Questions that the state had come to recognise over time but consistently delayed treating seriously because doing so requires an overhaul of perspective and lifestyle, notes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE:......
'Heavy rains are not the primary reason for landslides in Wayanad.''There are all sorts of (human) intervention going on in that area.' IMAGE: SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB.......
'It was specifically mentioned in the Gadgil Committee report that this particular area where the colossal landside happened now should be in the Environmentally Sensitive Area under Zone 1.' 'Zone......
As Kerala picks up the pieces, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said the government would explore the possibility of legal options to avail the funds offered to the state, including that......
"Things are getting worse in Western Ghats", says eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil as he urged the people on the "grassroots" to "sufficiently pressure" the elected representatives to take measures......
It was a big victory for RTI activist G Krishnan when the Delhi high court dismissed the plea of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) against making public the Gadgil Committee report......
The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report, submitted by ecologist Madhav Gadgil last year, was further delaying the Rs 30,000-crore (Rs 300-billion) refinery project of Hindustan Petroleum Corp......
A glimpse of the Western Ghats. Photograph: Reuben NV/Rediff.com The Centre on Wednesday told the National Green Tribunal it would pursue the implementation of the Kasturirangan......
Finance Ministry has forwarded to the Planning Commission for "necessary action" the report of Raghuram Rajan Committee on states which seeks to do away with the special category status for poorer......
Planning Commission will soon take a view on the controversial report of the Raghuram Rajan panel, which made a case for ending the special category status for poorer states, Deputy Chairman Montek......