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MARGAO
Agitated local sand transporters stopped five Maharashtra-registered trucks carrying sand from Kudal to the city on Thursday morning.
The vehicles were later handed over to the Maina Curtorim police for further action.
Local sand transporters pointed out that while they have been out of sand transportation business for the last several months, sand transporters from neighbouring Kudal in Maharashtra were illegally transporting sand to Goa during the night.
They said the Maharashtra-registered trucks had no permits to transport sand to Goa and have been operating illegally.
“We have decided to catch these illegal sand transporting trucks from Kudal since they have no permits to do the business. Our vehicles have been idle since July for want of business,” they said.
The local sand transporters have made a plea to CM Pramod Sawant to initiate an inquiry into how the trucks carrying sand have landed at Borim.
“We had called up the Director of Mines, who requested us to intercept any truck found transporting sand from Maharashtra and hand the vehicles to the
police for further action,” they said.
