DVAC raids office in Madurai Collectorate

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsAs part of its crackdown on illegal granite quarrying,Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption officials today raided the Geologyand Mines Department office at the collectorate here.DVAC officials said documents in the office were beingverified to cross-check the area for which actual mining permission was givenand the violations.They had collected various documents including licenceissued,officials said.The raids conducted comes a day after the arrest of threeofficials of the state-owned Tamil Nadu Minerals LTD (TAMIN) for allegedlycolluding with granite companies and allowing them to commit violations.The crackdown on the granite firms was launched against thebackdrop of a recent report by former District Collector U Sagayam pegging lossdue to illegal quarrying of the blue metal in the region at over Rs 16,000crore.Several persons, including Durai Dayanidhi, son of UnionMinister M K Alagiri, have been booked for alleged illegal sand and granitemining by companies owned by them.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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