Garbage Being Thrown From Kerala To Tamil Nadu Villages

Garbage being thrown from Kerala to Tamil Nadu villages, and locals protested; Said-check posts should be closely monitored.

Political parties, social workers, and local people from Puthupatti Village in Tenkasi District of Tamil Nadu and Paniyankurichi Village in Tirunelveli District collect garbage from Kerala to their villages.

Against dumping. Speaking to a leading media agency, Paniyankurichi Panchayat sources said, “Waste from Kerala is brought to our area through Tenkasi and Kanyakumari.”

A few days ago, a garbage truck caught fire in a field in the same panchayat, due to which black smoke spread.

It has an Anganwadi school as well as a primary health center nearby. Many people had trouble breathing.

Garbage being thrown from Kerala to Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu government to raise the issue with the Kerala government.

Selvaraj, a local farmer, told a news agency that the Tamil Nadu Govt should take up the issue with the Kerala government and from there eliminate the menace of dumping waste in Tamil Nadu villages.

“The waste that is thrown out in the open includes liquor bottles and plastic waste. The discarded bottles had Malayalam alphabets on their labels.”

Panchayat wrote a letter to District Collector.

Idakkal Panchayat has already written a letter to Tirunelveli District Collector in this matter.

Panchayat vice-president Dharmaraj told the media agency that a primary school and a sericulture unit are in the area near the farm, where Kerala waste is dumped and burnt.

Dharmaraj said that recently meat waste in a truck was dumped in the panchayat. People want a strict vigil at Tenkasi and Kanyakumari check posts to prevent the dumping of waste in Tamil Nadu.

Sharafuddin was arrested in Bangalore.

The police had arrested Sharafuddin from Bangalore in the case. He hails from the Wayanad district of Kerala.

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In this sequence, the police seized 2,144 SIM cards, 58 SIM boxes, and electronic devices. This gang had the mastery of converting the international call into the local call.

The intelligence of Pakistan was taking advantage of this network and was busy taking intelligence of the Indian Army.