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Stir against sand quarry
Tense moments were witnessed at Karur Collectorate when members of Cauvery River Protection Movement and Vangal Cauvery River Protection Group along with public and farmers besieged the office. They demanded the officials to drop the proposal for opening a sand quarry at Vangal.
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The members arrived in large numbers to Collectorate on Friday. Sensing trouble the main entrance was closed. However, the people tried to barge in. This resulted in commotion for a few minutes. The gate was later opened and the co-ordinator K Kaliappan submitted a petition to the Collector G Govindaraj. The farmers said, “When sand quarry is opened, it would affect our livelihood. Cauvery, which is our lifeline had already been exploited beyond repair.”
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