KATTAPPANA: The district administration has given permission for mining sand from 16 kadavus (sand-mining spots) in the rivers that fall under four grama panchayats in Idukki.
Infiltration tests were conducted at three locations in the Pooppara Tribal Colony area, Idukki District, Kerala. Physico-chemical analysis of the soil samples shows that the soil type for the selected locations is sandy clay loam and is acidic in nature with low bio-manure.
PRISTINE NATURE: Nilgiri Tahr in the Eravikulam National Park in Idukki district.
How much tourism is too much for Eravikulam National Park?
The managers of the national park are thinking aloud regarding the carrying capacity of this tourist locale situated along the crest of the Western Ghats in Idukki district.
It is the ever increasing number of visitors to the park, which is spread ov
KATTAPPANA: Minister for Tourism Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said that Munnar is a role model in the country in the tourism sector.
Inaugurating the newly constructed rooms in the Tea County of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation in Munnar On Sunday, the Minister said that Munnar was being developed on the basis of a master plan for the first time in the State.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: DYFI secretary T.V. Rajesh has asked the government to put an immediate end to use of Endosulfan in the plantations in Idukki.
In a statement here on Monday, Mr. Rajesh alleged that Endosulfan was being used in the State under other brand names even after the State government banned it.
KATTAPPANA: Even as the Stockholm convention of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on Tuesday proposed a ban on the use of the deadly Endosulfan pesticide, it is revealed that a large number of farmers in Idukki have stepped up its use in cardamom plantations.
Unmindful of the ban on Endosulfan imposed by the Kerala High Court in 2002, the cardamom planters are using Endosulfan
KERALA: Novelist and scriptwriter Susmesh Chandroth, hailing from Vellathooval in Idukki, is a staunch advocate of environment conservation in Idukki district.
Fires are raging on a daily basis in the forests of Kerala as major rivers, freshwater lakes and ponds have begun to dry up at the very start of the summer. Weathermen are warning that the heat could get more intense in the coming days and rains are unlikely immediately.
