A move to convert the wetlands and destroy mangroves flourishing in four acres near the Pullippuzha at Perumukham Karattippadath in Feroke has run into resistance from local people organised under the banner of Friends Samskarika Vedi.

C. Bijesh, secretary of the Vedi, warned on Thursday that protests would be intensified since the move to construct a building there had not been abandoned in spite of the District Collector sending the Revenue Divisional Officer for an on the spot inspection and later issuing a “stop memo” to the builder. Records also indicated it was a restricted zone for construction activities.