Police help team members leave spot
Tension prevailed in Aranmula for a few hours on Monday when the local
people blocked a team of KGS Aranmula Greenfield Airport Ltd. who arrived to
survey the land where a controversial airport has been planned.
The team reached the converted portion of the Aranmula puncha (paddy
land) in some vehicles around 1 p.m.
Worse turn
The situation took a turn for the worse when Jayesh Kuttamath, film
producer, who was in the team, said the survey would assess the quantum of
earth required for converting the land to lay the runway.
Protestors at spot
More people rushed to the spot, along with the action council leaders
and V.N. Unni, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party district unit.
A police team managed to help the survey team leave the spot, leaving
little time for the mob to turn violent.
The people destroyed the poles erected by the survey team.
The police have registered two cases on the basis of complaints received
from the KGS company and the landowners.
The landowners accused the survey team of encroaching on their land, B.
Vinodkumar, sub-inspector, said.
· Survey
was to assess land required for laying runway
· Protestors
destroy poles erected by the survey team
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