Three years after the garbage treatment plant at Vilappilsala was shut down, the city corporation formally put an end to all financial deals pertaining to the plant.

Greens Seek Compensatory Planting Drive

The public works department’s (PWD) plans to cut down trees for widening Main Central Road (MC Road) – connecting Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram – have run into trouble as environmentalists have come out against the move demanding implementation of compensatory tree planting programme or announcing a project to replant uprooted trees.

District Collector Biju Prabhakar has warned of strict action against those who violate sound pollution norms after obtaining licence from the police to use loudspeakers.

In an official release here on Wednesday, Mr. Prabhakar said directives to act against such persons had been issued following complaints from students preparing for examinations, critically ill persons, and the elderly who were suffering owing to uncontrolled noise pollution in their surroundings.

Aim is to ensure that funds do not lapse

The State has decided to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to operate and manage the buses procured with 80 per cent financial assistance from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Thiruvananthapuram: The state forest department has begun GIS mapping of all kavus (sacred groves) in the state that are under threat from unscrupulous real estate development.

Govt Yields To Public Opposition, Not To Set Up CIAL-Model Co

Unable to overcome public opposition, the state government has finally decided to drop the proposal to set up a CIALmodel Kerala Drinking Water Supply Company.

The Attingal municipality will set up seven high-capacity biogas plants in various public places as part of its efforts to treat biodegradable waste at source.

Work had commenced on the plants at the waste treatment yard at Chudukad, public market, Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Government Girls Higher Secondary School, District Institute for Education and Training, Industrial Training Institute and Government College, municipal vice-chairman M. Pradeep told The Hindu .

VISL will soon invite requests for qualification for EPC contract, says Minister

The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for projects relating to infrastructure development and Coastal Regulation Zone has recommended the accordance of environmental clearance for the Rs.5,000-crore deepwater container transhipment port proposed to be set up at Vizhinjam, near here.

The road was built without clearance under CRZ norms

The State government will tender an apology to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for constructing a road for the proposed Vizhinjam port without clearance under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regulations.