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The Laterite Stone Quarry Owners' Welfare Society, with around 400 members, has stopped work in Kasaragod district demanding permits to extract laterite stones legally, and release impounded trucks.
The cabinet authorised Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to decide on the dates for holding the monsoon session of the state legislature.
Rights panel asks Kozhiode collector, Mukkam municipality to file reports in a week.
Concerns have been raised that subcontracting removal of black sand will benefit private black sand companies.
The proof established that the last-minute intervention of the Chief Minister led to the non-cancellation of KREML's four mining leases, the MLA said.
The all-party meeting, convened on November 16, entrusted the Collector to assess whether the SOP as laid down by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had been followed.
Earlier on Sunday night, the contractor approached the Nooranad police seeking protection for mining, stating that he had yet to receive any stop memo.
The meeting entrusted the collector to assess whether the SOP as laid down by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests was followed while granting permission to mine in the area.
The mining operations on 2.5 acres of the hill resumed on Monday with workers and machines reaching the site in the wee hours of the day.
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