Members of Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam observed a day-long fast in front of Manikandam panchayat union office on Thursday demanding removal of encroachments on the Sengulam tank in Alunthur panchayat.
All encroachments on the tank should be cleared and a fence should be erected around the tank. The Forest Department should plant saplings along the banks of the tank. The association also demanded steps to recover the property of Arulmigu Viswanathar and Arulmigu Kasi Visalakshmi, and renovation of temples.
It pressed a charter of demands, including removal of encroachments on irrigation and drainage canals at Somarasampettai and Nachikurichi, expedition of Kumara Vayalur-Keezh Vayalur link road project, and prevention of dumping of garbage into the Uyyakondan canal at the Somarasampettai-Adavathur junction. M.P. Chinnadurai, presided over the fast.
