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The territory medication has submitted a study to the authorities connected onshore possession successful the catchment areas of hydroelectric projects successful Idukki. Sources accidental the study recommends granting rubric deeds to farmers residing supra the afloat reservoir level (FRL) of the dams.
According to officials, the areas nether information see the “ten-chain” portion of Kallarkutty, Chenkulam, and Ponmudi dams and the “three-chain” portion of the Idukki dam. They accidental 1,403 radical successful Kallarkutty, 222 successful Chenkulam, astir 100 successful Ponmudi, and 1,502 radical successful villages of Ayyappankovil, Kanchiyar, and Upputhara adjacent the Idukki hydel task are awaiting rubric deeds.
The study follows a gathering involving Ministers for Revenue, Water Resources, and Electricity, which directed Idukki District Collector Dineshan Cheruvatt to analyse the issue. After a associated verification by the departments concerned, the Collector’s study has reportedly recommended distributing rubric deeds to settlers located extracurricular the FRL of the dams.
During the tenure of M.M. Mani arsenic Electricity Minister, rubric deeds were issued to residents successful the “seven-chain” portion of the Idukki dam, portion the three-chain portion was excluded. Residents person agelong demanded that rubric deeds beryllium granted crossed the full ten-chain area.
Although organisation of rubric deeds has been a longstanding request of farmers’ associations, ineligible hurdles remain. The High Court had earlier prohibited issuing of rubric deeds nether the 1964 rules. Considering this, immoderate husbandman groups are asking however the authorities plans to circumvent the order, particularly successful the run-up to the Assembly elections.
District Congress Committee wide caput Bijo Mani dismissed the study arsenic a “political gimmick” aimed astatine attracting voters. Referring to a caller Right to Information reply, helium said the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) had maintained that anterior support was mandatory earlier immoderate rubric deeds could beryllium issued successful these areas.
“The KSEB and the authorities person not issued immoderate authoritative bid indicating their readiness to administer these deeds,” Mr. Mani said. “Under the contiguous circumstances, the authorities cannot legally contented rubric deeds to those successful possession of onshore wrong the dam catchment areas,” Mr. Mani added.
