Officials of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday, October 10 began searches at sand quarries on the Cauvery river bed in Mallampalayam and Nanniyur near Karur.
According to sources, the officials, accompanied by a team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, arrived at the quarries at around 10 a.m. and took stock of the situation. The officials, numbering about 10, were said to have measured the permitted area of the quarries and the actual extent of sand mining.
