Kanchanpur, Oct. 14 -- The District Police Office in Kanchanpur has seized three excavators for extracting riverbed material haphazardly from the Mahakali river.

On Saturday, police personnel also briefly detained the tipper truck drivers who were operating the excavators at Bhimdatt Municipality Ward No. 13.

Superintendent of Police Dinesh Acharya said that they released the drivers on the condition that they would not repeat the offense, of extracting sand and construction aggregates from the river without following set standards. Acharya said, "The excavators along with their operators will be sent to the District Coordination Committee for further inquiry."

In Bhimdatt Municipality, there is a ban on the use of excavators in extrac...