Patna: Police, it seems, lagging behind sand smuggles in terms of logistics and resources.
As a result, illegal sand mining continues in the state, said senior IPS officers.
Illegal sand mining, especially from Sone River, has hit the main headline since the last two months when the government was first eliminated at least 60 officers from the post of fields and then suspended 35 of them, including IPS officers Sudheer Kumar Porika and Rakesh Kumar DuBey, because of their suspicion of Nexus with sand smugglers.
An IPS senior officer said illegal sand mining in Bihar or other countries was Nexus who was rooted in which all stakeholders, including the police, government officials and those in the corridor.
The officer said the large ships that were strong from iron and steel were produced in several places in advice, Bhojpur and other districts for use in sand mining from rivers, which are prohibited according to the National Court of National.
“One boat costs around Rs 20 Lakh,” he added.
Other senior officers say Sone produces rough yellow sand, which is expensive and used in construction.
“In the entire state, the river largely produces white sand which is useful for filling.
They are not valuable.
That’s why illegal mining only takes place from Sone,” he said.
The officer said the company had a large mining strip license near the Ghats against the small places they passed.
“They showed 50 mining trucks, but in reality they mine 150 sand trucks.
The weighing station with department officers and police mines must be installed on the streets that connect the main road to Ghats mining,” he said.
DINESH KUMAR MISHRA, alumni of Iit-Kharagpur and a famous structural engineer who had worked at the grassroots level to fight flooding for decades, said illegal sand mining destroyed the water cycle and water table.
“The sand on the basis of the river acts as a pillow.
It maintains water even in the dry season.
Even monkeys have this knowledge.
I have seen monkeys in Palamu during the 1993 hunger digging the base water and drinking water,” he said.
Misha said illegal sand mining has increased in recent years and now the established market and sand from Bihar are also sent to other countries.
Dr.
Gopal Krishna’s environment said the aquifers and surface water were destroyed because of sand mining.
“The villages around the area like that will be a ghost place in our lives because there is no availability of water,” he added.
Mines and the Geology Department of the Minister of Janak Ram, said the government’s crackdown had put illegal sand mining brakes in the state.
He said sand mining remained banned from July to September.
“Those who were involved in illegal activities were panicked.
They hid here and there,” he said.
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