Afforestation and water conservation scheme at Attappady
Rs.44 lakh spent on various works
215 km of fire line erected
PALAKKAD: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is stepping into an eco-restoration project at Attappady after the Rs.219-crore eco-restoration scheme implemented by the Attappady Hill Area Development Society (AHADS) during the last 10 y
PALAKKAD: Four environmental organisations have demanded that the State government and the Forest Department take stern action against some plantation owners who were trying to destroy the fragile ecology and environment of the Nelliampathy forest area in Palakkad district.
In a statement released at a media conference here on Wednesday, Tony Thomas of
This paper attempts an ethnobiological investigation, performed during 2003 to 2006, to collect, identify and document information on wild food traditionally used by the indigenous people of the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Palakkad district of Kerala, India.
Kerala government has been pressing the Centre to impose a country-wide ban on endosulfan. But its own track reocrd hasn't been impressive. The ban on endosulfan in Kerala has proved ineffective and the pesticide is being smuggled in the state. A recent survey shows more children are falling victim, Down To Earth reports.
New crops: Seedlings of vegetables being raised in the nursery of VFPCK at Alathur in Palakkad.
PALAKKAD: Cultivation of cold climate vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower, beetroot, carrot and capsicum is picking up in the State following the efforts of the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK).
The success of field trials by Kerala Agricultural University gave the VFPCK t
PALAKKAD: The Core Committee formed to regulate the sale of sand mined from the Malampuzha, Chulliyar and Walayar dams has reported sale of sand costing Rs.11.70 crore and expenditure of over Rs.6 crore towards mining and transporting.
The Kerala government has decided to take the wind out of energy major Suzlon that had illegally erected windmills on land owned by tribals at the ecologically sensitive Attappady Hills in Palakkad district.
Which Front will get the benefit of the sand mining and related works being done at the Malampuzha, Chulliyar and Walayar dams in Palakkad district during the elections to the local bodies?
In general, the answer will be the LDF or the UDF. Whoever wins, the real winners will be the hundreds of workers at the dam site.
