No differences in UDF over Attappady package: Minister

Sunday, August 28, 2011: PK Jayalakshmi, Minister for welfare of backward communities today opined that there were no differences in United Democratic Front (UDF) in connection with the Attappady package.
Speaking to the reporters here on Sunday, Minister added that she was fully pleased with the Attappady package and refused to comment on Congress leader VD Satheeshan’s statement regarding the same.
Satheeshan had informed that the state government’s decision not to evict Suzlon company from the ecologically-sensitive Attappadi hills, was not at all justifiable.
In a letter send to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Satheeshan severely criticized the Attappady package announced by the government. He also pointed out that the government’s move to retain the company would result in wide spread encroachments
in the area.
The letter stated that the government must not justify the land grabbing by Suzlon company.
Earlier report: -
During the previous LDF regime, the Congress had vigorously campaigned to evict the windmill owners from tribal land and the party had even sought the intervention of the national leadership.
Suzlon possesses 645 acres in three villages in this region. Confusion exists over the actual extent of land in the possession of Suzlon in Kottathara village. The tribesmen claim that the company has encroached between 124 and 180 acres, while company documents puts the area at 85.21 acres.

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