Farmers' protest takes a new turn
In a bid to prevent acquisition of their land for the Rs 2,700 crore deep sea port project being undertaken by a private firm, residents of a village near here have started joint cultivation in the barren land.
By PTI |
PONDICHERRY: In a bid to prevent acquisition of their land for the Rs 2,700 crore deep sea port project being undertaken by a private firm, residents of a village near here have started joint cultivation in the barren land.
Farmers and residents of Thengaithittu village, who have been resisting the Union Territory Government move to acquire 300 acres of land in the village for the project, yesterday levelled the barren farm land and took up sowing seeds of vegetables and horticultural crops.
The farmers had not been cultivating in the land for the past five years beacuse of lower yeild.
The farmers told newspersons that they had come together to bring under cultivation the land that belonged to them and were adopting joint farming system.
Right from the day when the government announced the project, there had been strong protest and resistance from the local people who staged protest rallies, observed bandh in the village and also laid seige to the Assembly complex when the budget session began on March 27.
The project work has now been put on hold after Chief Minister N Rangasamy announced that no farm land would be acquired and the government would seek the opinion of experts on the merits and demerits of the project.
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