Coimbatore: ‘Waiting’ protest by farmers continues

Coimbatore: Farmers staged a ‘waiting’ protest for the third consecutive day on Friday opposing the move to set up high voltage transmission towers on agriculture land in Tirupur district.
The state government has been setting up high voltage transmission towers from Virudhunagar district to Kavuthampalayam in Tirupur district and transmission lines of 765 KV would be laid through three taluks – Uthukuli, Kangeyam and Dharapuram – in the district, according to R Kumar, district secretary of Tamil Nadu farmers’ association.
Pointing out that the transmission towers are set up in agriculture lands in the district and hundreds of farmers are affected because of the move, he said that they had been demanding the state government to choose alternative place to install the towers and farmers had filed two separate cases in the Madras high court. The court had merged both the cases and posted next hearing on November 27.