George Kovoor was an Indian

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Early life

He did his early education at St. Thomas Residential School, Thiruvananthapuram and went on to do his graduation and post graduation from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana. He died from cancer on 9 December 2019. He left behind his spouse Swapna and his three children — Abner, Abigail and Abeline.

Professional life

He served as neurosurgeon in Kovoor Institute of Neuro-Sciences, Thiruvalla and Trichur Heart Hospital.

Controversy

Maradu apartments demolition order On 8 May 2019, the Supreme Court of India ordered five apartments in Maradu municipality in Kerala to be demolished within one month, for violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules, although only four of these apartments had yet been c ...

by the Supreme Court within a month after it was found that these were built violating the Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZ) rules made the residents of these apartments dismayed..George Kovoor, who owned an apartment in Jain Housing apartment complex in Kochi, revolted against the demolition order of the Court, that eventually fell on deaf ears.

References

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