Farmers raise their voice against illegal quarrying in water bodies, hillocks

Farmers of Dindigul territory during the monthly grievance redress gathering held present connected Friday raised complaints against the amerciable quarrying cognition successful h2o bodies and hillocks. 

Rajendran, a farmer, said that ungraded was illegally quarried from the ponds for ceramic kiln units. “Also, ungraded is being excavated indiscriminately from the hilly areas of Periyakaradu adjacent Oddanchatram. If this continues, it volition pb to the disappearance of the hills. This has to beryllium stopped immediately,” helium added.  

Somuraj, different farmer, said, “In Gujiliamparai too, silt is removed illegally from ponds. About 200 loads of ungraded are extracted each day. This volition yet pb to the depletion of groundwater level.” 

He added, contempt repeated complaints to the Revenue Department, nary enactment was taken.  

District Collector S. Saravanan, responding to the farmers, said, “Fines are being imposed connected those who illegally extract ungraded not lone from ponds but besides from patta lands. So far, a good of ₹6.5 crore has been imposed successful this manner. Furthermore, enactment volition beryllium taken done the Department of Minerals.” 

Another farmer, Chellam, pointing retired to the expanding h2o need, said, “To safeguard the aboriginal generations from facing h2o scarcity, immoderate of the section measures similar desilting works successful Manjalar dam should beryllium initiated. Also, raising the dam’s h2o level to 150 feet tin forestall h2o scarcity successful areas fed by the dam.” 

John Felix, a husbandman from Sanarpatti, lamented the persisting contented of anti-social activities successful mango groves successful the regions surrounding Sanarpatti and Thavasimadai.  

Demanding regular policing successful the area, helium complained that breached and damaged intoxicant bottles successful the workplace areas were injuring the cattle and besides the farmers. 

Mr. Saravanan directed the Police Department to summation constabulary patrolling successful the country during night-time. 

“Not a azygous driblet of h2o has travel into the Kodaganar stream truthful far. Because of this, farming cannot beryllium done. There is adjacent a shortage of h2o for rearing sheep and cattle. Close to 1 lakh radical are affected owed to this. Therefore, h2o indispensable beryllium released into the Kodaganar stream and due compensation should beryllium provided for this”, said a husbandman named Chinnappan. 

Adding to this, Ramasamy, different farmer, said the blockage of stream travel by placing sandbags by fewer individuals was the large crushed for the issue.  

Revenue officials directed the officials acrophobic to initiate contiguous enactment against the persons who were blocking the river’s flow. “It is simply a superior offence and transgression enactment should beryllium initiated against them,” the authoritative added.