Panel inspects illegal quarries in nilgiris

  • 15/10/2008

  • New Indian Express (Chennai)

Udhagamandalam, A high level committee comprising Ambuj Sharma, principal secretary , Revenue Department, M S Farooqi, principal secretary, Industries Department, Mani Shankar, High Court lawyer, and Sridhar Ramamoorthy , an expert from the Geological Institute in New Delhi, inspected quarries in the Nilgiris district and received petitions from the public on Tuesday. The committee, formed on the direction of the Madras High Court after hearing a public interest ligitation (PIL) filed by