2 illegal saw mills dismantled

Forest team seizing tools during raid at illegal saw mill at Kotranka on Tuesday.
Forest team seizing tools during raid at illegal saw mill at Kotranka on Tuesday.

Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Aug 8:  The Forest team from  Rajouri accompanied by Forest Protection Force men today dismantled  two saw mills operating  illegally in Kotranka (Kandi)  area.
Official sources said that a joint team, headed by ACF Rajouri Nadeem Iqbal  and Masood Ahmed, Assistant Director FPF  Gamma Unit J-6,  Rajouri,  raided two illegal saw mills in Kotranka area of Kandi Range of Rajouri Forest Division.
On a specific  information,  a Forest team comprising of staff  from Rajouri Forest Division and FPF was constituted  by the Conservator of Forests West Circle Jammu (Rajouri), B Mohandass.  The team raided the saw mills owned by Mohd Aslam, son of Mishri Khan of Kotranka  and Tabassum Nazir, wife of Mohd Qadeer, resident of Kandi and dismantled it. The dismantled parts of the machine/ saw mill  were also  seized by the team. A legal action has been initiated  against  the  operators/ owners.

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