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, …
The demand was raised during the agriculture grievance meeting convened by the collector in Usilampatti taluk on Friday. However, the Dindigul District Collector and Assistant Director for Mines gave a license for a quarry to function in the Battalagundu Viruvedu area, which is near the bridge and falls on the district's border. The farmers also claimed that the private quarry …
