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THENI: A Green Bench should be constituted to hear all cases of illegal sand mining. A commission should also formed to regularise sand lifting and prevent illegal sand mining to protect rivers and other irrigation and drinking water sources that have been waning at an alarming rate in the State. Resolutions to these effects were passed at a conference on ‘Prevention of indiscriminate sand mining in rivers,’ organised by the Federation Five District Farmers’ Associations here on Thursday. The commission should have a retired High Court judge, environmentalist, irrigation expert, representatives of farmers’ associations and local people. It should identify sand mining spots and decide the quantum of sand being lifted from each spot, the conference said. Even as the Madurai High Court Bench issued an order banning sand lifting from the Vaigai basin stretching between Goodalur and Thondi, 200 to 300 lorry loads of sand are being transported every day to Kerala from the district, said farmers’ representatives. ( Farmers’ associations had filed a case against sand lifting with the Bench and obtained this order.) On the whole, hundreds of lorry loads were being transported to Kerala through 13 routes from Tamil Nadu, they added. They sought to impose a total ban on transportation of sand to Kerala and Karnataka. The Vaigai-Periyar Farmers’ Association president K.M. Abbas, federation president S. Rathinasamy, Theni District Farmers’ Association secretary V. Chennakesavan and others spoke. Earlier, representatives of various farmers’ associations staged a demonstration urging the Government not to hold talks with Kerala over Mullai Periyar issue and insist it on obeying the Supreme Court order. Dam site testedMeanwhile, geological experts inspected Anai Pillayar dam constructed across the Kottakudi river at Bodinaikanur to assess the damage, owing to an indiscriminate sand mining in the river. They tested two-kilometre-long stretch from the dam. They did the test as per the direction of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court. Farmers from Bodinaikanur had filed a case with the Bench in this connection.
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