Rs.350-crore facility will be capable of processing 500 tonnes of waste daily

Finally, the government has zeroed in on the technology to be adopted at the proposed solid waste treatment plant in Brahmapuram. Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali told The Hindu on Monday that the new facility would adopt the waste-to-energy technology.

The Kerala State Planning Board will submit a Rs.1,222 crore Bharathapuzha Basin Development Plan soon to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for getting financial aid from it for the project.

The Planning Board member C.P. John told The Hindu on Saturday that the Planning Board held discussions with the WWF delegation two months back on the issue and they were positive about assisting the project.

State had demanded Rs.7,888 crore

The Union government has sanctioned a drought-relief package of Rs.107 crore to Kerala. The amount was sanctioned by the National Disaster Management Committee, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, to carry out long-term agricultural projects and to resolve drinking water shortage in some districts.

Signalling the end of the impasse over the Vadavathoor dumping yard issue, the representatives of Vijayapuram grama panchayat and Kottayam Municipality will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Rights’ panel order ignored, say environment activists

The Chembanmudy Protection Council and the Chembanoly People’s Action Council have strongly condemned the withdrawal of the ban imposed on Manimalethu Granites at Chembanmudy hillock for granite quarrying.

As the draft report on the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Vizhinjam port project faces a public hearing on Saturday, environmentalists are not happy with the manner in which the report has projected the impact of the port on Vizhinjam.

In fact, non-governmental organisation Coastal Watch has gone to the extent of saying that the draft EIA report “reads like a campaign material rather than an objective environmental impact assessment of the project”.

Made-in-China knockoffs of solar photovoltaic systems making way to Indian homes could hamstring efforts to harness alternative energy.

Many of solar panels used in Indian homes are made in China. The low-quality components, acquired by companies in India on cheaper rates, live short. And it could frustrate users from exiting the project and dissuade others.

Kerala Energy Conservation Building Code is expected to be notified within two months

Energy conservation is no more a choice but a must. Kerala Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) is expected to be notified within two months, and it will make compulsory for all new commercial buildings with a connected load of 100 kilowatt or more to incorporate energy conservation elements at the design stage.

Roads washed away, trees uprooted, houses under threat

Though there was a brief respite from the rain lashing northern Kerala on Tuesday, people living along the coastline of the district continue to live in fear and agony with unabated sea erosion battering several stretches of the coast.

Central project sanctioned by 13th Finance Commission.