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Land Mafia in Thrissur

Most of the small and big weddings in Malappuram district are shifting to auditoriums these days. There are many reasons behind this, as the house has less yard, the inconvenience of putting pantal, the increasing cost of pantal construction, the scarcity of potable water, the access facilities and vehicle parking facilities for people coming from far away.

From low-rent halls to luxurious auditoriums with central AC, there are wedding halls to choose from as per the needs of the individual.Considering the availability of water and the low cost of land, many of these mandapams are built by filling paddy fields. In Kerala, where the Paddy Field Protection Act and the Watershed Protection Act are being implemented very strictly, the farmers are suffering due to the fact that the waste from these mandapams, which have been made by obstructing the water flow and filling the paddy fields, are thrown into the adjacent farmlands.