The Kerala State Planning Board will submit a Rs.1,222 crore Bharathapuzha Basin Development Plan soon to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for getting financial aid from it for the project.

The Planning Board member C.P. John told The Hindu on Saturday that the Planning Board held discussions with the WWF delegation two months back on the issue and they were positive about assisting the project.

One confirmed, nine suspected dengue cases

Nine suspected cases of dengue fever and one confirmed case were reported from the district on Friday.

Study on disappearance of Sandwich Tern from the estuary begins

The disappearance of Sandwich Tern, one of the unique migrant bird species found in the Kadalundi Vallikkunnu Community Reserve, from the Kadalundi estuary over the past couple of years has raised concerns about the changes taking place to the ecology of the sanctuary.

The census shows that Kerala has a literacy rate of 94 per cent. The child population in Kerala has shown a declining trend.

MALAPPURAM: As the severe drought due to the shortage of rainfall has resulted in substantial crop loss and drinking water shortage in various parts of Malappuram district, the authorities have dec

The water has turned black at Areekode and neighbouring places

The water in the Chaliyar at Areekode and neighbouring places has changed its colour, raising concerns of the local people as well as the authorities.
Unlike in the past, the Chaliyar has turned black towards the upstream of the river from the Kavanakkallu regulator-cum-bridge. The change looks acute at Areekode and Moorkkanad.

Urban sewage, hospital waste, and pesticide residues are polluting kole lands, the ecologically fragile wetland ecosystems in Malappuram and Thrissur noted for the integrated farming of rice and fish.

An expert committee appointed by the State government has found that sewage pollution from urban areas was being directly discharged into the main canals in the kole lands. This, it observed, often led to mass mortality of fish. Organic waste from urban areas, hospital waste, and pesticide residue from paddy fields were identified as other sources of pollution.

The first hydropower project in the district would be commissioned in 2015. Electricity minister Aryadan Muhammed said the work on the Adyanpara power project would be completed in 18 months.

The increasing incidence of man-animal conflict in northern Kerala have prompted wildlife researchers to go to the root cause of the issue.

Besides the straying of tigers and leopards into human habitations in some districts, human-elephant conflicts were reported from Palakkad and Malappuram districts. The incidents were relatively new in these districts and the reasons needed to be probed thoroughly, said E.A. Jayson, Head of the Wildlife division of the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi.

The Malampuzha Dam Protection Council has called upon the government to close down a hospital waste management plant run by Indian Medical Association Goes Eco-Friendly (IMAGE), an initiative of th