Call to convert barren land in Mulavukad

KOCHI: In the backdrop of the proposal in the state budget for the fast implementation of the Industrial Development Authority to boost development in areas near the Vallarpadom-Nedumbassery Highway, the Mulavukad Land Owners Association has come up with a demand to convert the land which has become barren owing to the construction of a highway in Mulavukadu Island.The land owners said the highway that starts from the Vallarpadom ICTT area to Kalamassery passes through the lands in the western side of the Mulavukadu panchayat.“Farming has not been taken up in the area for the past 25 years,” they said.