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Hundreds of farmers from implicit 15 villages laid siege to Tiruchuli taluk bureau protesting against the support granted for establishing a chromatic quarry and crusher portion astatine Vadapalai connected Thursday.
The protestation was led by Southern Districts Farmers’ Association.
The farmers demanded that the support fixed for the quarry and the crusher portion beryllium revoked to safeguard aerial and h2o successful the 15 villages astir Vadapalai.
Stating that the villages were chiefly babelike connected agriculture for their livelihood, the protester said that the quarry would severely impact cultivation land. Besides, the particulate emitted by the quarry and crusher portion would pollute waterbodies and air. It would besides pb to depletion of groundwater array successful the portion which was relying connected assistance irrigation for cultivation.
Farmers person R. Ram Pandian, A. Gopalakrishnan, and Arjunan, and representatives of assorted governmental parties addressed the protesters.
The agitators aboriginal submitted a petition pressing for their demands to the Tiruchuli Tahsildar Karuppasamy.
