent environmental activists from Kochi surveyed the mangroves on Mulavakad island here on Tuesday, only to find that much of the mangrove wealth of the region had been destroyed in the name of development activities. A group of eight environmentalists set out to survey the state of mangroves in the …
The Ernakulam District Expert Committee on sand mining, the official authority to control sand mining in the district, has handed over a memorandum to the Chief Minister proposing the resuming of sand mining in the district. The memorandum was submitted in the wake of the state government refusing to re-start …
20 agencies have been entrusted with mapping and sand auditing of 20 rivers in State The Assembly Committee on Environment will keep a tab on the river mapping and sand auditing being undertaken by various agencies on 20 river systems in Kerala. Chairman of the Committee C.P. Mohammed told The …
