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To amusement their absorption to the projected SIPCOT (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu) concern property astatine Kallangadu adjacent Melur successful the district, much than 500 radical from villages astir the projected tract offered nutrient and prayers arsenic per their contented to the section deities.
K. Selvaraj, a societal activistic and a nonmigratory of Melur, said, adjacent to 500 radical from adjacent villages similar Usilai, Kurutham, Vidathalai, Kala, Kaarai, Aathi, Aazham, Arasam, Thailam, Kurinji, Thirugukalli, Sengathari, Manchanathi , Sirupoonaikali,among others gathered astatine the barren onshore connected Friday morning.
Replicating their taste and accepted practice, the villagers, particularly women, performed prayers and offered nutrient to the section deities successful the aforesaid area, helium added.
The villagers said that it was not conscionable different spiritual lawsuit wherever radical stitchery and observe the festival but it was a show of solidarity to amusement their absorption against the SIPCOT project.
“Though the authorities says they person selected a barren unutilised land, we condemn it arsenic we see this arsenic a ineffable onshore that is preserving our affluent biodiversity,” they noted.
Mr. Selvaraj said that supra the spiritual and taste value the onshore holds, the utilisation of it arsenic grazing onshore dates backmost respective 100 years.
“The predominant concern of the villagers is mostly grazing livestock and this has really shaped the country into a biodiversity affluent area. In addition, the beingness of cervid among different wildlife taxon has made it adjacent much important and has fixed much crushed for the radical to support it astatine immoderate cost,” helium added.
The villagers person passed a solution stating that they would support the onshore astatine immoderate outgo and spot that the task does not materialise.
