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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Yudhvir Rana | TNN

Punjab: Despite ban and ‘strict vigil’, illegal mining in river Ravi continues unabated

DHARAMKOT (GURDASPUR): Like a scene straight out of a Bollywood flick, the Border Security Force (BSF) nabbed an illegal miner following a hot pursuit but not before their vehicle being smashed by the offenders. The security personnel in the region are flummoxed at the activities of illegal miners despite a complete ban on mining across river Ravi in Gurdaspur and Pathankot .

Sources informed that Border Security Force (BSF) had laid a naka at Dharamkot village near Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district and spotted a suspicious movement of a truck which was coming from river Ravi's side on past Monday midnight

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