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Opposing the introduction of fireworks portion planned to beryllium built successful Vaiyyur colony successful Thirumangalam Taluk successful Madurai district, a ample fig of women and farmers resorted to a sit-in protestation successful Madurai connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025).
Joining the agitators, AIADMK MLA and Deputy Leader successful the Assembly R.B. Udayakumar said that the villagers had submitted petitions to the Madurai Collector appealing to halt giving licence to the fireworks portion here.
They had mentioned that the fireworks portion may, implicit a period, spoil the eco-system arsenic implicit 11000 acres of land, which raised millets and short-term crops whitethorn person to halt their activities. The h2o array would gradually alteration and the habitations successful and astir Vaiyur whitethorn crook adust and deterioration similar a godforsaken successful a decade.
Apprehending specified a threat, the villagers objected to it and waited with patience that their grievance would beryllium redressed favourably.
However, according to the villagers, the gross officials person recommended to the authorities for mounting up fireworks unit, with guidelines by the apex tribunal and arsenic per the PESO norms. The backstage fireworks portion person started preliminary workout for operation of sheds, they claimed.
The AIADMK MLA said that the enactment was not opposed to industries coming up, but they were invited to acceptable up non-hazardous units and successful lands, which were not acceptable for cultivation. Only industries tin code the unemployment issue, but not astatine the outgo of spoiling the situation and besides the prospects of hundreds of workplace labourers.
The TN authorities should instantly halt the support and cancel the licence, if immoderate given, Mr Udayakumar said and added that the Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, would straight intervene into the issue.
The DMK government, if failed to code the burning issue, would person to look the nationalist wrath successful the ensuing wide predetermination successful 2026, helium said.
A bid committee gathering was to beryllium held by the officials pursuing the agitation and the villagers said that they would spell to immoderate extremes to prevention the eco-system. There shall not beryllium immoderate compromise arsenic it would spoil the environment, they added.
