NAGAPATTINAM: Even as GAIL’s pipeline laying project is inching towards completion, farmers in Tharangambadi alleged that agriculture was disturbed by the work.
Having faced several protests and agitations, the pipeline laying work in north Nagapattinam is in its final stage. However, GAIL is facing stiff opposition in Tharangambadi taluk where farmers have taken up kuruvai cultivation using groundwater. We feel intimidated by the machinery and the works is being carried out without conducting opinion hearing meetings.
The workers run earth movers over transplanted crops and are damaging our cultivation before they reach a spot for laying their pipes. If they do not stop their operations, we will plan bigger protests” said S Jawahar, a farmer in Kalahasthinathapuram.
