The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has ordered the secretary of Karode grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district to remove encroachers from a puramboke land area to secure a safe right of way for students.
The directive follows complaints that a tiled‑roof building erected on the encroached land was obstructing children’s safe passage to school and hindering the smooth movement of school buses and other vehicles along the Kuzhinjanvila‑Thazhevila road.
The commission instructed the Karode village officer, the panchayat secretary and the Pozhiyoor station house officer to take action under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act. It also tasked the Kerala State Electricity Board executive engineer in Neyyattinkara with urgently relocating an electricity post that posed a travel obstacle.
Additionally, the full bench—composed of F. Wilson, B. Mohankumar and K.K. Shaju—directed the vicar of St. Mary’s MSC church to move a pillar located at the road’s starting point. The petition was filed by A. Ajeesh, a ward member of Karode grama panchayat.
