Idukki district

“The shredded plastic waste is used for the tarring of roads by mixing the plastic with bitumen. As for the plastic granules, they are sold to factories to make hose and pipes,” says Sahajan.

P G George’s lone efforts have led to the development of several black pepper varieties, one of which has even received accreditation from the National Innovation Foundation as well as Kerala Agricultural University.

Eschewing a life of comfort, he wholeheartedly embraced uncertainty, discomfort and risks for the welfare, upliftment and most importantly, education, of an extremely reclusive tribal community who consider him as one of their own.

How the world came to know about this small library in Kerala is when a troop of journalists lead by none other than P Sainath visited Edamalakkudy.

Nedumgandam may be a small village in Idukki district but it can sure give big lessons in trash management to all of India!

It had been a complete surprise for the cops of the Rajakkad police station in the Idukki district of Kerala was when a man turned up with a cake at the station.

Spread over 600 hectares, the Marayoor range is one of the most the vulnerable forests in the state where the illegal tree felling by lumberjacks and loggers continues on a rampant scale, and the job of these vigilant officers is nothing less of a risky gamble.

In Marayur, many employees of Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) had been grappling with various allergies caused by parthenium, that were growing haphazardly across the premises of their section office.

Employing two women waiters in its bar, Hotel Joance Regency at Thodupuzha, Idukki district has indeed raised the bar for women, not just in the region, but the country as well.