Sand mining supported by Akali Dal could lead to worst environmental disaster in state: Capt

Kashmir and rest of the country was threatened as the mining mafia had dug deep into the pillars and columns of the only railway bridge on the Ravi,connecting J&K with the rest of the country. “Due to the wanton mining by the mafia patronised by Punjab government,the bridges are in the danger of collapsing as their foundations have been dug deep which threatens disastrous tragedies,” he warned. Stating that the Punjab government had failed to enforce environmental regulations and now the situation was at the brink of disaster,Amarinder said that although the Punjab and Haryana High Court had taken strong cognisance of the environmental degradation caused by the wanton mining,the state government had circumvented the court orders. “Rather it used the court directive to its own advantage thus not only endangering the environment but also robbing the state of money that would come to it through royalty,” he said.

The former chief minister pointed out that several engineering experts and environmentalists have raised alarm about the threat to road and railway bridges on river Ravi.