The proposed River Protection Authority law, which is now being vetted by the Law Department, will prioritise reinvigorating the Periyar, the Pampa, and the Bharatappuzha, Chief Minister Oommen Cha
Thiruvananthapuram, 23 Nov: Harping on the ‘grim danger’ posed by 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala today wanted the Tamil Nadu government to come forward for talks on the proposal to construct
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night held consultations with water resources minister PK Bansal on the Mullaperiyar dam – an old dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which has been re
Small cracks appeared at least at three points in the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala's Idukki district following two minor tremors that occurred early on Friday.
Turn system will be introduced in case of failure of monsoon or slump in storage: Collector
THENI: Water was released from Periyar dam for irrigation of first crop in the double cropping area in Cumbum Valley and from Vaigai dam for irrigation of lands in Madurai and Dindigul districts on Tuesday.
KOCHI: Thousands of fish washed up dead overnight in the Periyar just below the Pathalam bund on Thursday morning. It could be due to the high-level of pollution in the river, say environmentalists.
KOCHI: State Pollution Control Board has started collecting samples from the Periyar River to ensure the water quality based on a directive by the Kerala High Court that it should hand over one set of sample to the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) at Thiruvananthapuram for a period of 60 days beginning from Monday.
KOCHI: The expert committee formed to assess the pollution mitigation measures in Greater Cochin area will recommend to the Central Pollution Control Board to lift the moratorium on new industries.
The committee, which assessed the progress of some long and short-term measures, felt that the pollution levels have come down considerably in the area, said P.
ON behalf of the high powered committee constituted by the Supreme Court, a team of technical experts from the Centre will inspect the Mullaiperiyar dam, using modern instruments for three days from Wednesday.
The Supreme Court appointed a five-member high powered committee to inspect the dam and report on the feasibility of increasing the storage c
