By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Tuesday reiterated that all luxury resorts in Munnar that have encroached upon government land would be razed in the next two months.
Speaking to reporters here after a meeting with the three-member team and a ministerial sub-committee formed to oversee the demolitions, he said: "We have told the team that they can go ahead and raze down all buildings, including luxury resorts, that have come up on government land in Munnar."
He said that in the last month, 91 such properties had been demolished and the government had got back 11,350 acres of land.
"There was some confusion regarding validity of the title deeds given by one Ravindran during the E.K. Nayanar regime (1996-2001). Of the nearly 500 such title deeds given, around 200 have been found out to be bogus ones. This will be examined in detail by the government or the courts. The title deeds given during the time of the previous Congress-led government have been found to be bogus ones," he said.
Munnar, a small tourist destination in Idukki district, has more than 3,500 small and big resorts and several wayside small hotels and restaurants that have come up in the last few years.