Villagers push for resolution on preventing utilisation of abandoned quarries in Tiruppur as dump yards at Grama Sabha meetings
The resolution said the act of the Tiruppur Corporation amounted to violation of entitlement of citizens to unpolluted environment enshrined in the Constitution.
The dumping of wastes had caused pollution of soil and water and burning of the wastes had caused air pollution, said R. Satish Kumar, State Secretary of the Legal Wing of Tamilnadu Farmers' Protection Association.
The resolution urged the Corporation to pay compensation to the village panchayats for having caused air, water and soil pollution through the dumping of wastes in the quarries.
Other resolutions highlighted by the participants of Grama Sabha meetings encompassed replacement of palm oil with coconut or gingelly oil for distribution to the public through fair price shops; fixation of adequate Minimum Support Price for farm produces; empowering village panchayats to handle wild boar menace; dovetailing of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for giving a thrust to farming; adequate godown infrastructure at procurement centres; raising of per-kg raising charges for broiler chicken to ₹15; waiver of farm loans by Central Cooperative Banks; fixation of ₹50 per litre for cow milk and ₹75 for buffalo milk; exemption of agriculture from international agreements; use of genetically modified crops only after bio-safety tests; and restoration of basic customs duty on crude and refined vegetable oils to 20%.
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