Coastal Zone Management Authority to seek additional information on reclamation of Kochi backwaters
The Hindu
Action sought against group that set up hotel and convention centre on reclaimed land
The Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA) plans to seek ‘additional information’ from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on the controversial issue of reclamation of Kochi backwaters and the construction of a hotel and convention centre at Bolgatty.
The decision comes in the wake of the Ministry seeking an action-taken report on its sub-committee report, which indicted the Cochin Port Trust and the Authority for the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations and permitting the construction of a hotel and convention centre on the reclaimed land at Bolgatty.
Incidentally, the panel report, which had been pending with the Authority for over five years, was first considered by the Authority in March 2016. Lately, it featured in the meeting held in February this year.