Shimla, Nov. 26 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state police to take prompt and effective action against illegal mining being carried out by the mining mafia in the Shah Canal area of Fatehpur subdivision.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Jiyalal Bhardwaj issued the order while hearing a public interest litigation filed over the continued plunder of the canal stretch and the failure of the authorities to curb it.
The directions came after the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Fatehpur, sought judicial intervention, pointing to a large-scale illegal extraction of sand and minor minerals along the canal. The court mandated strict vigilance and ordered that no illegal mining activit...