Haryana Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Monday said that police has arrested five people in connection with overloading of vehicles and strict action will be taken against those found guilty in committing such crimes.
The Minister was replying to a question raised during the second day of Monsoon session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here.
Dissatisfied with the answer of the Haryana Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ram Bilas Sharma over number of FIRs on overloading of vehicles, Congress MLA Karan Singh Dalal demanded judicial inquiry on the issue.
Earlier, Dalal had sought information from the Chief Minster over number of FIRs registered on overloading of vehicles in the state this year and details of its investigation. In his reply, Sharma said that strict action will be taken against those found guilty of overloading vehicles.
The minister said that on May 18, Ravindra alias Kala, a resident of Kharman and Surendra Rathi, a resident of Dairy Mohalla, Rohtak, were arrested for taking money illegally from owners and drivers of heavy vehicles to allow them to cross Dadri, Narnaul, Jhajjar, Rothak, Bhiwani and Sonepat districts without showing the invoice bills of the construction materials carried in their overloaded vehicles. He said Assistant Superintendent of Police, Rohtak, Maqsood Ahmed has been entrusted to conduct the investigate into the matter. He added that five persons arrested in the case are identified as Manish Madan, Ravinder, Surendra Rathi, Amit and Suresh.
LEVEL SPORTS STADIUM IN JHAJJAR
Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Anil Vij said that a district level sports stadium would be constructed at Silana village in Jhajjar district. For this, the government has accorded administrative approval of Rs 19.77 crore. Replying to a question, Vij said that in any district, there is a provision of construction of only one district level sports stadium.