'Villagers adopt resolutions against petrochemical zone'

Several villages have adopted resolutions against the proposed petrochemical zone in Nagapattinam and Cuddalore districts and opposed functioning of oil majors in Cauvery delta area, a farmers' leader spearheading the stir claimed here today.
The villages in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, and Pudukottai districts passed resolutions at their grama sabha meetings yesterday against the proposed zone, P R Pandiyan, co-ordinator of Tamil Nadu Farmers Association committee said in a release.
He said the villagers' response followed a campaign by farmers' outfits from August 7 to 14 in the hamlets, which had also demanded that oil majors move out of the Cauvery Delta area and declare it as a protected agro zone.