Bathinda: Former MLA of Shiromani Akali Dal Sarup Chand Singla has levelled allegations of mining in the premises of now closed Bathinda thermal plant. He has alleged that the fly ash of the thermal plant and the sand is being mined illegally and is being used to lay interlocking tiles in various areas of Bathinda.
Singla has termed it as a big scandal which needs to be unearthed. He claimed that when he tried to expose the misdeeds, a JCB driver tried to attack him on Sunday morning.
Speaking to mediapersons at his residence, the SAD leader said soil adulteration is going in a big way in the material used in laying interlocking tiles in streets and all the soil material is being supplied from thermal plant premises. Singla said, “I did a sting operation in the morning and prepared a video on how fly ash and sand mining is going unabated using poclain and JCB machines.”