HC directs District Collectors to take immediate steps to fence abandoned quarries
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ordered District Collectors in Southern and Central districts to fence abandoned quarries within three months. The directive aims to prevent loss of life among humans and animals due to unfenced, hazardous sites. The work is to be funded through existing green funds, with costs recoverable from leaseholders.
- ▪The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court issued the directive to fence abandoned quarries.
- ▪District Collectors in Southern and Central districts are required to complete the fencing within three months.
- ▪The project will use green funds, and expenses may be recovered from quarry leaseholders.
- ▪The court emphasized the need to prevent loss of human and animal lives from quarry accidents.
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the District Collectors of Southern and Central districts, coming under the jurisdiction of the Madurai Bench, to take immediate steps to fence abandoned quarries to prevent loss of human and animal lives.A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman directed such exercise should be carried out and completed in three months with the assistance of the green funds already available with them. The expenses incurred may be recovered from leaseholders.
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