Nagapattinam: Cauvery delta farmers under the auspices of the ‘Tamil Nadu Vivasaya Sanga Koottu Iyakkam’ strongly condemned the Union Environment Ministry for according fresh sanction to Vedanta and ONGC to undertake surveys for extracting hydrocarbons in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The Iyakkam’s state president, ‘Cauvery’ Dhanapalan, briefing newsmen on the resolutions adopted at their executive meeting held at Nagapattinam on Sunday, said that a resolution to that effect was adopted at the meeting.