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Mining Inquiry to Follow Truck Dispute at Vedurupavuluru Toll Gate
Officials in NTR district will investigate how stone and gravel are being mined and transported.
The investigation began after 18 empty trucks tried to pass a toll gate without paying.
Police stopped the trucks and fined each one ₹10,000.
The drivers did not have free transport forms or some required vehicle documents, according to the report.
Some stone mixture is meant for government road projects and can be transported with a form, with payment settled later.
Officials suspect that some material might be going to private buyers without the required payments, but that has not been established.
The drivers first mentioned one politician as the trucks’ owner, then said the trucks belonged to a firm linked to another person.
The mines department says it will check whether rules were broken.
Mines authorities will investigate possible lapses in mining and transporting road metal and gravel in three NTR district areas.
The inquiry follows an October 4 incident involving 18 empty tipper trucks that tried to cross the Vedurupavuluru toll gate without paying.
Police intervened and fined each truck ₹10,000; drivers reportedly lacked free transit forms and required vehicle documents.
AMR India Ltd collects seigniorage and checks mineral-transporting vehicles under an arrangement with the mines department, paying ₹10 crore monthly.
Drivers initially named Denduluru MLA Chinthamaneni Prabhakar as the trucks’ owner, but later said the vehicles belonged to a firm linked to Suravarapu Jaya Krishna Ram.
- Who
- NTR district mines authorities, 18 tipper-truck drivers, and AMR India Ltd.
- What
- An inquiry will examine possible violations in mining and mineral transportation after trucks attempted to pass a toll gate without paying.
- Where
- The inquiry covers Ibrahimpatnam in the Kondapalli area, Loya Area and Paritala in NTR district; the incident occurred at Vedurupavuluru toll gate.
- When
- The truck incident occurred on October 4; the article does not specify the year.
- Why
- The incident raised questions about missing transit forms, possible diversion of material intended for government works, and possible avoidance of seigniorage.
Officials’ concerns
Drivers’ account
Possible diversion or payment avoidance
Officials’ concerns
Mines authorities will investigate possible violations and whether material intended for government works was diverted to private use or transported without seigniorage payments.
Drivers’ account
The drivers said they were travelling to Kondapalli to collect wet mixture; the article does not report a response from them to the suspected diversion or payment concerns.
Truck ownership
Officials’ concerns
The drivers initially mentioned Denduluru MLA Chinthamaneni Prabhakar as the vehicles’ owner, causing confusion for Telugu Desam leadership.
Drivers’ account
The drivers later said the vehicles belonged to a firm linked to Suravarapu Jaya Krishna Ram.
Key facts
- Areas under inquiry
- Ibrahimpatnam in the Kondapalli area, Loya Area and Paritala
- Trucks involved
- 18 empty tipper trucks from Chinthalapudi village in Eluru district
- Incident date
- October 4; year not stated
- Police fine
- ₹10,000 per vehicle
- Lease holders
- Nearly 170 in the areas involved
- Collection contractor
- AMR India Ltd, which pays ₹10 crore per month to the mines department
- Mineral material
- Road metal, gravel and wet mixture; the wet mixture is described as intended for government road works
Quotes
Srinivas Kumar
NTR district mines deputy director
“We assign some areas to the lease-holders on payment of royalty. We will take up an inquiry to see if there’s any violation of norms on mining and transportation of road metal, in view of the incident at the Vedurupavuluru toll gate on Sunday.”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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