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Preparations for Navakerala Sadas nearing completion in Alappuzha

Preps for Navakerala Sadas in Alappuzha near completion; CM, Ministers to visit 9 constituencies in 3 days from Dec 14-16. #PublicOutreach #KeralaModel #WomenEmpowerment #Tourism #KuttanadPackage

The Hindu · Dec 4, 2023

Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, begins hunger strike

Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, launched a three-day hunger strike in Kuttanad to draw attention to paddy farmers' issues. He urged the govt. to pay farmers directly, provide aid to families of two farmers who committed suicide, increase handling charges, and end exploitation of agents. Protest ends Nov. 30.

The Hindu · Nov 28, 2023

Brackish water intrusion threatens ‘puncha’ crop cultivation

The rise in water level caused by the ingress of brackish water due to high tide has adversely affected the field preparation activities and paddy sowing for the ‘puncha’ (first) crop season in Kuttanad.

The Hindu · Nov 26, 2023

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Mankombu rice research station renamed in honour of M.S. Swaminathan

Kerala Agricultural University's Rice Research Station at Mankombu in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, has been renamed M.S. Swaminathan Rice Research Centre in memory of agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan. Agriculture Minister P. Prasad praised Swaminathan's contributions and said the government would support the activities of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. Established in 1940,…

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

The real price of paddy

Two farmer suicides in Kerala have brought into focus the red tape-ridden, lax government system of crop procurement and payment. The distress is felt across rice-producing areas and is a problem that runs deep, with land under the crop’s cultivation and production itself dropping, find Sam Paul A. and Abdul Latheef…

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

Farmer commits suicide in Kuttanad after banks deny him loan

A paddy farmer from Thakazhi in Kuttanad died by suicide allegedly due to deep financial crisis.

The Hindu · Nov 11, 2023

Farmer deaths open Kerala govt. to criticism from the Governor, Congress-led United Democratic Front Opposition

The death by suicide of a farmer in Alappuzha has spotlighted the agrarian distress in Kuttanad, widely reckoned as Kerala’s rice bowl

The Hindu · Nov 11, 2023

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Rising water level keeps paddy farmers on their toes in Kerala’s Kuttanad

The rising water level, caused by seawater intrusion due to high tide, keeps paddy farmers on their toes in Kuttanad.

The Hindu · Nov 1, 2023

Training programme for farmers on millet production

The training session is on ‘Enhancing the resilience of livelihoods with millets: An initiative for farmers of Kuttanad’

The Hindu · Oct 24, 2023

Tropical Titans pips Coast Dominators to win CBL race at Kainakary

The seventh race of the CBL Season-3 was held on the Pampa river at Kainakary in Kuttanad today. The next race of the season will be held at Karuvatta in Alappuzha on October 28

The Hindu · Oct 21, 2023

Rain threat looms over paddy harvest in Kuttanad

Farmers have undertaken paddy farming on 8,765 hectares in the additional season in the district, a major portion of which is in Kuttanad; in some parts, they have been forced to halt harvest midway after the field got inundated in heavy showers

The Hindu · Oct 15, 2023

Coast Dominators wins sixth leg of CBL-3 at Pulinkunnu

Nadgubhagam Chundan (snakeboat) rowed by the UBC Kainakary Club (Coast Dominators) won the sixth race of the Champions Boat League (CBL) Season-3, which coincided with the Rajiv Gandhi Boat Race held on the Pampa river at Pulinkunnu in Kuttanad on Saturday.

The Hindu · Oct 14, 2023

Paddy harvesting begins in Kuttanad

The Hindu · Oct 7, 2023

Recent downpour hampers paddy harvest in Kuttanad

The Hindu · Oct 4, 2023

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The Hindu · Sep 30, 2023

Houses damaged in heavy rain in Alappuzha

Heavy rain that lashed Alappuzha since Thursday evening inundated several low-lying areas in the district. Officials said that three houses, two in Kuttanad taluk and one in Chengannur, were damaged in the rain on Saturday. A house was damaged in Karthikappally after a tree fell on them on Friday

The Hindu · Sep 14, 2023

Opposition walks out of Assembly, accuses government of failing to mitigate agriculture crisis

UDF opposition walk out of KLA, accusing govt of pushing rubber, paddy farmers into debt trap. Actor Jayasurya criticised govt for not paying farmers in Palakkad & Kuttanad. Banks refusing to honour paddy receipt sheets, deluging farmers with debt recovery notices. UDF silent on Centre's wrong policies, import duty cut…

The Hindu · Sep 10, 2023

CPI(M) expels three leaders in Kuttanad

Amid rumblings in the CPI(M) Kuttanad unit, the party has expelled three leaders, including two area committee members, for “anti-party activities”.

The Hindu · Sep 4, 2023

CPI(M) dissidents in Kuttanad join CPI

A meeting of the Communist Party of India (CPI) district council held here on Monday decided to give party membership to CPI(M) rebels from Kuttanad.

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The Hindu · Aug 31, 2023

Several CPI(M) members in Kuttanad set to join CPI

CPI(M) schism in Kuttanad deepens as 294 members quit, incl. reps & area/local/branch committee members. Majority to join CPI. 220 CPI(M) members approach CPI local leadership. CPI mandalam committee to consider applications. Final call by party State council. Rumblings due to failed attempts to resolve factional feud. 300 members wrote…

The Hindu · Aug 30, 2023

Kuttanad boy scripts a success story in farming battling floods

Arjun Ashok, 15, from Kuttanad, won the Agriculture Dept's award for best student farmer. Despite floods, he cultivated veggies & flowers, raising goats, rabbits, chickens & silkie. He applies biopesticides & compost, selling produce at the local farmers' market & depositing proceeds in his bank acct. Supported by his parents,…

The Hindu · Aug 28, 2023

Paddy farmers to stage protests on Thiruvonam day

Paddy farmers in Kuttanad will organise protests on Thiruvonam day against inordinate delay on the part of the government in disbursing paddy procurement price.

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2023

Squad formed to check illegal filling of paddy fields

Public could pass on information about illegal activities by dialling 0477 2253771 (Ambalapuzha taluk), 0478 2813103 (Cherthala), 0477 2702221 (Kuttanad), 0479 2412797 (Karthikappally), 0479 2302216 (Mavelikara), 0479 2452334 (Chengannur), and 0477 2238630, 1077 (District Collectorate)

The Hindu · Aug 26, 2023

Reconstruction of Triple bridge to be completed by December

The reconstruction of Muppalam (Triple bridge) in Alappuzha municipality is likely to be completed by December this year

The Hindu · Aug 14, 2023

Centuries-old temple in Kuttanad gets a ‘raise’

Temple authorities said that subsidence and recurring floods had started to take a toll on the temple.

The Hindu · Aug 11, 2023

‘Room for the River’ project to tackle floods in Kuttanad remains a non-starter

Room for the River’, based on the Dutch model of flood control, was announced by the State government in May 2019 after a high-level delegation led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan visited the project site in the Netherlands.

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