Additional chief secretary (forests and environment) P K Mohanty has held the state coastal zone management authority (KCZMA) responsible for giving CRZ clearance to the DLF riverside project at Ch
The government is likely to set up a committee to study the Centre’s Land Acquisition Act and its possible impact on the state’s socio-economic front.
The state cabinet is likely to take a decision in this regard on Wednesday. The cabinet held a special session on Tuesday to brief ministers about the state’s current fiscal status and the impact of the Land Acquisition Act.
The World Bank has expressed unhappiness about the frequent replacement of project heads of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project, better known as the Jalanidhi Project, which is receiving financial assistance from the bank.
Plantation Land Conversion Only For Improving Economic Conditions
The revenue department has come up with an order plugging the loopholes in the amendment of the Kerala Land Reforms Act 1963, which allowed conversion of 5% plantation land for other purposes. In an order issued on March 7, the department has clarified that the exemption is allowed only for improving the economic conditions of plantations that cannot be changed hands.
