Panel formed to check watercourse in resorts, estates in Kanniyakumari

The committee has been constituted following the direction of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court

Illegal constructions made nside the forest of Western Ghats to divert the wild streams to create artificial waterfalls within illegal private resorts in Maekkarai in Tenkasi district being removed. Representational iamge. File Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

A monitoring committee was constituted in Kanniyakumari district comprising District Revenue Officer A. Sivapriya and S.P Harikiran Prasad with Assistant Collector (Padmanabhapuram) Koushik, District Forest Officer Ilayaraja, RDO K. Sethuramalingam, EE, PWD (WRD) and Tourism officer as its members.

The committee would inspect private resorts and monitor if the way of natural water flow had been diverted into private resort or private estate/land.

Any illegal activities regarding the same would be identified and criminal action initiated.

As per the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court’s direction, the committee has been constituted.

Public can call 04652-231077 and also toll-free number 1077 for registering their complaints.

A separate complaint register is maintained at the office of the Disaster Management Tahsildar at the Collectorate. Complaints received up to December 9, during working days, would be entertained.