Kerala Garbage

German tourist Gabriele Oelschlager is now on a mission to set up a comprehensive waste treatment plan to end the garbage woes of Kovalam.

Throwing waste into water bodies will attract a jail term in Kerala. As per the new ordinance introduced by the state government, dumping "rubbish, filth or excreta in any water course" will attract a jail term of two years and a fine of upto Rs 3 lakh for violators. The Ordinance is pending the Governor's approval.

As Kerala reaches the end of its 10-day long Onam festivities, the foremost challenge is the garbage. In the state's capital Thiruvananthapuram, the corporation has been working in shifts, to ensure the public places are cleaned in the mornings but that hasn't sufficed.

Kerala, God's own country, could do with a thorough clean-up, Malayali superstar Mohanlal has pointed out - in a way that has earned him kudos both from politicians and the common man.

Residents call it Mount Garbage. Thiruvananthapuram city's new landmark, a rising heap of waste spread over half an acre, lies behind the biggest wholesale market here and just four km away from the Secretariat, the seat of the state government.

Once a stinking, fetid mess, Thiruvananthapuram has really cleaned up its act. It's been ranked the second cleanest city capital city in the country, after Bengaluru.

Living by the backwaters of the pristine Alappuzha is no more a privilege. Kerala's pride otherwise often called the Venice of the East has mountains of garbage-untreated, strewn over the streets.

As the popularity of the famous Hindu temple at Sabarimala increases every year, authorities are faced with a huge garbage problem. This year, 35,000 big bags of garbage were taken out from the shrine complex and the foothills in a massive cleanup operation initiated by the Mata Amritanandamayi Mutt.

The sight of tons of garbage piled by the roadside and outside homes in Thiruvananthapuram has now become common. Even as a mobile incinerator has been brought to the city, this seems to be only a temporary solution.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today blamed the LDF-controlled City Corporation for its failure to remove and treat solid wastes which have piled up in various parts of the city over the last several months. "The primary responsibility to keep the city clean is that of City Corporation, and they have done a grave mistake by not doing that," he...

Kerala government today set up a Crisis Management Group to tackle serious health problems, including spread of fever, due to problems in removal and processing of garbage across the state.

The CPI(M)-led LDF opposition staged a walk-out from the Kerala Assembly today charging the Congress-led UDF Government with "taking lightly" the serious health problems posed by ineffective garbage disposal.

Kerala high court granted police protection for transporting machines to Vilapilsala garbage treatment plant in Thiruvananthapuram.

Former Union minister and Member of Parliament, Shashi Tharoor, has expressed concern over the "serious situation" arising out of stoppage of garbage collection and disposal in the state capital.

Kerala High Court today admitted a written petition seeking police protection to run the Vilappilsala garbage treatment plant at Thiruvananthapuram. Admitting the petition by Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, complaining of threat from Vilappilsala Panchayat authorities, a division bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice, Manjula Chelloor and Justice ...

German tourist Gabriele Oelschlager is now on a mission to set up a comprehensive waste treatment plan to end the garbage woes of Kovalam.

Throwing waste into water bodies will attract a jail term in Kerala. As per the new ordinance introduced by the state government, dumping "rubbish, filth or excreta in any water course" will attract a jail term of two years and a fine of upto Rs 3 lakh for violators. The Ordinance is pending the Governor's approval.

As Kerala reaches the end of its 10-day long Onam festivities, the foremost challenge is the garbage. In the state's capital Thiruvananthapuram, the corporation has been working in shifts, to ensure the public places are cleaned in the mornings but that hasn't sufficed.

Kerala, God's own country, could do with a thorough clean-up, Malayali superstar Mohanlal has pointed out - in a way that has earned him kudos both from politicians and the common man.

Residents call it Mount Garbage. Thiruvananthapuram city's new landmark, a rising heap of waste spread over half an acre, lies behind the biggest wholesale market here and just four km away from the Secretariat, the seat of the state government.

Once a stinking, fetid mess, Thiruvananthapuram has really cleaned up its act. It's been ranked the second cleanest city capital city in the country, after Bengaluru.

Living by the backwaters of the pristine Alappuzha is no more a privilege. Kerala's pride otherwise often called the Venice of the East has mountains of garbage-untreated, strewn over the streets.

As the popularity of the famous Hindu temple at Sabarimala increases every year, authorities are faced with a huge garbage problem. This year, 35,000 big bags of garbage were taken out from the shrine complex and the foothills in a massive cleanup operation initiated by the Mata Amritanandamayi Mutt.

The sight of tons of garbage piled by the roadside and outside homes in Thiruvananthapuram has now become common. Even as a mobile incinerator has been brought to the city, this seems to be only a temporary solution.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today blamed the LDF-controlled City Corporation for its failure to remove and treat solid wastes which have piled up in various parts of the city over the last several months. "The primary responsibility to keep the city clean is that of City Corporation, and they have done a grave mistake by not doing that," he...

Kerala government today set up a Crisis Management Group to tackle serious health problems, including spread of fever, due to problems in removal and processing of garbage across the state.

The CPI(M)-led LDF opposition staged a walk-out from the Kerala Assembly today charging the Congress-led UDF Government with "taking lightly" the serious health problems posed by ineffective garbage disposal.

Kerala high court granted police protection for transporting machines to Vilapilsala garbage treatment plant in Thiruvananthapuram.

Former Union minister and Member of Parliament, Shashi Tharoor, has expressed concern over the "serious situation" arising out of stoppage of garbage collection and disposal in the state capital.

Kerala High Court today admitted a written petition seeking police protection to run the Vilappilsala garbage treatment plant at Thiruvananthapuram. Admitting the petition by Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, complaining of threat from Vilappilsala Panchayat authorities, a division bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice, Manjula Chelloor and Justice ...