Early Times Report
KATHUA, Feb 11: In an endeavor to tighten noose on cement smugglers operating from Minor Toll Posts and Toll Post Lakhanpur, five cement vehicles were intercepted and fined at nakas laid along the J&K-Punjab border. The vehicles bearing registration numbers JK03C-6648, JK21A-3990, JK08A8860, JK08E2488 and JK08C4131 were intercepted while a fine of Rs 1,84,580 was realized from erring smugglers. Toll Post Lakhanpur has constituted enforcement teams for round the clock surveillance of all the possible routes of illegal import of cement. These recent catches have led to the manifold increase in overall Toll Collection on account of Cement at Minor Toll Posts where Toll collection on cement ending January 2019 is Rs 427.80 lakh against Rs 102.95 lakh ending January 2018. In addition to that upto date fine realized from vehicles evading Toll on cement is Rs 16.69 lakh. The whole enforcement drive was led by Inspector Bilal A Kraipak supervised by ETO Sandeep Gupta and closely monitored by Deputy Excise Commissioner, Toll Lakhanpur Ashish Kumar Gupta and assisted by staff of Toll Post Lakhanpur and Minor Toll Post. The Excise Commissioner, J & K Government, Talat Parvez Rohella has appreciated the gains of the Enforcement teams and stressed on more frequent nakas at all the border posts in the due course. |
