People of Koothur protest against proposed merger of their village with Tiruchi Corporation

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Villagers from Koothur, including members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), staged a protest against the proposed merger of the village panchayats with the Tiruchi Corporation here on Monday.

The villagers assembled in front of the District Collectorate. They contended that if the villages were merged with the Corporation, they would stand to lose employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS). “The livelihoods of the people in rural areas will be lost with the proposed merger,” said K. Sivarajan, district secretary, CPI(M)-Tiruchi Rural.