Service outfits urge CM to convene assembly

Trichy: A meeting convened by the federation of service organisations and NGOs along with farmers in Tiruvarur adopted a resolution on Tuesday appealing to chief minister Edappadi Palaniswamy to convene the assembly and adopt a resolution to pass an ordinance for announcing the delta region as protected agriculture zone.

Addressing the event held at Mannargudi, honorary president of 'Nesakkaram' and general secretary of Tamil Nadu Cauvery Delta Farmers’ Welfare Association Mannargudi S Ranganathan congratulated the chief minister for endorsing his late leader J Jayalalithaa’s vision. They also decided to hand over to him a memorandum containing various demands as well as resolutions adopted at the meeting. One resolution urged the state government to pass an ordinance and get it published in the gazette of the Union government. Another appealed to the government to withdraw all cases registered against those who protested opposing hydrocarbon exploration.

Chamber of Commerce chairman K J R Bharathi Jeeva, Tamil Nadu Ariviyal Iyakkam functionary V Sethuraman, independent meteorologist Selvakumar, Senior Citizen Forum president Dr V Balakrishnan, United Jamath president Abdul Kareem and functionaries from Lion's and Rotary club participated.