Munambam’s long wait for justice
Residents of Munambam demand revenue rights for their land holdings.
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The vexed Munambam land issue refuses to die down in Kerala. Instead, it has taken a new course following recent judicial intervention on the issue.The Kerala State Waqf Board had recently included the disputed land in Munambam coast in Ernakulam, which is inhabited by about 600 families, most of them Christians, in the Waqf register as a Waqf property.
The occupants of the land in Munambam have been protesting for more than 150 days demanding that the revenue rights of their holdings be restored. They claim to have purchased the holdings from a trust, for which the property was reportedly given as Waqf in 1950.&#...