IDUKKI: Idukki district collector Sheeba George said that no one has been assured that the encroachment in Munnar will be stopped. She said the mission will continue. Sheeba George's reaction was after CPM district secretary C V Varghese said that the district collector had assured that the eviction process will be stopped.

The collector said that she cannot give any assurance regarding the matter which is under the observation of the court. Varghese said the eviction was an isolated incident as per the court order. Varghese had claimed that the district collector had been apprised of the matter and the collector had assured him that no eviction proceedings would be initiated anywhere else in the area.

The cardamom cultivation after encroaching government land in Anayirangal-Chinnakanal area was evacuated. Five acres of encroached land in Chinnakanal was evicted. A team led by Tehsildar started the evacuation process in the morning.

Former minister M M Mani criticized the eviction of the encroachment. The party's stand is that action should be taken only after consultations on the matter. ‘Don't call those who migrated to Munnar as encroachers. Don't evict the cultivators who own fair land in Munnar. Those who received notices to evict the encroachment should have gone to the court if their land was legal. The mission team should be ready to give the canceled title deed before the eviction process. The action other than that is utter nonsense,' said Mani.