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The Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam has sought a clarification from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin connected his stance connected extraction of fossil fuels by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation successful delta districts.
Talking to the media astatine Tiruvarur connected Monday, Sangam wide caput P .R. Pandian said the delta districts had been declared a ‘protected cultivation zone’ by the erstwhile AIADMK authorities pursuing stringent absorption from delta farmers to steps initiated by ONGC to extract shale state and different fossil fuels.
The farming assemblage achieved its volition to safeguard agriculture operations by obtaining a enactment against the ember furniture methane state project, approved by the State authorities successful 2011, by approaching the National Green Tribunal.
The enactment got vacated and the petition against extraction of fossil fuels was closed by the Tribunal by pointing retired that the petitions were made astatine a ‘premature stage’ citing the affidavits filed by the Union and State governments. However, the Tribunal said that it was ever unfastened to the petitioners (farmers), apt to beryllium affected by specified extraction proposals, to enactment retired their remedy astatine due clip earlier the due authority.
Now, the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas successful its authoritative website had announced that the inspection workout to pat methane/shale state astatine Mannargudi, Periyakudi, Arivasanallur areas had been completed and kept pending. Hence, helium said helium sought a clarification connected the contented from the Chief Minister arsenic the farmers fearfulness that the ONGC mightiness execute its extremity with the assistance of officials successful Tamil Nadu having a ‘pro-Corporate’ mindset.
