THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The tribal land encroached upon by the Suzlon windmill company at Attappadi will be returned to the tribals. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said at a Cabinet briefing that 85.21 acres of Adivasi land encroached upon by the windmill company had been resumed so far and the same will be returned to its legal owners. In this land, two windmills have been set up by the windmill company. He said that instead of destroying these windmills, the government had decided to entrust KSEB with the task of operating them and share the profit with the tribals.He said all the land encroached upon by the company will be evicted and handed over to the tribals. A Vigilance probe would be held against the officials who had conspired with the company to rob the tribals of their land and disciplinary action would be initiated against them. Title deeds and other documents will be issued to the tribals, Chandy said. He said discussions will be held with tribals and organisations supportive of tribals on the prospects of maintaining the windmills and sharing the profit.MARITIME CENTRAL UNIVERSITYThe Chief Minister said that the Centre had offered to set up a Maritime Central University at Ernakulam if the State Government provided 60 acres of land. It was on last Sunday that a maritime campus was opened at Ernakulam. The District Collector had been asked to identify the land for the project. The Cabinet decided to appoint G Sasidharan as Deputy Director, Prosecution (Vigilance). Chandy said as there had been a complaint that if Sasidharan was appointed as Vigilance Deputy Director, he would be influenced to favour the Chief Minister in the palmolein case. To avoid any chance of such a complaint being raised, it has been decided to entrust the special prosecutor appointed by the LDF Government to conduct the Vigilance probe. Sasidharan will have no control over the Vigilance case against the chief minister, Chandy said. He said that the cabinet had decided to acquire land for small-scale hydel projects on a fast track basis.Ninety-five people possessing land within the limits of the Perinjarkutty hydel project will be issued new title deeds. The directives in the interim report of the Justice M R Hariharan commission which probed the Pulmedu tragedy, will be implemented quickly. A meeting of the ministers and officials concerned had been convened on Monday. The Chief minister said that the series of tremors which occurred in Idukki district was a matter of concern and the government was planning to take precautionary steps in this regard. The Chief Secretary had been instructed to convene a meeting of the agencies concerned in this regard. He said the next cabinet would approve the draft prepared for the one year action programme of the government which was presented in the cabinet on Tuesday.
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