Residents of Nisda village in Aarang on Tuesday alleged that illegal excavation for limestone has been going on in their village. We have apprised several officials in the State including Chief Minister Raman Singh of the illegal excavation. Several trees in the village have been felled because of this activity”, said Sarpanch of the village Bhaiyya Ram Sahu in a press conference in the city.
Sahu also alleged that the lease of the mine has been wrongly transferred to unauthorised people. He said that people from outside Aarang are being brought for the excavation and nobody from the village is employed in the excavation work.Sahu also said that when the villagers or the Panchs of the village approach the excavators, they physically assault and abuse the villagers. “They even lodged a FIR against the villagers accusing us of demanding bribes from the illegal excavators,” he said.