Editor’s Note
This report details enforcement action against industrial units allegedly involved in persistent illegal mining. The power disconnection underscores a regulatory crackdown on repeat offenders, highlighting the intersection of environmental compliance and energy supply.
Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (UHBVNL) has disconnected power connections of 17 stone crushers and screening plants in Yamunanagar district.
The action came after those plants were allegedly found indulging in illegal mining despite FIRs being registered against them in connection with illegal mining in the past.
On the request of Assistant Mining Engineer (AME), Yamunanagar district, Dr Rajesh Kumar; Deputy Commissioner Preeti recently issued directions to the officers of UHBVN to disconnect connections of those plants.
According to the information available, AME Dr Rajesh Kumar wrote a letter to Deputy Commissioner Preeti on December 25, 2025.
In his letter, he wrote to the DC that a number of stone crushers and screening plants were situated close to the areas of Yamuna, Som, Pathrala and Boli rivers/seasonal rivulets in Yamunanagar district. He said that some of the plants carried out illegal mining of minerals.
The AME had requested the Deputy Commissioner to get the power connections of those plants disconnected in the meeting of District Level Task Force Committee (Mining) held on December 17, 2025. The plants are situated in Belgarh, Bhood, Kohliwala, Kathgarh, Bhagwanpur, Ranjitpur, Swabri, Bhattuwala, Devdhar and Mohiyudeen Pur villages of the district.