Residents protest land acquisition for Chennai airport

Tambaram: The Struggle Committee of the Federation of Residents Association of Pozhichalur and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday organised a human chain as part of the series of protests against land acquisition for the proposed modernisation programme of the Chennai airport.
Several hundred residents from Pozhichalur, Anakaputhur, Gowl Bazaar and Pammal and CPI(M) activists formed a human chain, that started at the Pallavaram bus stand and extended to Tirusulam for a distance of about two kilometres. A cross section of society, including senior citizens, women, office-goers, activists, school students, youth and auto drivers, formed part of the human chain.
The police stopped the protestors near the Army Camp, saying that permission was granted only to hold a demonstration near the Ambedkar Statue, Pallavaram. Police shoved aside those protestors who insisted on extending the human chain until the airport.
11/04/06 The Hindu

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