Raid in stone quarries
The Hindu
Following complaints of illicit mining, a team of officials led by Revenue Divisional Officer, Cheranmahadevi, Sindhu, conducted a check in 8 stone quarries in Radhapuram taluk on Wednesday.This is th
Following complaints of illicit mining, a team of officials led by Revenue Divisional Officer, Cheranmahadevi, Sindhu, conducted a check in 8 stone quarries in Radhapuram taluk on Wednesday.
This is the second check after the then Sub-Collector, Cheranmahadevi, Sivakrishnamurthy-led team raided the stone quarries in this region on August 8 last that unearthed illicit quarrying to the tune of several crores of rupees.
After complaints about rampant illegal mineral mining, especially illicit quarrying of stones from the quarries in Radhapuram Taluk, Collector Vishnu inspected a few spots at Irukkanthurai in Radhapuram taluk in July last. After confirming illicit quarrying of stones, he chaired a meeting to tell the revenue, police and mining department officials to put in place credible surveillance to curb illegal mining of all sorts of minerals. He made mandatory only two routes via the check-posts at Kaavalkinaru and Anjugraamam to take minerals to Kanniyakumari or Kerala.