Truck owners fined for flouting norms

Coimbatore: The revenue department on Tuesday slapped Rs 20,000 fine each on operators of three trucks for not following physical distancing and other safety norms.
The vehicles were operated at a brick kiln at Veerapandi village near Thadagam. “While one truck had been operated by a brick kiln, the others were from Tirupur. The two trucks had come from Tirupur to load bricks from the kiln,” an official said
Meanwhile, district administration officials said they will serve notices to the seven brick kilns that began operation in Thadagam over the last year. The administration had asked them to halt operations as per the collector’s orders.
Revenue officials said as the matter was sub judice, they were waiting for the court’s directions on the 180-odd old kilns.TNN