This story is from December 4, 2020

Illegal limestone mining busted in Gir Somnath

Illegal limestone mining busted in Gir Somnath
Police raided 11 places and seized the equipment and machineries used in illegal mining
Rajkot: A total of 27 cutters, seven generators and five tractors were seized in 11 raids on illegal limestone mining on the outskirts of Ghatvad and Jamvada villages in Gir Somnath district on Wednesday night.
The panchayats of Ghatvad and Jamvada villages had complained to the state mines and minerals department in the past about the rampant illegal limestone mining, but to no avail.
Then the newly appointed Gir Somnath superintendent of police, Omprakash Jat, on Wednesday night formed teams of Gir Somnath police’s special operation group (SOG) and Gir Somnath local crime branch (LCB) and ordered them to raid the villages.
“We raided as many as 11 places and seized the equipment and machineries used in illegal mining and slabs of limestones worth crores of Rupees. However, the exact amount of the seized limestones will be evaluated by the state mines and minerals department,” said K J Chauhan, inspector with Gir Somnath LCB.
The police have called a team of the state mines and minerals department for the inspection of the site where SP Jat has personally gone.
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