Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Navroz Mody Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding remediation of mercury contamination on account of manufacture of thermometers by M/s Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. The applicant, a local resident, moved this Tribunal on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Navroz Mody Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding remediation of mercury contamination on account of manufacture of thermometers by M/s Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. The applicant, a local resident, moved this Tribunal on …
Four new fish species have been found in Kerala, the college professor who made the discovery has said. The new new species have been named Puntius nelsoni, Puntius nigronotus, Systomus chryseus and Systomus rufus, said Mathews Plamoottil, a zoology professor at Kollam's Baby John Memorial Government College. "Detailed articles describing …
The photograph of a Sabarimala pilgrim drinking pipe water beside the jungle river contaminated with toxic waste shows the mess that 'Kaanana Kshetram' has turned into. The telling photograph is part of the exhibition titled 'Tatvamasi' which is currently on at the art gallery at Alliance Francaise de Trivandrum. The …
The tribunal has also ordered KGS Group, the promoters of the project, to stop all the construction activities going on at the project The Chennai Bench of the National Green Tribunal [NGT] today cancelled the environment clearance given to the Aranmula Airport project, in Kerala. The tribunal has also ordered …
The government today said it has sanctioned a project for cleaning of Pamba river under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP). "A Rs 18.45 crore project for abatement of pollution in river Pamba in Kerala has been sanctioned under NRCP," Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan said in a written reply to …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the Supreme Court judgement on interlinking of rivers will not apply to Kerala or its rivers. Replying to questions from the media at his weekly Cabinet briefing here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said the verdict was applicable only to concurring States. “Kerala …
The proposed IWRM Roadmap for the Pamba River Basin has been developed under the APSF (Action Plan Support Facility) Project financed by the European Union. The Pamba Pilot Project’s aim was to deliver “Policy Support to Integrated River Basin Management” and to contribute to the continuing EU-India policy dialogue in …
Union Environment Minister writes to Chief Minister on the issue. KOCHI: The death of pilgrims at Pulmedu could have been avoided had the Sabarimala master plan been implemented in a
The APSF -Environment project is supporting the Government of Kerala and its Pamba River Authority in producing an IWRM Roadmap for the Pamba River, with the aim of producing a replicable model for river basin management of intra-state rivers in India. Kerala has been practicing traditional water resources management along …
Asha Prakash KOCHI: Every year, the tons of sewage generated from the Sabarimala temple premises during the season posed a major threat to the environment around. The waste was being emptied into the Pamba river, which resulted in further pollution of the already much polluted river. That is, until the …
Rivers in the southwest coast of India are under immense pressure due to various kinds of human activities among which indiscriminate extraction of construction grade sand is the most disastrous one. The situation is rather alarming in the rivers draining the Vembanad lake catchments as the area hosts one of …
sridevi pillai Kochi as the Sabarimala pilgrim season began recently, reports poured in about the huge pilgrim rush and the improved facilities for them. The environmental implications of these have largely been ignored. The fact is, the entire Pampa river basin is polluted due to lack of sanitation and waste …
