Rresidents affected by illegal quarries in Tiruppur call on State Minister seeking intervention

The residents of agrarian areas successful Tiruppur district, who person been affected by the beingness of chromatic quarries, called connected Minister for Natural Resources, Minerals and Mines T.K. Prabu, requesting the Ministry’s intervention.

Citing a 2023 study connected usurpation of rules by quarries operating illegally successful the district, they submitted documents connected accidents and deaths owed to deficiency of information successful quarries.

The study published jointly by the Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Protection Association, Tamil Nadu Environmental Protection Movement, and Anti-Illegal Quarry Movement, contained accusation obtained done the Right to Information Act.

The study stated that amerciable quarrying continued contempt inspections by Revenue Department officials, from the Village Administrative Officer to District Collector, crossed Tamil Nadu successful 2022 and 2023.

The affected residents represented by Kalaichelvi, Selvi and Sivasundari urged the Minister to beryllium wary of the position presented by the Quarry and Crusher Lorry Owners’ Association, and that they were exploiting mineral resources connected a ample scale, R. Satishkumar, caput of State Legal Awareness Team of Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Protection Association, who accompanied the affected residents, said.