14 highways seized by raid in sand mines, 3 lakh challan collected

Raipur . After the issue arose in the Assembly, the Mineral Department is running a campaign against the sand mafia. There is a stir among the mafia due to the issue of illegal excavation in sand mines. Even after that, sand smuggling continues through manipulation. Even after this, the Mineral Department has stopped checking the mines and is pushing vehicles laden with minerals on the roads. Minister OP Choudhary clearly told that mining with machines is not allowed in any sand mine? Even after this, the machine is continuously extracting sand from Mahasamund district leaving the marginal area in Hardidih mine. The Mineral Department, while patrolling Mana Abhanpur area at 4 am on Friday, took action on 14 highways, out of which 12 were filled with sand and 1 each was filled with mud and mud. The department has issued a challan of more than three and a half lakh rupees against the owners.

These vehicles were caught in sand smuggling – Pushpendra Kesarwani resident believed to be CG 04 PH 6399, Anuj Gupta resident believed to be CG 04 CR 6242, Toran Sahu resident believed to be CG 07 CG 2557, Toran Sahu resident believed to be CG 07 BU 8038, Omprakash Yadav resident believed to be CG 04. MN 7988, Harish r/o Kharora CG NH 5957, Trilok Sahu r/o Kharora CG 04 PM 0459, Raju Verma r/o Kharora CG 05 PP 5274, Shubham Builders r/o Kharora CG 04 PE 2974, Jairam Patel r/o Kharora CG 09 JA 4773, Bhupendra Pal r/o Kharora CG 09 JA 4773. CG 04 MN 7616, Vikram Rajput resident CG 05 AN 9060, Vikram Banjare resident CG 05 PF 8670, Rakesh Prajaupati resident Kharora CG 04 LQ 6917.