Kochi: The Idukki dam water will have trouble flowing down to the Lower Periyar if and when the shutters are opened because there is no river there now to carry the gushing torrent. 
And the most wo

Kochi: Periyar, the drinking water source of Kochiites, is witnessing large-scale encroachments resulting in reduction in the overall area of the river.
This has come as a blow to the river which is

Impressed by the way the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Thekkady is carrying out various
conservation and participatory management activities involving local people, organisations from outside Kerala

The Greens are up in arms against the trade unions’ alleged bid to torpedo the River Protection Authority, which was proposed by the environmentalists and agreed to by the state government.

The Green

A task force will be constituted soon with environmental experts and political party representatives as members for the conservation of the river Periyar.

The task force will coordinate with various

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday suggested that a permanent bund be constructed at Pathalam to prevent the Periyar from being polluted by the discharge of effluent from industries at Edayar and also t

The district administration is set to use the Rs 18 crore left in the River Management Fund (RMF), for the Thevara-Perandoor (TP) canal works and also for developing a waterway in Kadambrayar, even as

At a time when natural resources are fast depleting and a war over drinking water looms large on the horizon, making World Environment Day one of the most important days on the calendar, the unmindful

The Kochi Corporation’s initiatives to control tanker lorries supplying drinking water have come a cropper with several of them flouting guidelines and supplying polluted water from the Periyar.

At

For the second time in a week, massive fish deaths were reported from Pathalam belt in river Periyar, triggering alarm and protests.

Dead fish were found in bunches on the banks of river on Saturday