The eco-tourism project being launched by Pappinissery Eco-Tourism Society in the mangrove-rich areas on the banks of the Valapattanam River is in the centre of a controversy in the wake of allegations that the Society is encroaching river bank in the guise of developing it into an eco-tourism spot.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/controversy-over-pappinissery-eco-tourism-project
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecotourism
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/valapattanam
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mangroves
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala