Chennai, March 4 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Tuesday
urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the proposal for
offshore mining activities in Gulf of Mannar (GoM) Marine Biosphere
Reserve off TN coast.
In a Demi-Official letter to Mr Modi, copies of which were released to the
media here, he said the State Government was not consulted by the Centre
before notifying this petroleum and natural gas blocks for auction.
Strongly urging him to reconsider this decision and delete all the notified
biodiversity rich areas from the OALP for deep sea mining, Mr Stalin said
considering that the future of all these fragile protected eco-systems is at
stake, he sought his personal intervention in this critical issue.
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