ORDER

1. This Original Application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled "CG News Badee Karyavai: ret ke avaidh khanan va parivahan ke maamle mei 6 chain mountain machine sahit 57 vaahan jabt" appearing in Raigarh Top News dated 16.02.2024.

2. The news item relates to the alleged illegal mining and transportation of sand and minerals in Balodabazar in Bhatapara district of Chhattisgarh. As per the news item, in a raid under the local administration by the district mineral task force during the night, chain mounted machines and vehicles engaged in illegal excavation of sand have been seized. The news item reveals that 51 vehicles and six chain mounted machines involved in the illegal excavation of sand moorum and limestone were seized and the cases have been registered against 22 vehicles for transporting illegally mined sand. It also discloses that in village Datan (kh) of tehsil Palari two chain mounted machine and three hyva engaged in illegal excavation of sand during night have been seized.

Similarly, at village Bhadara tehsil Kasdol three chain mounted machines and at village Bhadara and Sinodha 8 hyva engaged in illegal excavation of sand have been seized.