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Title - Panel to protest against rail corridor
Posted by : puneetmafia on Jun 21, 2013 - 00:01:17 AM

The action committee opposing the high-speed rail corridor project will take out a Collectorate march and hold a dharna on June 22.Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, the action committee members said the project costing Rs. 1.18 lakh crore would rseult in the largest eviction the State has witnessed. Though it has been claimed that the project cuts across just 20 m of land in width, nearly 100 to 120 metres has been surveyed at many places raising suspicion.The march on June 22 will start from the stadium corner. It will be attended by people’s representatives and leaders of various organisations, they said.Dharmadam panchayat president Prabhakaran, Edakkad Premarajan, chairman, action committee, and P.B.M. Farmees, Convener, were present.