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4 Workers, Clearing Garbage From Tracks, Run Over By Delhi-Kerala Train
Four sanitary workers, including two women, were killed after they were run over by the Thiruvananthapuram-bound Kerala Express near Shoranur Railway station on Saturday evening.
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Meet The German Artist On A Mission To End Garbage Woes Of Kerala Beach
German tourist Gabriele Oelschlager is now on a mission to set up a comprehensive waste treatment plan to end the garbage woes of Kovalam.
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Throwing Waste Into Water Bodies To Attract Jail Term In Kerala
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.
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A New Challenge For Kerala As Onam Festivities Near End
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.
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Actor Mohanlal Flags Kerala's 'Biggest Terror' To Chief Minister Vijayan
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.
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Garbage in the Open: Mounting Problem in Kerala's Capital
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.
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Swacch Thiruvananthapuram: The City's Clean-Up Act
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.
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Alappuzha's garbage crisis
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.
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Sabarimala clean-up: 35,000 bags of garbage collected
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.
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Kerala's waste management critical to govt's 'well-being'
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.
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Chandy blames City Corporation for waste disposal problem
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...
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Crisis management group set up to tackle serious health problems
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.
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Garbage problem: LDF walkout from Kerala assembly
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.
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High Court grants police protection to Vilapilsala garbage treatment plant
Kerala high court granted police protection for transporting machines to Vilapilsala garbage treatment plant in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Tharoor for urgent resolution of waste disposal crisis
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.
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4 Workers, Clearing Garbage From Tracks, Run Over By Delhi-Kerala Train
Four sanitary workers, including two women, were killed after they were run over by the Thiruvananthapuram-bound Kerala Express near Shoranur Railway station on Saturday evening.
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Meet The German Artist On A Mission To End Garbage Woes Of Kerala Beach
German tourist Gabriele Oelschlager is now on a mission to set up a comprehensive waste treatment plan to end the garbage woes of Kovalam.
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Throwing Waste Into Water Bodies To Attract Jail Term In Kerala
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.
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A New Challenge For Kerala As Onam Festivities Near End
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.
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Actor Mohanlal Flags Kerala's 'Biggest Terror' To Chief Minister Vijayan
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.
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Garbage in the Open: Mounting Problem in Kerala's Capital
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.
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Swacch Thiruvananthapuram: The City's Clean-Up Act
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.
-
Alappuzha's garbage crisis
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.
-
Sabarimala clean-up: 35,000 bags of garbage collected
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.
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Kerala's waste management critical to govt's 'well-being'
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.
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Chandy blames City Corporation for waste disposal problem
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...
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Crisis management group set up to tackle serious health problems
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.
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Garbage problem: LDF walkout from Kerala assembly
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.
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High Court grants police protection to Vilapilsala garbage treatment plant
Kerala high court granted police protection for transporting machines to Vilapilsala garbage treatment plant in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Tharoor for urgent resolution of waste disposal crisis
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.
