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The predominant postulation snarls and accidents being reportedly caused by lorries carrying stones, M-sand and bluish metallic to Kerala has revived nationalist choler again.
Local radical are readying to either artifact the agrarian roads being utilized by the dense trucks to instrumentality the minerals oregon laic siege to the Puliyarai checkpost done which the lorries transverse to scope the neighbouring State.
The uncontrolled question of mineral-laden lorries to neighbouring Kerala was regulated to immoderate grade aft the predetermination notification arsenic the authoritative machinery feared that the people’s choler against the plundering of earthy resources successful Tenkasi territory and the reckless manoeuvring of dense trucks would escalate against the ruling enactment up of polling.
Once the predetermination results were declared, it is concern arsenic accustomed successful the territory with the trucks overloaded with mineral hitting the roads to scope their destinations successful the different broadside of the Western Ghats.
“Besides causing accidents, the circular the timepiece question of the mineral-laden lorries to Kerala, are triggering superior postulation snarl on this engaged roadworthy connecting Tenkasi and Kollam,” says erstwhile MLA K. Ravi Arunan, who is besides the president of Iyarkkai Vala Paathukaappu Sangam (Natural Resources Conservation Committee) warring uncontrolled quarrying of mineral wealthiness successful the district.
The nationalist accidental that the mineral-laden lorries proceeding to Kerala are causing postulation jam for astir 4 Km from Puliyarai to Kottaivaasal astir everyday. The occupation worsened precocious erstwhile a dense conveyance broke-down astatine ‘S’ Bend astatine Puliyarai.
“While the mineral-laden lorries are lined-up connected the near broadside of this 2-lane connecting Tenkasi and Kerala, the trucks proceeding towards the quarries aft emptying the minerals successful Kerala are occupying the close broadside of the road. Travellers going to Thiruvananthapuram airdrome and patients going for attraction to Kerala are severely affected owed to this problem,” says S. Jameen, wide caput of the Iyarkkai Vala Paathukaappu Sangam, who has filed a fewer cases against plundering of minerals successful Tenkasi district.
After the accidents being caused by these lorries are connected the rise, the Iyarkkai Vala Paathukaappu Sangam has projected organise a gathering astatine Puliyarai connected Thursday (May 7) to springiness last signifier to their agitation program against this problem.
“As the Kanniyakumari District Police person imposed restrictions connected the question of these mineral-laden lorries on the Thiruvananthapuram Highway (connecting Nagercoil and Thiruvananthapuram), the trucks are utilizing Tenkasi to scope Kerala since determination is nary regularisation oregon regularisation successful our district. Hence, we’ve decided to either signifier roadworthy roko successful the colony roads being utilized by these lorries to instrumentality minerals from the quarries oregon laic siege to the Puliyarai checkpost,” says Mr. Jameen.
District Collector A.K. Kamal Kishore said helium had held a gathering with elder constabulary officers of the territory and the officials from different associated departments to streamline the proscription of minerals successful lorries to Kerala.
“Accordingly, indispensable steps are being enactment successful spot to lick this crisis,” Mr. Kamal Kishore said.
