Probe sought into proposed demolition of forest record rooms in NABARD-funded project

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 27 (UNI) ANEC Trust has urged the Kerala Forest Department to order an independent inquiry into alleged procedural and administrative irregularities in a NABARD-funded office building under construction at Aranyabhavan in Olavakkode, Palakkad, citing concerns over a reported proposal to demolish or alter completed record rooms housing thousands of important legal documents. In a representation to Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests L. Chandrasekhar, the Trust sought an immediate restraint on alterations to the building until the approved project plans, funding conditions and statutory and administrative clearances were verified. The building was originally sanctioned for the Eastern Circle…