The discussion to solve the Chengara Adivasi (tribal) land issue has failed. CPM lead government in Kerala waited for seven months to discuss the issue with the protesters. The adivasi people of Chengara have been fighting for their land since last August. The joint council of tribal protesters under the banner of Sadhu Jana Samithi has demanded five acres of land. They have encroached and campaigned at Harrison Malayalam estate. In the beginning there were around thousand people. Now many organizations and groups came forward to join hand with this group including landless tribal community. The number of agitators increased and now there are around 18,000 protesters. 

But the LDF government led by CPM which proclaimed to stand for the poor downtrodden people, ignored this struggle altogether in the beginning. There are allegations that CPM did use party machinery to split the agitators. As the result of this political effort, action council general secretary Thattayil Sraswathy resigned from the protest and made some controversial statement on Committee president Laha Goplan. Pro CPM media group focused on the negative angle of Chengara land protest. 

The main allegation of CPM and the government against the protest is that most of the agitators have acres of land in possession and only a small group belongs to the landless, adivasis. Kerala High court had intervened on the issue and directed the government to solve the issue without blood-shed. The opposition MLAs had visited the protesters at Chengara and assured their support. How to solve the issue without police action is a big challenge before the state government. Consensus is the need of the hour to avoid any untoward incident according to social thinkers and peace loving people...

Summer Rain havoc: claims 13 lives: 

Kozhikode: Heavy rain caused severe damage to Kerala.13 people lost their lives in the harsh summer rain all over the state. Paddy cultivation and vegetables for millions have been destroyed. Three children killed in a river side landslide in Wayanad district. An ex-military person slipped to death in Kollam. A woman died falling in a rock quarry due to land slide in Kondotty. Five fishermen are reported to be missing. 

Kuttanad (Alapuzha), famous for paddy production in Kerala is the most hit area. Unexpected heavy rain damaged thousands of acres of ready to harvest paddy causing heavy lose to farmers. Plantain farmers and rubber planters also face trouble due to the heavy rain. Roads were broken and water-filled in many towns.

Agriculture loss is estimated to be 136.05 crore. 24 houses have been damaged fully and 441 houses were damaged partially.
 

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