Two crushers operating illegally sealed

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 29: Two stone crushers operating illegally in Tawi River at village Nandni were sealed today.
The crushers were sealed by Rishpal Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Satpal, Divisional Forest Officer Jammu, Chander Parkash Kotwal, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Jammu, Dr Rajinder Singh Rana District Mineral Officer Geology and Mining Department Jammu, Sumit Puri, Xen Flood Control Jammu, Sunniya Ashkoor Wani, SDPO Gandhi Nagar, Ajay Bharti, Tehsildar JDA and Arun Bhagat, Incharge Police Post Phallian Mandal Jammu.
In pursuance to the direction of the Court, the Divisional Commissioner Jammu has constituted of aforesaid officers. The team will visit all the areas, where mining is allowed or prohibited regularly, to monitor the strict implementation of the mining plan as per guidelines in the regard, where mining is permitted and to enforce the orders of the High Court for the prohibition, where it is prevented.
The team will also inspect the sites, where the crushers are installed to check, if the material stored/stacked at these sites or in the storage units, is within the permissible limit as prescribed under rules.
The team will visit such places also where the material is stored/stacked after extraction. The committee is mandate to identify the location for establishing the check posts for intercepting the vehicles engaged in transportation of extracted materials.
The Committee visited the Tawi area at village Nandni today and found two illegal stone crushers were operating clandestinely.
The Committee sealed both the stone crushers M/s Shiva Stone Crusher and Khushi Stone Crusher and kept on the Sapurdnama of Incharge Police Post Phallian Mandal Jammu. Besides, the Committee has also seized one tractor trolley bearing registration number JK02BH-2008, which was handed over to Incharge Police Post Phallian Mandal Jammu.

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