The State government formed a special task force to oversee the removal of encroachments in Munnar and other parts of Idukki district and has identified 226 active encroachments on government land in eight villages of Munnar.
District Collector Sheeba George submitted a revised list of encroachments in Idukki before the Kerala High Court on October 16. The total number of 336 encroachments have been divided into six categories.
A top Revenue department official told The Hindu that the actual number of active and pending cases was 226. “The total list of encroachments is 336 cases, and recently, the Revenue department removed the duplicated names and already action-taken cases from the list after detailed scrutiny. The total encroachments and its present status was also included in the list.” said the official.
