Residents of Amboori and the Kallikkad grama panchayats are set to launch the next phase of their agitation against the proposed move to include parts of the local bodies in the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) that has been proposed around the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
Notwithstanding the State government’s assurances to seek the exclusion of human-inhabited areas, the Amboori ESZ Action Council that has been spearheading the agitation in the local bodies will hold a mass protest in front of the Forest Headquarters here on Tuesday. Former Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala will inaugurate the agitation.
According to action council general convener Jacob Cheerumvelil, both panchayats have been undertaking eco-centric activities for long. The residents of the localities are mostly farmers who exist in harmony with nature.
