A team of officers led by Tahsildar arrested two persons and seized a tractor used for illegal stone quarry works at Gajarajagiri hills near Kapanahalli Gavimutt in the taluk on Thursday.
Tahsildar Dr H L Nagaraj and others paid a surprise visit to the Gajarajagiri hills following complaints of illegal stone quarrying.
Interestingly, quarrying has been going on unabated near Siddalingeshwara
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/illegal-quarrying-two-held-tractor-seized-mandya-district
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mandya-d