T.N. election 2026: Residents in despair as dust and noise pollution from quarries persist in Arcot

Voters of the picturesque Nambarai village, 1 of the 15 farming villages surrounded by a bid of hillocks, successful Arcot Assembly constituency successful Ranipet district, are surviving successful despair since 2008 erstwhile the archetypal backstage chromatic quarry and crusher portion commenced its operations adjacent the village.

Stone quarries and crushing units are not restricted to Nambarai colony alone. They dot the neighbouring farming villages similar Anaimallur, Venkatapuram, Pallaprathi, and Kuppam. Together, much than 10 chromatic quarries and crushing units person been operating successful these villages for the past 2 decades.