83% of open wells in State polluted
CWRDM study finds most rivers highly contaminated due to lack of proper waste management As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and
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Pampa river system in danger
The river basin had witnessed an unprecedented water scarcity last summer The Environment Resource Centre (ERC) of the Pampa Parirakshana Samiti (PSS) has observed that indiscriminate sand-mining, coupled
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Degradation of floodplain wetland poses threat to Pampa
The 2.5-km-long natural stream Varalchal is heavily silted Degradation of the floodplain wetland in the Pampa river basin Varalchal at Koipram, near Aranmula, is posing serious ecological problems to
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Pampa-Vaipar project may set off another water war
Experts say Central Kerala may see an eco-disaster, socio-economic crisis The Tamil Nadu government pushing for implementing the proposed Pampa-Achencoil-Vaipar River Link Project (PAVRLP) on a priority
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Central team undertakes recce of river Pampa
A four-member Central team led by J. Chandrashekhara Iyer, Central Water Commission Chief Engineer, visited Pampa and Cheriyanavattom in the foothills of Sabarimala on Monday as part of the Union Water
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Pampa River Action Plan gets a new lease of life
Nod for releasing Central grant-in-aid of Rs.5 crore The Pampa River Action Plan for pollution abatement and conservation of the river basin has received a fresh lease of life, with the Ministry of
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E-coli count crosses 3.5 lakh at Njunangar
The pollution status of river Pampa in the foothills of Sabarimala has recorded an alarming e-coli count in the last lap of the just-concluded Mandalam pilgrim season. The Kerala State Pollution Control
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PCB for deploying police at Pampa bathing ghats
The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has suggested the deployment of policemen instead of volunteers at the Pampa bathing ghats in the foothills of Sabarimala to stop pilgrims from throwing used clothes
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Filth flows via stream, pollutes Pampa
The formal commissioning of the modern sewage treatment plant (STP) on the eve of the annual pilgrim season has done pretty little to check the flow of filth into the Pampa through the Njunangar stream
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Order on river pollution welcomed
The Pampa Parirakshana Samiti (PPS) that has been campaigning for the cause of the Pampa for the past three decades has welcomed the Kerala High Court direction to invoke the relevant provisions in the