Farmers from Parandur meet Tamil Nadu CM Vijay, thank him for scrapping airport project
As a gesture of gratitude, the villagers of Ekanapuram have decided to name a lane in their village as C. Joseph Vijay road
On August 25, 2026, members of the Parandur Greenfield Airport Opposition Joint Movement, led by G. Subramanian and S.T. Kadhiresan, visited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at the Chennai Secretariat to express their gratitude. The villagers had been protesting against the project for five years. After the meeting, Subramanian informed reporters that the decision to scrap the airport project had been announced by the Chief Minister in the State Assembly the day before.
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