Kerala’s Pariyathukavu residents hope government intervention will put an end to eviction threat
Residents of Pariyathukavu face an eviction threat as police attempt to enforce a court order. The families, who have lived in the settlement for generations, are determined to resist the eviction. Political intervention has temporarily halted the police action, but the legal battle over the land continues.
- ▪The eviction order has been pending for a while, with 14 previous attempts to execute it since September 2023.
- ▪Tensions escalated when police attempted to enforce the eviction, leading to clashes with residents.
- ▪The land dispute involves a long-standing legal battle between the descendants of a farm laborer and a landlord's family.
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On a cloudy evening early in the third week of May, a police officer from the Special Branch of the Ernakulam police reached out to some residents of Pariyathukavu, a Dalit settlement close to Malayidamthuruth, around 10 km from Perumbavoor.He had an unpleasant message to deliver.“We need to implement the court order without fail. The court has given us the ultimatum,” he stoically told the anxious residents.He was referring to the execution of an eviction order which has been pending for a while.The developments have cast uncertainty over the future of seven families, all relatives, who live in the Pariyathukavu settlement, along the Periyar Valley Canal.
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