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Centre to launch pilot project to revive diversified fish farming in Keral
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
In a major move to uplift the fishing community in the Kuttanad region in Kerala, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, and Minority Affairs, George Kurian, has announced a new pilot project aimed at boosting livelihood opportunities for fish farmers.
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"Utter disregard, neglect": MoS Muraleedharan slams Kerala Govt after farm
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Saturday hit out at the Kerala government after a farmer died by suicide in Alappuzha's Kuttanad.
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"Latest victim of the government's neglect of farmers": Congress's VD Sath
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, VD Satheesan, on Saturday expressed his concern over the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan-led state government's failure in paddy procurement, attributing the recent farmer suicide to this neglect. Prasad, he mentioned, is the latest victim
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Kerala: Congress stages hunger strike seeking rice procurement price for f
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As rest of the Kerala celebrates Onam, Congress MP K Suresh and leaders from Kuttanad in Alappuzha are observing a hunger strike outside the secretariat in solidarity with farmers protesting for allegedly not getting the price of paddy procured from them.
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Bird flu cases reported in Kerala's Alappuzha
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], December 10 (ANI): Bird flu cases have been confirmed in the Kuttanad area of the Alappuzha district on Thursday.
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Kerala: Alappuzha paddy farmers demand govt to clear their dues
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], March 24 (ANI): The paddy farmers in Alappuzha's Kuttanad have appealed to the government to clear their pending dues and complained about the lack of transportation facilities to carry their produce to the procurement centre.
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Kerala launches water taxi service in the backwaters of Alappuzha
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], October 18 (ANI): Water taxis will now ferry passengers on the backwaters of Kuttanad in Alappuzha with the state government launching its first catamaran diesel-powered craft to boost the tourism sector hit hard by COVID-19.
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Kerala HC dismisses plea seeking cancellation of Chavara, Kuttanad assembl
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 14 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has rejected a petition seeking cancellation of Chavara and Kuttanad assembly bypolls which are expected to be held this year.
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All party meeting decides to urge poll panel to postpone Kuttanad, Chavara
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 12 (ANI): An all party meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan decided to urge the Election Commission to postpone Kuttanad, Chavara by-elections in Kerala, an official release said on Friday.
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Kerala: Flood-like situation continues to prevail in low-lying areas of Ku
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Flood-like situation continues to prevail in low-lying areas of Kuttanad taluk in Alappuzha due to heavy rainfall in the region.
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Boatman ferries essential commodities to families stranded on Kerala islan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], April 3 (ANI): In the Kerala backwaters in Kuttanad, a 50-year-old boatman is ferrying essential commodities including rice and grains, to around 60 families on an island here, who have been left with no mode of transportation after the coronavirus lockdown.
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Nobel laureate Michael Levitt stranded in houseboat in Kerala due to Bhara
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Nobel prize laureate Michael Levitt, who reached Kerala as a government guest was stranded in a houseboat after supporters of Bharat Bandh blocked the boat in Kuttanad here on Wednesday.
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