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AAP blames Punjab govt over Sand mining on Beas river

Chandigarh, Jul 28 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab senior leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday blamed the Chief Minister's Office for the devastation caused by the sand mafia on the Beas River bed, saying it has the 'blessings of the power.'
In a statement, Cheema said that the arable land in and around the areas along the Beas River, including Mukerian, Hajipur and Talwara (Hoshiarpur) and had been destroyed by the sand mafia active in the state, which, he alleged was directly controlled by the Chief Minister's residential office.
Cheema said that thousands of acres of land in more than 5 dozen villages had been dug up 50 to 100 feet deep, saying that more than 500 trucks, tippers and trolleys, JCBs, et al carry out the illegal operation with impunity, day in and day out. He added that the aggrieved people and various political and other organizations of the affected villages, including the representatives of Aam Aadmi Party, had been making written and verbal appeals to the administration concerned, but in vain. He said that all this could only be managed with the help of the Chief Minister's Office, giving a leeway to the mighty sand mafia to have a free run sans the scantest fear of the law.
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