Reopening Quarry-High alert for TN...?
PMK founder Ramdas said that the tamil Nadu government should abandon the decision to open 15 new sand quarries in tamil Nadu.
The tamil Nadu government should stop importing sand and abandon its decision to open 15 new sand quarries. Instead, Pamaka founder Ramdas insisted that a dam be built every 5 km on the rivers of tamil Nadu to improve the groundwater level.
In a statement issued today, he said, “The media reports that the tamil Nadu government has decided to stop importing a portion of the river sand for construction purposes in tamil Nadu and open new sand quarries at 15 locations across the state are very worrying. Opening new sand quarries are not good for the environment in any way.
A total of 5.20 lakh tonnes of sand was imported from malaysia from september 2018 until the onset of the corona epidemic. The whole of that sand has sold out at a price of Rs.10,000 per unit.
The reason for the recent decline in sand sales is not because of high prices, but because of the paralysis of construction by the corona epidemic itself. With a unit of river sand extracted from quarries in tamil Nadu selling for up to Rs 12,000, the price of imported sand is even lower.
Sand quarries that have been closed due to political and legal struggles should not be reopened for the benefit of others. Such an opening would be detrimental to the environment of tamil Nadu.
Due to sand looting, the river level has dropped and no matter how much water flows in it, the irrigation canals have become impassable. The reopening of sand quarries, which cause numerous environmental impacts, including these, is a major disadvantage.