The district administration on Thursday sealed five crusher machines in different parts of district that were found indulged in illegal mining and running crusher machines.
District mining officer Mahipal Singh Kanwar informed that two crushers were sealed at Maita village. Case has been registered against Manjeet Singh and Yogesh Preetwani, crusher owners for illegally storing minerals. In the same way crusher of Ghanshyam Das at Serikhedi village and crusher of Teekam Nagwani at Dondekala village were also sealed after they were found violating mineral storage rules.
The officers also raided and sealed crusher at Mandir Hasoud village that was being run by lelabai Patel without proper documents. The officers later reached a mine at Akoladih Khapari, Mandir Hasoud and inspected various safety norms in the mine. They found that only one mining foreman was working in mine and no safety rules were being followed during the explosion. After considering the situation, the district administration team seized the pit and royalty documents for scrutiny. The district administration informed that a team of mining officers is inspecting various mines in Raipur district since May 7 had have so far visited more than 25 mines situated in Mandir Hasoud, Serikhedi, Mura, Nardaha, Dhansuli and Akoldih Khapari villages. A report will be prepared by the team after inspection on the basis of which an action plan will be prepared to ensure that safety and other norms are well followed in mines.
Meanwhile, joint director (Mining administration) Anurga Diwan informed that those mines where more than 50 workers are employed and heavy machinery is used and also their depth is more than 6 meters or where explosives are used, the Mines Act 1952 comes to effect.