The Kerala Forest Department informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that landslides in Wayanad washed away illegal encroachments spanning over 0.55 hectares. The Southern Bench of the NGT took suo motu cognisance of the disaster and impleaded the Forest Department as the ninth respondent in the case. The tribunal has directed authorities to submit an Read More…
In a swift response to the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) directive, the Kerala government has successfully cleared waste illegally dumped in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district within the mandated three-day deadline . The waste, primarily biomedical materials from facilities including the Regional Cancer Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, was clandestinely disposed of in villages like Kodaganallur and Palavoor Read More…