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The Kerala State Pollution Control Board is a body of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the State of Kerala, India. The board is charged with enforcing laws related to environmental protection. The Pollution Control Board has been established as a regulatory authority for implementing various pollution control laws. The ...
The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Science and Technology Museum Campus, Vikas Bhavan PO, Thiruvananthapuram; Kerala State Information Technology Mission; Kerala State Institute of Children’s Literature; Kerala State Nirmathi Kendra; Kerala State Pharmacy Council; Kerala State Planning Board; Kerala State Pollution Control Board
The Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle was a series of protests to close the Coca-Cola factory in the village of Plachimada, Palakkad District, Kerala in the early 2000s. Villagers noted that soon after the factory opened, their wells started to run dry and the available water turned contaminated and toxic. [1] [2] Soon, waste from the factory was ...
Sivasankaran Bijoy Nandan. Sivasankaran Bijoy Nandan is a professor at the Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT). [1] He currently appointed as Vice Chacellor of Kannur University and holds the office of the Dean, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Cochin ...
10. Gangtok. Sikkim. 12.68. Source: Ministry of Urban Development [15] According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India, in 2015 it conducted a survey of the least polluted cities in India as well, ranked based on air quality. Among the least-polluted cities are Pathanamthitta, Mangalore, Wayanad, Hassan, and Palakkad.
Dust & Construction contribute about 59% to the air pollution in India, which is followed by Waste Burning. Crafting activities are mostly in the urban areas while Waste Burning is in the rural areas (agriculture). Air pollution in India is a serious environmental issue. [1] Of the 30 most polluted cities in the world, 21 were in India in 2019.
Public sector undertakings in Kerala, [1] [2] i.e. enterprises in which majority shareholder is Government of Kerala are generally divided into Manufacturing & Non-Manufacturing. Some of the PSUs such as Kinfra, KSIDC, SIDCO etc. are promotional agencies. [3] As of 2004 there were 104 enterprises spread over 14 different sectors of Kerala economy.
And on 20 January, ten persons hospitalized after a sulphur dioxide gas leak from the factory and next day Kerala State Pollution Control Board ordered closure of the CS2 plant. On 26 January, the people embarked on a new phase of struggle by starting a relay hungerstrike in front of the factory under the leadership of K.A.Mohamed Salim, Rahman ...