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The proposed indefinite strike by the Tamil Nadu Sand Lorry House owners Affiliation, scheduled to start on Could 23, to press for the reopening of sand quarries, was withdrawn after Minister for Pure Assets S. Regupathy assured the affiliation that he would take up the difficulty with Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin for obligatory motion.

In a press launch, the affiliation’s president Sella Rajamani stated that the sand quarries have remained closed for the previous one and a half years. The affiliation has been urging the State authorities to reopen the quarries, take steps to stop overloading in lorries, and make sure that solely the permissible most weight is transported. Moreover, the affiliation has demanded a discount within the costs of M-Sand, P-Sand, and gravel by quarry crusher homeowners. In help of those calls for, the affiliation had introduced an indefinite strike beginning Could 23, throughout which no lorries would function throughout the State.

Nonetheless, the Minister, who just lately assumed workplace, held talks with representatives of the affiliation and quarry homeowners on Could 20 on the Secretariat. He knowledgeable them that the Supreme Court docket, on Could 19, had clarified that there is no such thing as a ban on reopening quarries within the State. He assured that when the official copy of the court docket’s order is acquired, the matter can be taken up with the Chief Minister. The Minister additionally assured that strict motion can be taken towards lorries discovered to be overloaded and towards quarries violating laws.

Given these assurances, the affiliation has determined to withdraw the proposed indefinite strike, the discharge added.