{"id":13466,"date":"2026-02-27T20:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=13466"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:07:06","slug":"acb-cracks-down-on-illegal-mining-in-udhampur-reasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/acb-cracks-down-on-illegal-mining-in-udhampur-reasi\/","title":{"rendered":"ACB cracks down on illegal mining in Udhampur, Reasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jammu, Feb 27:\u00a0<\/strong>The Anti-Corruption Bureau has launched sweeping Joint Surprise Checks (JSCs) targeting illegal mining operations across the Udhampur and Reasi districts.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, an ACB spokesman said that the crackdown is a decisive move to protect the region&#8217;s environment and combat corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe operation was initiated following serious complaints of widespread illegal mineral extraction across the Jammu Division. Preliminary reports indicated a suspected nexus between mineral bidders and certain officials within the Mining and Ecological Departments, allowing these activities to operate unchecked,\u201d the statement said, adding, \u201cTo immediately halt the illegal extraction and misuse of natural resources, specialized ACB teams\u2014spearheaded by Gazetted Officers\u2014executed coordinated, surprise inspections at multiple stone crushing facilities throughout both districts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While sharing the key findings from the operation, the statement said: \u201cACB sleuths conducted extensive searches, confiscating crucial electronic gadgets, critical records, and highly incriminating documents. Multiple allegedly forged &#8216;Form-A&#8217; transit documents were recovered directly from the operational sites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It said, \u201cAll inspected stone crushers were found to be actively indulging in illegal mining. Facilities were operating in grave violation of their mandated terms and conditions, causing irreversible ecological degradation to the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ACB remains steadfast in its commitment to dismantling corrupt networks and halting the exploitation of Jammu\u2019s natural resources. Further investigations based on the recovered evidence are actively underway,\u201d the statement added<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu, Feb 27:\u00a0The Anti-Corruption Bureau has launched sweeping Joint Surprise Checks (JSCs) targeting illegal mining operations across the Udhampur and Reasi districts. In a statement, an ACB spokesman said that the crackdown is a decisive move to protect the region&#8217;s environment and combat corruption. \u201cThe operation was initiated following serious complaints of widespread illegal mineral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13467,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13466\/revisions\/13467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}