2002 in Kerala

Events in the year 2002 in Kerala. Incumbents Governors of Kerala Sukhdev Singh Kang (till April) Sikander Bakht (since April) Chief minister of Kerala – A. K. Antony Events 6 February - Government employees and teachers in Kerala started indefinite strike.February 25, 2002 M. G. Radhakrishnan Kerala CM A.K. Antony's stand on striking unions receives strong public backing https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20020225-kerala-cm-a.k.-antony-stand-on-striking-unions-receives-strong-public-backing-795997-2002-02-25 2022-05-02 India Today enrediff.com: Biggest staff strike paralyses offices in Kerala https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/06kerala.htm 2023-04-09 www.rediff.com 2 March - Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers kills two Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers in Meloor, Kannur district.Daily Keralakaumudi Melur double murder case: Supreme Court upholds life imprisonment of four CPM workers https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1456950&u=melur-double-murder-case-supreme-court-upholds-life-imprisonment-of-four-cpm-workers-1456950 2025-01-07 Keralakaumudi Daily en 22 April - Group of villagers and Adivasis starts Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle.Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (P) Ltd. vs Perumatty Grama Panchayat. UNEP Law and Environment Assistance Platform https://leap.unep.org/countries/in/national-case-law/hindustan-coca-cola-beverages-p-ltd-vs-perumatty-grama-panchayat 2023-04-08 leap.unep.org 2023-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20230408075928/https://leap.unep.org/countries/in/national-case-law/hindustan-coca-cola-beverages-p-ltd-vs-perumatty-grama-panchayat dead Ghoshray Saby 2006–2007 Searching for Human Rights to Water Amidst Corporate Privatization in India: Hindustan Coca-Cola Pvt. Ltd. v. Perumatty Grama Panchayat https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/gintenlr19&id=651&div=&collection= Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 19 643The Hindu Net Desk 2017-07-15 Water wars: Plachimada vs Coca-Cola en-IN The Hindu https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/water-wars-plachimada-vs-coca-cola/article19284658.ece 2023-04-08 0971-751X 27 June - A person named Sankaranarayanan allegedly killed Ahmed Koya who raped and murdered his daughter an year ago in Manjeri.When justice 'failed': In 2002, a Kerala man killed his child's rapist-murderer https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/12/06/when-justice-failed-in-2002-kerala-man-killed-child-rapist-murderer.html 2025-02-25 The Week en 27 July - Kumarakom boat disaster; State Water Transport Department boat accident near Kumarakom kills 29 passengers.rediff.com: 29 drown as boat capsizes near Kumarakom https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/27kera.htm 2023-04-09 www.rediff.com 1 October - Kerala State Road Transport Corporation launches Volvo B7R buses in Thiruvananthapuram - Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram - Palakkad routes and becomes the third government transport company in India to achieve this feat.2002-11-07 The Hindu Business Line : KSRTC plans to ply luxury buses https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/10/02/stories/2002100200521700.htm 2022-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20021107055050/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/10/02/stories/2002100200521700.htm 7 November 2002 dead2002-09-30 Forced Facelift Brings Fortune To Kerala's Public Transport https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/forced-facelift-brings-fortune-to-keralas-public-transport/58716/ 2022-05-02 The Financial Express en-US 18 November - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam inaugurates Akshaya project a Computer literacy and governance through ICT project of Government of Kerala.About Akshaya Web Portal - Gateway of Opportunities http://www.akshaya.kerala.gov.in/about 2023-02-18 www.akshaya.kerala.gov.in Date not known Kerala introduces three new RTO codes namely KL-16, KL-17 and KL-18 at Attingal, Muvattupuzha and Vatakara.From KL 01 to KL 79: the registration numbers and places in Kerala https://www.onmanorama.com/news/business/2020/05/15/vehicle-registration-kerala-number-plates.html 2023-10-14 OnManorama Births Anaswara Rajan - September 8 Mathew Thomas - October 16 Deaths January 2 - Geetha Hiranyan, 43, poet. January 6 - Kunjandi, 82, actor. June 19 - N. F. Varghese, 53, actor. July 1 - Saswathikananda, 52, head of Sivagiri mutt.2015-10-16 Swami Saswathikananda's death - Another twist in the tale https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/swami-saswathikananda-s-death-another-twist-tale-35198 2022-05-02 The News Minute en2015-10-19 13 years after a death in Kerala river, new bubbles of suspicion rise to the surface https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/13-yrs-after-a-death-in-kerala-river-new-bubbles-of-suspicion-rise-to-the-surface/ 2022-05-02 The Indian Express en September 24 - P. R. Pisharoty, physicist, 93. December 23 - Ratheesh, 48, actor. See also History of Kerala 2002 in India References Category:2000s in Kerala