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Reported violations in 499 quarries, penalties on 309 and seizure of vehicles carrying minerals illegally.
Source: The New Indian Express
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Dr. T.K. Prabhu leads a crackdown on illegal quarrying — drone and satellite surveillance, an AI-enabled mining control centre and a new state mineral corporation.
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Reported violations in 499 quarries, penalties on 309 and seizure of vehicles carrying minerals illegally.
Source: The New Indian Express
A state Mining Control & Monitoring Centre with AI, ANPR cameras, CCTV, weighbridges and live GPS tracking.
Source: ETGovernment
A dedicated cell with LiDAR drones and satellite data to measure excavation and detect illegal mining.
Source: ETGovernment
An integrated platform to digitise mining end to end, and a Mining Surveillance Division in the Directorate.
Source: News Today
A new state corporation for extraction, value addition, marketing and investment in minerals.
Source: News Today
A park to preserve about 60-crore-year-old plant fossils found around Gunduperumbedu and Vellerai.
Source: ETGovernment
A DPR for mine-tourism at abandoned quarries, a grievance centre at the Directorate, and new mining policies including a review for traditional grinding-stone and sculpture makers.
Source: ETGovernment
Announced mandatory drone surveys before granting mining permission and after a lease expires.
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Visited a quarry near Keeranur, Pudukkottai after villagers protested over its impact on farming and water, heard their grievances and ordered the allegations examined.
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Met quarry, crusher and sand-lorry associations over the aggregate shortage and told operators not to raise M-sand, P-sand and gravel prices beyond government rates.
Source: The New Indian Express
Expanded drone inspections across leased quarries and directed penalties and legal action against violators.
Source: The Economic Times
Of 431 quarries inspected, violations were found in 155; operations were stopped in 67.
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Ordered temporary closure of 23 quarries in Virudhunagar after drone surveys found mining beyond lease boundaries.
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Ordered inspection of stone quarries statewide after complaints of excess and illegal mining.
Source: The New Indian Express
Allocated Natural Resources — Minerals and Mines.
Source: Govt press release No. 38
Took oath in Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s first cabinet at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.
Source: Lok Bhavan
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