Ennore protest against fertiliser unit put on pause mode for polls

THE campaign slogans of parties might have replaced protest slogans at Periya Kuppam, 20 km north of the city, but it is only a temporary pause in the Ennore villagers' fight against Coromandel Fertiliser Unit.

-  MOHAN

In the protesting villages, election campaigns, though not vibrant, are still visible as political party flag poles greet you along the way. "We have tried many forms of protest to raise our demand. But the government still has not explained its stand clearly on our demand for the permanent closure of the plant," a resident of Periya Kuppam told TNIE.

The Ennore Makkal Paathukappu Kuzhu, the collective of 33 protesting villages, had filed a case before the southern bench of NGT challenging the environmental clearances granted to the plant.