Himachal's Chakki, Mand areas plagued by illegal mining

Illegal miners continue to operate with impunity in the Chakki and Mand areas, despite recent efforts by the Nurpur district police to crack down on their activities. The police have registered challans and cases against mining mafia and seized their earth-excavating machinery, but this has failed to deter them from extracting minerals from riverbeds in Nurpur, Indora and Fatehpur sub-divisions.