The Kerala Land
reforms Act and the Kerala
Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act is allegedly being sabotaged with
the government so adamant in allowing more
reclamation and providing legal validity to the already filled fields for the
controversial Airport at Aranmula and to give
waiver to the excess land in the possession of KGS Aranumla International Airport
Ltd.
Legal experts and environmentalists who have already come
out against the private airport says that the government's move will only dilute the very provisions of the
Acts, which are considered to be
landmark legislations.
They note that the government had the powers to grant
exemption for conversion or reclamation of paddy land for public purpose but
was subject to certain conditions. The exemption can be given only if it will
have no adverse effect on the cultivation of paddy in the adjoining paddy land
and also the ecological condition in that area.
Source: The New Indian Express
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