After facing criticism from environmentalists, locals, and opposition parties, the Kerala government has decided to hold a high-level meeting and prepare an action plan to prevent the reoccurrence of the incident. An announcement in this regard was made by the Kerala Industries Minister P
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar took to social media platform X to announce financial support from the Centre to Kerala.
10 foreign cadets from 5 countries - Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Maldives and Seychelles (all Indian Ocean countries) also passed out from the Indian Naval Academy.
Massive fish deaths in a Periyar river tributary were due to dangerous levels of ammonia, hydrogen sulphide and unidentified toxins in the water, said a report from the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos), which investigated the issue.
"The government will take strict action against those who attempt to collect money in the name of bringing some concessions in the excise policy. The government has not started any consultation on this year's excise policy," MB Rajesh said while speaking to ANI.
The Kerala High Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on the accused, Nino Mathew, in the 2014 double murder case in Attingal to life imprisonment.
The Kerala government is conducting an awareness campaign to prevent the spread of leptospirosis as cases are on the rise due to heavy rains, State Health Minister Veena George said on Friday.