For investigation of unlawful sand storage, the staff raided numerous websites,

In order to analyze the complaints of unlawful sand storage within the district, as per the directions of Collector Shri Jayaprakash Maurya, a staff has been fashioned and after scrutiny at completely different locations, the authorities are continuously investigating numerous websites within the metropolis and surrounding villages.
Subdivisional officer Dhamtari Mr. Manish Mishra knowledgeable that three groups of income division officers have been fashioned to confirm the complaints obtained concerning unlawful sand storage. He mentioned that in the present day the staff was hit at 5 locations. During this time the spot was investigated at Mahavir Rice Mill on Sihawa Road, the place unlawful storage of sand was not discovered. Similarly, the staff didn’t discover sand storage through the Dabish at Raj Rajeshwar Rice Mill at Village Muzgahan, although small quantities of sand had been discovered, making it appear doubtless that sand was saved earlier. Similarly, 3752 cubic meters of sand was discovered saved in Magendra fly ash bricks at village Soram. When requested on this regard, solely a small quantity of sand was proven to the Pit Pass by the operator, which was discovered to not match the quantity of sand saved. The seizure was taken by the staff terming it as unlawful sand storage. SDM Dhamtari mentioned that in the identical method within the village Sarangpuri, the staff was discovered to be storing sand on authorities land apart from the positioning set by the licensed native Ramsagarpara resident Mr. Sheikh Zafar. At the identical time wire fencing or brick wall enclosure and safety and first help services weren’t discovered within the storage web site. In the identical method, the staff discovered lack of primary services like safety, therapy, in addition to non-compliance of the circumstances of license by the unlicensed license holder in village Amethi. On being questioned, the sarpanch of the village and Kotwar weren’t knowledgeable of the details about the storage.
The three groups, which carried out the inspection of unlawful sand storage websites, had been led by Dhamtari Tehsildar Shri Pawan Singh Thakur, Naib Tehsildar Shri Vinod Kumar Sahu and Chandra Kumar Sahu, together with Revenue Inspector and Patwari respectively.