YSRCP to raise Panchadarla mining issue in Parliament
The YSR Congress Party will raise the issue of illegal mining at Panchadarla in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh in Parliament if the government fails to issue a permanent Government Order declaring the sacred hill a No-Mining Zone, its leaders said on Wednesday.
Rajya Sabha MP Golla Baburao, Araku MP Gumma Thanuja Rani, former minister Gudivada Amarnath, former MLA Karanam Dharmasri and YSRCP Anakapalli district president Boddeti Prasad met Union Ministers here and submitted complaints on the mining issue.
Later, addressing the media, Golla Baburao said leaders of the coalition government in the state were exploiting natural resources and destroying hills and temple surroundings across the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district. He said YSRCP would take the issue to the national level and raise the issue of illegal mining in Parliament until Panchadarla receives permanent protection.Geographic Reference
Thanuja Rani said Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat were briefed on the situation, and they had assured that a Central team would examine the mining activity and action would be initiated based on its report within 10 days.
She said official inquiries had found that mining and blasting vibrations were affecting the sacred water streams and that nearly two lakh tonnes of gravel had been extracted beyond the approved mining plan.
Rajya Sabha MP Golla Baburao, Araku MP Gumma Thanuja Rani, former minister Gudivada Amarnath, former MLA Karanam Dharmasri and YSRCP Anakapalli district president Boddeti Prasad met Union Ministers here and submitted complaints on the mining issue.
Later, addressing the media, Golla Baburao said leaders of the coalition government in the state were exploiting natural resources and destroying hills and temple surroundings across the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district. He said YSRCP would take the issue to the national level and raise the issue of illegal mining in Parliament until Panchadarla receives permanent protection.Geographic Reference
Thanuja Rani said Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat were briefed on the situation, and they had assured that a Central team would examine the mining activity and action would be initiated based on its report within 10 days.
She said official inquiries had found that mining and blasting vibrations were affecting the sacred water streams and that nearly two lakh tonnes of gravel had been extracted beyond the approved mining plan.