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more-inThe amendments proposed by the State government to the Kerala Paddy Land and Wetland Conservation Act, 2008, are unacceptable, social activist Medha Patkar has said. Wetlands play a major role, like mangrove forests, in saving even the best cultivable land beyond those wetlands from getting eroded. ‘Stand with the people’Ms.
Patkar said the LDF government was expected to stand with the people, at least on those issues which former Chief Minister V.S. “Unlike the other governments, there is a difference here, as the Left leaders are in various alliances like the Bhumi Adhikar movement to protest against the amendments to the land acquisition Act. Diversion likely“The amendments rule out the role that was given to the local monitoring committee..