Crusher operators are illegally excavating riverine materials by digging pits more than 10 feet deep at night in rivers without a contract.
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Illegal mining has flourished in the Marha River in Gaushala, under the protection of the municipality.
There is a system for contracting the local level for river mining. However, it has been found that crusher operators are illegally mining river minerals by digging pits deeper than 10 feet at night in rivers where no contract has been signed. While security agencies and political parties are busy preparing for the elections, crusher operators are exploiting natural resources throughout the night. Crusher industries have dug pits in the river that are large enough for a tipper to sink. JCBs are digging the pits in the middle of the river and illegally mining river minerals.
The illegally mined river minerals are becoming legal after being dug from the river and stocked in crushers on the banks. Locals allege that crusher industries on the banks of the Marha River are illegally mining river minerals at night by luring people's representatives and security agency chiefs.
According to locals, the crusher operators lured people's representatives of Gaushala Municipality and mined them throughout the night on Monday. 'For a month, the problem of digging river materials was not visible,' said a local, 'On Monday night, 10 excavators and more than 50 tippers transported river materials. Crusher operators are digging at night in the river that is crossed by roads during the day.' The local said that he could not speak out of fear even after seeing illegal excavation.
No one has been able to oppose the exploitation because those who speak out about illegal excavation are threatened, beaten and tempted by local people's representatives by crusher operators. There is an area police station in Gaushala Bazaar, an armed police station 3 kilometers away from the excavation site, and a Gaushala municipality office nearby. However, even though illegal excavations take place throughout the night, the bodies that stop the excavations receive information about the excavations only in the afternoon.
A crusher operator said, 'Only four crushers are digging in the Maraha River.' Mayor Dr. Dipendra Mahato has given exemption to crusher operators close to him for illegal excavation.'
Om Bahadur Adhikari, Administrative Officer of Gaushala Municipality, said that it is natural to be accused of financial transactions after the excavation at night. 'The allegations are made, but there is no basis to prove it,' said Administrative Officer Adhikari, 'If evidence of transactions is found, the municipality will take action. There is no involvement of municipal employees and public representatives in the illegal excavation taking place in the Marha River.' He said that the process of awarding the contract for the river excavation has not progressed.
Police Inspector Ramesh Lama of the Gaushala Area Police Office said that action has been taken against those involved in illegal excavation and that those involved in digging secretly at night would flee when the police arrived. Mahottari Chief District Officer Indradev Yadav said that information about the excavation had been received and an investigation would be immediately taken forward.
