Thiruvananthapuram: The Union government has sanctioned an additional Rs.10.45 crore for improving water supply in the capital city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

In a letter to Shashi Tharoor, MP, Union Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath said that he had approved the release of the fresh instalment of Additional Central Assistance (ACA) for the ongoi

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The former Electricity Minister A.K. Balan has come down heavily on Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh for his stand that the Centre will not give environmental clearance to the Athirappilly hydel project.

At a news conference here on Friday, Mr.

Garbage management has been a long-pending issue
It would be either a treatment plant or a landfill
Councillors had blocked trucks with garbage
KOCHI: Thrikkakara municipality is actively considering a proposal to purchase about 10 acres of land for the scientific disposal and treatment of waste.

A decision to this effect was taken at a municipal council meeting held recently.

The problem

Part of implementing an environment-friendly buildings project
PWD rates to be linked to wholesale price index
Department to have quality management system

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Public Works Minister V.K.

KOCHI: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide

3 cases reported from the coastal Mukkola-Vinzhinjam area

Project included in UDF government's 100-day programme
KANNUR: The project for supplying drinking water to 15 villages in the district should have been completed by now, but for the delay in awarding the works.

Now that its partial commissioning is included in the 100-day programme of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government, efforts are on to accelerate the ongoing works to complete the f

Water in the Vembanad lake and Pampa river turns saline
ALAPPUZHA: Even as the threat of floods that loomed over the water-logged Kuttanad seems to have receded, the people are now up against another recurrent scourge.

KOCHI: Considered the most important effort at sustainable development of fish resources in the Arabian Sea, the one-and-a-half-month annual ban on fishing using trawl nets will take effect in Kerala's territorial waters on Tuesday midnight.

Roughly 4,000 boats will take the

Union Minister finds no progress in power generation
State will need 3,740 MW of power by the year 2017
Call to continue focus on hydel power projects
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister of State for Power K.C.