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“We hope that funds collected for CMDRF are used only for the purpose of flood relief. We had numerous examples of diversion of funds and the last one being the Ockhi relief package,” she said. Last year, the government had transferred Devikulam subcollector Sriram Venkitaraman who led the anti-encroachment drive in Munnar. The question is who makes revenue from the 1,700 illegal quarries? Apart from the huge destruction of ecology, like what is happening in Mookkunnimala, the state gains nothing in the long run,” said former member of public expenditure review committee Mary George..