1. NLC land acquisition | Anbumani booked; Tamilisai Soundararajan slams NLCIL for destroying crops
The Neyveli Township police have booked a case against Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss and 197 PMK cadres in connection with the picketing of NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) arch gate in Neyveli on Friday. The police said permission was not granted for the protest. Another police case has been registered against 28 PMK cadres including two juveniles for resorting to violence and stoning police personnel and damaging police vehicles during the protest.
Puducherry Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan who addressed journalists at Chidambaram took strong exception to NLC India Limited (NLCIL) for destruction of farmlands that were in cultivation. She added that crops were akin to life.