Members of the dumper association, associated with collection of riverbed materials, here on Wednesday gheraoed the divisional forest officer, the terai east forest division, demanding immediate ban on overloading of riverbed materials.
The agitated transporters alleged that the concerned enforcement agencies in connivance with the stone- crushers are allowing the overloading which is completely banned in the State and elsewhere in the country as per the Supreme Court guidelines. But the members of the dumper association alleged that despite their repeated requests, the concerned authorities seemed to be quite ignorant about this issue.
Accusing the enforcement agencies of ignoring overloading in connivance of the stone-crushers, Manoj Mathpal, president of the dumper association, informed The Pioneer, that as per the guidelines of the apex court a load of only nine tonne is allowed at a time. But, Mathpal, alleged, that certain transporters there are carrying load over 14 tonnes. And more importantly, the enforcement agencies seem to be quite ignorant about this act.
The matter of fact is that, this is an open violation of the direction of the apex court. But here the people associated with collection of riverbed materials are violating these norms fearlessly. We during our talks with DFO, Terai-East forest division, P K Patro, took up the issue and urged him to take necessary action to do away with the menace of overloading, further informed Mathpal.
He alleged, the DFO did not give any concrete assurances. The DFO only said that he would take up the matter with the district magistrate.
The response that we got from the DFO was very disappointing. The fact is that the stone -crushers are continuously pressurising the transporters for overloading, he alleged.
There are over 4000 vehicles presently deployed for lifting riverbed materials only from the local river Gola. And the Government has granted permission for collection of riverbed materials till May 2012. So if the overloading continues in such a rampant manner for the next five or six months, one can imagine the huge financial losses that the State Government is going to suffer in terms of royalty from this collection of riverbed material business, stated the agitated dumper association members.
More so, overloaded vehicles cause maximum accidents on roads and cause damage to the public properties, added the agitators. But it seems the concerned authorities are little worried about these issues, they maintained.
Source: Pioneer
The agitated transporters alleged that the concerned enforcement agencies in connivance with the stone- crushers are allowing the overloading which is completely banned in the State and elsewhere in the country as per the Supreme Court guidelines. But the members of the dumper association alleged that despite their repeated requests, the concerned authorities seemed to be quite ignorant about this issue.
Accusing the enforcement agencies of ignoring overloading in connivance of the stone-crushers, Manoj Mathpal, president of the dumper association, informed The Pioneer, that as per the guidelines of the apex court a load of only nine tonne is allowed at a time. But, Mathpal, alleged, that certain transporters there are carrying load over 14 tonnes. And more importantly, the enforcement agencies seem to be quite ignorant about this act.
The matter of fact is that, this is an open violation of the direction of the apex court. But here the people associated with collection of riverbed materials are violating these norms fearlessly. We during our talks with DFO, Terai-East forest division, P K Patro, took up the issue and urged him to take necessary action to do away with the menace of overloading, further informed Mathpal.
He alleged, the DFO did not give any concrete assurances. The DFO only said that he would take up the matter with the district magistrate.
The response that we got from the DFO was very disappointing. The fact is that the stone -crushers are continuously pressurising the transporters for overloading, he alleged.
There are over 4000 vehicles presently deployed for lifting riverbed materials only from the local river Gola. And the Government has granted permission for collection of riverbed materials till May 2012. So if the overloading continues in such a rampant manner for the next five or six months, one can imagine the huge financial losses that the State Government is going to suffer in terms of royalty from this collection of riverbed material business, stated the agitated dumper association members.
More so, overloaded vehicles cause maximum accidents on roads and cause damage to the public properties, added the agitators. But it seems the concerned authorities are little worried about these issues, they maintained.
Source: Pioneer
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