172 Vehicles seized in Bandipora used in illegal mining;20 Lakh fine recovered
illegal mining cases would be dealt strictly according to law:DMO Bandipora
Aaqib Rasool
Bandipora 23 Dec (KNZ):At least 172 vehicles including machines seized by Geology Mining department Bandipora used in illegal mining and transportation of raw materials from different areas of Bandipora and 20 lakh fine recovered from January 2021 to 23 Dec 2021 sofar during raids.
According to reports In line with zero tolerance for illegal mining, District Mineral Officer (DMO) Bandipora Er. Mohammad Manzoor along with his team conducted raids on different areas of Bandipora district to check illegal mining, extraction and transportation of raw materials
Since there had been zero tolerance against illegal mining, the department had been holding an extensive drive against the violators from January 2021 in different areas of the district including SK Bala,Takia Chewa,Shadipora,Sumbal,Hajin,Aloosa,Erin Nallah, Madhumati and other areas of Bandipora District
During this drive 172 vehicles used in illegal mining, transportation of raw materials illegally extracted were seized in Bandipora and other areas of district and 20 lakh fine recovered so far, officials from Geology and mining department told Kashmir News Zone-KNZ.
When Kashmir News Zone-KNZ contacted DMO Bandipora Er Mohammad Manzoor he said,We are trying to curb mining that is taking place during the wee hours and evening on every day
He also told that all of his staff has been put on alert to monitor illegal mining that has been looting the public resources.
He further said that all the illegal mining cases would be dealt with under the rules and all the things against the violators would be done by a FastTrack system.KNZ
