Pathanamthitta: The Joint Action Council in Aranmula has demanded the Government to withdraw the “biased’’ report on Aranmula puncha prepared by P. Sreekantan Nair, former director of the Environment and Climate Change (ECC) Directorate on behalf of the State Government for submitting it to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) a year ago.
The action council leader, Kummanam Rajashekharan, has alleged that Mr Nair had made serious irregularities in the report in a conscious move to protect the interests of a Chennai-based private airport company.
Mr Nair had inspected the paddy fields, wetlands, and the illegally converted stretches of two natural streams in the name of an airport project in Aranmula on April 25, 2013.
The MoEF had taken note of a report in The Hindu on February 2, 2013 (‘Airport project triggers widespread protest’) and sought clarifications from the State government on the allegations that the site identified for the project included paddy fields and wetlands.
The State Government had entrusted him to inspect the site and prepare a report for submitting it to MoEF.
04/07/14 Radhakrishnan Kuttoor/The Hindu
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The action council leader, Kummanam Rajashekharan, has alleged that Mr Nair had made serious irregularities in the report in a conscious move to protect the interests of a Chennai-based private airport company.
Mr Nair had inspected the paddy fields, wetlands, and the illegally converted stretches of two natural streams in the name of an airport project in Aranmula on April 25, 2013.
The MoEF had taken note of a report in The Hindu on February 2, 2013 (‘Airport project triggers widespread protest’) and sought clarifications from the State government on the allegations that the site identified for the project included paddy fields and wetlands.
The State Government had entrusted him to inspect the site and prepare a report for submitting it to MoEF.
04/07/14 Radhakrishnan Kuttoor/The Hindu
