CWRDM study finds most rivers highly contaminated due to lack of proper waste management As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and most of the rivers in Kerala is highly contaminated. This was revealed by studies conducted …
CWRDM study finds most rivers highly contaminated due to lack of proper waste management As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and most of the rivers in Kerala is highly contaminated. This was revealed by studies conducted …
The river basin had witnessed an unprecedented water scarcity last summer The Environment Resource Centre (ERC) of the Pampa Parirakshana Samiti (PSS) has observed that indiscriminate sand-mining, coupled with unscientific interventions on the riverbed by government agencies, has resulted in alarming changes in the riverine system of the Pampa over …
The 2.5-km-long natural stream Varalchal is heavily silted Degradation of the floodplain wetland in the Pampa river basin Varalchal at Koipram, near Aranmula, is posing serious ecological problems to the Pampa. Varalchal is heavily weeded and silted, leaving its immediate surroundings with not less than 2,000 households in the grip …
Experts say Central Kerala may see an eco-disaster, socio-economic crisis The Tamil Nadu government pushing for implementing the proposed Pampa-Achencoil-Vaipar River Link Project (PAVRLP) on a priority basis has already caused rancour and concern among a section of environmentalists and experts in Kerala. This is one of the key items …
A four-member Central team led by J. Chandrashekhara Iyer, Central Water Commission Chief Engineer, visited Pampa and Cheriyanavattom in the foothills of Sabarimala on Monday as part of the Union Water Resources Ministry’s mission to conserve the Pampa river. V. Kunjambu, Regional Director of the Central Ground Water Board, R.N. …
Nod for releasing Central grant-in-aid of Rs.5 crore The Pampa River Action Plan for pollution abatement and conservation of the river basin has received a fresh lease of life, with the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change sanctioning the release of grant-in-aid of Rs.5 crore. The aid was sanctioned …
The pollution status of river Pampa in the foothills of Sabarimala has recorded an alarming e-coli count in the last lap of the just-concluded Mandalam pilgrim season. The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has recorded an e-coli count of 3,50,000 and above in every 100 ml of water in …
The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has suggested the deployment of policemen instead of volunteers at the Pampa bathing ghats in the foothills of Sabarimala to stop pilgrims from throwing used clothes into the river. In a detailed report submitted before the Kerala High Court, PCB Member Secretary M.S. Mythili …
The formal commissioning of the modern sewage treatment plant (STP) on the eve of the annual pilgrim season has done pretty little to check the flow of filth into the Pampa through the Njunangar stream at Sabarimala. The clogging of manholes at Malikappuram, coupled with flow of filth into the …
The Pampa Parirakshana Samiti (PPS) that has been campaigning for the cause of the Pampa for the past three decades has welcomed the Kerala High Court direction to invoke the relevant provisions in the Water Act of 1974 against those who pollute the river by throwing clothes into it. In …
The Kerala Pollution Control Board (PCB) has taken exception to the inadequate and slow pace of preparations for waste management and pollution control at Sabarimala and Pampa during the coming Mandalam-Makaravilakku season. In a letter to the PCB chairman, the district environmental engineer has stressed the need to ensure effective …
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. …
MoEF panel seeks answers to points raised by action council The KGS Aranmula International Airport Company will have to answer certain pertinent questions raised by the Aranmula Heritage Village Action Council over the controversial airport project in Aranmula. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) attached to the Ministry of Environment and …
It is high time the government took necessary initiative to address the pollution problems facing the Pampasays, N.K. Sukumaran Nair, general secretary, Pampa Parirakshana Samiti. The government is yet to form an Environment Management Cell for Sabarimala as proposed by the Legislative Committee on Environment in 1998. Mr. Nair urged …
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 …
Call to abandon river linking proposal The Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad has called upon the Centre to abandon the controversial Pampa-Achenkovil-Vaipar Link Project which would spell doom to Central Kerala. The ecological committee of KSSP that met here on Tuesday said that the proposed river linking scheme was totally unscientific …
Concern over impact of diversion of water from State rivers to Vaipar basin. The very idea of interlinking the rivers of India has its roots in the thoughts of M. Viswesvarayya, the stalwart engineer of yesteryear. The interlinking of rivers for inland navigation was proposed even earlier, during the British …
The government will not allow any move to interlink Pampa, Achenkovil rivers in the state with Tamil Nadu's Vaipar river, chief minister Oommen Chandy said in the assembly on Thursday. “The state assembly had, in August 2003, passed a unanimous resolution against this and the matter is now before the …
The move will leave Pampa, Achencovil dry, says PPS leader Various environmental groups and experts have strongly opposed the reported move to implement the controversial river-linking scheme, Pampa-Achencovil-Vaipar Link Project (PAVLP), by the Union government and the Tamil Nadu government. During her recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil …
BJP Govt May Halt The Implementation Of Kasturi Report The state may suffer a setback in implementing projects like the proposed Aranmula international airport and Kasturirangan committee report as the BJP , in its run up to the election campaign, had come out openly against both issues. The BJP had …
