3. OUT BURST OF THE PROTEST
● The root cause of the protest is the awarness that was created by
memes
● The memes found their place in social networks and was easy to
reach people
4. First protest in TN
• Some youths managed to hold a rally shouting slogans against
police, central government and PETA.
• More than 200 youths were taken into custody after they
held protests at Alanganallur village.
7. Small child to older citizen
• The lack of leader was seen as stumbling block for the state
government because it could not call people for talks. The protest
were largely peaceful except few Baton charge by the police.
8. Demands from the protestors
Major demands
• Amend PCA
• Protesters seek permanent solution for jallikattu to pass permanent
act to support jallikattu.
• Ban PETA
Other demands
• Boycott of foreign companies such as Pepsi, Coca Cola as their water
consumption is affecting local farmers
9. Violence
• The protesters refused to disperse and began pelting the police with
stones, a chase ensued. They demanded that they wanted a
‘permanent law’ as opposed to an ordinance.
10. Leaderless protest
• The peaceful, leaderless, student activism that was the Jallikattu
protests made the people in power fearful.
• They send off many politicians who approaches them for the welfare
of their party.
• Many private organisations and common people have organised food
for the protestors.
11. Impacts
• Created awareness in neighbouring states such as karnataka in
support of 'kambala' and banning of PETA, Andhra pradesh in support
of special status.
• Ban on aerated drinks Pepsi and Coca-Cola and revival of home
grown drinks, tender coconut and fresh juices.
• Poor turn out for Republic day parade in Chennai following a boycott
message in social media.
• Declaration of Marina out of bounds for future protests.
14. REASON FOR STRIKE
The 22-year-old Indian fisherman was shot
dead on Monday allegedly by the Lankan Navy in
Katchatheevu islet.
The protesting fishermen have refused to
accept the body of the fisherman.
Hundreds of fishermen on Tuesday staged a
demonstration at Thangachimadam
15. DEMANDS:
The fishermen have also demanded the
arrest of the Lankan navy men involved in the
incident.
They demanded the release of all Indian
fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy and also
the boats seized by them.
16. •The Tamil Nadu government requested the centre to
put adequate pressure on Colombo regarding the
matter.
•TN chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami pointed
out that 85 fishermen and 128 fishing boats are under
Lankan custody
•He urged the prime minister to take concrete action
through diplomatic channels to secure their release.
17. TN Farmers strike- Delhi
•A group of farmers in and around Trichy, Karur and
Thanjavur, have been sitting in a protest at Jantar
Mantar since March 14, 2017.
18. DEMANDS OF PROTEST
• They demanded drought-relief package for Tamil Nadu’s farmers,
since the relief package announced by the government barely covers
their losses.
• As a sign of protest, the farmers, all dressed in green lungis and
petticoats, carried dug-up skulls of fellow farmers who have
committed suicide due to the drought.
• Initially, they had tried to move towards the Prime Minister’s
residence. However, they were removed by the authorities and
taken to Jantar Mantar, instead.
19. •The agitators claim that till their demands are met,
they will not go back to their hometowns.
This protest didn’t created much impact as jallikatu
protest
Many people extended their whole hearted support
to this protest
21. What is a hydrocarbon project?
• In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting
entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
• Hydrocarbon exploration (or oil and gas exploration) is the search or
hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth’s surface, such as oil and
natural gas.
22.
23. •The central government is planning to extract the
hydrocarbon in Neduvasal village in Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu.
•Many villagers protested against the proposed
Hydrocarbon project.
•They fear that the project can result in the village life
and agriculture.
•This protest also got momentum similar to jallikatu
protest.
24. Background of this project
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval
for all the hydrocarbon projects including Neduvasal
Hydrocarbon Project.
• They selected two contract areas, Karaikal located in
Puducherry and Neduvasal for this project
25. Who are the protesters?
• The villagers along with students, environmental activists, and farmers
of Neduvasal, resorted to fast at four center across the district as a
protest against the upcoming Hydrocarbon project
• The movement got momentum when it attracted several people from
the nearby villages to voice their support for the cause of the farmers.
• The protest got support from social media.
26. Residents of Vadakadu too joined the protests.
•Political leaders and film personalities like Sarath Kumar, film
directors Pandiraj and Thangar Bachan, DMK MLAs C. Ve.
Meyyanathan, S. Ragupathy, and Durai Chandrasekaran
expressed their wholesome support to the protest.
27.
28. What is the mode of protest?
• A large number of students from Chennai, Erode,
Namakkal and Pudukkottai districts took part in fast
• Similar fasting protests were also held in Thilagar
Thidal, Nallandarkollai and Kottaikadu villages.
• A group of activists took out a bike rally to
Neduvasal to express their opposition to the project. But they
were arrested by the police before reaching the destination
place.
29. Reasons put forward by the
protestors
• This hydrocarbon project would cause severe environmental
problems and affect the livelihood of farmers in and around
Neduvasal.
• They claimed that the project would also affect the fertility of
the land
• It could also lead to lowering of ground water level.
• Could also make neduvasal residents to leave their place
30. Could result in interface of the seawater and groundwater resulting in
mixing of saline water to the fresh water sources.
•There may be no agricultural activity and the villagers in and around
Neduvasal are completely dependent on agriculture for their livelihood
•The government didn’t have clear information related to location of
hydrocarbon exploration and crude oil extraction
31. Possible advantages of this Hydrocarbon
Project
Increases self-sufficiency in the crude oil production.
•A net revenue of Rs 9,300 crore is expected from this project and the
state could get Rs 5,000 crore.
•This project is believed to raise the economic benefits of the State and its
people in the form of royalty, VAT , reduce unemployment
•This will develop economic status as per the petroleum ministry norms
32. Assurances given by the authorities about the
extraction process
• The extraction of Oil and Gas from sub-surface uses state-of-the-art
technology for the operations which is world wide used practise.
• They assure to take maximum care for environmental effects.
• The operators also get Environment Impact Assessment is done
before carrying out any drilling activities and other activities
33. •The process of drilling and production requires very limited surface land
area and this will not affect agriculture or the soil .
•operators are required to follow strict environmental norms for the use
of operational land.
•The oil and gas extraction is being carried out from deeper earth area
34. They assure that the project doesn’t affect ground water aquifers which
are located underground
Hydrocarbon extraction method is being used worldwide which has not
seen any direct impact to water resources of the mining area.
Cement casing is used for hydrocarbon extraction and hence there is no
impact on groundwater
36. • Outburst of protest
• Reason behind the quench to tradition
• Anti social elements outside and inside the country
• Necessity for gaining the tradition which is at the edge of
extinction
