Alappuzha: A row has erupted over the three-storeyed CPI office in Cherthala which was allegedly built violating building rules. Mr Isaac Madavana, chairman, Cherthala municipality, said that the building was functioning illegally and that the municipality would take legal step against it. Though the CPI had given it a letter seeking building number in July, the council did not approve it, he said. The CPI began the construction in 2004 after getting permission for 2957 square feet. However, it violated the space limit. It was also alleged that the municipality’s land was used as road to the office.
CPI district secretary T.J. Anjalose welcomed any probe. The ombudsman had visited the site when the building was being built and asked the municipality to make the road and provide parking area since the adjacent area was owned by it. But the municipality did not take any step over it, he said.
