The indefinite relay satyagraha being staged under the aegis of Karimanal Ghanana Virudha Ekopana Samiti against mineral sand-mining at Thottappally in Alappuzha completed two years on Saturday.
On the occasion, members of the samiti held a torchlight protest at Thottappally. It was inaugurated by former MLA V. Dinakaran.
The samiti demanded an immediate halt to mining activities. They alleged that indiscriminate mineral sand-mining at Thottappally pozhi on the pretext of flood mitigation in Kuttanad and at Thottappally harbour in the name of its development had destroyed the shoreline.
