Plea to remove mud road laid across river

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the State on a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to remove a mud road laid across the Thamirabarani r

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the State on a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to remove a mud road laid across the Thamirabarani river.

A Division Bench of Justices M. Duraiswamy and K. Murali Shankar directed the authorities to file a counter to the petition filed by C. Saravanan of Thoothukudi district. He complained that the mud road was laid to illegally to transport river sand.

The petitioner said that the mud road was laid across the river from Maavadi Pannai to Eral Melamangalakurichi in Thoothukudi district. llegal sand quarrying was taking place in the river and the road was laid to transport the sand, he complained.