Kundapur : 12 trucks transporting sand illegally intercepted by villagers

Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, Nov 26, 2016: As many as 12 trucks which were illegally transporting sand were intercepted and handed over to the police by villagers of Halnadu in the taluk on the night of November 24, Thursday. The villagers also resorted to a protest against the violation of sand mining rules resulting in increasing cases of sand smuggling.

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It may be recalled here that the department concerned though had raided Anagalli, Kandlur and other places where illegal sand mining was underway in the past, no raid was conducted at Halnadu reportedly due to the involvement of influential persons in this illegal act.

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Santhosh G, Bantwal	Sat, November-26-2016, 5:41
Extraction of sand from river banks destroys the flora and fauna and decreases fertility of the land. It isn’t that they do not know but they are not concerned in dept just making money.
Rashmi S, Mysuru	Sat, November-26-2016, 5:38
Numerous illegal sand mines guarded by dangerous mafias have cropped up in many places. strict action against the alleged illegal sand mining is very important.
Afna Riyaz, Mumbai	Sat, November-26-2016, 5:29
Demonetization had hit real estate now even the sand mining will be under control.
Vikas Shetty, Udupi	Sat, November-26-2016, 5:27
Everyone knows hat the public is the strongest weapon to fight against the political matters . They usually do not take a stand
Abhijith Kunder, Manipal	Sat, November-26-2016, 5:23
Sand mining is the business of influential persons only. This is not something new.Sometimes knowingly no action is taken, until publc take a sand in such cases

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