India, March 17 -- LUCKNOW The district administration on Monday formed a committee to probe the alleged illegal soil mining in Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT). This will determine whether the soil was removed from government land, land acquired by authorities, or privately owned farmland.

The action follows a report by Hindustan Times that highlighted large-scale excavation in three villages under the Lucknow Development Authority's proposed Naimish Nagar township. Sub-divisional magistrate of BKT, Sahil Kumar, said officials will conduct a detailed investigation at locations where soil extraction occurred.

An HT ground report published March 16 exposed illegal soil mining in Bhorumau, Palhri and Farrukhabad, where several agricultural plots wer...