Sand mining scam at Statue of Unity site

A large unlawful sand mining scam has been unearthed on the web site of the arena's greatest statue. About 4.85 lakh metric tonnes of sand has been siphoned off from the land allotted to build the Tribal Museum on the Statue of Unity web site in Kevadiya, which is 100 km from Vadodara, police said.

After the police won a criticism from the land earnings department in Narmada district referring to a complete hillock intended for the construction of the museum to be dedicated to lesser-known tribal freedom opponents disappearing because of unlawful sand mining, Gujarat police introduced an investigation into the topic.

While no FIR has but been filed within the topic through the officers, senior cops said that the administration was once waiting for definite names to come back to gentle before together with them within the First Information Report (FIR) which would then be more comprehensive. This could be a greater move than first submitting an FIR against nameless persons. It is basically known that 4.85 lakh MT of sand has been siphoned off and the police in addition to earnings department is making an attempt to figure out for how long the scam have been operational and who have been the officers overseeing the web site.

The sand stolen from the web site is price greater than Rs 7 crore to start with estimate. However, this quantity could cross higher as more main points emerge within the investigation.

While the case fell into the lap of the native police station at Garudeshwar, Narmada District Superintendent of Police (SP) Himkar Singh is in my opinion overseeing the investigation. When requested about the standing of the investigation, SP Singh said, "While we are still trying to find out those likely to be involved in this scam and who was in charge of overseeing these operations, we can only comment further when the investigation has made progress."