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: The High Court on Thursday issued an order banning the mining of river sand in Idukki district. Disposing off a petition filed by the Upputhara grama panchayat authorities against unauthorised sand mining, Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan said that neither the State Government nor the district collector had issued any …
The Supreme Court on Thursday rapped the Kerala government for passing a legislation, which in a way circumvented its earlier judgment permitting Tamil Nadu to raise the water level of Mullaperiyar dam from existing 136 to 142 feet. The three-member bench comprising Justices D K Jain, Mukundakam Sharma and R …
KOCHI: The Sand mafia has resurfaced in the Cheranelloor area with more force, to launch an offensive against those people who stand against their illegal mining activities. The residents of Cheranelloor and Kothad panchayats said that the police were acting in connivance with the sand mafia. Even after repeated petitions …
LUCKNOW: The chance discovery of a Jurassic nest by geologists in Tamil Nadu reiterates Darwin's philosophy of "nothing is constant'', incidentally in the 200th year of the `Theory of Evolution'. Underscoring this thought, noted geologist Prof Ashok Sahni, on Thursday, hailed the discovery by Periyar University researchers. "Dinosaurs represent one …
The present issue of Mullai Periyar Dam is analysed from the points revealed by Kerala about the safety of the Dam to suggest a feasible win-win solution duly considering the implied stand of Kerala as perceived by the author.
The present issue of Mullai Periyar Dam is analysed from the points revealed by Kerala about the safety of the Dam to suggest a feasible win-win solution duly considering the implied stand of Kerala as perceived by the author.
KOCHI: It seems that the direction given by the district administration to various agencies to take strict action against those polluting the Periyar has fallen on deaf ears. The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has served show cause notices to four companies for discharging effluents from their units in the …
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: The recent findings by the team from School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), is an indication that there should be strict monitoring of exotic fishes being introduced in paddy fields as they gradually find their way into the natural systems. A series …
A fisherman showing an African Mushi caught from the Periyar where the species is beginning to threaten the biodiversity of the river. KOCHI: The Periyar lake has been heavily invaded by African Mushi (clarias gariepinus) making it almost certain that the endangered local fishes in the water body would become …
Farmers demand release of water for irrigation THENI: Storage level in the Periyar dam crossed the minimum required level 112 feet to enable public works engineers to release water for irrigation here on Tuesday evening. Water level stood at 112.5 feet on Tuesday, thanks to a massive increase in inflow …
KOCHI: District Collector M Beena, on Monday instructed the Water Authority, the Pollution Control Board and the Aluva Municipality to take steps to prevent the disposal of waste materials in the Periyar. The instruction was given at a meeting convened by the Human Rights Commission. The Collector also asked the …
Kuzhikandam creek/P K Jeevan Jose. Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Close on the heels of the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) marking Eloor industrial area one of the toxic hotspot for persistent organic pollutant (POP), the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) together with the Centre for Water Resources …
Drinking water shortage in several parts of Kerala, especially in the high and midland areas of many districts, has become so acute that the inhabitants have to depend on water supply by private operators for whom it has turned out to be a lucrative business. The sharp fall in the …
K. Raju ANDIPATTI (THENI): The AIADMK and the DMK miserably failed in settling the Periyar dam issue, charged Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) leader Vijaykant. The parties betrayed the people of Theni and four other southern districts. With wrong policies, Tamil Nadu had been depending on three neighbouring States for …
Waste from slaughterhouses dumped by the riverside. KOCHI: The sad tale of abuse of the river Periyar was portrayed at a photo exhibition organised by the Periyar Malineekarana Virudha Samithi at the School of Environment Studies the other day. With photos of a picturesque river turning colours from green to …
