Pathanamthitta: The notification issued by T. Balakrishnan, former Additional Chief Secretary who was also the Principal Secretary to Industries Department, declaring 500 acres of land in and around Aranmula as industrial area when the election code of conduct came into force on March 1 was in gross violation of the prevailing rules and norms of the land, alleged V.S. Achuthanandan, Leader of the Opposition.
Mr Achuthanandan was inaugurating a public meeting, ‘Aranmula Samrakshana Sangamam’ organised by the Left Democratic Front, at Aranmula on Friday.
He said the United Democratic Front was trying to put the blame on the previous LDF Government by unleashing false propaganda that it was the Achuthanandan Government that given all clearance for paddy field conversion at Aranmula in connection with the controversial airport project there. However, the UDF was cut a sorry figure when its members raised the issue in the Assembly, he added.
He said the previous LDF Government had made only an in-principle acceptance of the project, categorically mentioning that it should be executed in strict compliance with the existing laws of the land.
He alleged that Mr Balakrishnan’s act of issuing the industrial area notification with out even conducting a site inspection was totally against the law, adding that the LDF and the people of Aranmula would never accept it.
26/10/12 The Hindu
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Mr Achuthanandan was inaugurating a public meeting, ‘Aranmula Samrakshana Sangamam’ organised by the Left Democratic Front, at Aranmula on Friday.
He said the United Democratic Front was trying to put the blame on the previous LDF Government by unleashing false propaganda that it was the Achuthanandan Government that given all clearance for paddy field conversion at Aranmula in connection with the controversial airport project there. However, the UDF was cut a sorry figure when its members raised the issue in the Assembly, he added.
He said the previous LDF Government had made only an in-principle acceptance of the project, categorically mentioning that it should be executed in strict compliance with the existing laws of the land.
He alleged that Mr Balakrishnan’s act of issuing the industrial area notification with out even conducting a site inspection was totally against the law, adding that the LDF and the people of Aranmula would never accept it.
26/10/12 The Hindu
