Haryana puts a round-the-clock joint team on illegal mining and orders checks on e-transit bills

30 October 2026

Karnal district in Haryana has been told to keep a joint team of the mining police, the enforcement wing and the revenue department watching for illegal mining round the clock. The direction came at the monthly mining review chaired by Deputy Commissioner Dr Anand Kumar Sharma at the district secretariat. Every Sub Divisional Magistrate must inspect the mining areas in his jurisdiction and act against overloaded vehicles, and e-transit bills, called e-ravangi bills, must be checked carefully. The District Mining Officer reported that between 28 August and 30 October, 25 vehicles were seized for illegal mining and Rs 8,63,900 was collected in fines. For the year so far, 161 vehicles have been sealed, 52 first information reports registered, 32 challans presented in court and 20 cases are still in process. An e-transit bill is the electronic pass that must accompany a load of minor minerals, and checking it is how a state tells legally mined material from the rest.