Why Hydrocarbon Exploration Will Ruin TN's Rice Bowl

The Vedanta Group will have a major stake in the upcoming projects and would be adopting unconventional methods for exploration.

The Centre has allotted several blocks in the Cauvery basin of Tamil Nadu for hydrocarbon exploration. The Vedanta Group will have a major stake in the upcoming projects and would be adopting unconventional methods for exploration. Protesters say policy changes by the Modi government in the name of ‘ease of doing business’ allows corporates to dig out the natural resources in a rampant manner. Sethuraman from Tamil Nadu Science Forum (TNSF) talks about the project and its impact.