In protest against illegal royalty collection, Sarpanch Sangh and villagers in Dantaramgarh area of Sikar staged a sit-in and protest at Bubana Royalty Block. The villagers accused the construction company of wrongly collecting illegal royalty.
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President of Sarpanch Sangh, Hanuman Prasad Jajra said that illegal royalty is being collected wrongly by Ravindra Construction Company. The company is also collecting royalty on crushed stone, gravel and concrete. The villagers demand that the company’s license be canceled and blacklisted.
He told- This game of illegal royalty collection has been going on for the last 16 months at Bubana Royalty Toll Block of Dantaramgarh area. The villagers had also given a demand letter to the senior officials of the mining department and the SDM against those collecting illegal royalty, but no action was taken.
The Sarpanch representative said that the government is facing revenue loss of crores of rupees due to illegal royalty collection. The Sarpanch representative also made serious allegations of corruption against the mining department and royalty. Yadav said- Royalty people threaten and beat the villagers.
On receiving information about the protest, royalty contractors and senior officials of the mining department reached the spot. After which the higher officials held talks with the protestors. The protest was ended after the officials assured of investigation on the illegal recovery.