The Ernakulam District Administration recovered 43.4986 hectares of
land for various development projects in the district during the last
one year.

A press release from the District Information Office
stated that acquisition of land for projects like the Kochi Metro,
Ernakulam-Thekkady state highway, Ramamangalam-Thodupuzha road,
development of Cochin Refinery and the Maradu-Piravom water distribution
project have been done.

The procedures for recovering the land
was done after consulting owners of the land and taking them into
confidence over the price of their land. The approval for taking over
the land would be done after examining the records with the Land Revenue
Commissioner.

The press release stated that approval for the
Maradu-Piravom water distribution project would be realised by January.
The District Administration plans to commission the distribution
pipeline by next month. The majority of the land taken over for this
project has been handed over to the Kerala Water Authority.

Land
Acquisition Deputy Collector M Latha  said that the first phase of
development of the Seaport-Airport road from Bharath Matha College to
HMT has begun. The discussion over the acquisition of land in various
places and fixing of price for the land is ongoing.