he said the opposition would raise the issue at the council meeting on thursday other prominent builders who figure in the list submitted by kczma include galaxy developers heera constructions ambady retreats jewel homes pearls garden rain tree realms abad lotus blue lagoon water front enclave similar rampant violations were also noticed in adjacent areas on chilavanoor backwaters the corporation has violated the law of the land by issuing permits in crz area the order said thirtythree buildings on vembanad backwaters in kochi area including chilavannoor have violated coastal regulation zone crz norms according to a report by the kerala state coastal zone management authority kczma we have given a list of all violators and asked the local bodies to take action against them said a kczma official kczma had asked local bodies including the kochi corporation and maradu municipality to initiate action against 33 buildings for violating crz norms the kochi corporation and maradu municipality have to explain how they provided permits to construct other buildings said a v antony whose petition against dlf had culminated in the high court passing an order for its demolition based on the study conducted by the committee constituted by kczma to verify the status of the building constructed by dlf it is understood that a major part of the dlf project site was a water body till the 20052006 period in his report the comptroller and auditor general had only mentioned 19 of the 33 violators the high court had also come down heavily on the corporations lethargy in issuing the building permit without ascertaining whether dlf had obtained the crz clearance but the kochi corporation did not initiate any action based on this letter mayor tony chammany declined to comment according to the rdo the poonithura village officer had reported that dlf private ltd had encroached on the water body adjacent to their multistoreyed building and reclaimed it using sand and other material the corporation issued the building permit in 2004 though dlf had not obtained any clearances opposition councilor in the corporation m anil kumar said the details of these 33 buildings were available with the local body but it was conveniently ignoring them meanwhile documents obtained by toi shows that in a letter dated december 17 2011 the then fort kochi revenue divisional officer rdo had asked the corporation to restore the portion of water body reclaimed by dlf at chilavannoor this is in gross violation of the provisions of crz notification the corporation admitted this in its reply to a rti query on july 21 this year kochi