Farmers and CPI members file writ petitions pointing out that the quarries had affected drinking water resources, farm lands were becoming arid
QUARRYING of sand from the bed of river Tamirabarani should be banned for five years, the Madurai Bench of the High Court ordered on Thursday.
The Bench also ordered that a monitoring committee be constituted for all rivers in the State under the chair
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hc-bans-quarrying-sand-tamirabarani-5-years
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tirunelveli-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thoothukudi-d
