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Boat with a storied past lies neglected in Kuttanad

Efforts to conserve Nadubhagom Chundan, the snakeboat on which Jawaharlal Nehru hopped on after witnessing a race in Alappuzha in 1952, have come to nought.

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₹37 crore sanctioned under Kuttanad package

Admin. sanction granted for 41 projects worth ₹37 cr under 2nd Kuttanad package in 12 Assembly constituencies of Alappuzha & Kottayam districts. Projects focus on Water Resources, Agriculture, Fisheries & Tourism to increase productivity, restore Vembanad Lake & improve living conditions.

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Man found charred to death

Man (49) found dead in burnt car in Thayankary, near Edathua, Kuttanad. Suspected suicide due to family issues. Voice message sent to friend & policeman before death. Police awaiting post-mortem & forensic reports to draw conclusion. Suicide prevention helpline: DISHA- 0471-2552056, 1056.

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Even the dead cannot escape floods in Kuttanad

Families in Kuttanad are facing agony due to recurring floods, delaying funerals and making it difficult to access crematoriums/ graveyards. Portable LPG crematoriums and above-ground burial vaults have been used in less severe flood situations. Residents are demanding public crematoriums/ burial vaults in areas not prone to flooding. The Edathua…

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Holiday for educational institutions in Kuttanad taluk

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Steps on to plug bund breach at Kainakary

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Flood situation improves in Alappuzha; bund breach submerges several houses in Kuttanad

District Collector Haritha V. Kumar has declared a holiday for all educational institutions, including professional colleges and anganwadis, in Kuttanad taluk on Sunday

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More relief camps opened in Alappuzha as more villages submerged

The Revenue department opened more relief camps in Alappuzha on Friday after floodwaters from the eastern side submerged more villages in Kuttanad, upper Kuttanad and other low-lying areas in the district

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Holiday in three Alappuzha taluks

District Collector Haritha V. Kumar has declared a holiday for all educational institutions, including professional colleges and anganwadis, in Kuttanad, Karthikappally and Chengannur taluks on Friday

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Kerala rains | Flood situation continues unabated in upper Kuttanad, rough sea batters Alappuzha coast

Despite the intensity of the rain decreasing in Kerala, waterlogging woes continued unabated in upper Kuttanad and parts of Kuttanad due to a significant rise in water levels in various rivers in the region on July 6.

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75 houses damaged in heavy rain in Alappuzha

The Kuttanad and Upper Kuttanad regions have been put on alert in view of heavy rains and an increase in flow of floodwaters from the eastern side

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Nadubhagom Chundan wins Champakulam Moolam boat race

Nadubhagom Chundan (snakeboat) of the Nadubhagom Boat Club lifted the Raja Pramukhan Trophy in the Champakulam Moolam boat race held on the Pampa river at Champakulam in Kuttanad on Monday.

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Wimbledon shakes hands with Kerala’s own boat race

On a day when snakeboats made a splash at the Champakulam Moolam boat race at Kuttanad, heralding the beginning of the annual boat race season in the State, Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, released a promotional poster connecting the two events on Monday.

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Four panchayats from Kottayam included in Kuttanad package

Four local bodies that lie along the backwater landscape of Kottayam district have now been included in the second Kuttanad package.

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Despite financial woes, farmers in Kuttanad launch monsoon crop

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Champakulam Moolam Boat Race on July 3

The annual Moolam Boat Race on the Pampa river at Champakulam in Kuttanad will be held on July 3. The race is considered the season opener.

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MP stages hunger strike seeking procurement price for farmers

Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, on Saturday, staged a one-day hunger strike in front of the Kuttanad taluk office to protest the inordinate delay on the part State government in disbursing paddy procurement price to farmers.

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Women find their footing in tourism in flood-ravaged Kuttanad

As Kuttanad is still trying to recover from the economic aftermath of the epic deluge in 2018, several women who lost their livelihood are finding their footing in the tourism sector with the support of the Kudumbashree Mission.

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Kuttanad panchayats trying to make money out of aquatic weed

It would be an understatement to say that invasive aquatic weeds like water hyacinth are posing a grave threat to agriculture, fishing and tourism in Kuttanad.

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Govt. clears revised estimate for Kuttanad water supply scheme

The State government has cleared a revised estimate of ₹3,87.91 crore for water supply in the Kuttanad region.

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‘Fake lawyer’ surrenders before court in Alappuzha

Sessy Xavier, 29, of Ramamkary in Kuttanad, practised law in Alappuzha for two-and-a-half years without proper qualification before she went absconding in 2021.

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ATREE installs 280 rainwater harvesting tanks in Kuttanad

The Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), a Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation, has completed a rainwater harvesting project in Kuttanad.

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Additional paddy harvest season begins in Kuttanad on Friday.

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Case registered against Kuttanad MLA on complaint by NCP worker

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Solar boats to enter water-locked villages of Kuttanad

First set of four boats being built in a boatyard in Cherthala

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