COIMBATORE: Farmers from throughout 14 districts in Tamil Nadu have requested the Union and state government to not erect high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission towers on agricultural fields. Instead, they would like the government to lay underground cables alongside roads to hold electrical energy.
The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and state government’s Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited are planning to erect transmission towers on agriculture lands in 14 districts to hold electrical energy to Thrissur in Kerala, Thiruvallam in Vellore, Edayarpalayam and Arasur in Coimbatore and plenty of spaces from Pugulur HVDC sub-station. The towers might be erected in 14 districts including Karur, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Thiruvannamalai, Dindigul and Tirupur.
Farmers from 14 districts have shaped a federation to stop the set up of towers on agriculture fields. The federation convened a meeting in Erode on Sunday.
The state government goes to acquire farm lands to install the towers and it might have an effect on the livelihoods of the farmers in the 14 districts, RV Rajkumar, a farmer, told TOI. “The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited is planning to erect towers from Puglaur to Coimbatore district. From Coimbatore district border to Thrissur, it plan to make use of underground cables. We won’t permit the mission,” he said.
The federation passed a resolution in the meeting, which it plans to ship to the state and Union government.
The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and state government’s Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited are planning to erect transmission towers on agriculture lands in 14 districts to hold electrical energy to Thrissur in Kerala, Thiruvallam in Vellore, Edayarpalayam and Arasur in Coimbatore and plenty of spaces from Pugulur HVDC sub-station. The towers might be erected in 14 districts including Karur, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Thiruvannamalai, Dindigul and Tirupur.
Farmers from 14 districts have shaped a federation to stop the set up of towers on agriculture fields. The federation convened a meeting in Erode on Sunday.
The state government goes to acquire farm lands to install the towers and it might have an effect on the livelihoods of the farmers in the 14 districts, RV Rajkumar, a farmer, told TOI. “The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited is planning to erect towers from Puglaur to Coimbatore district. From Coimbatore district border to Thrissur, it plan to make use of underground cables. We won’t permit the mission,” he said.
The federation passed a resolution in the meeting, which it plans to ship to the state and Union government.
Farmers flay power transmission towers on agricultural land
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