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2020 in Kerala
Events in the year
2020
in
Kerala
.
Incumbents
Events
January
11 January - two
Apartment
complexes namely (Holy Faith Builders and Developers Pvt Ltd) and Alfa Serene (Alfa Ventures Private Ltd) based in
Kochi
were demolished following
Maradu apartments demolition order
by
Supreme Court of India
.
12 January - the last two among the four to be demolished apartments in
Kochi
namely Jains Coral Cove(Jain Housing and Construction Ltd) and Golden Kayaloram (KP Varkey & VS Builders) demolished following
Maradu apartments demolition order
by
Supreme Court of India
. These apartments were built by violating
Coastal Regulation Zone rules.
26 January -
2020 Kerala human chain
as part of
Citizenship Amendment Act protests
.
February
4 Feb -
Government of Kerala
declares
Coronavirus
infection a state calamity after the reporting of third case in the state from
Kannur district
.
13 Feb - A
Wuhan
returned
COVID-19
patient from
Government T D Medical College, Alappuzha
becomes the first patient in India to recover from the illness fully.
28 Feb - Dead body of six-year-old girl Devananda, who went missing from
Kollam district
found in
Ithikkara River
near her home.
March
23 Mar - Kerala reports 30 new cases of
COVID-19
and subsequentlyÃÂ a lockdown announced in state till March 31 to contain the spread of virus.
28 Mar - First
COVID-19
death recorded in Kerala. Yakub Hussain Sait, 69, died at the
Government Medical College, Ernakulam
.
29 Mar - Hundreds of
migrant labourers
stage protests in
Payippad
,
Kottayam district
defying
COVID-19 lockdown
.
April
21 April - A sixteen year old boy killed using axe by his school mates near
Kodumon
,
Pathanamthitta district
.
May
7 May - A twenty one year old
Novitiate
found killed at Baselian Convent of the
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
at
Thiruvalla
.
July
5 July -
2020 Kerala gold smuggling case
August
6 August -
2020 Pettimudi landslide
19 August - Kerala's
COVID-19
tally breaches 50,000 mark.
24 August - A
Motion of no confidence
moved against
First Vijayan ministry
defeated 87 - 40.
28 August - A multi crore
Ponzi scheme
scam to the tune if 2000 crores conducted by Popular Finance,
Konni, Kerala
detected by
Kerala Police
owners apprehended from
Indira Gandhi International Airport
.
September
19 September -
National Investigation Agency
arrests nine
Al-Qaeda
operatives from among
Migrant labourers
at
Ernakulam district
.
October
29 October - Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
leader,
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
was arrested by
Enforcement Directorate
in
Bangalore
in connection with
2020 Bengaluru drug raids
.
November
14 November -
Peoples Democratic Party
vice chairman Poonthura Siraj quits PDP and joins
Indian National League
ahead of
local elections
. However the
Left Democratic Front
denied him ticket to contest in
Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
.
December
8 December - First phase of
2020 Kerala local elections
.
16 December -
LDF
bags more than half of all
gram panchayats
, two-thirds of
district panchayats
and in four out of six
municipal corporations
in
local elections
.
25 December -
Thenkurissi
Honor killing
.
Deaths
April
7 April -
Sasi Kalinga
, 59, actor.
25 April -
Ravi Vallathol
, 67, actor.
May
18 May -
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
, 82, politician and writer.
July
30 July -
Anil Murali
, 56, actor.
October
15 Oct -
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
, 94,
Poet
and
Jnanpith Award
winner.
December
12 Dec -
U. A. Khader
, 85, author.
See also
2021 in Kerala
References