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- Kerala's Revenue Department has reclaimed nearly 10 acres of government land at Varattumedu near Wagamon hill station in Idukki, which an individual had illegally occupied using ownership documents for just 1.25 acres of adjacent titled land.
- Officials inspected the site, demolished the illegal structures on Wednesday, and installed a board declaring it government property.
- Authorities also banned off-road MUV trekking on the Varattumedu hills from Thursday, citing dangerous activity, and issued a notice to actor Prakash Raj, who owns land in the area, to produce a boundary sketch.
- Officials say strict action will continue against encroachments in the Wagamon tourism zone, which has increasingly attracted land grabbers due to its growing popularity.
What to watch next
- Survey and boundary sketch response from landowner Prakash Raj after the notice.
- Further eviction or enforcement drives across the 1,087-acre government tract at Varattumedu.
- Implementation of the off-road trekking ban from Thursday and any challenges to it.
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Named India · Idukki · Kerala · Peermade · Varattumedu · Wagamon · Jojo V. Sebastian · Kerala Revenue Department · P.B. Gopikrishnan · Prakash Raj · R. Hareendranath · Vijayakumar
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