Tamil Nadu Government Additional Chief Secretary and Natural Resources Department Secretary K. Panindra Reddy in the presence of Tiruvannamalai District Collector D. Bhaskara Pandian held a review meeting on the activities of Geology and Mining Department yesterday at the District Collector's office.
In this meeting, suggestions were given regarding reuse of unused quarries, bring them to other uses like RWH.
A total of 763 water bodies have been identified for soil extraction and uploaded on the website. The ryots were advised to apply through the website .tn.gov.in, to take the soil.
Earlier, he inspected some abandoned quarries in the district.
In this meeting, DRO R Ram Pradeepan, RDOs Manthakini, Balasubramanian, Joint Director, Department of Geology and Mines Arumuganayanar, and Assistant Director, Lakshmi Ram Prasad were present.