IDPL project: farmers reject revised compensation from BPCL

Farmers in Coimbatore and Tiruppur have rejected a revised compensation offer from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for land acquisition related to a pipeline project. They argue that the project causes long-term distress and devaluation of agricultural land, suggesting alternative routes along national highways instead.
Farmers of Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts on Saturday (July 18) declined to accept the 100% compensation offer for their agricultural land proposed to be utilised for laying an additional petroleum pipeline for the Irugur–Devanagonthi Pipeline (IDPL) project of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).
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