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Lakhs of workers involved in quarries, granite factories had lost jobs due to “lackadaisical attitude” of the State Government, he said. The Minister for Law, and Mines and Minerals, C.V.
Shanmugam, announced that 262 granite quarries that remained closed would be permitted to open. Following this, Supreme Court ordered closure of all the granite quarries in Tamil Nadu. more-inMaduraiTamil Nadu Granite Quarry, Factory and Related Labourers’ Welfare Association has urged the State Government to allow resumption of granite quarrying after the Centre revoked its Environmental Impact Assessment Notification thus allowing State government to give environmental clearance for quarries that were already in operation. He added that closure of quarries led to granites from other States being brought to Tamil Nadu..