The Paschima Ghatta Samrakshana Samithi (Western Ghats Conservation Committee) based in Pathanamthitta has called for a CBI investigation into the blatant violation of the Explosives Act by granite quarries in the State.
Samithi leaders S. Avinash and Reji Malayalappuzha told reporters here on Friday that the quarries were violating all rules and guidelines with the connivance of the Controller of Explosives, district collectors, police officials, ministers and politicians. They said explosives were being used without the mandatory safeguards.