A terrible pit at least twenty-five to thirty feet deep. At least eight to ten bigha area. However, this is not a pond. At a glance, it looks like the big mines shown in South Indian movies. Yes, this is a mine.

A 35-year-old woman was found on Sunday afternoon in the mango garden next to this mine in Kasaha located in Dhangadhimai Municipality-8. She was plucking branches from the mango tree for firewood . As soon as she saw the Kantipur worker, she looked around and panicked.

Looking at the two children who were going to the mine, she started saying, 'Beta Rau Omhar Nai Jo, Aa Jaldi, Mair Detau .' That is, 'Son, don't go there, come back quickly, you will be killed .' These words she used when calling her son and nephew who came behind to collect firewood show how much fear the residents are living here .

is the cause of fear and panic, the terror created by the miners and crushers in the area . At first, he did not agree to talk. However, gradually opening up, she said that miners and crushers are in a state of panic due to the threat of arresting them.

"When we dig like this, we have problems, the mango plants are drying up, the water has gone down, there is also a problem in the field, and there is also a problem with food," she said, "We are afraid, sometimes we oppose it without being able to see, but they continue to dig, threatening us. This fear is always running in our hearts." Five to seven years ago, at least 50 quintals of mangoes were growing in her garden. But, in recent years, it hardly yields up to 10 quintals . He says that mango plants are drying up recently after extensive excavations have been carried out in a large area around the garden.

This mine is the Pukar sand processing center of Ram Vilas Yadav of Dhangadhimai. He has also operated a crusher in this mine. This mine and crusher of his continues to run for twelve months . Not only Ram Vilas, dozens of people like him have also operated mines and crushers in this municipality.

Wards 8 and 13, especially the northern area of the municipality in Siran of Chure, have become the base of mines and crushers. Wherever you look around the settlements of the two wards, there are large mines where gravel and gravel-sand have been mined and are being mined. Local Bechu Safi said that there are at least 8-10 crushers, more than 50 mines and stocks of gravel and ballast-sand in various places here.

According to the local residents, in this way, especially the President of Congress Sirha Ramchandra Yadav, who is also a resident of Dhangadhimai, along with Rajendra Yadav, Vinod Mahato, Ram Vilas Yadav, Prem Yadav, Jage Yadav, Shivchandra Yadav, Mahesh Kamati, Vinod Yadav of Dhangadhimai are involved in creating terror in this area . They excavate gravel and gravel-sand in private and public land in this area, store it nearby and sell it elsewhere. Gravel and gravel-sand are dug down to twenty-five to thirty meters, and they leave the pits alone. Which has become a dharap .

According to Visheshwar Yadav, a local resident, not only injured, but also lost their lives, from cattle going for grazing to common people. Those who exploit natural resources like this are not limited to here, they have been doing the same in the nearby Gagan River, Sarre River and others. Because of this, the residents of this area have been experiencing severe water crisis in recent years. Till ten years ago, there was good farming in this area. However, in the last few years, the water does not flow in the fields, when it is dry, the water stops coming from the taps and motors in the house, said local Jugal Yadav. According to him, since the beginning of the excavation series, dozens of settlements, especially Kasaha, Jogiatol, Chelanpur, Khajanpuria, Lama Tol, etc., have been facing various problems .

The noise of the JCB, crusher and tipper running in the mine near the settlement all night long does not make the locals sleep well. "These places were valuable at one time, but now it seems like they have come and settled," Jugal told Kantipur, "We are worried that we will be slowly uprooted by some wrong people." However, excavating is carried out especially at night by threatening and scaring the locals . When they can't do it, the locals even appeal to the police administration. However, residents here complain that even the police administration works in favor of the excavators.

"We try to oppose it time and again, but our voice is suppressed by the goons, they say we will put them in this pit," said local Shivji Mahato, "When we can't do it, we appeal to the police, but the police administration also joins them, as soon as we inform the police, the diggers will know, they stop for a while and start digging again."

And the permission of the municipality should be taken while storing. However, according to Ganga Prasad Yadav, Head of Infrastructure Branch of Dhangadhimai Municipality, no one has verified permission and stock for mining with the municipality in the last financial year and in the current financial year as well.

Siraha President of Congress Ramchandra Yadav claimed that even if his son Badri Yadav digs gravel from private land, it will not affect that area. He said that his intention is to raise fish after taking out the gravel and making a hole. However, to Kantipur's question, 'Didn't you see the fish anywhere?', he said, 'There is no water in the hole.' Ram Vilas Yadav, another digger, admitted that he could not dig that deep, because the bottom was gravel. However, he claims that he has leased mines and crushers to other people for the last three years. Others could not be contacted.

In this matter, the concerned bodies are avoiding each other. Shivshankar Mahato, the mayor of the municipality, said that despite the terror of the miners in that area, he could not speak publicly. He alleges that even though they have been trying to stop it, the diggers are excavating at night in coordination with the police administration. Mayor Mahato said to Kantipur, "We have tried to stop it, but the role of the police administration is like 'do as if you cry, I will do as if you beat me'. Excavation is done at night, who goes there and takes risks?" He says that they lack time for monitoring from the district level and even during monitoring, there is a large network of excavators, so this series has not been stopped.