Lorry owners threaten to picket PWD office if govt. fails to open sand quarries

Closure of the quarries has affected the livelihood of over a lakh drivers, cleaners, and lorry owners and contributed to illegal sand mining on riverbeds and destruction of hillocks for m-sand, says associationThe Tamil Nadu Sand Lorry Owners Federation (TNSLOF) has demanded that the government open sand quarries across the State by October 14.