A revenue department raid at a quarry in Khardi village in Virar East found alleged unauthorised stone extraction and led to the seizure of equipment and mined material valued at ₹90.89 lakh, while a case was registered against three people at Mandvi police station.
The action took place at a quarry in Survey No. 32/17 after the revenue department received information that stone was being extracted without permission. The operation was conducted under the guidance of Vasai Tehsildar Deepak Gaikwad by Virar in-charge circle officer Shailendra Tidke and talathi Sunita Shugre.
According to the information provided by the revenue department, the team found three Poklen excavators being used for rock extraction without the required legal permission from the district collector or the sub-divisional officer. The report does not identify the owners of the machinery or specify the quantity of rock extracted by the excavators beyond the material seized at the site.
The seized material included two Hyva trucks loaded with stone. One truck, bearing registration number MH 48-DQ 9200, was carrying six brass of stone, while the second, bearing registration number MH 48-DC 3570, was carrying two brass. Together, the trucks contained eight brass of extracted minor mineral. The Poklen excavator used for extraction was also seized.
Tehsildar Deepak Gaikwad confirmed the seizure and valued the total seized property at ₹90.89 lakh. The reported case has been registered against three people at Mandvi police station. The available report does not provide the sections applied, the identities of the accused or details of any arrests.
The raid also brings renewed attention to the administration of minor minerals in the expanding Vasai-Virar urban region. The report states that cases involving illegal stone extraction, sand mining and unauthorised soil filling have continued to surface at different locations across Vasai-Virar. Such activity places revenue and land-use enforcement agencies at the centre of regulating quarrying and earthwork as urban development expands.
The immediate enforcement action involved the revenue department, the tehsil administration and the police. The report does not state whether the quarry had operated previously, whether environmental permissions had been sought, or what further action will be taken against the seized machinery and extracted material. The criminal case at Mandvi police station is the next formal step identified in the report.
