Kalpetta: Hundreds of villagers, including tribesmen, under the aegis of the Cheekkalloor -Eranelloor-Mecherry Krishi Bhoomi Samrakshana Samiti took out a demonstration to the District Collectorate here on Friday to highlight their demand for scrapping the proposal to set up a feeder airport at Cheekkalloor in Wayand district.
Inaugurating the demonstration, C.R. Neelakandan, environmental activist, said that it would be a great catastrophe if the government went ahead with the move to set up the airport by destroying paddy fields.
According to rules, there should be an air distance of 150 km between two airports but, such norms had not been considered here, Mr. Neelakandan said, adding the government was purposefully hiding the facts from the public to help a land mafia, he said. E.N. Neelakandan, president of the Krishi Bhoomi Samrakshana Samiti, said the villagers of the Eranelloor, Mecherry and Cheekkalloor under the Kaniyampetta and Panamaram grama panchayats would not allow any body to put up a feeder airport by eliminating the livelihoods of nearly 400 families, including tribespeople, in the area.
12/10/13 The Hindu
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Inaugurating the demonstration, C.R. Neelakandan, environmental activist, said that it would be a great catastrophe if the government went ahead with the move to set up the airport by destroying paddy fields.
According to rules, there should be an air distance of 150 km between two airports but, such norms had not been considered here, Mr. Neelakandan said, adding the government was purposefully hiding the facts from the public to help a land mafia, he said. E.N. Neelakandan, president of the Krishi Bhoomi Samrakshana Samiti, said the villagers of the Eranelloor, Mecherry and Cheekkalloor under the Kaniyampetta and Panamaram grama panchayats would not allow any body to put up a feeder airport by eliminating the livelihoods of nearly 400 families, including tribespeople, in the area.
12/10/13 The Hindu
