A joint task force of the Mining Department and the police today busted illegal sand mining operation in Ajnala today.
The raid was monitored in real-time in Chandigarh via body-worn cameras. Thus, enabling senior officials in the headquarters to oversee the entire operation remotely.
Mining and Geology Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal pointed out that this innovative surveillance measure ensured transparency and allowed for immediate supervision of action from the headquarters. The operation uncovered an illegal mining site in Dhingai village of Ajnala. The raiding teams confiscated an excavator involved in illegal mining.
Cops have been asked to file an FIR against the excavator and the landowner. All machinery involved in illegal mining had been impounded, said the minister.