“In Kerala recently, two 29-year-old doctors regretfully died when they were navigating using Google Maps and their car fell into the Periyar river. There was a similar incident in Bareilly [in ...

It noted that every river globally had dedicated authorities and emphasised the need for a permanent authority to protect the Periyar. The court urged the government to propose the formation of an ...

The Bench said that having a singular authority responsible for the entire Periyar River, rather than fragmented control, could lead to significant improvements in safeguarding its future.

Such a pioneering system has been installed in the Periyar and Chalakudy river ... there is a lack of detailed flood inundation maps for different weather and river conditions and insufficient ...