TIRUNELVELI: Residents of different villages in Manur taluk petitioned District Collector KP Karthikeyan, demanding the state government to stop the efforts to establish a private solar power plant on their farmlands here on Monday. The villagers threatened to raise black flags on Republic Day and boycott the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The residents of Thalaiyoothu, Thenkalam, Nallammalpuram, Thenkalamputhoor, Pallikottai and Alavanthankulam visited the collectorate to hand over the resolution against the establishment of the private solar power plant.