High court halts work at stone crusher unit

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad High Court on Friday directed Telangana government to stop operations at a stone crusher in

Nelakondapalli

of

Khammam

district. One Samineni Venkateswara Rao had set up this stone crusher at Nelakondapalli area of the district. A bench of Acting CJ

Ramesh Ranganathan

and Justice A

Shankar Narayana

gave an interim direction on a plea by 34 farmers and area residents said the crusher owner has been showing scant regard for the norms of environment and lives of people.