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Mission to save river, sand [1]

Retired police inspector Mohanraj plans to collect sand from the rivers in the southern districts and give them to the govt museum in Chennai
Tirunelveli

FIGHTING against sand smuggling in the State, a 56-year-old retired Inspector of Police, J Mohanraj, from Thoothukudi is on a mission to save the River Tamirabarani and other rivers in the State.
Mohanraj, who is on a padayatra from Thoothukudi to Chennai, will collect sand from all the rivers and hand it over to the officials at Government Museum in Chennai.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2008
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Mining [3], Rivers [4], Right To Information (RTI) [5], Tamil Nadu [6]
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