Public urge advocates’ team to not recommend relocation of Kallar farm

COIMBATORE: People from different walks of life have urged the advocates (amici curiae) appointed by the Madras High Court to inspect the Kallar Horticulture Farm near Mettupalayam, not to recommend relocating the farm. The advocates visited the farm on Saturday, and are expected to submit their inspection report to the high court on October 14.

In a petition submitted to the amici curiae, a large number of people, including farmers, students, activists, representatives of the consumer organisation and Mettupalayam MLA AK Selvaraj, said the farm had been functioning in the location for the past 124 years, and it would not be right to relocate it now based on the authorities’ contention that the farmland fell within elephant corridor limits.