Mani admits forest encroachment
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22/04/2002
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Hindu (New Delhi)
The Revenue Minister, K. M. Mani, today hinted at a massive reorganisation of the revenue and forest officials in Idukki district of Kerala for what he termed "dereliction of duty " which resulted in the systematic encroachment of the virgin cholai forest at Mathikettan Mala. Speaking to press persons after a visit to the area, the Revenue Minister who had found himself in the vortex of the controversy, admitted that there had been encroachment in the recent past.