A team of administrative officers have seized two vehicles caught lifting minerals collected illegally from the riverbeds under two different Tehsils- Rishikesh and Mussoorie in Dehradun district on Wednesday.
Dehradun district magistrate Ravinath Raman had earlier instructed sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) to conduct special drives against illegal mining activities in riverbeds under their jurisdictional limits.
Additional DM Pratap Shah said that In Rishikesh area, one mini - truck was seized when it was caught indulging in lifting minerals illegally. A penalty of Rs one lakh was slapped on the violators. In Mussoorie Tehsil area, one utility was seized when it was caught indulging in lifting minerals illegally. A penalty of `25,000 was slapped on the violators, Shah added.