CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has conveyed categorically to the union government that the State government will never allow any mining works including tungsten mining in Arittapatti and its surrounding places in Madurai district. CM Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel the award of tungsten mining rights in Madurai and instruct the Ministry of Mines to …
Tamil Nadu has neither received any application from Hindustan Zinc Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta, nor has the state granted permission for the company to mine tungsten in about 5,000 acres of land in Madurai district, the government said on Thursday. HZL was given permission from the Union ministry of mines on November 7 for mining activities in Melur taluk …
MADURAI: Citing damage to the Arittapatti biodiversity heritage site, the Tamil Nadu Environmental Protection Movement Coordinator RS Mukilan urged Chief Minister MK Stalin to cancel the sanction to a private company to mine tungsten in 10 villages of Melur taluk. The members petitioned Collector MS Sangeetha to make efforts to revoke the permission given by the union government to the …
