The chest of our rivers is a sieve part-2 …: Mining starts as soon as the evening falls …

In the previous installment you read how the sand mafia has created its entire system. To expose how this system works, Bhaskar’s reporter reached the sand mine in the dark of night. The government has been showing strictness since the mafia’s henchmen are behind the Bhaskar team from the highway. From May 24, 1253 cases were registered, but the sand mafia is four steps ahead of them. Sand is being removed from the mines that have been approved, JCB and boat are also running inside the river. On the routes reaching the mine for illegal mining, youth are equipped with weapons and sticks for several kilometers. The Bhaskar team saw about 3 km of mining, which was extremely frightening, on the banks of Narmada in Motalsir village of Raisen. Here, sand was being filled in tractors for 3-3 thousand without royalty slip here. 7:30 pm to 11 pm, place: Motalsir

Those who are already working, they are entry in the mine

Narmada bank Is. To reach the mine, Bhaskar Reporter became a helper and went towards the mine, 12 km from the highway with a tractor driver. Some boys were found in place on the very narrow, but very narrow road, who keep an eye on those who keep an eye on the visitors. After walking about 5 km, some youths have stopped tractor-trolleys.

they charge a hundred rupees from every filled trolley. Meanwhile, a young man named Vikas Chauhan came and got the trolleys left. The loader of development runs on the mine, so it is the responsibility of removing the tractors. The first driver of Motalsir Ghat stopped the tractor and took the approval to go to the mine. In a house built before the ghat, Rs 3,000 is being collected from the tractors coming from the mine. More than 50 youths are standing around the house with sticks and weapons. There is only an entry of tractors that are already engaged. After reaching the river bank, there is a pile of sand in the dark darkness, about one km away. Lathaits are deployed here to stop the entry of unknown people.

The loader with which the sand was being filled here is broken. About 200 tractor are in line. Now they are being filled with laborers. The tractor from which Bhaskar Reporter arrived is also at number 50 in the line. In such a situation, we were stranded here for three hours. A drunk armed youth were identifying everyone, in such a situation, a little mistake could have been overshadowed. Outside the help of the reporter, the team on the bridge outside the mine told the reporter with the help of Google Earth, with the help of this, he escaped from the lathe and reached the bridge three km.

place: Dongarwada, Narmadapuram

Unnecessary mining in darkness

time: 11:30 to 2 pm. Illegal mining was also seen from under the bridge connecting Budni to Narmadapuram. Bhaskar reporter reached the Narmada shore via the bridge under construction on foot. JCB was seen moving in Dongarwara along the river, about two km away. Tractor-trolleys are being filled a little further. The Bhaskar team hid under the guise of sand dunes and reached 200 meters from the mine. One is going to fill the tractor and the other was seen coming empty. Dongarwada is completely banned in Dongarwara, so mining machines are parked under the bridge during the day. Later on May 24 and 28, all the collector and mining officers were asked to campaign to ban illegal mining. Since then 1253 cases have been registered. It is about Rs 380 crore, including 21 Poklen, 480 dumper involved in it. A fine of about 19 crore rupees is also being imposed. We have banned up to 90%. The government has no loss of revenue due to mining in mines that have been contract and not environmental approval. Because we have to get that revenue from the contractor.- Nikunj Srivastava, Principal Secretary Mining