TIRUCHY: Ever since the announcement of hydrocarbon project at Neduvasal in Pudukkottai district, the villagers for the past eight days have erected a temporary shelter and struck with the demand to drop the project permanently.
The villagers and farmers have been holding protests from Neduvasal close to Alangudi continuously. They have been attracting several people from the nearby villages to voice their support for the cause of the farmers.
With several social media platforms also coming together in expressing solidarity with the people, youth from various villages too have come together urging the Centre to drop the project. The villagers collectively said that the project once implemented will completely suck the ground water and also bring down the fertile content in the soil turning it into barren land fit for nothing.
Youth driving bicycles from the villages of Vadakadu, Kiramangalam and Pullamviduthi regions made it to Naduvasal distributing pamphlets on the hazards of hydrocarbon project. If implemented, around one lakh people of Karambakudi, Thiruvarankulam and Peravurani union would lose livelihood, claimed the villagers.