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The Department of Mines has slapped a quarry relation with a hefty good of ₹42 crore for quarrying 40,000 cubic metres of stones successful excess of the permissible limit.
Sources said the section officials conducted an inspection successful a chromatic quarry astatine Singaththakurichi successful Srivaikundam taluk a fewer months agone pursuing complaints of excess mining of stones.
During the inspection, the officials recovered that implicit ₹8 crore-worth stones had been mined successful excess from the mining country of 5 acres, arsenic per archetypal assessment. Hence, a good of ₹8 crore was imposed connected the licence-holder, Dhanapaul.
Objecting it, Dhanapaul filed a petition with the Revenue Divisional Officer, Thoothukudi, claiming that determination was nary usurpation successful his quarry. He besides prayed for a drone survey of the quarry to beryllium his contention.
When the drone survey was conducted, it was recovered that implicit 40,000 cubic metres of stones had been mined successful excess of the permitted limit. This caller uncovering led to the upward revision of the good to ₹42 crore, said the sources.
“We person slapped the enhanced good connected the quarry licence-holder contempt immense unit from a erstwhile ruling party,” said the sources.
