The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : TDP may stop trucks transporting iron ore

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Aug 20, 2010
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

TDP may stop trucks transporting iron ore

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam Party is gearing up to carry out its threat of stopping heavy vehicles transporting iron ore from Anantapur to ports on the Andhra coast, with the government not responding to its demand to halt both export and shipping of the mineral.

As part of the efforts, party president N. Chandrababu Naidu held day-long consultation with leaders and MLAs from Rayalaseema districts and Nellore here on Thursday.

Sources said he took their views on ways of going about intensifying the struggle against export and transportation of iron ore.

He is believed to have expressed concern that the State was not following the example of Karnataka where the Government has already imposed a ban. As the government was reluctant, the mining industry continued to plunder the iron ore and exporting it. Such indiscriminate mining and export not only affected future iron ore requirements of the country and but damaged the roads from Anantapur to the coastal cities extensively as the trucks shipping the ore were invariably overloaded and ran continuously.

To seek Left support

In several villages en route, people were already staging protests he is stated to have pointed out. He also spoke of taking the support of CPI and CPI (M) parties.

The party's committee on mining headed by K. Yerran Naidu has on Thursday already submitted a report to the Chief Minister demanding a ban.

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Andhra Pradesh