CUTTING THE TREES

CUTTING THE TREES

A protest meet against the move to cut down several trees for constructing a building for High court Bar Association was organized by Environmental Protection Unity. In the inaugural address of the meet, Pro. M.K.Prasad pointed out that the old approach of the British Engineers of uprooting even the last blade of grass on earth before constructing an edifice should be done away with.

The unity stressed that the breaking of law under the nose of the apex court cannot be tolerated while the building can be raised even without felling a single tree. The meet was concluded by planting trees in the high court premises.

Pro. T Shobhindran, Pro.k Aravindakshan,Dr. C.M.Joy, C.R Neelakandan,Joy Kaithatath,Dr. Seetharaman,Kaleeswararaj,K.M sulaiman,Yesudas varapuzha,V.D.Majeendran,M.Nandakumar,P.D.Rajeev,Babu Puthanagadi, P.K.Muneer,Sreenivas Erakkathil, Fr.Augustin Vattoli spoke on the occasion.

FACTORY SMOKE:11PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED

Trivandrum: Eleven people were hospitalized yesterday night due to exhibited symptoms of nausea and suffocation inhaling fumes from a clay manufacturing company functioning at the Kinfra compound at Menamkulam near Kazhakuttam Trivandrum

The people from pallithura came with armed with sticks and stones, and destroyed the factory vehicles and building of Ashapura Mine Chem Limited. According to the people of the Pallithura coastal ward, which falls within a five-kilometer radius of the factory, ever since the company started trial production of clay people have been falling sick from inhaling the smoke from its production unit

District Collector Sanjay Kaul too visited the spot late on Sunday and held talks with the representatives of the people at the Kazhakkuttom police station. At the end of the hour-long meeting, it was decided to shut down the factory for one month, during which time various departments, including the Pollution Control Board and the Health Department, will inspect the facilities at the factory

MANGROVE FOREST NEAR MUNDAMVELY

The mangrove forest along the ramesewaram canal at Mundemvely near Thopumpady has been facing a slow death due to dumping of non-biodegradable waste and slaughter house wastes with nauseating smell. The people coming to this area with bigs kits with waste and dumping here.Mangrove plays a significant roll in the coastal stablisation and promoting land accretion and fixation of mud banks
the people of West kochi breathe pure air only because of these mangrove.The authorities not taking any action against the public complaint. recently heard that these mangrove forest is planning to acquired for big housing flats.
Mangrove forests in kochi are mainly found in the coastal belt such as Kannamaly,Nettoor, puthuvypu,Mulavukadu,Vypeen,Kumbalam,
Chellanam,and Thannthonnithuruth.

THANTHONNI THURUTHU

Water, water, everywhere water, no water to drink – this was the condition of the island
called Thanthonithuruth while I visited there four and half years ago. This island is situated
1km. away from Ernakulam Town and extends to 110 acres. Last year there occurred a
bizarre incident. It was a festival day for 87 families residing there- festival of the lone
temple in island.
As a part of the festival Kalamezhuthu with songs was going on. It was midnight. The floor
was decorated with multi-coloured paintings. The atmosphere was filled with festive mood
and songs to the accompaniment of folk musical instruments. Unexpectedly water rushed to
the compound but the devotees completed their programmes by making sand bunds.
The major problem baffling the inhabitants is the surge of water during high tide
between 12 midnight and 6 in the morning. The villagers complain that the tide is very much
higher than in earlier days. Sometimes unexpected surge would carry away cooked food
with the pots.

SAVE PERIYAR: STUDENTS TOOK A PLEDGE

SAVE PERIYAR: STUDENTS TOOK A PLEDGE

The students from M E S Eastern school Udyogamandal took a pledge to protect Periyar which was bequeathed as heritage. jointly the programme was organised by Periyar maleneekarana virudha samidhi and M E S school. teachers and activists spoke on the occasion

SLAUGHTER HOUSE WASTE : NO ACTION TAKEN

SLAUGHTER HOUSE :DESPITE RULES,NO ACTION TAKEN

When the people of the state are tired of the menace of waste from slaughter house, It is not the absence of stringent that stops the authorities from acting .Even though the Kerala panchayat Raj [slaughter houses and meat stalls]Rules have sufficient provisions to deal with the issue, the implementation seems to be weak.

Disposing of a Public Interest Litigation filed by the proper channel, the high court 2005 issued directive to the local self government to consider the inclusion of chicken stall in the purview of the rules. Subsequently, the Panchayat Deputy director issued an order to the local bodies to cancel the license of chicken and meat stalls which do not have proper waste treatment facility and submit an action taken report.

The slaughter houses using Rivers,lake,and public places for dumping their waste daily and in the weekends, the quantity of the waste will be ten times higher than week days. It is evident that hardly any slaughter house in the state has waste treatment facility. In spite of the stringent rules, local bodies are occasionally slapping a fine on defaulters who dump waste in public places