Even
though the government said that it would not challenge the Green Tribunal decision
in Aranmula Airport issue, they were all out to help the KGS Group, promoters
of the Airport, by proposing to sell 40 acres of puramboke land in the
project area.
In a
meeting chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, it was decided that the puramboke
land in the project site having an approximate extent of 40 acres will be sold
for the purpose of the project at a price
fixed by the revenue Department as per prevailing market rate.
The
Minutes of the meeting convened on February 7 also
said that the application for exemption for land ceiling for the proposed land
in the project area should be examined on the same line as was done for the
land for Medical College in favour of Abraham Kalamannil. In the meeting, it
was said that the government had the power to give exemption for such projects
for public purpose.
Pointing
out that puramboke land was public property and the government could not sell
the land, highly placed officials said purumboke land are generally given away
for public purpose. As per the Kerala Land Assignment Act, puromboke lands
cannot be assigned as such. However, the government has the powers to assign
purumboke lands only for public purpose, which the officials said was not
involved here. ''It is only for a
business purpose that the purumboke land is being sold, which is against the
law,'' they said.
Source: the New Indian express
No comments:
Post a Comment