When the protest was going on successfully in Neduvasal, people had a lot of hope that the government will not sign the project. The people stopped it temporarily due to the pleasing promises by the Central Minister and the TN government. Before they start it again, the central government has signed the contract with the private companies to extract the hydrocarbon in 31 places in the country including Neduvasal and Karaikal. 22 companies are engaged in the extraction process and GEM laboratories will work in Tamilnadu to extract hydrocarbon. This backstabbing has shocked not only the Neduvasal people but the entire Tamilnadu. When the representatives from Neduvasal met the petroleum minister
Dharmendra Pradhan
, he stated that the schemes that are not accepted by the public would not be signed. But, now the contract is signed in the presence of the minister. What is the next step? What will the Neduvasal people do? Will they start protesting again? We have to wait and watch!