Kudallur: Hills are Disappearing

Yes, it is going to happen at last. The Parappuram kunnu, part of Kudallur Hills is going to loss its face. It was better known as Kaadu by the very local people. But the thing now going to happen is, somebody has bought the kunnu and they wish to make it a rubber estate. For the first time I couldn’t believe it. There are many reasons for it. The first and the foremost is the kunnu has a straight slope. Slope means complete slope. Now somebody has come to ‘green’ it. People say he is from some other district mostly, Kollam or Thrissur. The pain haunts me now is the future of the natural spring Chola, in the foot of the hill. The crystal clear water and green surroundings! Some years ago one of the biggest rocks on the hill lost its foot and came fast to the valley. Some women were there near the well in the deepest part of the hill, near the Chola. They cried out and men folks arrived quickly. They saw the fearful picture of destroyed woods and rocks in the path of the big rock. Leave it.
The hills in Kudallur, as anywhere in Kerala are disappearing or losing their green face immediately. The Thannikkunnu, mentioned in MT’s works is a quarry now. Thus the beauty of plain surface over the hill is vanished.