Kottayam district

Incorporating traditional jobs to fit in with the tour packages, forming local women’s groups, and introducing traditional cuisine from the backwaters to glocal tourists, Samrudhi is setting a rare benchmark for the tourism industry.

From making flags out of recycled paper to replacing plastic with steel bottles, Kerala is blazing a green trail in India’s largest exercise in democracy!

From commercial hotels that provide free lunches to Facebook groups and food banks, the entire district is trying to ensure that no one goes to sleep on a hungry stomach. Kudos to Kottayam!

Vaikom Satyagraha today remains as just another milestone while consolidating different instances from history covering India’s struggle for independence.

Homegrown Biotech nursery spreads across 70 acres of fertile slopes on the banks of the Manimalayar river in Vizhikkathod village in Kanjirappally.

MR Ajayakumar’s water project incorporates a simple concept—the pump house of a well in the village will be controlled by a mobile phone-based software!

Thomas was disturbed by the amount of fertilisers and pesticides sprayed upon fruits and vegetables supplied in not just marketplaces but also on those that were grown in kitchen backyards.

Starting with a meeting between the municipal representatives, which was followed by conventions and motivational sessions by a Catholic priest to motivate people for contributing generously, the campaign took over a month to materialise.