Summary:
Issuing of permitsHowever, the local panchayat authorities have denied the operation of illegal quarries within their limits. more-inHillside farmers owing allegiance to various farm movements in the district have decided to resume their protest against the illegal operation of granite quarries and crusher units in Vadakara taluk. The Peruvampoyil Prakruthi Samrakshana Samiti, a collective of both environmental activists and settler farmers, is also on the warpath against the illegal operation of quarries and crusher units in Karassery and Kodiyathur panchayats. Panchayat boards are monitoring the operation of quarries, and local action committees may approach the board in case they notice any violations, they add. Farm organisation leaders say a majority of the granite quarries and crushers are located in ecologically sensitive areas (ESA), where farmers are facing the threat of eviction..