Chettinad Cement to be evicted off government land

Chettinad Cement Corp Ltd has been ordered to vacate government land that it encroached upon to construct a railway track to its Ariyalur railway track. The Madras High Court passed the judgement with Justice SM Subramaniam also ordering a probe into government officials involved in colluding with factory management to use the land.

"Such industries cannot encroach upon government land, which is not only a water body, but also used as a pathway by the villagers and the people of that locality. This, the collusion in this regard by the authorities  are also to be investigated by the state government, said Subramaniam.

The court dismissed Chettinad Cement's plea for action against the sub-collector against the encroachment. Chettinad Cement has two weeks to evict all encroachments made by the company on the land.