Baramulla : Police on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on illegal mineral extraction in Baramulla by seizing two dumpers laden with unauthorized soil at Mahrajpora, Kongamdara, and confiscating 10 motors used for illegal sand extraction in Chakloo.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Police said a team from Police Post Kongamdara intercepted two dumpers bearing registration numbers JK21E-2417 and JK08H-3194 carrying illegally extracted soil during naka checking at Mahrajpora. Officials from the Department of Geology and Mining seized both vehicles under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, and imposed a fine of ₹27,432.
In a separate raid in the Chakloo riverbed area, Baramulla Police seized 10 electric motors utilized for unauthorized sand extraction. The Mining Department was formally notified to initiate further legal action under the MMDR Act.
