Social activist, vocal against illegal stone quarrying, attacked
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Social activist, vocal against illegal stone quarrying, attacked

The Hindu  

A social activist based in Vadipatti taluk in Madurai district was thrashed with an iron rod on Friday allegedly for his activism against illegal stone quarrying. M. Gnanasekaran, 32, who was vocal against the operation of stone quarries in and around his area, recently exposed activities of a stone quarry at Katchakatti which operated beyond its licence period. As he complained about the illegal operation with the district administration following a Right to Information Act report which informed him about the expiry of the licence to operate quarrying, it irked the quarry operators. As the accused has been arrested and further investigation is under way, Mr. Gnanasekaran sought police protection to safeguard his life and his family from further attacks by the stone quarry operators.

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Mother of injured social activist seeks protection, action against illegal stone quarries
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Mother of injured social activist seeks protection, action against illegal stone quarries

The Hindu  

The mother of a social activist, M. Gnanasekaran, who was allegedly attacked by quarry operators at Vadipatti in Madurai, demanded action against the perpetrators of the assault and sought police protection in a petition submitted during the weekly grievance redressal meeting here on Monday. M. Umapathy of Vadipatti, accompanied by villagers and social activists, carried placards displaying illegal quarries operating …

Residents, activists opposed setting up of stone quarry in TN's Viralipatti village
5 months ago

Residents, activists opposed setting up of stone quarry in TN's Viralipatti village

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Residents of Viralipatti, representatives of various farmers' associations and environmental activists opposed the establishment of a stone quarry in Viralipatti village during a public hearing held in Vadipatti taluk on Tuesday. However, nearly 40 stone quarries were functioning in and around their village, depleting groundwater levels in the area, which indirectly led to crop loss, shortage of drinking water, …

Stone quarry accident: Prime accused, son held in Karnataka
2 years, 7 months ago

Stone quarry accident: Prime accused, son held in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The six-day-long hunt for the prime accused in the Adaimithippaankulam stone quarry accident that has claimed three lives so far ended on Friday, with a police team arresting ‘Chamber’ Selvaraj, 84, owner of Venkateshwara Stone Crusher, and his son Kumar, 52, at a lodge in Mangaluru, Karnataka. Mr. Selvaraj, popularly known as ‘Chamber’ Selvaraj in the district, is a doyen …

Illegal stone quarrying in Karnataka’s Mandya region
3 years, 4 months ago

Illegal stone quarrying in Karnataka’s Mandya region

The Hindu  

O ver the past few decades, stone quarries in Pandavpura taluk in Mandya district have met the burgeoning needs of the construction industry in parts of south Karnataka including Mysuru, Mandya, Kodagu and Hassan districts. Ambareesh represented in the Lok Sabha for three terms, alleged that most of the stone mining in the region was illegal and caused “structural damage …

Two Cops Injured in Stone-pelting by Mob in Odisha's Ganjam District, 8 Arrested
4 years, 4 months ago

Two Cops Injured in Stone-pelting by Mob in Odisha's Ganjam District, 8 Arrested

News 18  

Two Odisha Police personnel sustained injuries after a mob pelted a police station in Ganjam district with stones on Sunday demanding the release of five persons arrested for allegedly torching sand mining vehicles and assaulting the drivers, police said. Police personnel resorted to lathi-charge after a mob comprising residents of Kolidaspur village pelted Hinjili police station with stones and attempted …

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