GROW MORE AIRPORTS
OR
GROW MORE FOOD?
Do we really
need another Airport? Kerala the narrow strip of land at the southern end of
the Indian peninsula has adequate transport facilities now by way of Railway
lines, /Roads and Airports. The available roads and railways are to be utilized
fully for our internal and domestic journeys, by improving the qualities of the
roads and also connecting all the towns and villages by radial roads. The
railway lines also must be doubled to provide speedy travel.
Additional
airports will not add to the social or economic growth of the state. But
instead it will create untold miseries to the local people and also involve destruction
of the paddy fields and cultivable lands and also eviction of many families. Provision of one more airport at
Aranmula will not be advantageous as the Indians in Gulf and other countries
are slowly repatriating to their homeland. In such a situation people
travelling to Kerala and vice versa will be nominal. The airports will slowly
add to the list of “Sinking Assets” in future and the state will suffer heavy financial
loss.
I feel that such
speculative planning for more number of airports in the state will be
detrimental to the peaceful living of the people of kerala- the narrow corridor
of the southern tip..
Our prime
necessity now is to GROW MORE FOOD for the people staying in spread out manner,
unlike in the other states of India. Here we do not have space to move out and
acquisition of vast areas will cause dangerous conditions to the people of the
neighboring villages who will have no land to cultivate or to grow food grains in
the paddy fields.
The Government must start cooperative farming and produce
more food grains and vegetables for the use of our people. Therefore the
disturbed ground at Aranmula must be utilized for GROWING MORE FOOD. As on now,
we are waiting for the food grains and vegetables to come to us from the
neighboring states!. Therefore let us become self sufficient in our food grains
production. Let us “Strike other chords” and play a different meaningful tune
in Style & Use for the betterment of the people who really need basic
necessities of life. A need based approach is necessary in the matters of
infrastructural developments.
Let us not OPEN
ANOTHER OUTLET FOR SMUGGLING GOODS!!
Abraham Mangalath
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