Sludge in upstream area causing depletion of oxygen in water

Experts are debating bioremediation measures, including de-sledging the upstream areas of the Pathalam bund in the Periyar to avert fish deaths.
Mooting the idea of de-sludging the nearly 1-km upstream area, Bijoy Nandan, Associate Professor at the Cochin University of Science and Technology, said that partial bio-remediation measures could avert future fish deaths.

Cherupuzha River has claimed the lives of innocents, including children. But the river itself is a victim of indiscriminate sand mining.

Years of illegal sand mining has led to the formation of deep underwater pits on the river bed, covered flimsily by underwater rocks, giving a false sense of security and underwater foothold.

While the rest of Kerala went to polling booths on Thursday to become part of world’s largest democratic process, over 340 electorates from the particularly vulnerable tribal group of Kadar in Vazh

The venue of the ongoing struggle against polluting plywood manufacturing units in Perumbavoor will be shifted from Kuruppampady to Kakkanad next week.

The Kerala Paristhithi Aikyavedi, an umbrella organisation of different environmental groups, has urged voters to take a strict stand against those who showed a callous attitude towards the protection of environment and compromised on important issues, including the protection of drinking water, paddy fields, and ecologically sensitive areas, in the Lok Sabha election on Thursday.

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday asked the State government to inform the court whether the details of the calls made by the accused in the solar scam cases had been collected by

Substantial sums provided to civic bodies for solid waste management are remaining idle in banks for want of feasible projects and lack of initiative of the governing committees.

According to the latest report of the Local Fund Audit which reviewed the performance of civic bodies from 2009-10 to 2011-12, a vast majority of the urban and rural civic bodies could spend only around 50 per cent of the funds provided for refuse management.

Perhaps more significant than what the Church initially threatened to do is the studied silence of the Muslim segment

Barely a month ago, the Congress in Kerala was looking at the April 10 election with trepidation. The uproar over the Kasturirangan Committee recommendations on the protection of the Western Ghats was at its peak in the high ranges in the State, where settler farmers had been cultivators for generations.

Mining stopped following National Green Tribunal sought Environment Clearance for it

Rs. 44.19-crore project to build check-dams has been shelved

A Rs. 44.19-crore proposal by the Minor Irrigation department to construct check-dams in the district to preserve the water table has been shelved with the State government refusing to spare funds.