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Drive against illegal sand storage in Purulia

So far eight plots have been identified where illegally mined sand has been dumped. Talking to The Statesman, Mr Debajyoti Mondal, BLLRO of Purulia said that FIRs have been lodged as per the laws.

Drive against illegal sand storage in Purulia

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Purulia district police has launched a drive against illegal storage of sand at the various river banks during the monsoon season since the past few days.

So far, FIRs against four persons have been lodged for storing illegal sand at river banks. The district land and land reforms department (DLLRO) has seized about 60,000 cubic feet of sand from various places of Purulia number one block.

On 1 August also at Sonajuri area of Purulia-1 block, a huge quantity of illegal sand was seized. The Block Land and Land Reforms officer (BLLRO) of Purulia number one block, Mr Debajyoti Mondal has lodged an FIR at Purulia Mufassal Police Station after the seizure on 1 August. A few days ago, huge quantities of illegal sand storage have been seized by the BLLRO department of Purulia number-1 block from Kotika and Kotalai areas.

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So far eight plots have been identified where illegally mined sand has been dumped. Talking to The Statesman, Mr Debajyoti Mondal, BLLRO of Purulia said that FIRs have been lodged as per the laws.

“We have submitted the plot numbers from where the sand has been seized to the police,” he added.

He further added that the drive against illegal sand mining activities and against the sand mafias in Purulia district will continue.

As per the laws, from 13 July all sand mining activities besides the banks of the rivers have been banned throughout Purulia district.

In the Junglemahal area, illegal sand mining and selling have been reported by the Land and the Land reforms department to the police. So far nobody has been arrested in this connection by police. Due to the rampant and unscientific illegal sand mining activities with heavy machineries besides the banks and even in rivers, the flow of water gets diverted causing problems to the downstream regions, experts said.

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