Activists to stage hunger strike in Coimbatore condemning illegal red earth mining
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December 29, 2020 14:42 IST
Activists from the Thadagam Valley Mineral Resources Protection Committee alleged that the illegal red earth mining in Thadagam valley has seen a sharp increase “in the past three days”
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Activists from the Thadagam Valley Mineral Resources Protection Committee alleged that the illegal red earth mining in Thadagam valley has seen a sharp increase “in the past three days”
Activists from the Thadagam Valley Mineral Resources Protection Committee will stage a hunger strike on January 5 in Coimbatore, condemning the alleged increase in red earth mining at Thadagam valley. Members of the Committee petitioned Coimbatore District Collector K. Rajamani and City Commissioner of Police Sumit Sharan seeking permission for the hunger strike on Tuesday.
Coimbatore District Collector K. Rajamani reconstituted the district level advisory committee for food safety recently.
The committee with the Collector as its chairperson has the Deputy Director of Health Services as the vice-chairperson and the designated officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) as the secretary.
Officials, including Coimbatore District (Rural) Superintendent of Police, District Agriculture Officer, District Supply Officer and District Education Officer have been appointed as its members.
According to a release issued by the FSSAI, the main function of the committee is to monitor and ensure enforcement of the Food Safety and Standards Act in the district.
NCSC seeks report from Collector, SP on new wall at Nadur
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The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought from the Coimbatore District Collector and Coimbatore District (Rural) Superintendent of Police facts and information on the new wall that has come up at Nadur, near Mettupalayam, where a wall collapse killed 17 persons on December 2, 2019.
The report was sought based on a complaint lodged by Kovai Marx, State general secretary of Tamil Puligal Katchi. Mr. Marx, in his complaint, had alleged that the new wall that had come in place of the collapsed wall was a ‘wall of discrimination’. The petitioner wanted the new wall demolished and S. Sivasubramaniam, on whose land the old wall existed and the wall had come up, arrested under provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.