7 pokelain machines seized in major anti-mining crackdown in Ropar

In what is being described as one of the biggest crackdowns on illegal mining in recent years, the Ropar district administration seized seven pokelain machines from the Swan and Sutlej river belt during a series of late-night raids conducted in Nangal sub-division. The action was carried out under the directions of DC Ropar Aaditya Dachalwal and SSP Ropar, Maninder Singh.