Tribune News Service
Chamkaur Sahib, December 4
After the recent visit by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to government schools to “expose” the state of affairs there, AAP state affairs co-incharge Raghav Chadha today reached a desilting site on the Sutlej riverbed near Chamkaur Sahib, claiming illegal mining was rampant in Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s constituency.
No norms flouted
Desilting in the Sutlej has been going on as per the norms and the contractor has not intruded into the forest area. SS Gill, XEN, Ropar mining dept
A large number of tippers were being loaded at the site near Jindapur and Mallewal villages when Chadha along with party workers and mediapersons reached the spot.
He accused the ruling Congress of “patronising” the sand mafia and claimed nearly 1,000 tippers were loaded with sand from the site every day. The AAP leader alleged sand was being lifted from land falling in the reserved forest area. Referring to a letter written by the Forest Range Officer, Chadha claimed the police as well as other officials had failed to take action against offenders. Ropar Mining Department XEN SS Gill, however, denied the allegations. Claiming the confusion had arisen as the forest land had not been demarcated by the officials concerned, Gill said they had asked them to get the demarcation done at the earliest.
Illegal mining rampant in CM's constituency: AAP
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