500 villagers gherao Collectorate office
Thiruvallur, May 28 (UNI) About 500 people today gheraoed the Thiruvallur district Collectorate and submitted a representation to the Collector expressing opposition to the proposal made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for a Greenfield airport on acquired land of 820 acres in Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts.
They demanded that the state government must withdraw the proposal for acquiring their lands and residential areas for the airport.
According to District Collector Ranveer Prasad here, Thirumanikuppam, Vayalur and Thirupathiyur villages coming under Kadambattur Panchayat in the distict would be affected.
Nearly 15 lakh people reside in these areas and most of them depend on agriculture for their livelihood, he said.
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