This Article is From Jul 03, 2012

2 arrested for digging a borewell without permission

Gurgaon: Two persons were arrested in Sohna area in Gurgaon where they were digging a borewell, allegedly without permission of the authorities.

A First Information Report has been lodged against both of them and the boring machine has been seized.

One Kamal Singh was getting a borewell dug in his field near village Dohla without obtaining the prior permission from the Deputy Commissioner.

Another person Anil Kumar, who is a resident of village Garhi Wazidpur, was operating the boring machine and was drilling.

The directions for a strict check on digging of borewells were issued by Deputy Commissioner P C Meena on Monday in the backdrop of the death of a 4-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Gurgaon last week.

Commissioner Meena has also made it mandatory for boring machine owners to get themselves registered with the Hydrologist, Ground Water Cell, by July 10.

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