Minister seeks help from Vij

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Minister seeks help from Vij

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 | MANOJ KUMAR | Chandigarh

Haryana Mining and Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma on Tuesday said illegal mining is rampant in the State and he would soon write to the Home Minister seeking police cooperation to check the menace.

Talking to The Pioneer, Sharma said over phone that he would write a letter to the Home Minister Anil Vij, seeking police cooperation to check illegal mining in the State.

When contacted, Vij, however  said that he has not received any phone call or any letter from the Mining Minister on the issue.

Sharma said, “We have adopted a zero tolerance on illegal mining activities. The department officers have been strictly directed to take all possible measures to stop such activities in the State.”

The minister said in the last few weeks, he had conducted several raids in illegal mining prone areas of the State. In course of inspection it was found that illegal mining is rampant and police officials are doing little to check this.

In course of raids during early morning hours or late evening hours, the raiding team found dumpers or trucks loaded with illegal mining in different police station areas, adding that during recent checking, 35 dumpers were impounded and Rs 25 lakh fine was imposed in Faridabad, Sohna, Tawadu, Gurugram, and Nuh areas.

The Minister said, after inspection, guidelines have been issued to the police station in-charges of all the areas, saying that appropriate action should be initiated if any overloaded vehicle enters the peripheral limits of any police station.

Sharma said illegal mining activities are being done in districts of Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat, Faridabad, Gurugram, Mewat, Mahendragarh-Narnaul, Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri. These districts come under Yamuna River, Dadam mountains and Aravalli region where most illegal mining was taking place, he added.

He said it was not possible to stop illegal mining without the cooperation of police department as there was shortage of staff in mining department. "Multi pronged approach will have to be adopted to check illegal mining in the State," he said.

Regarding shortage of staff, the Mining Minister said the proposal for filling the vacant posts by the Department of Mining and Geology is being prepared and will be sent to the Chief Minister's Office. The vacancies will be filled by Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) and Haryana Staff Selection Commission, he added.

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