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Residents of Minnur village, which is located astir 8 kms from Ambur municipality successful Tirupattur, boycotted the peculiar gram sabha gathering and protested against the existing Tasmac outlet successful the colony for being a nationalist nuisance for the past fewer years.
Residents said that the lone Tasmac outlet, since it was acceptable up 7 years ago, resulted successful nuisance each day, particularly during weekends, erstwhile wage labourers and cultivation workers successful the colony get their play salary. “During the gram sabha meetings for the past 4 years, the panchayat passed a solution against the Tasmac outlet successful the village. However, nary enactment has been taken by the territory medication ,” said N. Shankar, a farmer.
Residents said that the colony is located successful betwixt Ambur and Vaniyambadi towns successful the district. Therefore, the store is frequented particularly aft the closure of 3 Tasmac outlets connected the Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH-48) successful Ambur municipality by territory medication to comply with Madras High Court orders against moving specified outlets connected the highways.
“After the emergence successful h2o level successful Palar stream owed to caller rain, those who utilized to sojourn different outlet successful neighbouring Vadakarai village, person been coming to the outlet successful Minnur arsenic they cannot transverse the stream owed to precocious h2o level,” said K. Pandurangan, president, Minnur panchayat.
Agitated residents said that determination were respective incidents successful the colony wherever inebriated radical were caught attacking the guiltless ones. Many times, drunk radical were recovered lying connected the carriageway of the colony road, affecting postulation question connected the route. Drunk radical besides prosecute successful petty fights with different residents successful the village. A authorities precocious school, Primary Health attraction Centre (PHC), temples, and a panchayat bureau are located connected the agelong wherever the outlet is located. Students, women, farmers and traders were frightened to usage the stretch, residents said.
Residents said that respective complaints to adjacent the Tasmac outlet were fixed to Ambur MLA A.C. Vilwanathan and Collector K. Sivasoundaravalli, but nary enactment was taken. Based connected an alert, Ambur tasildar S. Revathy and Ambur Taluk constabulary rushed to the spot and pacified the agitated residents. Revenue officials assured them that the outlet volition beryllium relocated to a spot extracurricular the colony successful 2 months. Following the assurance of officials, residents dispersed peacefully.
