 Early Times Report
KATHUA, Sept 15: District Mineral Officer (DMO) Rajinder Singh seized 16 vehicles involved in illegal transportation of sand and Bajri in Ding Amba, Logate and Lakhanpur areas, here during night hours.
Eleven vehicles were detained by a police team at Ramkote while checking their documents. Similarly three vehicles were detained at Lakhanpur and one vehicle was caught carrying mineral illegally from the stone crusher in Sahar Khad.
On receiving the information, the District Mineral Officer rushed to the spot and seized all 16 vehicles as per the MM (DR) Act of 1957 and SRO-105 of 2016.
The DMO informed that the seized vehicles bearing Nos- JK14G-1382, JK14H-7516, JK14F-7742, JK08M-1932, JK14H-7123, JK14J-0270, JK14H-7140, JK14H-9510, JK14H-9881, JK14D-1820 and JK14D-1663 have been kept in the custody of ASI Rajesh Singh at Police Post Ramkote.
"This is third major action against the sand miners in Billawar area where the violators usually gather sand from local nallahs during rainy season, dump at various locations and sell it further to the consumers at exorbitant rates when scarcity of sand arises" the DMO added.
The DMO added that another vehicle bearing No:- PB35AJ-6206 transporting mineral to the state of Punjab was also detained by police post Hatli and three more vehicles- PB05AB-4055, PB02BM-9628, HP12C-6777 were kept in the custody of PS Lakhanpur after seizure. |
