'Lift ban on stone quarrying'
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, April 12 2023:
Maintaining that the blanket ban on stone quarrying from the hills and hillocks of Kamjong, Thoubal and Tengnoupal districts has left labourers depending on the activity in a very precarious situation, Chingnung Quarry Committee, Nongpok Sekmai has urged authority concerned to lift the ban in the interest of the labourers' community.
Addressing media persons at Nongpok Sekmai on Wednesday, Committee member Md Abir Khan informed that the government's ban on stone quarrying has brought immense hardships to the people who depend on the activity for their livelihood.
He also urged authority concerned to provide an alternative means for earning livelihood to the labourers.