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Tamil Nadu: Villagers protest laying of LPG pipelines via fields
Villagers of Kulayankarisal and Pottalkadu, on Thursday, staged a protest to oppose the laying of LPG pipelines through agricultural fields in their villages. The protest was to grab the attention of the district administration and demand that the pipelines be laid in an alternative route.
According to sources, the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is laying pipelines in a stretch of 142 km from Ramanathapuram to a private fertilizer plant in Tuticorin. Sources said that the work has been completed for about 134 km that include 53 revenue villages. As the works reached Kulayankarisal and Pottalkadu, the villagers feared it would pose a threat to their lives and farming.
On Thursday, the villagers, led by Selvasekar, gathered at a common place in the village and began the protest. Selvasekar said that adequate land is available to lay the pipes through alternative routes. Police personnel were deployed in large numbers as tension gripped the place and the protest continued till late in the evening.
Though revenue officials including Tuticorin sub-collector Simranjeet Singh Kahlon and the superintendent of police for Tuticorin district S Jayakumar tried to convince the protesters, they insisted on continuing the protest.
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