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Members of the Green Environmental Protection Association submitted a petition with the District Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar present connected Monday alleging amerciable cognition of soil mining successful lakes successful villages similar Thirali and Maravankulam adjacent Thirumangalam.
In the Thirumangalam taluk, thousands of acres of cultivation onshore person benefited from the lakes located successful Thirali and Maravankulam villages.
It was alleged that for the past fewer months, the lakes successful Thirali and Maravankulam villages were being destroyed by extracting gravel for roadworthy construction.
Petitioners claimed that gravel was being mined illegally to a extent of implicit 15 meters, which would pb to the full demolition of the lakes successful the country and render them unusable for agriculture.
“The pits deeper than 40 feet person been created successful the Maravankulam water for mining soil and soil. Roads person been constructed wrong the water and gravel is being dumped successful usurpation of regulations,” they added.
Despite section residents filing aggregate complaints, they alleged that nary enactment has been taken and that these violations proceed with the enactment of officials.
They besides stated successful their petition that conscionable arsenic the Thirali water was destroyed, activities were present underway to destruct the Maravankulam lake, and they urged the District Collector to instrumentality contiguous action.
Mr. Praveen Kumar informed the petitioners that an probe would beryllium conducted done mining section officials and enactment would beryllium taken.
Advocate Thirumalairaj said, “We person besides filed a lawsuit successful the High Court regarding this matter. Despite assorted guidelines issued by the High Court previously, they are not being followed properly; hence, we person met and petitioned the District Collector.”
He added that the recently formed authorities indispensable instrumentality steps to enactment connected specified complaints instantly and effectively.
