The protest against the filling of wetland at Parayancheri in Kozhikode district has been stopped temporarily after Sub Collector V. Chelsasini assured local people that the soil deposited on the land would be removed post haste.
Ward councillor K.T. Sushaj, who had threatened to launch a satyagraha against the alleged inaction of the Revenue department said the department had neglected the grave nature of the issue despite several complaints.
The land in question is in the heart of the city, on Mavoor Road, and is part of the Kottooli wetland. A well-known builder had purchased the land recently and had been making repeated attempts to fill it, in violation of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act 2008, he said.
