District Collector Sheeba George on Wednesday directed to suspend an archaeological survey being conducted in Idukki district by a non-profit research organisation.
A controversy erupted over the survey, being carried out by the PAMA Institute for the Advancement of Transdisciplinary Archaeological Sciences and the Nedumkandam-based PAPPINI Research Centre, for collating data to document the locational and morphological details of Iron Age remains in the 22 wards of Nedumkandam grama panchayat in Idukki. The residents allege that the archaeological survey is aimed at evicting local people in Idukki.
