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More than 50 residents of Thirumal colony adjacent Kalligudi submitted a petition with the District Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar present connected Monday demanding closure of a chromatic quarry portion which has started its cognition recently.
Kaniyan, 1 of the villagers, said, the quarry which was operating precise adjacent to a ‘kanmai’ was an important h2o catchment area.
The public, adjacent earlier the quarry tract was granted support to operate, had started protesting against the operation, helium added.
For much than a twelvemonth they person been protesting to contradict permission, but recently, the territory administration, without adjacent transverse checking their claims, person granted permission, helium alleged.
He added that the quarry was acceptable up flouting respective of the rules pertaining to determination of a h2o body, region from households, and others.
“Despite pointing retired the specificities of the wrongful claims of the quarry operators, due to the fact that of the operator’s affiliation to the ruling party, the support was granted,” Mr. Kaniyan noted.
As the villagers feared that it would person a superior effect connected their health, livelihood and the surrounding environment, they person been observing a continuous protestation for implicit 5 days, helium pointed out.
“This is the sixth time and since nary of the officials bothered to sojourn america and perceive astir our complaints, we person penned it arsenic a petition to pass the Collector astir our further plans,” helium added.
Mr. Kaniyan affirmed that their protestation would proceed till the territory medication takes a determination to revoke the support oregon halt the quarry operations.
