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TIMBER & SAW MILL ACCESSORIES WORTH ABOVE RS.4.85 LAKH SEIZED.
Cuttack,21/8/2021 ( Odisha Samachar )- On getting reliable information regarding running of an illegal saw mill at Kamlibazar, PS-Khetrajpur, Dist-Sambalpur, today i.e. on 21.08.2021, a joint forest raid was conducted by the Forest Wing of Vigilance Directorate and Sambalpur Vigilance Division with the assistance of local forest staff of Sambalpur Forest Division. It was ascertained that the saw mill was running without any valid license. During the raid, saw mill accessories along with timber of 7 Cft. worth Rs.2 lakh were detected and seized. In this connection, one forest case vide No. 3 of 2021-22 has been registered under Town Range, Sambalpur and is under investigation.
In another Operation today i.e. on 21.08.2021 by Forest Wing of Vigilance Directorate and Cuttack Vigilance Division with the assistance of local forest staff of Narsinghpur East Range under Athagarh Forest Division, a joint forest raid was conducted at 3 villages namely Ekadala, Debabhuin and Bhukta under Narsinghpur PS, Dist-Cuttack regarding hoarding of illegal timber and for violation of Timber Transit Rule-1980. During the raid, timber of 106.24 Cft. worth Rs.2,85,465/- (Rupees Two lakh Eighty-five Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-five) were detected and seized. In this connection, 3 nos of forest cases vide No. 25NE, 26NE & 27NE of 2021-22 have been registered under Athagarh Forest Division and is under investigation.
In total, 4 forest cases were detected and registered and illegal timber along with saw mill accessories worth Rs.4,85,465/- (Rupees Four lakh Eighty-five Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-five) were seized.
