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The Hindu
12-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Invoke Goondas Act against sand smugglers, sand miners: activists
A group of environmental activists on Thursday urged the State government to arrest all those arrested recently for illegal sand mining from the Cauvery be detained under the Goondas Act. In a memorandum addressed to Karur District Collector M. Thangavel, the activists said that a special team formed by Tiruchi (Range) Deputy Inspector-General of Police Varun Kumar had arrested 10 persons and seized 26 tipper lorries, three cars, one laptop, and four seals with the State government emblem, a trip sheet, a large number of holograms and ₹2.26 lakh cash at Manmangalam for illegal mining and transporting the sand with forged documents, thereby suggesting that the illegal sand miners had run a parallel government. It had brought to light that they had indulged in large-scale sand mining, worth several crores, for so long by making fake government emblems, documents and seals, they said. R.S. Mugilan, coordinator, Tamil Nadu Environmental Protection Movement, who along with other activists presented a petition to the district authorities, said that within a few days after the arrest and seizure of vehicles, the accused again started to indulge in sand mining from the Cauvery, thereby suggesting that no policemen, including the DIG, could not stop their illegal activities. It should be stopped and the offenders should be detained under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act (Goondas Act), he added.
The Hindu
08-05-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
1,22,826 nutritional kits distributed to 4,454 malnourished children in Karur
A total of 1,22,826 nutritional kits were distributed to 4,454 malnourished children in Karur district under the 'Uttachathai Uruthi Sei' — a nutritional intervention programme. Speaking at the Veerarakiyam anganwadi in Krishnarayam taluk, Karur District Collector, M. Thangavel, said that 2,856 children in Karur under the age of six were found to be malnourished. A total of 1,20,568 Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) were given to 2,153 children along with their regular meals. Their conditions began to improve after a month of consuming RUTF, according to a press release from the District Collectorate. In order to offer redress to nursing mothers in two phases, 1,026 nutritional kits were distributed to 703 malnourished nursing mothers identified in the district. In the second phase, 1,598 malnourished mothers were identified and 2,258 nutritional kits were handed out to them, according to a press release.
