MOHAMMED FAIZAL PADIPPURA MP, Nationalist Congress Party, Lakshadweep
It seems the administration plans to bring high-end tourism by taking over pandaram land in Lakshadweep.
Uninhabited islands like Bangaram and Thinnakara are at the focal [point] for tourism [development]. All these tourism-focused islands are pandaram land. In all these islands, [the administration] has issued a notice [saying that the government owns the land]. The people have gone to court and [obtained a] stay. Under these circumstances, how is a private entrepreneur expected to come and invest here? We were expecting the prime minister to [talk about this] in his speech. But he was silent on that. No one is against tourism development here. We all consented to form a consortium [for tourism development]. [The islanders are] ready to share the profit and the loss of [tourism projects]. We want a PPP model of tourism. But now the entire thing is going in a different angle. Now, the administrator says that this land does not belong to the people.
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