AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday demanded that the sand quarry across Gundaru river in Tiruchuzhi taluk in Virudhunagar district should be closed down immediately as all norms for quarrying had been violated there affecting the ground water table in the area, besides causing serious and horrible drinking water scarcity. AIADMK cadre will stage a demonstration in front of Tiruchuzhi taluk office on May 29 protesting the mindless sand quarrying which had been going on across Gundaru, Jayalalithaa said in a statement here. She said the district administration had ignored the complaints from the public that violation of rules for sand quarrying had seriously affected the ground water table in the area and as a result, the agricultural works had suffered. Gundaru river which passes through the Tiruchuzhi taluk provides drinking water to around 20 villages and irrigates about 5,000 acres of land in the area. Charging that the influence of DMK men in sand quarrying had led to the manifold increase in sand price, Jayalalithaa said the warning of the DMK Government that those who were involved in illegal sand quarrying would be booked under the Goondas Act was on paper.