Members of various socio and political bodies organised under the Cauvery Protection Movement staged a protest in the city on Wednesday against construction of reservoirs across the Cauvery by Karn

The Kerala high court has sought the views of state government and the Kerala state pollution control board while hearing a petition challenging the setting up of chemical industries in Edayar indu

The Aluva municipality is discharging waste water from all the three drainages in the town into river Periyar which serves the drinking water needs of Kochi and suburbs.Municipal authorities have a

Assembly Passes Motion Appealing For Reference Of Mullaperiyar Issue To SC

With Kerala receiving a huge setback in the Mullaperiyar legal battle, the stance taken by the state in the Supreme Court has been widely criticised as serious lapses on its part have more or less

The Periyar would have been a major source of drinking water in the high ranges of Idukki district, now reeling under water shortage.

Sludge in upstream area causing depletion of oxygen in water

Experts are debating bioremediation measures, including de-sledging the upstream areas of the Pathalam bund in the Periyar to avert fish deaths.
Mooting the idea of de-sludging the nearly 1-km upstream area, Bijoy Nandan, Associate Professor at the Cochin University of Science and Technology, said that partial bio-remediation measures could avert future fish deaths.

Only 30% of people get piped water

The re-emergence of many diseases that were not heard of for a long time was a clear indication of the pollution of water and the environment, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday. He said that ensuring safe drinking water for the people was now a challenge before the government.

Monitoring committee scheduled to meet next week

Sand mining in the Moovattupuzha and the Periyar rivers, banned by the district administration this week, will resume only after the State-level environmental monitoring committee studies the results of the sand auditing of these rivers.