Keezhakurichi residents stage protest against proposed merger of village with civic body
The Hindu
Residents of Keezhakurichi protest merger with Tiruchi Corporation due to potential loss of benefits and higher taxes.
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Residents of Keezhakurichi on Monday staged a sit-in protest in front of the Collectorate, condemning the proposed merger of the village panchayat with Tiruchi Corporation.
Keezhakurich is largely agrarian with over 950 acres of cultivable land and many of the residents benefitted by the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme said they stand to lose the benefit of the scheme.
The villagers also complained that they would have to pay higher taxes.
“Due to the higher taxes levied under the Corporation. the financial burden would be too much for the farmers to bear. This would effectively discourage many to abandon agriculture,” said N. Karthikeyan, secretary - Tiruchi, All India Kisan Sabha. The villagers staged the protest for about two hours.
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