SC orders to bulldoze all flats built at Maradu violating CRZ rules before September 20
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Kerala Government to demolish all the flats built at Maradu in Kerala’s Ernakulam district in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone guidelines before September 20. The court also asked the Chief Secretary of Kerala to be present in court on September 23.
The order was passed by a bench of Justice Arun Mishra and M R Shah after it took the up the matter on its own motion for compliance.
The Supreme Court on July 11, 2019 rejected all four review petitions filed by the flat builders.
It was on May 8 this year that the Supreme Court ordered the demolition of around 350 apartments built violating coastal zone regulations in Maradu municipality within one month.
The flats were located in Alfa Ventures twin complex at Nettoor, Holy Faith H2O at Kundannoor,Holiday Heritage, Jain Coral Cove at Kettezhath Kadavu, Nettoor and Golden Kayaloram.
These flats were built in an area where stringent CRZ-3 (Coastal regulation zone) laws were in place.The erstwhile Maradu panchayat (which later became a municipality) had granted permission for the construction in 2006-07 without informing the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority.
The Supreme Court took action based on the rule that no constructions should be carried out within 200 m from the coast in areas where CRZ-3 regulations are in place.
