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The high court of Kerala has banned mining within one km radius of bridges but the state government is permitting mining even within 500 meters of the bridge. Illegal sand mining has created about 800 pits on the Periyar river. In June 2015, the government of Kerala banned mining in six rivers of Kerala for a period of three years. [2]
Like most other parts of Kerala, coconut is the most widely cultivated plantation crop in Mogral Puthur. The panchayat is also home to one of the largest coconut and plantation crops research centres in the world. Rice, peas, water melon, cucumber and banana are traditional produce of the area. Peas (known as Mogral peas), water melon and ...
The public sector undertaking in Kollam, Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) and Indian Rare Earths (IRE) started mineral sand mining in the Alappad. The local residents of Alappad started the strike against black sand mining by raising the slogan 'Save Alappad, Stop Mining'.
Sand mining from Kallada river was one source of income but this is totally controlled by authorities due to environmental problems. Now large-scale un-authorised mining proceeds with the support of corrupted panchayath, police, and RT officials. Attuvassery is a village in Kottarakkara taluk, Vettikkavala block, near Tekkumcheri and Mavadi.
A safari park is located near the river. Neyyar river has been severely affected by sand mining. The catchment area is mostly forested, command area is under mixed dry land crops such as coconut, tapioca, pepper, plantain, rice, etc. [3]
The boom in construction industry, especially the real estate business in Central Kerala, has rung the alarm bell for the Kole wetlands. [10] Coconut cultivation, construction of buildings and houses, conversion of fields for sand and clay mining and brick kilns, hunting of wetland birds are the main threats for the Kole wetlands.
The Kerala State Biodiversity Board; ... Sand mining in Kerala; W. Wildlife of Kerala This page was last edited on 11 March 2018, at 02:08 (UTC). ...
Gayathripuzha River is one of the main tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in Kerala, south India. [1] It originates from Nelliyampathi hills, passes through Kollengode, Nenmara (Nemmara), Alathur, Padur and Pazhayannur before joining the Bharathapuzha at Mayannur. It is the second largest tributary of the ...