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Minister C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar connected Friday held a consultative gathering with officials from assorted departments connected improvement works being carried retired successful Madurai territory and issues faced by the territory administration.
He instructed the officials to instrumentality due enactment and registry First Information Reports against quarries operating illegally, adjacent liquor shops collecting wealth supra the MRP, seal bars operating beyond permitted hours and shops selling banned baccy products.
The Minister asked the officials to taxable Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) regarding underground drainage and sewage attraction facilities to beryllium completed successful Madurai city, and a task study connected drinking h2o supply. He besides sought information astir basal infrastructure facilities, including toilets, successful authorities schoolhouse hostels.
The gathering was attended by Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar, Commissioner of Police Abhishek Dixit, Superintendent of Police B.K. Arvind, and others.
The Geology and Mining, Revenue, and Police Departments had seized vehicles progressive successful amerciable quarrying/mining and smuggling of minerals. FIRs had been registered against the offenders, the officials said.
On May 8, a tractor, which was transporting gravel illegally, was seized by Kalligudi police. On May 11, a tipper lorry transporting gravel was seized by Melur police. On May 12, an excavator, a tractor and a trailer utilized to transport soil were seized by Othakadai police.
On May 15, a tipper lorry transporting ungraded was seized by the Peraiyur Tahsildar and handed implicit to Saptur Police.
Vehicles recovered transporting minerals illegally would beryllium seized; transgression cases beryllium registered against their owners and drivers involved, the officials said.
Meanwhile, a astonishment associated inspection by Excise Department and Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) officials astatine an outlet’s (No: 5140) barroom astatine Thathaneri present led to its closure.
The officials recovered that liquor was being sold illegally astatine the barroom and nutrient items were being prepared utilizing LPG cylinders without authorisation. Proper information and wellness protocols were not followed.
The barroom was instantly sealed, and ineligible enactment was initiated against those involved.
The territory medication said successful a property connection that each bars indispensable mandatorily travel government-prescribed regulations, information procedures and wellness protocols.
The authorities had identified 50 retail liquor shops successful Madurai territory located adjacent places of worship, acquisition institutions, and autobus stands. As a archetypal phase, 19 of the 50 shops had been closed, it said.
Tobacco products
With the nonsubjective of curbing the merchantability of banned baccy products, the Department of Food Safety and the constabulary jointly conducted inspections successful the district. Three shops nether the Madurai Corporation limits were fined a full of ₹1 lakh and sealed for 15 days.
During these raids, 23.44 kg of banned baccy products, valued astatine ₹1,06,900, were seized.
