The proposed gas pipeline project of GAIL (India) could spark farmersÂ’ unrest and large scale law and order problem in the State, the Tamil Nadu government has told this to the Madras High Court in response to a writ petition filed by GAIL challenging the StateÂ’s decision not to allow the pipeline to traverse agricultural lands and instead should be laid along national highways.
The State government, in its counter affidavit filed on September 23, said that it had passed the order after considering the grievances of land owners, farmers and GAILÂ’s comments made in court-ordered public hearings. An independent farmers association has also impleaded itself in the case.
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