All-party meet tomorrow to discuss Maradu issue

New Delhi: The Kerala government has called an all-party meeting on September 17 to discuss the plight of owners of over 350 flats in Maradu municipality of Kochi, which, under the orders of the Supreme Court, are to be demolished by September 20.

According to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office, the meeting will be held at 3:30 PM.

In a judgement in May, the apex court sided with the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA), which asserted that five residential complexes violated the norms laid under Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules, which state that no construction is allowed within 200 metres of any coast in the state.

The SC directed the Kerala government to demolish all the illegal buildings by September 20 and on September 6, had even pulled up the state government for not having acted on its instructions till now.