A meeting of the district-level expert committee on river protection has given conditional approval to resume sand-mining at a ghat in Kalady on Tuesday. The meeting chaired by District Collector M. Beena allowed the resumption of sand-mining at the Kavunkal ghat in Okkal panchayat, provided it did not in any way disturb the ecology of manappuram.A committee comprising of the representatives of revenue, irrigation and police departments and the members of the Kalady Mahadeva Temple protection committee would be formed to decide the limits within which mining would be permitted. The Collector said that a project worth Rs.1.5 crore for the conservation of Sivarathri manappuram has been submitted for approval. Though the ban on sand-mining was lifted early last month, mining at Kavunkal ghat remained banned owing to the protest registered by the temple protection committee.
The Hindu, 13th November 2008
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