Prakasam barrage broken gates ... Ilegal Sand Mining వల్లనే నా ?

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In this video Its claimed that the four sand boats collided with the crest gates at pillar number 69 of the barrage and one of the boats capsized and became wedged between two pillars. The visuals in the video showed some rubber or hose pipe like objects hanging out from the boats which are usually fitted in barges to extract sand from the rivers. 

2019 Incident

In a similar incident in the last week of August 2019, a huge metal boat weighing around 20 tons got stuck in a critical position in the gate number 68 of the Prakasam barrage posing a safety threat to its structure. The Hindu report mentioned that multiple attempts going on for 10 days failed to salvage the boat following which the WRD officials called in experts from other parts of state and even from Karnataka. 

The Times of Report claimed that it was on the 6^th day when special teams of NDRF, Irrigation Department comprising 40 members finally removed the stuck iron boat. At that time too, Mohammed Imtiaz, District Collector (DC), who monitored the operation, had stated that the boat was used to transport sand. Similarly, the revenue department had suspected that the boats belonged to illegal sand miners after which an inquiry was reportedly initiated about the owner of the boat. No information is available about the inquiry report.

Violation of Sand Mining Rules In addition to posing safety threats to Prakasam barrage and downstream people, these incidents suggest that the sand mining rules are being clearly violated in the Andhra Pradesh.

 

As yet there is no statement from the government if an independent inquiry will be conducted to understand where did the five boats came from the upstream of Prakasham barrage, whom they belonged to and if they were indeed involved in illegal sand mining. There are no inquiry reports in public domain about the earlier incidents mentioned above. Such an independent inquiry is required considering the seriousness of the incident.

 

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