VIRUDHUNAGAR: A section of owners of farm lands have opposed to a move to acquire their land to set up a SIPCOT complex near here.

In a memorandum given to the Deputy Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, one of the farmers, K. Gopalsamy of Erichanatham said that his family has held 1.52.0 hectares of farm land for the past 50 years. They have been cultivating cotton, maize and pulses.