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Tahsildar raids sand quarry

MANGALORE: Revenue officials led by Bantwal tahsildar Ravi Chandra Naik raided a location in Bantwal on Thursday where sand mining was being done through machines allegedly in violation of law.

Mr. Naik said that following reports about violations, he and the sub-inspector of Bantwal rural police station raided the location at Malli, along the banks of the Netravathi in Pudu village on Thursday. They had seized an excavator and lorry, he said.

According to law, sand could only be extracted manually, Mr. Naik said and added that the lease holder Latif had permission to carry out mining operations in the area. He said he had written to the Department of Mines and Geology, seeking action in the matter. However, he was not familiar with what action could be taken against the leaseholder and said only the Department of Mines and Geology could handle that.

Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav brushed aside the incident was “nothing special”, which happened “more or less every day”. He said the Revenue Department officials had been carrying out several such raids in the last few days, but without the involvement of the Department of Mines and Geology.

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