20 mobile parties will also patrol the region
Ten companies under SAF have been deployed in Morena district to check illegal mining and transport of sand from National Chambal Sanctuary area.
This agreement has been made in compliance of orders of Gwalior bench of High Court by the chief secretary Antony DeSa in addition to that 20 mobile parties have also been deployed which would patrol day and night to check the illegal sand mining. The mobile team includes the employees of forest department too.
Out of the 10 companies under SAF, three have been deputed in Ambah, two each in Kailaras and Jaura and one each in Saraichola, Sabalgarh and Devari forest depot. Every company has 60-80 police jawans on an average, 34 fixed pickets (Cheaking point) have been erected to check the illegal mining.
The collector Madan Kumar said that 259 nominated and 600 other accused have been booked in 23 cases under IPC from 2012. The joint task force has seized 97 vehicles and levied fine worth Rs 26,82,705 for illegal sand mining from January,2013 to 31 March 2014.
Storing of illegal sand in open places is also rendered as illegal and a case would be registered against the defaulters.
This was decided by the task force committee in a meeting. The committee included SP Irshad Wali, DFO Vinsent Rahim, additional SP Raghu vansh singh Bhadoria SDM Morena Ashok Kamthan and Superintendent of national Chambal Sanctuary.
The task force members gave necessary direction to the deployed parties at prescribed areas to check illegal mining. The committee made a joint visit to the Ragghat bridge. The force also inspected Devri Ghariyal centres in Saraichola, Allabeli chowki and Bhanpura rest house and gave necessary orders to the jawans.