Over 500 villagers in Melur protest against private firm’s tungsten mining licence
New Indian ExpressMADURAI: Over 500 residents from 10 villages in Melur taluk gathered at Nayakkarpatti, raising slogans against the centre and demanding the cancellation of the licence granted to a private company to mine tungsten on an area of 5,000 acres. Madurai MP S Venkatesan wrote to Minister of Coal G Kishan Reddy, urging the cancellation of the licence granted to the private company. In the letter, he explained that under the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957, the private company had successfully acquired the tungsten mineral block in the 4th auction of major minerals. He referred to the state government gazette announcement from November 22, 2022, when the department of environment, forests and climate change designated 193.215 hectares in Arittapatti and Meenakshipuram of Madurai district as Tamil Nadu’s first biodiversity heritage site.
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