• 6 months ago
Subramani, the secretary of the People's Protest Committee against the Airport talks about how the agriculture economy would be spoiled by the proposed airport project. He says while having another option with less ecological damage and human displacement, the Govt is unnecessarily insisting on the project. People will not give up and will fight till they win. This is their soil and they will not leave it.

Reported by Shahina KK

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00:00 We don't want to leave this village.
00:09 We are against the Parandhur Pass fish market.
00:16 We have been protesting against this for the past 623 days.
00:20 Do you need an airport?
00:23 Tell us the name of the development.
00:26 Don't look at us like that.
00:28 We don't want to leave this village.
00:31 We don't have the resources to do that.
00:34 We are in a situation where we can't do anything.
00:37 In the beginning, we were supposed to get 4,500 acres of land.
00:44 But after the GEO project, we were given 5,500 acres.
00:49 We are going to get 3,500 acres of land.
00:54 We are going to get 1,000 acres of dry land.
01:00 The balance of the land is 1,000 acres.
01:05 There are water bodies in all the four areas.
01:11 There is a historical well in between.
01:14 It is 7 km long.
01:16 There is a river in between the two rivers.
01:20 The water is so deep that it can reach the sea.
01:24 The water management is done in a modern way.
01:27 Why are you destroying the areas where farmers live?
01:35 There is a better option.
01:37 The airport is a surplus.
01:40 According to the authorities, they are not using the second runway.
01:45 If they use the second runway, they can get 350 flights.
01:50 According to the RTI, they can get 1,000 flights in equal numbers.
01:59 Since the second runway is not used, only 300 flights can be used.
02:04 If they use the second runway, they can get 1,000 flights.
02:10 The airport is a surplus.
02:15 If the airport is necessary, the development of Tamil Nadu
02:20 will not be limited to Chennai.
02:22 It will be a huge international airport in Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Thanjavur, Trichy.
02:30 It will be an equal development.
02:33 In the airport, only 20% of passengers are Chennai residents.
02:41 The rest are coming from other places.
02:44 If you use the airport, the passengers will not come here.
02:50 It will be a huge development.
02:54 Not only the north side of Tamil Nadu, but all sides will be developed.
02:59 Why do you refuse to implement it?
03:03 In the same way, in the Paranthur area, the agricultural lands,
03:07 water supply, agricultural costs, and livelihoods will be affected.
03:12 In the Tanjore delta, you should expect only tap water.
03:15 But we don't need tap water here.
03:18 We don't need any kind of struggle.
03:20 We are doing agriculture without any problem.
03:25 Why do you try to destroy the areas where agriculture is not affected?
03:30 We don't need tap water, we don't need water pump.
03:35 We are using the air tank and the air is filled.
03:39 We don't want to trouble anyone.
03:42 Why do you destroy this area where we live without any struggle?
03:47 We don't want to go anywhere without water.
03:55 We don't want to go anywhere without water.
03:59 We don't want to die here.
04:03 We don't want to live here.
04:06 We want to live in the soil.
04:09 We don't want to go anywhere without education.
04:12 We want to work.
04:15 We can go to work even if we don't get paid.
04:18 We are going to get a loan and go to school.
04:22 We will get the loan and go to school.
04:25 What can we do if we don't have that situation?
04:28 you

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