After being pulled up SC, MP bans Chambal river sand mining, fuel sale to unregered vehicles

Morena, The Morena adminration in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday banned sand mining as well as transportation from the Chambal River and also barred sale of fuel to unregered vehicles to curb illegal activities and crime in the drict.After being pulled up SC, MP bans Chambal river sand mining, fuel sale to unregered vehiclesThe decision comes two days after the Supreme Court pulled up the Madhya Pradesh government over unabated illegal mining in the area.The decision to impose a complete ban on sand excavation and transport from the Chambal River was taken at a task force meeting chaired in-charge collector Kamlesh Kumar Bhargav.Bhargav told PTI the ban has come into effect immediately.The order informed that Madhya Pradesh Special Armed Force personnel have been deployed at key locations, including Rajghat, Bhanu, Deora and Skarda canal trisection, to ensure continuous monitoring to curb illegal mining and storage or transportation of sand.Bhargav and Superintendent of Police Sameer Saurabh jointly inspected the identified locations along with police, mining, forest department and SAF officials, and reviewed camp arrangements and operational strategy.The adminration directed that no sand mining or transportation from the Chambal River be allowed under any circumstances, with SAF personnel maintaining round-the-clock vigil and ensuring strict action against violators.Vehicles involved in illegal activities will be seized immediately and cases regered, with provisions for confiscation and early auction of seized vehicles, officials added.In a separate order, the adminration barred petrol pumps from supplying petrol, diesel or CNG to vehicles without regration, stating that violations would invite action against operators under relevant legal provisions.The measure aims to check crimes involving unregered vehicles, which hamper investigations due to absence of identification details, officials added.The order issued Bhargav will remain in force from April 15 to June 14 under provisions of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, they said.On April 13, the Supreme Court termed the killing of a forest guard in Madhya Pradesh and digging of the foundation of pillars of Chambal bridge connecting the state to Rajasthan illegal sand miners as “shocking” and a “failure” of the state government.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said either the state government has failed to curb illegal mining or it is being done in connivance with state authorities.”They are digging up the bridge and if the bridge falls, who will be responsible? The photographs are self-explanatory. Forest officials are run over sand mafias and the foundation of a bridge is dug. This is an absolutely shocking state of affairs. Either the state government has failed to control the illegal sand mining or it is in connivance,” the bench observed.The top court was hearing a suo motu case titled ‘In Re: Illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and threat to endangered aquatic wildlife’.This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.