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Capt Orders Crackdown on Tax Evader’s Illegal Mining

Feb. 05 Crime Comments

[Chd,Pb] Capt Orders Crackdown on Tax Evader’s Illegal Mining
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today ordered the setting up of special multi-department joint teams in all the districts of the state.
These teams, will be headed by the respective deputy commissioners,
The chief minister warned that no political interference would be tolerated in the matter and instructed officials to initiate the crackdown on priority, without delay.
The mines to be auctioned on February 19 include 48 sand mines (1.64 crore tonnes) and three gravel (0.2 crore tonnes), while the March 15 auctions will have 145 mines (2.7 crore tonnes) of sand and 18 mines (0.2 crore tonnes) of gravel being open to bidding.
Also, the department officials informed about as many as 34 of the mines auctioned so far, which they said was not yet operational.

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