Illegal sand mining rampant in Chittoor
With heightened construction activity, there has been a spurt in cases of sand mining, what with the dealers in sand leaving no stone unturned to meet the demand. The fine imposed by Revenue and Geology Departments while seizing the tractors that illegally ferry sand is hardly deterrent and they easily get away by paying the fine. The blatant violation did not even leave Swami Hathiramji Mutt, a religious body having vast stretches of land in and around Tirupati, as it is patiently waiting for action to be initiated on the miscreants who had entered its mango garden in Pydipalli village last March, excavated sand to a depth of 10 feet and transported the same in tractors. “Even today, they are taking away sand in tractors every day,” Arjun Das, the Mahant of the Mutt told The Hindu.
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