2 illegal saw mills dismantled

Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Feb 2:� Two illegally operating saw mills were dismantled by a team of Forest officials in Jindrah area of Jammu Forest Division today.Official sources said that a team led by Range Officer (RO) Jindrah, Ghulam Qadir, under the supervision of� Dr V S Senthil Kumar (IFS) along with other staff smashed two saw mills at village Kah Pota, falling under Jindrah Range of� Jammu Forest Division.As per the directions of Supreme Court of India and SRO 103 of 2012 of Jammu and Kashmir Wood Based Industries (Registration & Regulations) Rules, no primary saw mill can be allowed to operate within 8 kms from the demarcated forest and for secondary saw mill it can not be allowed within 3 kms from the demarcated forest.The team found that the owner of the saw mills had violated the SRO 103� and set up the saw mills illegally and accordingly these were dismantled and their parts seized. The confiscation proceedings in the court of DFO Jammu have been initiated.