Rohtak, May 25 -- A team from irrigation and water resources department, Haryana has observed violations and illegal sand mining activities at Asadpur village in Sonepat by M/s Zelkova Buildcon Pvt. Ltd and have directed the company to their stop mining operation. On May 22, a team of four officials comprising superintending engineer RK Bodwal, executive engineers- Ashish Kaushik, Gulshan Kumar and sub-divisional officer Himanshu visited the site. The report submitted by the officials said, "...the company is illegally excavating sand minerals directly from active Yamuna river stream using heavy machinery. The company has created several authorised paths and diverted the natural flow of the river, seemingly to facilitate the illegal extraction of more minerals. This is a clear violation of the Environment Protection Act, sand mining guidelines, national green tribunal guidelines and Mines And Minerals (Development And Regulation) Act." htc...