Accordingly the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed to demolish five apartments at the Maradu municipality in Kochi. Meanwhile the direction comes after the SC found out that the apartments have violated Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules. Furthermore the Supreme Court has said that the apartments should be demolished within one month. Holy Faith, Kayaloram, Alfa Ventures, Holiday Heritage and Jain Housing are the apartments that should be demolished based on the SC order.
Further the Supreme Court issued the verdict on an appeal filed by Coastal Zone Management Authority. Perhaps the bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra also added that kerala cannot bear the brunt of another flood caused by illegal construction. Secretary of Maradu municipality, Subash PK told “The apartments were built after getting permission of the then panchayat in 2005. But an inspection of vigilance wing of the Local Self Government Department (LSDG) found that the apartments were built violating CRZ rules in two and three zones of CRZ”.
He added “The construction of the apartments could not be stopped as they took the issue to the courts”. Earlier in 2015, the kerala High Court gave a verdict in the issue in support of the apartments but then it was challenged in the Supreme Court by the kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority.
