Chennai Salem Highway

A highway project in Tamil Nadu that will cut travel time between Chennai and Salem city cleared a big hurdle today as the Supreme Court allowed the acquisition of farm land, opposed by farmers along the planned route.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday restrained the Centre and Tamil Nadu government from dispossessing people of their lands to be acquired for the proposed eight-lane highway project between Salem and Chennai till further orders.

As protests by farmers across Tamil Nadu against the proposed 277-km eight lane Chennai-Salem highway continue, NDTV traveled along the stretch to understand why farmers and environmentalists alike have firmly opposed the Rs 10,000 crore project.

In a daring highway robbery, four robbers posing as police personnel on Tuesday looted Rs 58 lakh cash from two employees of a Coimbatore-based jeweller near Salem in Tamil Nadu.

A highway project in Tamil Nadu that will cut travel time between Chennai and Salem city cleared a big hurdle today as the Supreme Court allowed the acquisition of farm land, opposed by farmers along the planned route.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday restrained the Centre and Tamil Nadu government from dispossessing people of their lands to be acquired for the proposed eight-lane highway project between Salem and Chennai till further orders.

As protests by farmers across Tamil Nadu against the proposed 277-km eight lane Chennai-Salem highway continue, NDTV traveled along the stretch to understand why farmers and environmentalists alike have firmly opposed the Rs 10,000 crore project.

In a daring highway robbery, four robbers posing as police personnel on Tuesday looted Rs 58 lakh cash from two employees of a Coimbatore-based jeweller near Salem in Tamil Nadu.