Around 350 families have refused to vacate apartments constructed in violation of Coastal Regulatory Zone rules
Bangalore: Politicians of all hues are making a beeline to a clutch of plush waterfront apartments in Kerala as the clock ticks on a demolition deadline set by the Supreme Court.
The issue has raised wider questions: whether a state government that insisted on enforcing in letter and spirit a court order that lifted a ban on the entry of women into Sabarimala temple can take a different stand now and whether affluent flat-owners should be given the leeway that was denied to the poor.
Around 350 families have refused to vacate the apartments constructed in violation of Coastal Regulatory Zone rules. The families say they had been misled by local authorities who had approved the real estate project.
The residents have to vacate the buildings by Sunday evening for the municipality to implement the apex court order to demolish the cluster of buildings by September 20.
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