PATIALA: The signature campaign against illegal mining from Swan and Satluj Riverbeds has begun in 13 Village Division Anandpur Sahib District Ropar after a meeting in Bhini Village Gurudwara two days ago.
Signatory villages include Thana, Bhaini, Vati Bastiyan, Mawa, Mukari, Gobindpur Bela, Amarpur Bela, Mothapur, Roli, Jhingdi, Khedi, and Saskaur.
Their residents have formed the Illegal Mining Sangharsh committee (IMSC) which will take memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Ropar and police senior supervisors on Wednesday.
Imsc Secretary General Mohan Singh said: “For 15 years, the government remained blind to illegal mining in our area, on a bridge on Jalan Garshankar to Anandpur Sahib, where Swan and Satluj met.
Before 1988, the flood in Satluj would decide our village but Then the river changed direction and we could reach Anandpur Sahib through bridges and roads, but 15 years of mining lower the ground and prepare underground water reserves, and now we are afraid of Satluj may begin to flow again if illegal mining continues.
Last month some villagers have been Speaking against illegal mining conducted from August 14 to 18, after which police seized mining vehicles in attack but did not register Fir.
Iqbal National BJP spokesman Singh Lalpura, who also raised the issue of illegal mining in his social media account, said: “We have been Improve this problem for 10 years of Terachi R but the government does not show the courage to take the mining mafia and goonda tax they claim.
The underground water level has fallen due to illegal mining.
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Mining: 13 Ropar Village launched a signature drive
