MADURAI: The solidarity and support extended by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for granite quarry workers who lost their livelihood due to closure of granite quarries in Madurai rural areas has received overwhelming response from people as they joined the party’s demand to the Tamil Nadu Government for immediate revival of granite industry in the district.
“Thaamarai Payanam”, – a campaign to build people’s movement for reopening of granite quarries, saw people turning out in large numbers in hamlets and villages in the granite belt of Melur taluk on the first day of this special drive on DECEMBER 16th 2018 SUNDAY, thanks to the initiative of BJP Madurai Rural district president Mr.Maha.Suseendhran and his team under the guidance of party’s State Secretary Prof.Dr.R.Srinivasan.
(VIDEO ) SLOGANS AND SUPPORT:
The objective of BJP Madurai Rural unit’s campaign on December 16th and 17th 2018 is to take steps for restoring the livelihood of thousands of poor families in Melur / Madurai East areas who lost their income source in 2012 when the decision to close down granite quarries was taken and also because of IAS officer Mr.U.Sagayam giving a report citing violations and encroachments by granite quarries in Madurai district.
WHY CLOSE ALL THE QUARRIES?
BJP Tamil Nadu State Secretary Prof.Dr.R.Srinivasan had raised a few valid questions by asking why should the State Government ban all the granite quarries in Madurai district when only some of them have reportedly committed violations. Also why close the Government’s quarry TAMIN?
He led the SAVE GRANITE QUARRY WORKERS campaign from Idaiyapatti (at Vellimalai Murugan temple) on December 16th 2018 where a huge number of party cadres, locals, quarry workers and granite quarry workers welfare association representatives turned up to join the ‘yatra’ that covered Idaiyapatti, Thiruvadhavur, Melur, Keelavalavu etc.
GOOD WORK BY BJP MADURAI RURAL:
Lot of planning and execution went into this BJP’s people-focused save livelihood campaign in Melur taluk areas on first day December 16th 2018 as the party’s Madurai Rural unit office-bearers led by district president Mr.Maha.Suseendhran, Mr.G.Sivalingam (gen secy – org), Mr.G.Moovendhan (gen secy), Mr.K.S.Muthu Ram, Mr.Madhava Kannan (dist vp), R.Sasikumar (vp), Mr.Murali Ramasamy and Mr.Sankara Pandi, along with others could make the local villagers in Melur granite belt convinced that the BJP IS RAISING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS FOR THEIR CAUSE IN A RIGHT WAY.
Later, they BJP leaders garlanded the statue of great freedom fighter Kakkan in Melur town on December 16th 2018.
