Eco-development project for Munnar gathering dust

 
A project prepared by the Forest Department four years ago to restore the ecological and aesthetic integrity of the Munnar hills can serve as a reference point for the Government to prepare a plan to turn it into a well-planned tourist resort. Architecture students, teachers,ecologists and heritage restorers from the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) had conducted the study to prepare the town's profile and chart out a comprehensive project to conserve ecology.The project report, which is gathering dust in the Forest Department, will provide inputs to the Government on measures to rebuild Munnar after evicting encroachers and demolishing unauthorized constructions.

  (The Hindu, 27th    May 2007)