Kerala

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding draft Cauvery Management Scheme

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs P. K. Sinha & Others dated 18/05/2018 regarding draft Cauvery Management Scheme.

Union of India assures the Apex Court that the draft scheme will be taken to its logical end in accordance with law. The Court hoped that the draft scheme will be notified in the Official Gazette and given effect to before the onset of the monsoon.

Judgement Date:

18/05/2018

Tags:

Cauvery, Water Disputes, Supreme Court, Water Management, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Rivers

Water Resources

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding draft management scheme for Cauvery, 14/05/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs P. K. Sinha & Others dated 14/05/2018 regarding draft management scheme for Cauvery. The Central Government represented by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation filed the draft scheme. The States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Union Territory of Puducherry has been given copies of the draft scheme "only to examine whether the said Scheme is in consonance with the judgment of this Court".

Judgement Date:

14/05/2018

Tags:

Cauvery, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala, Supreme Court, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Water Disputes, Water Management, Karnataka

Energy

Marayur reserve: Kerala's first tribal settlement to get solar power station

The initiative has been hailed as a major step towards promoting renewable energy and a significant contribution to environment protection.

Publication Date:

14/05/2018

Source: New Indian Express (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Solar Energy, Tribals, Renewable Energy, LEDs, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Security, Energy

Water Pollution

Web-based mapping to identify polluters

Thiruvananthapuram: The pollution control board (PCB) has launched a first-of-its-kind web-based mapping for a waterbody and network of sewers, manholes and drains as part of sanitation survey bein

Publication Date:

09/05/2018

Source: Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Rivers, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Trbunal (NGT), River Pollution, Water Pollution

Mining

Dept of mining launches KOMPAS

Thiruvananthapuram: With an aim to ensure transparency in mining activities in the state, the department of mining and geology has launched an e-governance initiative titled Kerala Online Mining Pe

Publication Date:

08/05/2018

Source: Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Mining, Ernakulam, Awards

Environment

Kerala hill demolition row: Collector asks Geology Department to conduct impact study

Though the CPM has time and again reiterated that it is the only party which has included environment protection as one of the party programmes, the hills were being razed with impunity.

Publication Date:

04/05/2018

Source: New Indian Express (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Environmental Security, Kannur (D), Farmers, Environment

Health

Evaluation of a training program of hypertension for accredited social health activists (ASHA) in rural India

Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of premature death and disability in India. Since access to health services is poor in rural India and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) are available throughout India for maternal and child health, a potential solution for improving hypertension control is by utilising this available workforce.

Publication Date:

02/05/2018

Author(s): Marwa Abdel-All, Amanda Gay Thrift, Michaela Riddell & et al

Source: BMC Health Services Research

pp:

1-11

Tags:

Heart Diseases, Health Personnel, India, Rural Health, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D)

Transport

The role of waterways in promoting urban resilience: the case of Kochi city

This paper examines the case of Kochi, an Indian city located at the centre of a rapidly urbanizing coastal and estuarine region. In Kochi, a port city characterised by crisscrossing canals and rivers connected to a backwater system, waterways used to play a major role in the socio-economic and cultural development of the region.

Publication Date:

01/05/2018

Author(s): Zeba Aziz, Indro Ray, Sandeep Paul

Source: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Tags:

Inland Waterways, Urbanisation, Climate Change, Kochi, Kerala

Health