Survey begins at granite quarries in Paramathi

  • 05/09/2012

  • Hindu (Chennai)

Revenue Department officials headed by Tiruchengode Revenue Division Officer (RDO) S. Kavitha surveyed four granite quarries in Paramathi Taluk on Wednesday. This included the two mines that were mined by the PRP group in Periyasolipalayam village near Kabilarmalai in Paramathi-Velur Taluk. On August 31 the officials issued a notice to the two quarries run by the PRP group to stop mining till they obtained further directions from the District Collector. On Wednesday, the team started verifying if the granite stones were quarried within the boundary that was marked for mining. The RDO told The Hindu that the survey at the quarries began based on instruction from the Collector. “We started surveying the quarry at Sithampoondi in Nallur Thirka and the two quarries at Periyasolipalayam. So far we have not come across any major violation in the mining. The team would complete the survey in these three sites on Thursday and then begin survey at the Ramadevam quarry in Nallur Thirka. A report on the findings of the survey would be handed over to the Collector,” she concluded. Paramathi Tahsildar P. Muthusamy and other officials were present during the survey.