Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 15 May 2025
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has strongly opposed the development of a procuring complicated on land designated as a public graveyard at Anarkali, alleging misuse of public sources and administrative negligence.
Upon studying concerning the proposed building by social media, a CPI (M) delegation visited the positioning on May 13. The delegation comprised D. Ayyappan, State Secretary; D. Laxman Rao, State Secretariat Member; and Port Blair City Area Committee Members N.Okay.P. Nair and R. Surendran Pillai.
Following the positioning go to, D. Ayyappan wrote to the Chief Secretary of the Andaman & Nicobar Administration, calling the development an “instance of grave misuse of power” by the Sri Vijaya Puram Municipal Council. According to CPI (M), the Council has diverted a portion of the graveyard land for industrial use with out acquiring requisite approval from the A&N Administration, which had initially allotted the land for burial functions a long time in the past.
The letter additional highlighted environmental issues, with CPI (M) warning that ongoing slope chopping on the building web site may result in soil erosion and landslides, endangering each the construction and close by areas. The celebration additionally criticised using Smart City challenge funds for what it termed an “illegal construction.”
CPI (M) leaders identified that there aren’t any close by residential homes to justify the development of a procuring complicated on the location, nor has there been any public demand for such a facility. They emphasised that area within the Anarkali graveyard is already restricted and shrinking attributable to inhabitants progress and the follow of permitting the development of tombs.
In the letter, Ayyappan said that as a substitute of creating extra space accessible for burials, the civic physique has diverted the present graveyard land for industrial growth — a transfer the celebration strongly opposes.
He additionally alleged that the civic physique has failed to take care of the graveyard correctly, making it troublesome for residents to seek out appropriate area to bury their useless. CPI (M) has demanded speedy suspension of the development and urged the Chief Secretary to make sure the graveyard land is preserved solely for its unique function.
