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River sand quarrying resumes [1]

After a brief lull, quarrying of river sand commenced in five places on Monday, taking the total number of re-opened sand quarries to 12.

On Wednesday last, seven quarries resumed operations. Of the 12 functioning quarries, five are on the Coleroon river (two each in Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts and one in Ariyalur); five on the Cauvery (four in Karur and one in Tiruchi) and two on the Gundar (both in Virudhunagar), according to officials of the Public Works Department (PWD).

Publication Date: 
26/11/2013
T. Ramakrishnan [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Tamil Nadu [4], Thanjavur (D) [5], Nagapattinam (D) [6], Sand [7], Mining [8], Coleroon [9], State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) [10]

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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagapattinam-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/sand-mining
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coleroon
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/state-environment-impact-assessment-authority-seiaa