AP plans to auction seized red sanders; state eyes Rs 3000 cr revenue
3 years, 4 months ago

AP plans to auction seized red sanders; state eyes Rs 3000 cr revenue

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Eyeing a hefty revenue of Rs 3,000 crore, the AP government is contemplating auctioning of around 5,700 tonnes of seized red sanders logs by inviting global tenders on an electronic platform. The sale of seized red sanders logs cut by smugglers in Seshachalam forests will be done after necessary approvals. The former state governments sold 1,251 tonnes of ‘A’ grade logs in 13 phases between 2014-15 and 2018-19 and earned around Rs 505 crore. Apart from the auction in April, logs weighing 8,498 tonnes which include A, B, C grades have been sold out till date and it fetched more than Rs 1,700 crore.

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Rs 3.70 crore-worth red sanders logs seized, 7 arrested in Tirupati
1 year, 4 months ago

Rs 3.70 crore-worth red sanders logs seized, 7 arrested in Tirupati

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Renigunta sub-division police have arrested seven smugglers and confiscated 405 red sanders logs, weighing 4,365 kg and valued at Rs 3.70 crore in the international market. Police said the principal accused Giri Babu and his accomplice Chandrasekhar have a history of red sanders’ smuggling, with prior convictions and arrest under the Preventive Detention Act. Tirupati district superintendent of police …

Red sanders logs worth Rs 50 lakh seized, six held
1 year, 5 months ago

Red sanders logs worth Rs 50 lakh seized, six held

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: The sleuths of AP Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force arrested six persons and seized 32 red sanders logs, worth Rs 50 lakh, in two separate operations in Annamayya district on Thursday. According to the DSP Chenchu babu, on Wednesday night, two teams led by RSIs P. Naresh and R. Lingadhar, and Vishnuvardhan Kumar and Viswanath, began combing operations in …

Red sanders logs worth ₹4 lakh seized in Ranipet town
1 year, 8 months ago

Red sanders logs worth ₹4 lakh seized in Ranipet town

The Hindu  

Officials of the Ranipet forest range seized eight logs of top quality red sanders that weighed around 160 kg, from behind a house near a lake bund in Ranipet town, on Monday evening. Forest Department officials said that around 6 p.m., officials of the Ranipet forest range got an alert from an individual, S. Ramana, about the abandoned red sanders …

53 red sanders logs worth Rs. 1 crore seized
3 years, 3 months ago

53 red sanders logs worth Rs. 1 crore seized

Deccan Chronicle  

Nellore: The Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force seized 53 logs, worth Rs 1 crore in the open market, in two different incidents on Tuesday and arrested one person. According to Task Force SP Meda Sundara Rao, a team under the supervision of DSP D. Muralidhar, led by reserve inspectors Suresh, Kumar Reddy and Krupananda noticed a group of smugglers at …

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