ARUNACHALA GRACE: Ore Mining, Tiruvannamalai District
Jan 23, 2009· The effects of iron ore mining. Stating that a farmer cultivating 50 acres of land makes, on an average, Rs lakh, an official from Periyapalayapattu village panchayat, asks: " Do you want us to give up all this and migrate to some parched land elsewhere and suffer? " The hills, with expansive grazing space, also provide fodder for the cattle and the forests are a source for firewood.