The newly formed district-level collective of environmentalists observed Black Day on Monday in protest against the Bill to amend the Kerala Conservation of Paddyland and Wetland Act 2008. Environmentalists have found fault with everything related to the amendment, right from the way it was brought in as an ordinance. Another lacuna in the Bill, he pointed out, was that the amendment left no room for a member of the public to file a complaint. “The Act, formed in 2008, was the result of detailed discussions and public opinion. The amendment also makes it easy to do anything with the non-notified land in 600 villages that are yet to be included in the data bank.
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