Environment

Parishad warns of huge environmental impact

KANNUR: Even as the CPM has strengthened the campaign against Vayalkilikal, the collective of the local residents of Keezhattur in the district who oppose the proposed national highway bypass throu

Publication Date: 
19/03/2018
Times Of India (Kozhikode)
Tags:
Kerala, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Highways, Agriculture, Land, Environment
Natural Disasters

Kasaragod faces drought-like situation

Rivers have already started drying up

Publication Date: 
15/03/2018
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Droughts, Kasaragod (D), Rivers, Elephant, Groundwater, Natural Disasters
Health

Order of the Supreme Court of India to treat toddy as liquor while enforcing the highway liquor ban in Kerala, 13/03/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Toddy Shop Licensee Association & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/03/2018 to treat toddy as liquor while enforcing the highway liquor ban in Kerala. Supreme Court while disposing of the Applications stated that the Court has not "addressed to the issue whether toddy would be covered under the definition of liquor. The said issue of law is kept open".

Judgement Date: 
13/03/2018
Tags:
Alcoholism, Kerala, Supreme Court, Health
Agriculture

Comparative analysis of grain quality and nutraceutical properties of selected rice varieties from Kerala

Kerala, the land of rich biodiversity, is a treasure of land races of many crops. The speciality rice varieties of Kerala include Pokkali (organic rice), Jeerakasala and Gandhakasala (scented rice varieties), Black Njavara and Golden Njavara (medicinal rice varieties). A study on the nutraceutical properties of these speciality rice varieties was made to understand their health benefits.

Publication Date: 
10/03/2018
K. S. Shylaraj, Soumya G. Nadh, Shimi K. Chandran
Current Science
114
5
1088-1094
Tags:
Agriculture, Rice, Nutrition, Traditional Knowledge, Kerala, Statistics
Water Pollution

Mampuzha river to become pollution free

KOZHIKODE: Minister for Labour and Excise T P Ramakrishnan inaugurated the Mampuzha restoration project.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2018
Times Of India (Kozhikode)
Tags:
Kerala, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Panchayats, Water Pollution
Air Pollution

How simulation technology can help combat air pollution

KOCHI: Economic growth in the course of urban development is causing serious air pollution problems everywhere.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2018
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Air Pollution, Kochi, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution Control
Land

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding construction of a multi storied building on wetland area, Ernakulam District, Kerala, 05/03/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mather Nagar Residents Association Vs The District Collector, Ernakulam & Others dated 05/03/2018 regarding construction of a multi storied building on wetland area of Thrikkakkara North Village, Kalamassery, Ernakulam District, Kerala. Supreme Court sets aside the Order passed by the Kerala High Court which allowed the builder to continue construction and remanded the matter for a fresh decision after taking into account the detailed report submitted by the Sub-Collector, Fortkochi, Ernakulam District, Kerala.

Judgement Date: 
05/03/2018
Tags:
Wetlands, Land Use, Kerala, Ernakulam, Supreme Court, Buildings
Energy

Kerala’s Solar target set at 1,870 MW by 2022

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: If things pan out, the installed capacity of solar power generation in the state will touch 1,870 megawatts (MW) by 2022.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
New Indian Express (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, State Electricity Board (SEB), Energy Technology, Energy
Environment

Rising vehicle population a threat to your eardrums

Hearing impairment caused by noise pollution emerges as a serious public health issue in State

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Noise Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Environmental Health, Health Effects, Environment
Environment

In Kerala, village on path to become country’s first carbon-neutral panchayat

Meenangadi, nestled in the undulating hills of the Western Ghats is looking to become ‘carbon neutral’ — a state of zero carbon footprint achieved when carbon emissions in the atmosphere are cancel

Publication Date: 
28/02/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Wayanad, Tribals, Waste Management, Ecosystems, Crops, Biodiversity, Western Ghats, Panchayats, LEDs

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