Tamil Nadu’s “Pi­ran­malai” in peril as Sand Min­ing Mafia “rapes” its ecol­ogy

Published 5y ago - Jag­mo­han Singh (@thewsned­i­tor)

The an­cient ar­chae­o­log­i­cal won­der of the Be­fore Christ pe­riod of the Tamil Sangam king­doms -Pi­ran­malai in the Siva­gan­gai dis­trict of pre­sent-day Tamil Nadu is in peril as the sand min­ing nexus of the mafia-gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials and lead­ers is play­ing havoc with... More »