Summary:
The new arrangement to control sand mining was taken at a meeting of various stakeholders, namely Revenue Department, police, environmentalists, farmers’ association, local body, and villagers held on Sunday. He pointed that imposing fine and impounding the vehicle used for sand smuggling can control the menace, which has affected the riverbed beyond imagination. “A lorry used for sand smuggling was seized in January. The river bed has become dry and miners at some places have dug pits at a depth of 20 ft. However, the vehicle was released on payment of a fine of ?50,000 after which sand miners used the same vehicle for smuggling..