Congress demands relocation of proposed ₹65-cr. Dindigul bus stand, stages protest
The Dindigul district Congress has staged a protest against the proposed location for a new ₹65-crore bus stand, citing environmental and health concerns due to the site's history as a tannery area. Protesters claim the soil and groundwater are contaminated and are demanding the administration select a safer site.
Why it matters
It illustrates the tension between infrastructure development and environmental safety in local urban planning.
Dindigul district Congress organised a protest here on Wednesday demanding that the district administration and the Municipal Corporation reconsider the location chosen for setting up the new Dindigul bus stand.
Since the site selected for constructing the new bus stand in Dindigul previously housed leather tanneries, the soil and groundwater in that area were highly saline, the protesters observed.
Speaking to reporters, District president Durai Manikandan recalled, “It was announced on behalf of the Dindigul Municipal Corporation that a new Dindigul bus stand would be built at a cost of ₹65 crore.”
The Corporation announced that a site had been selected for it. “The selected area is completely hazardous to the environment and is unfit for constructing buildings or for drinking water”, he alleged.
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