Farmers opposed to the Salem-Chennai Green Corridor on Tuesday declared that they will not part with even “an inch” of their land and announced intensifying their protests following the Supreme Court order upholding notification for acquisition of the land for the controversial project.
The proposed 277.3-km Green Corridor Express Highway connecting Salem with Chennai has been at the centre of a controversy since 2018, causing much resentment among farmers in the five districts of Tamil Nadu whose fertile lands will be acquired for the project.
Though the expressway, once fully functional, will reduce the travel time between the two cities by three hours and distance by 68 km, the project has been vehemently opposed by farmers and Opposition farmers.
