Aam Aadmi Party has appealed to the State government to transfer the District Collector, and Inspector of Anupparapalayam police station, for not preventing sand mining at Puthupalayam irrigation tank and for arresting an activist who protested the mining.
Another group of activists had decided to initiate proceedings against the Collector, Tahsildar (Avinashi) and a few other officials of Revenue and PWD for failing to stop sand mining at Puthupalayam tank despite the High Court order. “Tahsildar of Avinashi has been informed by D. Prabhakaran, the activist who was crusading against the sand mafia and later got arrested by the Anupparapalayam police , but the Tahsildar allegedly acted lethargically ,” said Sathyamoorthy, an advocate.
