Many now willing to surrender land for hill highway in Kozhikode

Intervention by people’s representatives yields results

The reluctance of local landowners to hand over their property for the proposed hill highway project is fading away in the rural areas of Kozhikode district as a result of the intervention of people’s representatives to settle disputes. They personally visit landholders and convince them of the importance of the project for local development and improved rural road connectivity. In Thiruvambady and Koodaranhi areas, many of the families that opposed the move to acquire land are now willing to cooperate with the project. Action committees constituted against the project are also cooperating with mediation attempts. A local body member from Koodaranhi said many landowners from his village handed over consent letters to Thiruvambady MLA Linto Joseph during his visit to the project area on Monday. Many others had also agreed to hand over land, he said.