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| | ''No building demolition at new Secretariat site'' - Sify.com |
 | | The assurance was given by the AG, N R Chandran, after taking notice, returnable in two weeks, on behalf of the state government, on a petition seeking to restrain commencement of construction works of the new Secretariat, at the city''s posh Kotturpuram area, and demolishing buildings at the site. |
 | | The petitioners, a group of city residents, said the government had not undertaken an analysis to determine whether administrative benefits from the new Secretariat would outweigh the cost of dislocation of students, disruption of academic life, disturbance to wildlife and disarray the lives of resident of the locality. |
 | | Besides, the petitioners contended that the authorities concerned had not conducted any study to determine whether roads, water supply, sanitary arrangements and sewage treatment at Kotturpuram were capable of supporting such a large project. |
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