Idukki district Current Affairs, GK & News
Marayoor Jaggery from Kerala gets GI Tag
The traditional and handmade ‘Marayoor Jaggery’ from Idukki district of Kerala has finally got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag that makes it safe for consumption while rejuvenating the traditional way of production and ensuring a safe market in future. It has been a long-term demand of farmers in Marayur and Kanthallur grama panchayats, where jaggery ..
Topics: Geography of Kerala • Idukki district • Jaggery • Marayur • States and union territories of India • Subdivisions of India • Sugar
Idukki district of Kerala becomes India’s first district with rural broadband network
Idukki district of Kerala has become first district in India to have high speed Rural Broadband Network i.e. National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) Internet connectivity. Union Minister of Information Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad commissioned this Hi-speed rural broadband network under the governments flagship Digital India programme. In Idukki, 8 block offices and 52 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Government Schemes • Idukki district • Kerala • National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)
Supreme Court allows TN to execute Maintenance Work at the Mullaperiyar Dam
The apex Court permitted Tamil Nadu government to execute a repair and maintenance work on the Mullaperiyar dam. All the same, the court also instructed that the repairing and maintenance work is to be carried out in the presence of the Superintending Engineer of Kerala and an independent member nominated by the Chairman of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Topics: Cardamom Hills • Dams • Geography of India • Gravity dams • Idukki district • Kerala • Mullaperiyar Dam • Periyar • Periyar River • States and union territories of India • Thekkady • Western Ghats
Mullaperiyar dam structurally & hydrologically safe: Panel
Setting at rest the controversy over the safety of the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, the Empowered Committee, headed by the former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, held that the dam is "structurally and hydrologically safe, and Tamil Nadu can raise the water level from 136 to 142 feet after carrying out certain repairs." The Empowered ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2012
Topics: Dams • Gravity dams • Idukki district • Mullaperiyar Dam • Periyar • Periyar River • Tamil Nadu-Kerala dam row