A joint team of officers from various departments, in compliance to the order of in-charge collector Nilesh Kshirsagar, has stopped operations at eight quarries in the district and seized equipment,including stone crushing machines.
According to sources, on the direction of the collector, a joint team of officers from mining, revenue, environment and electricity departments under the guidance of district mining officer SS Nag was formed to check illegal quarries operating in the district.
The team conducted raids at 11 quarries in Timarlaga and Gudeli. It was learnt that among the 11 quarries, eight were running in spite of power cut by the electricity department. The team sealed them.
Eight stone crushers that have been sealed are - Durga Minerals, Radhe Gramudyog, Gaurav Minerals, Rajshree Minerals, Kanhaji Gramudyog, Mahadeva Crusher, Shivam Minerals, all at Timarlaga and Shaurya Crusher, Gudeli. It was found that power supply of these crushers was snapped for the past 1-2 years.
According to the sources, the remaining three raided crushers were already found closed. The inspection team comprised SK Pradhan of Environment department, HD Bhardawaj, Bl Banjare and Sunil Dutt Sharma of Mining Department and others.