Govt. urged to consider people’s proposals to contain sea erosion at Chellanam in Ernakulam

Meet stresses need to lay tetrapods in a scientific manner in the coastal village

Speakers at a convention on sea erosion in Chellanam panchayat urged the State Government to give an ear to suggestions by people’s groups instead of promoting projects like K-Rail, which involved enormous investments.

Social and environmental activist C.R. Neelakandan, who inaugurated the convention here on Thursday, said the Chellanam-Kochi Janakiya Vedhi, which leads a movement demanding Government action, had put forward various proposals to contain sea erosion.

The Vedhi has been on protest mode for the last two years, and Thursday marked a new phase of action by its members, said V.T. Sebastian, its convenor.