Adivasi families near Chinnakanal in Idukki district have demanded shelving of the proposed Anayirankal national park project. They have threatened to launch a protest if their demand was not met.
At a press conference held here on Friday, the families were unequivocal in their protest against the proposed project, which they alleged threatened their eviction from the areas near Anayirankal dam. A convention against the project, which they said posed threats to both wildlife and Adivasis alika, would be held at Chinnakanal in the first week of July.
Around 1,254 hectares comprising of 276 hectares of Adivasi settlements, the revenue land in the possession of Hindustan News Print along the Anayirankal dam, and adjoining areas in Shola forests are to be converted for the proposed national park.
