Dear Friends, 24 houses are demolished at moolampally ( as part of Vallarpadam SEZ) today without providing any option to life
Anivar --- <http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEX20080204204441&Title=Kochi&rLink=0> KOCHI: Eviction for the Vallarpadom Road project has become a nightmare for the people at Moolampilly. Ten families which have agreed to part with their land for the Vallarpadom Road project were evicted from Mollampilly on Monday. However, the Society of the evicted people of Moolampilly alleged that they were evicted without proper rehabilitation facilities. With the authorities planning to evict ten more families on Tuesday who haven't given consent for land acquisition, there are strong protests from locals. There was tension at Moolampilly on Monday morning when the authorities came for eviction. However, the situation was tactically handled by the officials with a verbal agreement that rehabilitation facilities would be given. "They haven't given us any written agreement on rehabilitation. How can they evict us without that,'' asks Josy, a carpenter at Moolampilly. Suseela, special tahasildar (land acquisition) for ICTT Vallarpadom, who led the eviction procedures has asked the people to go and occupy an area of 28 cents of land near Vaduthala Jetty on their own. "It was shocking. She told us to occupy the land near Vallarpadom Jetty and set up sheds there. How can that be done?,'' Josy added. The society pointed out that eviction without proper rehabilitation was a violation of the Central Government norms. Society members Fr Martin Kuttikad, Selestin Master, panchayat member Joseph Thundipparambil and vice-president Treesa Manuel demanded that people should not be evicted without completing proper rehabilitation procedures. However, the special tahasildar said that she had talks with the evicted people and that rehabilitation packages had been promised to the evictees. "Rehabilitation package has not been given to them, but rehabilitation has been promised. The ten families which were evicted on Monday were unauthorised occupants as they have already agreed to evict the place by their own. The ten families which are to be evicted on Tuesday had been issued notice to evict the place. Later warrants were also issued. "On Monday I have conciliatory talks with them and they have agreed to evict their own. The government has not promised any rehabilitation package as such. The final decision in this regard is in the draft stage. However on Tuesday the village officials will show the evictees the 40 cents of revenue land near the Jetty where they can stay. "Arrangements for that will be taken with the help of the local tahasildar,'' said special tahasildar Suseela. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
