Illegal sand mining at Chapora. Colvale police conduct raid, canoe and truck seized

As per SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi staff of Colvale Police while performing patrolling duty received an specific information from reliable sources informing that illegal sand extraction and process of loading sand in the Tipper Truck from Canoe at bank of Chapora river at Chicklim, Camurlim Bardez Goa is going on. Accordingly Shri Shyam Sawant, Assistant Geologist, Dept. of Mines and Geologist and further along with Shri Pravin Gawas, Flying Squad incharge Mamtaldar of Bardez Taluka, Captain of Ports staff, Siolim Coastal staff conducted raid. During the raid one blue colour Truck bearing Registration No. GA 01 Z 3599 was seen parked half loaded with river sand and one Blue colour canoe loaded with 8 cubic meter illegal freshly extracted river sand were attached under the panchanama. The river sand loaded in canoe was dispose off by putting back in the chapora river as per the direction of Hon’ble High Court of Bombay at Goa with the help of hired labours and Tipper Truck was brought at Colvale Police Station for further necessary action.

The team consisting of Shri Sushant H. Sangodkar, PSI of Colvale P.S, Shri Satyawan Naik, PSI of Coastal P.S. Shri Sunil Padwal, ASI of Robot staff, Shri Sandip Malik, PC Colvale P.S, Shri Ajay Gawade, PC Colvale P.S Shri Nilesh Mandrekar HC Siolim Coastal, PS under the supervision of Shri Jivba Dalvi, Sub Divisional Police Officer of Mapusa Sub Division and Shri Somnath Mahajik, Police Inspector of Colvale P.S conducted the raid.