- Kochi Corporation has been accused for supporting the real estate firm DLF to complete its project on the bank of Chilavanoor backwaters as per Kerala Coastal Zonal Management (KCZMA)
- KCZMA accused the corporation by refusing to act on the authority’s directive not to grant building permits for constructions in CRZ area
- As per CRZ all the construction with an investment of Rs.5 crore or more has to clear the CRZ notification from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, DLF construction did not follow the instruction
- An affidavit file in Kerala High Court said the KCZMA issued instruction to the corporation and district collector to initiative action against DLF under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- DLF property was under CRZ I(ii) and CRZ II categories reported by the for Earth Sciences Studies (CESS), as per KCZMA all illegal constructions has to be stopped in the CRZ area and the corporation had failed to comply with the provisions of the Environmental (Protection) Act
- DLF construction was regularized as the area was classified as CRZ I (ii) areas as it was an ecologically fragile area
- A.V. Antony of Kochi filed a writ petition against the construction of the apartment by DLF, alleging violation of Coastal Regulation Zone norms
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/kochi-corporation-ignored-directives-on-dlf-coastal-authority-tells-court/article6274137.ece