The High
Court has stayed all further proceedings, including the demolition of the
boundary walls and other structures of the Attakulangara School, which is in the
eye of a storm over the Trivandrum Development Authority's (TRIDA) plan to take
over the land and build a bus bay and shopping complexes.
A bench comprising
acting Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A M Shaffique stayed the
demolition, observing that there was total prohibition on the assignment of
school property other than educational purposes.
The court pronounced the
order on a petition filed by Tree Walk, a group of citizens who are
for protecting the green cover of Thiruvananthapuram city.
In the petition, it has been stated that the proposal for the establishment of bus
terminal and shopping complex by TRIDA will adversely affect the rich
biodiversity maintained by the school and it was illegal. The petitioner had
also contended that no environment impact assessment was conducted before
undertaking the project. ''There are about 32 species of trees numbering about
100 in this compound. In addition there are herbal plants. The experts have
already found that there are about 30 species of birds, 25 species of
butterflies and more than 10 species of dragonflies in the school compound.
This land in the heart of the city is the Green lung of the Trivandrum City and
the last patch of greenery in the city,'' the petition said.
Source: The New Indian Express
Source: The New Indian Express
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