Mangalore, Jan 28: Demanding an end to the mining activity that is currently taking place in a quarry close to Bearys Institution of Technology (BIT), Innoli on the outskirts of the city, students of the institution staged a protest near the mining area on Tuesday.
During the protest, students grieved that they were unable to concentrate on their studies as the surroundings had become noisy due to mining. They also complained that the dust caused a lot of atmospheric pollution in the campus which posed danger to their health.
Few hostel students also complained that the ponds dug in the area as part of the mining process allowed the mosquitoes to breed in the collected water and posed a threat to them.
Speaking on the occasion, BIT principal Dr S A Khan said that the land owner had begun quarrying for red stones close to the educational institute, which posed several problems to the college and its students. As the mining activity has reached close to the premises of the institution, the heavy machines generate a lot of noise along with dust which leads to pollution in the area. The dust may even cause respiratory problems in students and others living in the vicinity, he said.
He said that although there was a short respite in the mining activity after inspection by the geology and mining department, the quarrying has begun again inspite of warning by the authorities. The drilling process sometimes goes up to late into the night, he said.
Several students of the institution participated in the protest along with director Sainath , founder principal Dr Raikar and other faculty members.
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