IOCL rejects shifting the gas pipeline project from Pottalkadu?

THOOTHUKUDI : The technical team of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) refused to shift the underground natural gas pipeline project to 500-metre away from the proposed site in Pottalkadu village. The villagers had been protesting against the project for the past few months. Pottalkadu comes under the Mullakadu panchayat on Thoothuthukudi-Tiruchendur road. The villagers claimed that the pipelines traverse much closer to the residential areas. The pipes are around 150-300 metres close to a government high school, they said.

Rasing concerns over untoward incidents, the villagers resorted to a sit-in protest. They demanded shifting of the project to two other alternate routes considering their safety.