Meet on Chellanam in Thiruvananthapuram tomorrow
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Issues related to sea erosion and flooding of homes in the coastal village of Chellanam in Ernakulam district will be discussed at a meeting in the State capital on Monday. Minister for Irrigation Roshi Augustine and Industries Minister P. Rajeeve will be among those participating in the meet. K.J. Maxy, MLA, said the meeting was being convened in the wake of serious problems being faced by people after heavy rain and swell waves caused by cyclone Tauktae hit the region.
The meeting assumes significance as rains have always brought unbearable sufferings to people in the panchayat. With pre-monsoon rain causing serious problems already, people are worried that the situation may worsen when the monsoon sets in.
A sandalwood success story in Marayur
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Livelihood programmes for tribespeople prevent them falling prey to the sandalwood mafia
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The tribespeople of Marayur Sandalwood Division engaged in vegetable farming. They get a higher price through the weekly market ‘Chilla where all items including cattle are sold.
Livelihood programmes for tribespeople prevent them falling prey to the sandalwood mafia
Marayur Sandalwood Division has turned a role model on how participatory management and sustainable efforts for tribal
empowerment could prevent poaching, theft and illegal activities in a forest division.
Sandalwood theft has considerably dropped over the years with no cases so far registered this year in this regard.
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Rain leaves a trail of destruction in coastal areas of Ernakulam
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Floods devastate South Chellanam-Nayarambalam stretch
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Floods devastate South Chellanam-Nayarambalam stretch
The coastal segment of the district stretching from South Chellanam to Nayarambalam has been devastated by floods caused by sea swells and high waves triggered by the spell of heavy rain following a low pressure area build-up in the Lakshadweep sea since early hours of Friday.
The western areas of the Elamkunnappuzha are not as badly affected as the Chellanam panchayat but the situation is grim, said Razia Jamal, panchayat member. She said that Puthuvype, Valappu, Malippuram and Murikkumpadam have been devastated by the floods.
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Considered to be among the most powerful women leaders in Kerala, Gowri Amma, as she was fondly called, was the lone surviving member of the first Kerala legislative assembly.
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Gowri, the tallest woman politician of the state who never minced words to put her thoughts across, was elected to the Travancore-Cochin legislative assembly in 1952 and 1954.
Legendary Marxist firebrand and former minister K R Gowri, one of the founding leaders of the Communist movement in Kerala and the lone woman member in the state s first cabinet, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday.
She was 102 and had been suffering from various age- related ailments for some time, party sources said.