'Give up move to acquire land for sub-station'

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 15. The Kazhakuttom MLA, Mr. M.A. Vahid, has demanded that the Government give up the move to acquire 66 acres of paddy fields in Pallipuram to construct a sub-station.

Inaugurating a dharna organised by the action council before the Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) Office against the acquisition move on Tuesday, Mr. Vahid said when suitable land for the purpose was available, the acquisition move could not be justified. Mr. Vahid said that the locals would not allow the Government to acquire the fields.

The Andoorkonam panchayat president, Mr. C. Krishnan, the standing committee chairman, Mr. B. Muralidharan Nair, the Sarvodayam mandalam secretary, Mr. Murukumpuzha Rajendran, the action council president, Sharaffudin Moulavi, the secretary, Mr. A. Gopinathan Nair, and the convener, Mr. Muhammed Haneefa, were among those who addressed the dharna.

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