Minister’s surprise inspection at Puliyarai check-post in small hours; Collector suspends operations of 18 quarries
Minister T.K. Prabhu conducted a surprise inspection at the Puliyarai check-post, leading to the suspension of operations at 18 quarries in Tenkasi district. The inspection revealed violations related to illegal mining and transportation of minerals to Kerala. Activists are demanding further investigations and have filed cases in court regarding these issues.
- ▪Minister T.K. Prabhu inspected the Puliyarai check-post amid rising complaints about illegal mining.
- ▪Following the inspection, District Collector A.K. Kamal Kishore suspended operations at 18 out of 54 quarries in the district.
- ▪Activists have filed cases in the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court and are organizing protests against illegal quarrying.
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Even as hundreds of complaints pertaining to illicit mining of minerals and its illegal transportation to neighbouring Kerala are flooding the government offices right up to the Chief Minister’s Special Cell, Minister for Minerals and Natural Resources T.K. Prabhu inspected surprisingly the Puliyarai check-post on the district’s border with Kerala in the small hours of Monday.Hours after the Minister’s inspection, District Collector A.K. Kamal Kishore suspended the operations of 18 of the 54 quarries in the district as the report submitted by the inspection teams reportedly found violations in these quarries.The activists and the environmentalists are clamouring for proper investigatoion into the alleged illegal quarrying of minerals, mostly stones and unlawful transporting of it to…
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