
Five lorries with 39 tonnes of ilmenite seized
The Hindu
The SIPCOT police have seized 39 tonnes of mineral sand being transported in five lorries to a private factory.According to Superintendent of Police S. Jayakumar, the police received a tip-off about i
The SIPCOT police have seized 39 tonnes of mineral sand being transported in five lorries to a private factory. According to Superintendent of Police S. Jayakumar, the police received a tip-off about illegal transport of ilmenite to a private factory in SIPCOT Industrial Complex from a godown in Mullakkaadu on Thoothukudi. The premises which was sealed by the then Collector in 2017 following charges of illegal mining. Subsequently, movement of ilmenite in the district was also prohibited.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












