CPI urges Forest Dept. not to evict shops near Bannari temple
The CPI Erode (North) district committee has requested the Forest Department to refrain from evicting 12 temporary shops near the Bannari temple. These shops have been operating for 20 years and provide essential services to temple visitors and livelihoods for local families. The committee argues that the sudden claim of land ownership by the Forest Department has taken shopkeepers by surprise, especially since some shops were previously permitted by the National Highways Authority of India.
- ▪The CPI has urged the Forest Department not to evict 12 temporary shops near the Arulmigu Bannari Mariamman Temple.
- ▪The shops have been operating for the past 20 years and provide livelihoods to several families.
- ▪The Forest Department recently claimed ownership of the land, labeling the shops as encroachments.
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The CPI Erode (North) district committee has urged the Forest Department not to evict 12 temporary shops near the Arulmigu Bannari Mariamman Temple at Bannari to protect the livelihood of the shopkeepers.In a representation submitted to the District Forest Officer, Sathyamangalam Division, committee president and former MLA P.L. Sundaram said the tea and snack shops have been functioning along the northern side of the Dindigul–Bengaluru National Highway and behind the temple for the past 20 years.The temporary shops, which don’t have permanent structures, are located south of the forest boundary and provide livelihood to several families, besides catering to devotees visiting the temple, he said.The petition said the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had permitted a few shops,…
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