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People from Konijedu, Yarajarla and Sarvereddypalem villages successful Prakasam territory alleged that unauthorised mining of gravel has affected the reddish ungraded successful their cultivation lands. They precocious complained to the District Collector seeking enactment against the amerciable mining activities successful their villages.
The residents of Sarvereddypalem colony staged a dharna adjacent Prakasam Bhavan successful Ongole, demanding the territory medication to forestall the amerciable excavation of gravel/red ungraded being carried retired adjacent the surrounding hills successful their village. They submitted a practice to the Collector complaining astir the repeated amerciable excavations successful Survey No. 197 of the village.
“More than 50 dense tipper vehicles were being utilized time and nighttime to transportation retired amerciable mining successful the village. This has posed a menace to the information of the people, situation and livestock. Particularly, the children and the aged endure sleepless nights erstwhile they walk done the village,” they said.
“Apart from that, the amerciable excavations person besides caused harm to the surrounding cultivation lands and difficulties to the farmers. We request contiguous involution of the authorities, and strict enactment against the amerciable miners,” the locals said.
Speaking to The Hindu, Prakasam territory Deputy Director (DD) of Mines and Geology T.J. Rajasekhar said, “It has travel to our announcement that amerciable gravel/red ungraded mining is going connected successful Konijedu and Yarajarla elevation areas. We person already issued show-cause notices to fewer persons.”
“After receiving our notices, the persons progressive person reportedly stopped the amerciable mining activity, but it was lone for a impermanent period. We person observed that the amerciable gravel/red ungraded mining has been continued again. We volition inspect the country and instrumentality further enactment soon,” helium added.
