{"id":14242,"date":"2026-05-29T19:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/tamil-nadu-govt-intensifies-crackdown-on-illegal-mining-and-quarrying-chennai-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:09:49","slug":"tamil-nadu-govt-intensifies-crackdown-on-illegal-mining-and-quarrying-chennai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/tamil-nadu-govt-intensifies-crackdown-on-illegal-mining-and-quarrying-chennai-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu govt intensifies crackdown on illegal mining and quarrying | Chennai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131392705,imgsize-806527,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/resizeplus_mining.jpg\" alt=\"Tamil Nadu govt intensifies crackdown on illegal mining and quarrying\" title=\"Representative image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHENNAI: The <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tamil-nadu\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Tamil Nadu<\/a> govt has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining and quarrying activities across the state leading to the temporary suspension of 67 stone quarries. A total of 469 vehicles involved in unauthorised mineral transportation have been seized and illegal mining at 78 locations has been detected.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The action follows directions issued by minister for natural resources, minerals and mines T K Prabhu based on complaints that several quarries were extracting minerals beyond approved limits and violating environmental norms. Allegations had also surfaced that quarry monitoring mechanisms were not functioning effectively in some areas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Tamil Nadu has more than 2,000 licensed stone quarries. The minister directed officials to conduct inspections to verify whether quarry operators were adhering to approved mining plans, extraction limits, lease conditions and transportation regulations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>As part of the enforcement drive, the minister conducted surprise inspections in Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Virudhunagar and Madurai districts last week and ordered action against quarries found violating regulations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>During inspections carried out over the past week, officials examined 431 quarries across the state. Violations were detected in 155 quarries, resulting in the temporary closure of 67 units and the initiation of penalty proceedings. Further action is under way against another 88 quarries where irregularities were identified.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Authorities also uncovered illegal mineral extraction at 78 locations during inspections conducted over the last month. Legal proceedings have been initiated against those involved.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>In another drive, officials checked vehicles transporting minerals and seized 469 vehicles found carrying minerals without valid authorisation. <!-- -->Penalties and criminal proceedings have been initiated against offenders.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Separate cases have been registered in Salem and Dindigul districts for unauthorised limestone mining on patta land, while illegal quartz extraction was detected on patta land in Trichy district. Criminal action has been initiated in all three cases.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The govt has instructed all quarry leaseholders to strictly follow approved mining plans and lease conditions. It warned that illegal mineral extraction from expired, inactive or unauthorised quarry sites on both govt and private land would invite stringent penalties and criminal prosecution.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chennai\/tamil-nadu-govt-intensifies-crackdown-on-illegal-mining-and-quarrying\/articleshow\/131392723.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining and quarrying activities across the state leading to the temporary suspension of 67 stone quarries. A total of 469 vehicles involved in unauthorised mineral transportation have been seized and illegal mining at 78 locations has been detected.The action follows directions issued by minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}