Month on, no case registered for illegal mining on forestland

Blame crippled continues betwixt Forest and Police departments

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In a glaring illustration of alleged governmental shielding of amerciable mining operations, a lawsuit of unauthorised mining successful wood onshore astatine Bhangla colony successful Nangal tehsil remains unregistered for astir a month, with the Forest Department and constabulary trading accusations implicit inaction.

As per the documents disposable with The Tribune, the Forest Range Officer of Nurpur Bedi wrote to the Nangal DSP, successful which helium has stated that 3 tippers and a JCB, engaged successful amerciable mining astatine Bhangla village, were seized with the assistance of villagers connected June 22 past month. The numbers of the tippers were PB11CX4350, HR37E1378 and PB65AD1594.

The Range Officer said mining had been carried retired connected the onshore protected nether the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA) and connected the backstage wood land. The onshore falls betwixt khasra numbers 86 and 89 of Bhangla village. The sanction of the landowner is Jagdev Singh, lad of Mangat Ram, a nonmigratory of Bhangla village. The amerciable mining was being carried retired by Rana Stone Crusher, located successful Bhangla village.

Darshan Singh, lad of Sohan Singh, a nonmigratory of Bhangla village, abused the employees connected work and interfered successful the moving of authorities officials. Therefore, a lawsuit should beryllium registered against these accused and ineligible enactment should beryllium taken against them connected the charges of obstructing wood and administrative officials, the Range Officer told the DSP.

Sources present said lawsuit successful the substance had not been registered by the constabulary contempt the information that the wood officials and Nangal tehsil medication officials were progressive successful the raid against amerciable mining.

DSP Nangal Kulvir Singh Thakkar blamed the Forest Department for contradictory communications. He said the scope bureau initially wrote a missive to him connected June 22 alleging amerciable mining astatine Bhangla colony and pleaded for enactment against Rana Stone crusher and Darshan Singh for threatening them connected duty. When we started investigating the matter, the scope serviceman Nurpur Bedi wrote different missive to maine connected June 26 that nary enactment should beryllium taken connected their missive written connected July 22.

On July 7, different missive was received from the scope serviceman that enactment should beryllium taken against the accused mentioned successful their missive written to the constabulary connected June 22, helium said.

The DSP said owed to the contradictory communications of the wood officials, they were present referring the substance to the Ropar Deputy Commissioner and SSP. “We shall enactment successful the ailment arsenic per the directions of the DC and SSP Ropar owed to wavering stance of the Forest Department,” helium said. Highly placed sources told The Tribune that lawsuit successful the substance was not being registered owed to interference of immoderate influential leaders of the ruling party.