00:00Okay, let's focus now on all of the protests, the politics over the proposed new secretariat in Chennai,
00:07in Patinampakkam, right by the Merida Beach and Foreshore Estate,
00:10and very, very close to Chief Minister Vijay's residence.
00:13Now, this has led to a big showdown as fisher folk who live in that particular area are up in
00:18arms,
00:18raising issues, opposition to the plan to go ahead and build a new secretariat.
00:23Why are they against it?
00:24They say, one, that it will mean that they lose access to the sea
00:28and that will therefore affect their livelihoods.
00:30Remember that the area we're also talking about is where their settlement is.
00:33So one of the biggest issues that the fisher folk there raises,
00:37will our buildings, will our homes be targeted?
00:39Will we have to clear up our area to make way for the secretariat?
00:43And that's led to a protest.
00:45The TV case constantly said, this is a proposal, we're looking into what the fisher folk have maintained.
00:50But the DMK and the AIA-DMK have also raised this issue,
00:53saying that the fisher folk will be left stranded as a result of this Patinampakkam plan.
01:00My livelihood should be protected and we strongly support them.
01:05And I contested from the same constituency in future.
01:09If this GEO is not withdrawn, definitely I also will go and participate in the protest.
01:15Even as the Tamil Nadu government has issued a GEO wherein it has proposed that a new secretariat will be
01:21built at Patinampakkam,
01:22constructed as a cost broker, it's 1200 brooch.
01:26The public of Patinampakkam are unhappy with this decision.
01:29In fact, protests are continuing on and across Patinampakkam.
01:33Today, the fishermen community have once again started protests here in Patinampakkam.
01:39Slogans that are demanding, is there any kind of justice to this kind of GEO that has been forced?
01:47In fact, the fishermen community are questioning only one thing.
01:50Why is it that the Tamil Nadu government has taken up this particular land,
01:55the land in which they have been living generation after generation,
01:59affecting their livelihood by bringing in such a new GEO?
02:03In fact, the public of Patinampakkam have been protesting for quite some time now
02:09and several public today as well have taken up the protests,
02:13demanding if there is any justice and protesting,
02:18recalling for the GEO that has been issued by the Tamil Nadu government,
02:22saying that should this new secretariat be constructed,
02:26then it will go ahead and destroy the livelihood of the community here in Patinampakkam.
02:32GoAh!
02:32Go on!
02:32Go lackey!
02:33Go Mackey in Patinampak 않?
