A team of administrative officers have seized three vehicles caught lifting minerals collected illegally from the riverbeds under two different Tehsils-Vikasnagar and Sadar in Dehradun district on Tuesday.
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 Vikasnagar area, one truck was seized when it was caught indulging in lifting minerals illegally. A penalty of `50,000 was slapped on the violators. In Sadar Tehsil area, two trucks was seized when it was caught indulging in lifting minerals illegally.
A penalty of `2 lakhs was slapped on the violators, Shah added. Shah further said that such drives would continue in various riverbeds across the district to stamp out the menace.