Farmers protest over pending compensation for Visakhapatnam data centre project
Farmers in Tarluvada, Visakhapatnam, protested to demand pending compensation and job guarantees promised for a proposed data centre project. The CPI(M) has supported the farmers and threatened to obstruct construction if their demands are not met within two weeks.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing tension between industrial development projects and the rights of displaced local communities.
Farmers who lost their land for the proposed data centre at Tarluvada in Anandapuram mandal staged a protest in front of the Tahsildar’s office on Tuesday, demanding that the State government and the project authorities honour the assurances made to them.
The report neutrally documents the protest and the demands of the affected parties without taking a side.
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