Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) chairman Oommen V Oommen on Thursday has denied any hidden agenda behind the move to prepare cadastral map of the 123 villages mentioned in the Kasturirangan Report and said the exercise is to bring more authenticity to the villages exempted from the ESA zone. Dismissing charges that the move to prepare the new map was to sabotage the draft notification of the Kasturirangan committee, he said the new map would help to pin point the land of each owner in the map. Read More
