The project proposes to pay Rs.1,000 per acre to kole farmers every year.

Thrissur: The State government will submit a project on biodiversity conservation of kole wetlands of Thrissur and Malappuram districts to the Centre.

Kochi: The Thrissur Corporation Secretary on Thursday informed the Kerala High Court that the Corporation was taking urgent steps to identify and acquire necessary land for establishing zonal compost treatment plants at Ollur.

In an action taken report (ATR), the Secretary told a Bench comprising Justice Pius Kuriakose and Justice P.S.

THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned an amount of Rs 40.12 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund to the state government.

The loan is intended for the implementation of the eight drainage and flood prevention projects in Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kollam and Thrissur districts.

Elephant-owners in Kerala are predicting that the proposed declaration of elephant as a heritage animal and strict adherence to recommendations in the Mahesh Rangarajan Committee report would lead to the extinction of tamed elephants in Kerala in 10 years.

They are also expressing the apprehension that the participation of elephants in temple festivals and rituals will come to an end if the rec

The mainstream development literature tries to understand the changes in land relations through the lens of land reforms alone. Kerala provides an appropriate setting to understand how far radical redistributive land reforms have succeeded in transforming inequity in landownership.

Wetlands which face several anthropogenic and other threats are complex ecosystems providing substantial benefits to human society. This paper is an attempt to understand the ecological and economic importance as well as the associated property rights issues of wetlands in general and the Kole wetlands in Thrissur, Kerala in particular.

Thiruvananthapuram/DEHRA DUN : Many captive elephants are in poor health due to overwork and want of timely medical care in Kerala, known for its parades of majestic tuskers in glittering festive gear during carnivals.

Several villages lying adjacent to forest areas in Kerala are in a state of panic with summer heat and drought pushing leopards, elephants and king cobras out of the jungles. At least two human lives have already been lost due to leopard attacks in the recent past and accidental deaths of elephants wandering out of forests have also been reported in the past few days.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government is strongly pursuing the implementation of water safety project, under which Government projects are undertaken in a transparent and effective manner, Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran has stated.

Viju B | TNN

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