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Congress workers laid siege to the Puthussery grama panchayat bureau successful Palakkad connected Thursday (October 30, 2025), opposing the panchayat’s determination to proviso stream h2o for the disputed brewery task successful Elapully grama panchayat.
On Tuesday, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] had laid siege to the Elapully grama panchayat bureau without permitting the panchayat president and officials to clasp a gathering to determine connected the ineligible formalities against Oasis Commercial, the institution chosen by the State authorities to acceptable up the brewery successful Elapully.
As the Congress-ruled Elapully grama panchayat opposed the brewery move, the CPI(M)-ruled Puthussery panchayat came guardant to proviso stream h2o for the brewery, further deepening the contention implicit the liquor works up of the upcoming section assemblage elections.
Protesting successful beforehand of the Puthussery grama panchayat bureau connected Thursday, the Congress alleged that the governing body, by agreeing to proviso h2o to the brewery, had prioritised the brewery’s needs implicit those of section farmers who trust heavy connected stream h2o for agriculture. The Congress demanded that the governing assemblage revoke its determination to licence Oasis Commercial to cod h2o from the Walayar and Korayar rivers. The governing assemblage took the determination to proviso stream h2o by overcoming the absorption of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members.
People surviving connected the banks of the Korayar stream took portion successful the Congress protest.
The brewery sanctioned by the State authorities successful Elapully evoked wide disapproval from antithetic sections. The Communist Party of India (CPI), 1 of the ruling parties, besides came retired against the decision. It alleged that the determination would jeopardise nutrient information and was against the interests of the farmers.
