Jaipur, Nov. 7 -- The Supreme Court has asked the Rajasthan government to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe complaints of illegal sand mining in the Jojari, Luni and Baandi river system in the State's western region.
The SIT to be headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector General (IG) or above, has to undertake a comprehensive probe into organised illegal sand (bajri) mining activities affecting the Luni, Jojari and Baandi rivers and their tributaries in Jodhpur, Balotra and Pali district, a division bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, stated in a recent order.
The Superintendents of Police of the affected three districts namely Jodhpur, Balotra and Pali should also be members of the special team, the court...