Farmer breaks down in tears, urges authorities to remove encroachment

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Farmer Viralimayadevar of Viralipatti, who staging a dharna astatine  the grievance gathering  hallway  astatine  the Collectorate successful  Dindigul connected  Monday.

Farmer Viralimayadevar of Viralipatti, who staging a dharna astatine the grievance gathering hallway astatine the Collectorate successful Dindigul connected Monday. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN

A nonagenarian husbandman connected Monday staged a protestation during the grievance redress gathering astatine the Dindigul Collectorate urging the authorities acrophobic to instrumentality contiguous steps to region the encroachment from a waterbody successful Nilakottai successful Dindigul district. He said it was a long-pending demand.

The farmer, Viralimayadevar, 90, of Viralipatti successful Nilakottai alleged that a h2o transmission successful the locality that served arsenic a h2o root to cultivation lands had been encroached upon.

Viralimayadevar complained that helium has been continuously submitting the petitions to the authorities seeking indispensable enactment since 2013. However, nary enactment had been taken successful this regard.

He submitted a akin petition to the Collector during the grievance redress gathering and demanded that contiguous enactment beryllium taken connected his petition. To thrust location his point, helium sat down wrong the gathering hallway and broke down successful tears.

After the authorities assured the husbandman that they would look into the issue, helium near the hall.

Published - May 18, 2026 09:58 p.m. IST

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