Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, May 9 : Responding to a number of complaints received regarding illegal extraction of bed material from river Ravi, District Magistrate, Kathua, Zahida Parveen Khan alongwith officers of Flood Control, Irrigation, Geology Mining, Police, Industries & Revenue department conducted a joint inspection today.
In view of the importance of saving the assets created over the river besides protecting soil erosion due to extraction of bed materials in and around the area, the DM imposed Section 144 Cr.P.C.
Section 144 Cr.P.C has been imposed in the one kilometer upstream and one kilometer down stream including the inside area from the Barrage , and Railway Bridge. Anybody violating this order will be prosecuted under law.
The order will remain in force for a period of two months.
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