8 months ago
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Tension prevailed astatine the District Collector’s bureau connected Friday aft residents from 8 villages staged a sit-in protestation opposing the constitution of a caller limestone quarry adjacent residential areas successful Sathyamangalam.
Villagers from Marayipalayam and Kanagarasanpalayam, falling nether the Mathampalayam and Panayampalli panchayat limits of Sathyamangalam taluk, said that implicit 2,000 families unrecorded successful the area. They noted that aft receiving accusation astir the projected quarry, they had submitted a petition to the Chief Minister’s peculiar cell. However, they alleged that mendacious accusation was provided, based connected which support for the quarry was granted.
Farmers claimed that the quarry would beryllium established illegally successful the midst of their villages, threatening groundwater levels and severely affecting agriculture. They submitted a petition to Collector S. Kandasamy, urging contiguous withdrawal of the permission.
The Collector assured the protesters that nary quarry would beryllium acceptable up without nationalist consent. Following this assurance, the villagers dispersed.
