Nod Must For Mines Over 20-Ft Deep, Employing Over 50

A law that requires central government clearance for operating quarries that use explosives should be strictly implemented in the state, the high court has directed.

KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday demanded the cancellation of the sanction given for bauxite mining at Kadaladi Para in Kasaragod.

He also demanded a probe into the circumstances under which the previous LDF government awarded the sanction in 2007. Chennithala raised the demands in letters sent to chief minister Oommen Chandy and industries minister PK Kunhalikutty.

Kochi: The state-level steering committee, headed by chief minister Oommen Chandy, approved projects worth Rs 1,100-crore on Wednesday to avail funds under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal M

Cabinet Gives In-Principle Nod For Real Estate Bill

The cabinet has decided to set up a potable water company near Malankara dam in Idukki, for which the government will soon release Rs 9.86 crore. Chief minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that the company would be set up under the Kerala irrigation infrastructure and development corporation.

Mounting fears by anxious people over possible eviction from their land led to an uproar at a hearing by the expert committee on Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats in Kottayam, which promp

Kochi: In a bid to control agencies disposing e-waste from the district, the Pollution Control Board (PCB) will soon bring out a notification to ensure that only authorized agencies are involved in

The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is drafting a “consultative tree planting plan” and has identified about 10 locations in the city to plant saplings.

The agency, which is drafting the project along with the district tree cutting permit issuing committee, environmentalists and other green agencies, will soon implement the project.

Experts Say Kasturirangan Report Does Not Ban Construction, Cultivation, Tourism And Infrastructure Development In Villages In ESA
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Chief minister Oommen Chandy may have succumbed to political pressure from UDF allies, quarry owners and church authorities, who want a drastic reduction in the number of villages categorized as Ecological Sensitive Area (ESA) as per the Kasturirangan committee report.

The draft of the Kerala Perspective Plan, 2030 highlights the need to address rising water and land pollution in fast expanding cities like Kochi that is witnessing a huge influx of migrant populat

Kochi: It is tough times ahead for Kochi Metro as environmentalists tighten the noose around Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL).