Minister assures to examine Aranmula project issues

Kochi, Dec 6:  

The Union Defence Minister is said to have assured a delegation opposing the proposed Aranmula Airport project that his ministry would examine the issues raised in the memorandum submitted by the group, which called on him in New Delhi.

Kummanam Rajasekharan, Patron, Aranmula Heritage Village Action Council (AHVAC), who headed the delegation, told Business Line that the Defence Minister A.K. Antony, had listened to “the issues and the consequences of such an airport at Aranmula and assured that the Ministry would examine them”.

He said the delegation had also submitted memorandums to the Union Civil Aviation Minister and Union Minister for Environment and Forests seeking their intervention in the proposed airport which would affect the region following reclamation of vast stretches of paddy fields and wetlands spread over three panchayats.Several Studies show that wetland and paddy-cultivated acreage in the State fell by 65 per cent in 30 years , he said.

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