Summary:
Trichy: Issues over sand quarry took another twist as bullock cart owners are now demanding a sand quarry be allotted to them in the Cauvery River. "Around 500 families with 200 bullock carts are left in the lurch without any business for survival. But, they alleged, the police prevented them from taking sand. Several of them bought bullock carts by taking loan from cooperative societies. Our repeated appeals to the PWD officials concerned for sand mining has been in vain..