New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- A (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) YSRCP delegation met Union Minister of Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday and sought the Centre's immediate intervention to stop alleged illegal and unauthorised gravel quarrying around Panchadharla in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.

The delegation brought to the Union Minister's notice the large-scale quarrying activities being carried out in the vicinity of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected Dhanadibbalu Buddhist archaeological site and the ancient Sri Dharmalingeswara Swamy Temple. It urged the Centre to intervene immediately to protect the historically significant heritage landscape.

The delegation said indiscriminate quarrying and excava...