Kochi: Opposition to the proposed Aranmula greenfield airport will once again be taken to New Delhi with poet Sugathakumari planning to petition the Central authorities against the project.
The poet, who left for New Delhi on Thursday, said she would raise the issue with the Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony and other national leaders. The fight against the airport will be taken up with all the authorities concerned. “It’s a peaceful and Gandhian agitation against the project,” said Ms. Sugathakumari, the convener of the coordination committee against the airport project.
Incidentally, the local legislator, K. Sivadasan Nair, was manhandled by some persons, who were opposed to the project on Wednesday. Mr. Nair was reportedly in favour of the project. It has once again spotlighted the airport plan and its opposition.
Ecologists fear that the massive reclamation of wetlands, including paddy fields, for the airport will upset the hydrologic regime of the area besides upending the ecology of the region. Changes in the hydrologic regime would bring in floods and drought alike in the area, affecting the lives of hundreds of residents of the area, pointed out experts.
02/07/13 KS Sudhi/The Hindu
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The poet, who left for New Delhi on Thursday, said she would raise the issue with the Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony and other national leaders. The fight against the airport will be taken up with all the authorities concerned. “It’s a peaceful and Gandhian agitation against the project,” said Ms. Sugathakumari, the convener of the coordination committee against the airport project.
Incidentally, the local legislator, K. Sivadasan Nair, was manhandled by some persons, who were opposed to the project on Wednesday. Mr. Nair was reportedly in favour of the project. It has once again spotlighted the airport plan and its opposition.
Ecologists fear that the massive reclamation of wetlands, including paddy fields, for the airport will upset the hydrologic regime of the area besides upending the ecology of the region. Changes in the hydrologic regime would bring in floods and drought alike in the area, affecting the lives of hundreds of residents of the area, pointed out experts.
02/07/13 KS Sudhi/The Hindu
