The heavy rains that hit Kerala this monsoon has claimed 29 lives till Thursday, though the state is experiencing deficient rains this season.

The government will not allow any move to interlink Pampa, Achenkovil rivers in the state with Tamil Nadu's Vaipar river, chief minister Oommen Chandy said in the assembly on Thursday.

Over the years, the government’s quick-fix plan to construct sea wall along coastal areas of the state has proved largely ineffective in checking sea erosion.

The government needs to frame a policy on issuing no-objection certificates to plantations exceeding a specific area, the forest department committee that probed the Nelliampathy estate row has rec

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718 Institutions Lack Proper Facilities, 460 Provide Water Sans Quality Check

The audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which had pointed out violations in building permits given to constructions in Kochi, also brought to notice violations in constructio

NGT Had Sought Closure Of Illegal Quarries

Latest FSI Report Says Kerala Is Amongst The Few States That Managed To Increase Forest Cover, But Environmentalists Say It Could Be Plantations

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