Deccan Chronicle: Kochi: Monday, January 15, 2018.
Chief
minister Pinarayi Vijayan has been sitting on former Devikulam sub-collector
Sreeram Venkatraman’s report on Munnar encroachments for the past seven months.
In reply to
an enquiry by N.C. Cyriac of Poonjar under the RTI Act, the revenue department
said it was not in a position to answer on its present status as the same was
with the Chief Minister’s office since May.
It stated
that it had received a report on a meeting the Chief Minister convened on May
7, and the file generated was submitted to the CM’s office for taking a final
decision.
It has been
pending there since. “We will be able to provide a copy only after the return
of the file after taking a final decision,” the reply said.
The report by
the former sub-collector contains details of encroachments in ecologically
sensitive areas in and around Munnar and Kottaka-mboor near the Kurinji
Sanctuary.
Sources said
it contained fraudulent means employed by encroachers with political
connections, including Joice George MP, to amass land.
The revenue
department has also feigned ignorance about former Idukki SP George's report on
the matter, saying it was not with it.
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