Safeguarding the delta: on T.N.’s Protected Special Agriculture Zone

By revealing that the Cauvery delta area, Tamil Nadu’s rice bowl consisting of eight districts, will be stated as ‘Protected Special Agricultural Zone’(PSAZ), State Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has recognised farmer issues about hydrocarbon expedition and accorded primacy to food security. In political messaging, he likewise sought to deflect the perception that the AIADMK government, after Jayalalithaa’s death, is subservient to the BJP-led central federal government and is complicit in allowing “anti-people” jobs. His choice comes weeks after he opposed the Centre’s unilateral modification of the Environment Effect Evaluation Notification 2006, excusing prior environmental clearance and public assessments for oil and gas exploration The delta, which produces 33 lakh tonnes of grains in 28 lakh acres, has actually seen numerous demonstrations for a years over methane, hydrocarbon, oil and gas tasks, which needed acquisition of fertile lands