New Delhi, July 23 -- YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Lok Sabha member M Gurumoorthy on Thursday met Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and submitted a representation seeking urgent intervention to halt mining and quarrying activities near the ASI-protected Dhanadibbalu Buddhist Archaeological Site and the ancient Sri Dharmalingeswara Swamy Temple at Panchadharla Hill in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district.

In his representation, Gurumoorthy expressed concern that ongoing excavation and blasting operations in the vicinity of the heritage monuments posed a serious threat to India's archaeological and cultural legacy.

"The continued excavation and blasting in close proximity to these invaluable heritage monuments pose a seriou...