Okkal Thuruth Tourism Project on the Anvil

MADURAI: Thideer Nagar is a prime locality in Madurai city, abutting Periyar bus terminal. Situated on the banks of Kirudhumal river, it is as neglected as this polluted water body. No one can miss the stench that has become the hallmark of the ...

Further exploitation of Periyar will lead to its destruction, says expert Kochi Metro rail project principal advisor E. Sreedharans call to mine rivers Bharathapuzha and Periyar for quality sand for the metro rail project has triggered protests from various ...

As many as 55 activists of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) were arrested when they burnt an effegy of AICC President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi here today. The volunteers were protesting against Prime Minister Manmoahn Singh taking ...

The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) is considering the possibility of delinking Sabarimala from the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR). TDB president M.P. Govindan Nair has already taken strong exception to the alleged "undue and avoidable" interference ...

The Kerala High Court on Monday asked the State Government to deploy life guards at the Pampa, Periyar and other important rivers where Sabarimala pilgrims are likely to converge during the peak season. A Division Bench comprising of Justice T R ...

A Sabarimala pilgrim drowned in Periyar river at Aluva Sivaratri Manappuram on Sunday while taking bath in the river while returning after Sabarimala pilgrimage. The deceased is Akshay, 17, of Anitha Bhavan near Daivapuram Junction at Vakkom in ...

A view of Periyar (File Pic) Kochi: Even as the state government moves to allow mining of four lakh cubic metres of sand from the Periyar and Bharatapuzha rivers while green activists protest, it is now known that sand audit as prescribed by the ...

Thanjavur: Periyar Trust plans to erect the world's tallest statue of rationalist leader E.V. Rama­samy, popularly called EVR and Periyar, as part of the Periyar World to be established

KATTAPPANA: The body of a youth who went missing in the Periyar at Santhipalam near Karinkulam Chappathu was retrieved by a scuba diving team from Kochi on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Vellaramkunnu resident Areeckal Anu, 26, who slipped ...