"Government has promised to give us compensation.I don't need any money.
I just need my land.
Who asked for this project?
Did people of Chennai or Salem ask for it?
Why is the government so desperate to implement it? ", asked Tamilarasan.
He is a civil engineer whose family owns 7 acres of land in Ayodhipatnam town of Salem district.
His family cultivates sugarcane, paddy, coconut and vegetables.
And the State government plans to but 2 of the 7 acres for the proposed 227 kilometer Salem-Chennai green expressway project.
- Poornima Murali, News 18.
