Extensive interventions were reported on Parunthumpara hills in IDUKKI. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Legal steps will begin in September against those who interfered with government land in the Parunthumpar hills in Peerumade Taluk in IDUKKI, said the District Collector V. Vigneshwari.
The special team of the Ministry of Income carries out a document of people who organize land on Earth using a survey number 441 in Manjumale and survey number 543 in Peerumade, said the collector. According to officials of the Ministry of Income, Thandaper owned documents in two villages. “Among them, 645 people have 10 cents of land and almost 25 people hold five acres of land,” the department official said.
“The revenue department will consider issuing the title documents to those who hold 10 cents of land in these areas. If the soil is not suitable for building houses, we will provide them with another plot.
Previously, the collector appointed a special team of income department, headed by the subchapter IDUKKI, to explore the gradation on the hills of Parunthumpar. A special team issued a announcement of more than 1,475 people in both regions of the survey and asked to submit their documents. “The process of verifying the document is taking place,” said the Ministry of Income by an official.
Within three months
Officials of the Ministry of Income stated that they plan to complete the process of verifying the document within three months.
The special investigation team (SIT) headed by K. Sethuraman, a former director, police training at university, found extensive land interventions and illegal construction on government land in Parunthumpar. SIT submitted a report of 774-Stránková reports to the Government and the High Court in Kerala.
Published – 17th July 2025 17:29
