Order of the National Green Tribunal the matter of Krishna Das KV Vs State of Kerala dated 07/01/2025. The matter is related to pollution in in Ashtamudi lake, Kollam district, Kerala. The NGT received a report from Justice A V Ramakrishna Pillai, Chairman, State Level Monitoring Committee, Kerala reporting massive …
Order of the National Green Tribunal the matter of Krishna Das KV Vs State of Kerala dated 07/01/2025. The matter is related to pollution in in Ashtamudi lake, Kollam district, Kerala. The NGT received a report from Justice A V Ramakrishna Pillai, Chairman, State Level Monitoring Committee, Kerala reporting massive …
Additional report by state of Kerala in Original Application No 147 of 2022 in the matter of Krishna Das Vs State of Kerala. The report was on the remedial action taken by the authorities for the conservation of Ashtamudi and Vembanad-kol wetland as per the National Green Tribunal order dated …
Affidavit filed by the Mulanthuruthy Grama Panchayat, Ernakulam district, Kerala on pollution of Konothupuzha river which branches out as a tributary of the Thripunithura-Chambakkara Canal and joins the Vembanad lake. The Konothupuzha river traverses through a short distance of the Mulathuruthy Grama Panchayat. On preliminary examination, it was noted that …
Charge of violating Coastal Regulation Zone provisions is incorrect, asserts CPT Chief Engineer The Cochin Port Trust (CPT) has come under fire for its alleged flagrant reclamation of Vembanad backwaters and violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification. A committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate …
Climate change could aggravate threats posed by land use changes Vembanad Lake, the hub of backwater tourism in Kerala and the largest wetland system in the country, may cease to exist in another 50 years as climate change aggravates the complex threats posed by land use changes, according to a …
State lacks proper and scientific demarcation of wetlands Large tracts of wetlands have given way for various development projects in Kochi and adjoining areas. If the trend continues, Kochi would become a concrete jungle devoid of wetlands and greenery in the next 50 years, warn ecologists. A large number of …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred Seventieth Report on "Environmental issues of Kerala in General and Kochi/Ernakulam in particular". The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests has been undertaking study visits in various States/cities across …
Two big-ticket development projects, mooted by Cochin Port Trust and BPCL-Kochi Refinery, have secured Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance. A special meeting of the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority on Thursday gave conditional clearance for the projects. While the port trust obtained clearance for its Rs.970-crore project for the augmentation …
As many as 37 hotspots of pollution along the Pampa will be monitored for water quality, under the Save Pampa, Save Vembanad campaign taken up by the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) in association with the Pampa River Basin Authority. The CWRDM will deploy its mobile laboratory …
Allegation that boats seized are returned after a few days The indiscriminate mining of white clam shells from the Vembanad Lake and the alleged apathy of authorities concerned in preventing the practice are bound to affect the ecological balance of the region as well as the livelihood of several fishermen. …
This paper describes the fishery catch structure of Vembanad wetland system during August 2012 to July 2013. The estimates of fishery production indicated an annual landing of 4387.31 t, in which 480.98 t and 3906.33 t contributed by southern and northern zone of Vembanad respectively. Eighty species of finfishes, five …
Concerned with the rapid depletion of biodiversity, especially that of marine life and avians, the state wildlife board has put forward a resolution to conserve the biodiversity of wetlands that lie unprotected. It is now under the consideration of the state government. Wildlife board officials point out that the four …
Over 10,000 instances of “land modifications,” the majority of which are deemed to be violations of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines, have been identified along the banks of the Vembanad Lake. The Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority handed over an indicative list of land modifications to the representatives of 38 …
The environmental impact of the demolition of Kapico Kerala and some portions of Vaamika Island (Green Lagoon) resorts in Vembanad Lake will be assessed shortly. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has appointed an agency to carry out the studies following the Supreme Court order to demolish the resorts …
KSSP Team Starts Inspection Of Vembanad Lake Kochi:The people’s commission on Vembanad ecosystem (PCVE), set up by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) to study the nature and extent of encroachments and violations on wetlands, met in Kochi and inspected waterfront areas. The commission headed by Prabhat Patnaik, economist and …
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 …
In a move to address the pollution caused by houseboats, the government has decided to introduce a mobile sewage treatment plant in the Vembanad lake. Minister for Ports K. Babu said here on Sunday that an amount of Rs.60 lakh had been sanctioned for the project. He said the Suchitwa …
Nudged by the Supreme Court to act against Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations in Vembanad Lake, the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority has decided to find out who all have transgressed the boundaries. A special meeting of the Authority held on Wednesday decided to entrust the task of flagging the …
With the Supreme Court deadline for naming the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations on Vembanad Lake and islands nearing, the Kerala State Coastal Zone Management Authority (KSCZMA) will meet this weekend to take stock of the situation. V.R. Rajasekhanaran Pillai, Executive Vice-President of the authority, said a special meeting of …
Thiruvananthapuram : In an apparent bid to protect the tourism industry, 20 legislators and five bishops, including a Catholic cardinal, have sent a petition to the Chief Minister stating that the state government should not report coastal regulation zone violations to the Supreme Court. While six of the legislators are …
