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Tamil Nadu: Villagers submit petition to district collector opposing granite quarry auction near Madurai

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Madurai (Tamil Nadu) | October 16, 2023 10:18:42 PM IST
Farmers of Sekkipatti and Thiruchunai villages have filed a petition with the District Collector objecting to the public auction of granite quarries.

This development comes as the district administration recently invited tender applications for granite quarries near Sekkipatti and Thiruchunai villages.

The locals fear that the quarry activities could adversely impact cultivation on their farms and negatively impact the environment.

In view of the same, villagers filed a petition urging the District Collector to withdraw the tender announced for setting up the granite quarry.

In the petition, they stated that agricultural lands and government schools, hospitals, and temples were getting damaged due to the granite quarry. More than a hundred people, including women from the villages, met the district collector and submitted a petition. (ANI)

 
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