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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Water Resources Department and the Department of Geology and Mining to record reports to the suo motu proceedings initiated to instrumentality indispensable steps to support Amaravathi stream successful Karur district.
A Division Bench of Justices G. R. Swaminathan and B. Pugalendhi sought the reports from the authorities and posted the substance for proceeding to January 29.
The Register (Judicial) of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court sought a absorption to the State authorities to region the encroachment made connected the stream bed/bunds, to initiate enactment for prevention of amerciable mining oregon quarrying of insignificant minerals, instrumentality penal enactment against amerciable mining and proscription of soil and different minerals and instrumentality due enactment against territory level officers for nonaccomplishment to forestall amerciable mining and demolition of stream bunds.
Karur Collector successful a presumption study submitted that stringent actions were being continuously taken by the District Administration to curb amerciable activities. Surprise checks were routinely made by the enforcement agencies: Revenue, Police and Geology and Mining departments. The fig of cases regarding unauthorised proscription of minerals had reduced erstwhile compared to the erstwhile years. The district-level task unit gathering was regularly conducted each period with the instrumentality and bid gathering of Karur district, it was submitted.
All officials were instructed to travel the directions and instructions of the High Court. Criminal cases were being registered against those progressive successful amerciable activities and vehicles utilized were being seized, it was submitted.
According to the presumption report, successful 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 up to December 2025, a full of 191 vehicles and 31 bullock carts had been seized for amerciable proscription of stream soil and different minerals. A full of 148 transgression cases had been registered. A full of ₹8 crore was collected from offenders and ₹73.49 lakh was collected for amerciable proscription of minerals arsenic per the tribunal orders.
