Pathanamthitta: The Anti-Aranmula Airport Coordination Committee, chaired by poet and social activist Sugathakumari, has resolved to launch an indefinite satyagraha at Aranmula on February 2, the World Wetlands Day, against the proposed airport project there.
This was announced by Ms. Sugathakumari in her inaugural address at a popular convention at Aranmula on Thursday against the government’s favourable stance on the project.
Ms. Sugathakumari called upon the villagers to strive for reviving paddy cultivation in Aranmula Puncha and thereby restoring the rich agrarian tradition of the heritage village.
A pledge to revive paddy farming in Aranmula Puncha and to continue the indefinite satyagraha planned from February 2 “till the private airport company was packed off from the soil of Aranmula’’was taken at the convention.
03/01/14 The Hindu
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This was announced by Ms. Sugathakumari in her inaugural address at a popular convention at Aranmula on Thursday against the government’s favourable stance on the project.
Ms. Sugathakumari called upon the villagers to strive for reviving paddy cultivation in Aranmula Puncha and thereby restoring the rich agrarian tradition of the heritage village.
A pledge to revive paddy farming in Aranmula Puncha and to continue the indefinite satyagraha planned from February 2 “till the private airport company was packed off from the soil of Aranmula’’was taken at the convention.
03/01/14 The Hindu
