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more-inRAJAPALAYAMThe BJP has sought a ban on sand quarrying near dams and bridges across the rivers. The two-day party State executive committee meeting that concluded here on Sunday passed a resolution to this effect. Cautioning that such an incident could recur at Kallanai, the party wanted the State government to take emergent steps to prevent it. The party sought upgradating of Coimbatore and Madurai airports for the industrial development of the regions and setting up of airports in Ramananathapuram and Kanniyakumari. The party attributed the collapse of a few shutters at Mukkombu regulator to indiscriminate sand quarrying on the Cauvery..