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When the United Democratic Front (UDF) comes to power, unauthorised constructions connected patta onshore volition beryllium regularised without charging a fee, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheeshan has said.
Inaugurating a UDF-led farmers’ conclave astatine Adimaly connected Friday (October 3, 2025), Mr. Satheeshan said that the UDF volition supply a due solution to land-related issues successful the district. “When the Cabinet approved an amendment and established rules to legalise ‘patta’ onshore violations successful Idukki, the UDF urged the authorities not to complaint a interest for regularising constructions connected rubric deed lands and projected a streamlined process. However, the authorities is trying to loot the mediocre farmers successful the territory by charging a fee,” said Mr. Satheeshan.
Mr. Satheshan further alleged that the Revenue section wants to enactment up ₹2,000 crore done the fees to enactment the State’s struggling economy.
While speaking with representatives of farmers’ groups astatine the conclave, Mr. Satheeshan said that if the UDF comes to power, it volition make a maestro program to code land-related issues successful the district. “Title deeds volition beryllium provided to each eligible farmers. The UDF authorities volition dainty encroachment-related issues and settler farmers’ issues differently,” said Mr. Satheeshan.
“The UDF volition resoluteness the rubric deed issues successful the Pathu Chain and Moonu Chain areas of the district,” helium said.
Farmers’ representatives raised concerns implicit the Forest department’s “illegal” assertion implicit gross and farmland successful assorted parts of the district. “Some of the lands were included successful the reserve wood presumption implicit 100 years ago, and the Forest section is inactive raising claims for specified lands. The demolition of a transverse astatine Thommankuth is an illustration of specified amerciable intervention. When UDF comes to power, the authorities volition dereserve specified lands and support the interests of farmers,” said Mr Satheeshan.
During the conclave, the Idukki Land Freedom Movement, including farmers’ movements, submitted memorandums to the Leader of the Opposition.
Idukki MP Dean Kuriakose was the moderator of the conclave. District Congress Committee (DCC) president C.P. Mathew, among others, attended the conclave.
