<p>A joint team of Revenue, Mines and Geology and Police departments swooped down on the stone quarries at survey 351 in the forest coming under T M Hosur Gram Panchayat limits, and seized nine stone crushers.<br /><br />It was found that stone crushing was being carried out on a non-alienated land without obtaining mandatory sanctions from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. <br />Power connection had been obtained based on the licence issued by the Gram Panchayat. Two pump sets and LPG cylinders were also seized from the spot. <br /><br />No licence from forest dept<br /><br />Criminal cases will be registered against the persons involved, Tahsildar Arul Kumar said. The Forest Department has not granted licence to anyone for quarrying. <br />The Revenue Department has been urged to carry out a survey and fix the boundaries, Range Forest Officer Devaraju told Deccan Herald.</p>
<p>A joint team of Revenue, Mines and Geology and Police departments swooped down on the stone quarries at survey 351 in the forest coming under T M Hosur Gram Panchayat limits, and seized nine stone crushers.<br /><br />It was found that stone crushing was being carried out on a non-alienated land without obtaining mandatory sanctions from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. <br />Power connection had been obtained based on the licence issued by the Gram Panchayat. Two pump sets and LPG cylinders were also seized from the spot. <br /><br />No licence from forest dept<br /><br />Criminal cases will be registered against the persons involved, Tahsildar Arul Kumar said. The Forest Department has not granted licence to anyone for quarrying. <br />The Revenue Department has been urged to carry out a survey and fix the boundaries, Range Forest Officer Devaraju told Deccan Herald.</p>
