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Bantwal: 3,600 tonnes of illegally stored sand seized

  •   Thu, Aug 25 2016 08:24:06 AM

Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, Aug 25: In a joint operation, officials of the revenue and mines and geology departments raided a spot at Mugeru in Sangabettu village in the taluk and confiscated illegally mined sand that was stored in large quantity there. The operation was conducted on the evening of Wednesday August 24.

Since sometime, huge heaps of sand was found stored in the land belonging to locals, Ratnakumar Chowta, and Valerian Goveas. After he received several complaints, Mangaluru assistant polcie commissioner, Dr D R Ashok, instructed the concerned after which officials of revenue and mines and geology department conducted this flash raid.

The officials said that about 3,600 tonnes of illegally mined sand worth lacs of rupees was handed over to public works department. They said that they came to know through enquiry that the sand stocked there was illegally mined from rivulet.

Local tahsildar, Purandar Hegde, geologist, Girish Mohan, PWD executive engineer, Umesh Bhat, junior engineer Arun Prakash, revenue inspector, Naveen Kumar, village accountant, Janardana, Basappa and others were involved with this operation.
  

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  • J.F.D SOUZA, ATTAVAR,MANGALORE

    Thu, Aug 25 2016

    Where were these so called Officials of Revenue and mines and Geological Departments? When such a huge quantity of sand collected why action has not been taken to seize and confiscate it earlier?

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  • nagesh nayak, bangalore

    Thu, Aug 25 2016

    hey psuedos,

    your italian led congress will ruin our country in a lightning speed.

    appeasement of minority is main reason

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  • Prashanth, Mangaluru

    Thu, Aug 25 2016

    Ollittha maraya eeth dhina....???

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  • HARISH, MANGALORE

    Thu, Aug 25 2016

    ONLY AMBANI AND ADANI HAS THE RIGHT TO LEASE SAND IN WHOLE INDIA LIKE NOW ALL COAL BLOCKS ARE LEASED TO RELIANCE.

    SHORTLY ALL NATURAL RESOURCES LIKE SAND, STONE, COAL WILL BE SOLD TO AMBANI AND ADANI.

    GENERAL PUBLIC "BABAJIKA THULLU"

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  • Dev Kumar, Katmandu/New Delhi

    Thu, Aug 25 2016

    Minister from this region is busy in tree-planting.

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  • Gangaram, Moodbidri

    Thu, Aug 25 2016

    yes he knows that next time if BJP come to power there will be no single tree left in our forest by your goons so he is planting tree...

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Thu, Aug 25 2016

    After coal now sand.... chi chi tu tu

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