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Palanichamy, representing Tamil Nadu Sugarcane Farmers’ Association and Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association, who also addressed the protesters, accused the NHAI of deploying high-handed tactics for land acquisition. more-inA section of farmers from double crop paddy cultivating regions in Madurai, led by Pennycuick Double Crop Farmers and Water Resources Protection Association, staged a demonstration here on Monday against National Highways Authority of India’s proposal to lay a stretch of Outer Ring Road connecting Thaathampatti near Vadipatti on the Dindigul highway with Manthikulam near Chathirapatti on the Madurai-Natham highway. According to the notifications issued by the NHAI, the proposed highway will need acquisition of more than 500 acres. “That aims at expanding existing roads, which requires minimal land acquisition,” he said. Stating that the farmers were not against the need for an Outer Ring Road for Madurai district, K.
Swaminathan, president of the association, said the Tamil Nadu Highways Department already had a proposal for a similar project along a slightly different route..