CMDA taking up farmlands for truck yard
Posted on: 22/Jun/2013 2:56:07 PM
The CMDA (Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority) is looking to acquire farmlands in Karunakaracheri, Annambedu, Ramapuram and Thandarai, in Tiruvallur district to enable to building of a truck yard. The project which is estimated to cost Rs. 1081 crores is around the Outer Ring Road.
Farmers have created an uproar as authorities met them with their proposal. . �Even in this heat our fields have enough water, thanks to the borewells and the well-maintained water courses and channels that are cleaned every year in the 100-day employment scheme of the Central government. The government should choose some other piece of dry land for the project. Already a large tract of land has been lost for the road�, said V. Bakthavatsalam, President of the Karunakaracheri Panchayat.
