Chennai: The proposed Aranmula airport project in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district suffered another setback on Friday with the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal ordering the promoters to maintain status quo at the site. The bench was hearing a petition filed by K P Sreeranganathan, a 71-year-old activist hailing from Aranmula, who has pleaded for setting aside the environmental clearance accorded to the project.
Sreeranganathan had filed the petition on December 17. In a separate petition, Kummanam Rajasekharan, representing Aranmula Heritage Village Action Council, a forum that is campaigning against the project, also pleaded that the project be stalled. Both the petitioners said the project has been proposed to come up on a wetland and would cause irreparable ecological damage. Rajasekharan's petition, however, is yet to be taken up by the tribunal.
20/12/13 Times of India
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Sreeranganathan had filed the petition on December 17. In a separate petition, Kummanam Rajasekharan, representing Aranmula Heritage Village Action Council, a forum that is campaigning against the project, also pleaded that the project be stalled. Both the petitioners said the project has been proposed to come up on a wetland and would cause irreparable ecological damage. Rajasekharan's petition, however, is yet to be taken up by the tribunal.
20/12/13 Times of India
