Current Affairs

The government proposes to bring the Metran Kayal near Kumarakom under paddy.

The clearance granted by the previous government for reclamation of the Kayal for a tourism project had invited widespread criticism and this had forced the then government to withdraw the order.

The refusal of a local church at Kumarakom in Kottayam district of Kerala to permit burial of the grandmother of Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra in its cemetery has invited criticism from various quarters including a bishop of the Church.

The grandmother of the actress Mary John Akhouri’s wish was to be buried in her family tomb at St. John's Attamangalam church at Kumarakom where she was born and baptised. However, the parish refused to bury her body in the church cemetery on the ground that she had married a Hindu and lived as a Hindu.

A major project proposal of converting plastic waste to fuel in order to improve the waste management infrastructure in Kochi city is stalled allegedly owing to the stubborn attitude of Kochi Corporation authorities.

Human Rights Defence Forum (HRDF) at Kochi, on the basis of information available through RTI, said that the proposal by Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) to set up a plant to convert plastic waste to energy was cold-shouldered by Kochi Corporation.

Thiruvananthapuram:  Differences have erupted in the Left Democratic Front over Athirappally hydroelectric project.

Environmentalists are also up in arms against Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan and his Electricity Minister Kadakampally Surendran speaking in favour of the project.