The Sabarimala high-power committee has decided to submit a proposal to the government for implementing a zero-waste project at Sabarimala.
The project aims at cleaning Sabarimala, Pampa, and the traditional forest path to Sabarimala and maintaining them as a zero-waste zone.

The Central government had sanctioned Rs.294.72 lakh for the solid waste treatment project in the capital city, a statement issued by Shashi Tharoor, MP, said here on Monday.

Further illustrating the doggedness of its stand towards the US, a WikiLeaks cable shows that the Left in Kerala was sceptical of even philanthropic gestures from the country.

Garbage collection by Kudumbasree Clean Well Units will be withdrawn from these institutions as part of asking commercial establishments and apartments to set up independent waste-processing units. The move sparked protests from apartment owners who pointed out that apartments do not fall under the category of ‘commercial establishments' and garbage collection by Kudumbasree units should continue.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will launch the development work on the waterfall tourism project at Aruvikuzhi in Pallickathode, near here, on Saturday.

Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), the state’s arm for industrial and investment promotion, has signed a shareholders/promoters agreement with GAIL Gas for setting up a R1,000 crore gas-based infrastructure project. The agreement was signed in the presence of Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy by KSID C MD Alkesh Sharma and M Ravindran, CEO, Gail Gas, on Friday. KSIDC will have 24% equity in the company and GAIL Gas will have 26% in the company. The balance will be held by a strategic investor.

Coming out strongly against the Coca-Cola sponsored potable water programme former Forest Minister Benoy Viswom has said the model of Foreign Direct Investment put forward by the Coca-Cola company is not at all acceptable.
“A company which has destroyed the water of an entire land is now promising to sponsor drinking water,” he said at the protest march held at Panampilly Nagar against the Coca-Cola sponsored drinking water programme.

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has called for developing Ashtamudi Lake as an international tourism destination incorporating all principles of sustainable and responsible tourism.

Area near Kodagu forests to be developed as tourism village
Kanjirakolli, a village on the foothills of the Western Ghats bordering the Kodagu range of evergreen forests in Karnataka, is set to be developed as a major highland tourism destination.

KOCHI: With the city reeling under severe waste treatment problem, many measures initiated by the District Sanitation Mission is going awry for want of proper attendance from the authorities.