High-voltage transmission line issue: TN govt slammed for arresting 12 farmers
- Tuesday | 19th March, 2019
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High-voltage transmission line issue: TN govt slammed for arresting 12 farmers
- | Tuesday | 19th March, 2019
TIRUPUR: Farmers on Tuesday condemned the Tamil Nadu government for arresting 12 people, including functionaries of a federation of farmers, who oppose the move to erect a high-voltage transmission line through agricultural lands.The federation functionaries held a meeting in Palladam in the district on Tuesday.On March 15, police arrested 12 people when they tried to stop revenue officials and Power Grid Corporation of India authorities from carrying out field work on a private farm land in Elumathur to establish the transmission line.The federation condemned the arrests and urged the government to put on hold work on establishing the transmission lines till the elections are over.
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