Environmentalists who have been fighting against the unauthorised construction of check dams at P.V.R. Naturo resort at Kakkadampoyil have alleged that MLA P.V. Anvar was using underhanded methods to evade demolition of the check dams as ordered by the Kozhikode District Collector.
State secretary of All Kerala River protection Committee T.V. Rajan, who had approached the Kerala High Court against the construction, alleged that the MLA had sold the property, including the resort, to evade the order. The person who bought the land approached the High Court claiming that he may lose the path to his property if the check dams are demolished and has obtained an interim injunction order against the demolition, he said.
Meanwhile, the other complainants in the case alleged that they were stopped from submitting documents to the Commission appointed by the High Court to check the veracity of the allegations against the construction. While Mr. Rajan was allowed to meet the Commission on Monday, other environmentalists such as K.V. Biju, Shabari Mundakkal and K.T. Veeraj were stopped at the gate of the resort where the hearing was being held, they alleged.
