KALPETTA: The Forest Department evicted encroachers from a 50-acre cardamom plantation in the Mundakkai section of Meppadi Forest Range in South Wayanad Forest Division, under the Forest Protection Act -1969, on Sunday.
The plantation was set up by encroaching vested forest land, according to the Forest officials. The owners of Mallika Estate encroached the forest land, the officials said.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/forest-officials-destroy-plantation-mundakkai
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-kochi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-encroachments
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala